I enjoyed your nail trimming story too. My little Chi doesn't seem to mind it. I've trimmed her nails a couple times, and the vet trimmed them once, but I'm really nervous about it - seems the quick is so much closer to the end of the nail than a cats. I'm so careful, one wrong move and she probably wouldn't ever let me do it again not to mention the nail looks like it could bleed severly if I missed