Psyco about toenails

[Toller 42]

I think you should take her to a groomer and have them do it, sometimes they have better luck with things like that!

[Shelteez2]

I wouldn't be blaming the vet. I have seen dogs that freaked out over getting their nails cut. There was one dog that came in once that we couldn't do. It's the only one we couldn't do.
With a lot of sedatives if the dog's adrenaline gets pumping the sedative gets over ridden so to speak, and that's if the dog lets you near it to administer the sedative. The only way to do it then would be to completely knock the dog out, but I believe corgilover mentioned that the dog had a heart problem that made that risky to do.

I'm glad that the nails finally got cut and wish you luck in being able to keep them short. Long nails are a big pet peeve of mine, but I'm sure you understand that being a groomer.

Perhaps now that they are short you can look into some kind of slow desensitization program with her?