I am not sure what to tell you since both my dogs
dislike having their nails trimmed too.
(I once cut Sheba's quick and that did it for her)

What I do is sit down on the floor and have the dog
sit in front of me where my legs actually are on
each side of them to help keep them
in place. Or I sit practacally above them and wrap
myself around one paw/leg.
I try to be as fast as possible and might not even do
all their nails in one sitting. I also give them a goodie
and tell them what good pups they are.

I use nail clippers, but I have heard other people use
a tool called a drummel (sp) with great sucess.