Peticure (nail trimmer) Product Review

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I'm sure you've seen the "Peticure" advertised on tv. The ad claims that it's the ONLY way to properly trim your pets nails so you don't hurt them. Since I do my own grooming on my dogs, I know all the tools used in grooming (I also work in a kennel that does grooming). I've seen nail grinders used on dogs thousands of times and knew what to expect, so I ordered the Peticure. It took about 2 months for it to get here, and then I had to put together some of it. There were 2 sets of instructions. One looked more like an advertisement, the other was a small white paper that looked like an instruction sheet- which I used to guide me into putting this thing together. So, it's together, and I use it on my Weimaraner first- it wasn't working right. I fooled with it for about an hour, and went back to the instruction sheet- the little white sheet that I used wasn't ALL the instructions. It just told PART of the instructions- I had to use the paper that looked like an advertisement- that had ALL the instructions. Why two sets of instructions with one set only having part of the instructions? I have no idea, but it was a major pain in the rear. Yes, the peticure does work, and it does grind the nails down. However, if one were to try to use it for the ONLY nail grooming tool, they'd have to use it daily. What I do is clip my dogs nails with regular dog nail clippers, THEN use the peticure to file the rough edges down. I would never consider it as a replacement for clipping nails. The "guard" on it is the best feature- it help to make sure that your dog's hair doesnt get caught up in the moving parts- which is very important for hairy breeds. For those of you with a regular dremel- they do sell the guard seperatly and they fit on dremels. So you'd only have to pay $20, rather than the $65 that I spent on the whole setup. Keep in mind that I'm not at all saying this is a bad product, just that it isn't quite as they advertise- but yet, what is? lol