Hmm...I wonder how it's going to go teh first time I do Tia's nails. The first 2 vet visits, a vet tech did them for me and showed me how. The best advice she offered was to either have someone else hold her, and if she throws a mini tantrum, to just ignore her and hold onto her firmly. The other idea was to wait until she was sleeping on your lap. I have my 3rd trip to the vet in about 3 weeks. This time I'm going to ask the vet tech if I can clip the nails there so she can help me. From then on I plan to do it myself. I hope.