Trimming my dog's nails.

I tried to find a site with an image to aid my response, but it seems that I am just going to have to describe it in detail. It would be best if you could get someone to help you with holding your dog. It is also a good idea, if he is being snappy, to get a muzzle. We use those all of the time at work, and they do not hurt the dogs, but they protect us from being bitten when we have to do a treatment such as a nail trim. Anyway, you need two people: if you are trimming the nails, the other person will hold your dog. There is a specific hold that we are taught to use at work that is, usually, the best method of restraining the dog. Dogs tend to wiggle and even with this hold, it can be hard to hold on to him. Anyway, when the other person goes to hold the dog, it is a good idea to have one arm around the dog's neck area (You can have your arm wrapped rather tightly without choking the dog; make sure that it is tight enough that it will be hard to pull out of the hold, and prevent the dog from turning around and snapping at either person involved in the nail trim). The other arm is usually wrapped around the waist to get a better grip of the dog. If you can get him to stay in one place, the older can also try to hold a leg so that the dog cannot jerk his paw away (if he jerks, it is all too easy to slip up and cut too deep into the nail). Make sure that you have something that you can put onto the nail if you do accidentally cut too far in so that you can stop the bleeding. If this is still proving a problem, you can take him to your local vet or call up to the local vet and ask about getting him a nail trim. At the clinic that I work at, we also do something called a "stress-free" nail trim, where we will actually sedate your dog so that he is not stressed out during the nail trim. This also allows us to do the procedure without getting bitten or without hurting the pet. I, personally, have a rottweiler who will not let us anywhere near her nails (I don't know a rottweiler who will, now that I think about it). There was a day where she broke one of her nails and we had to drive her all the way to work just to sedate her and trim that nail and her others so that it would not bother her as much until it started growing back. If this doesn't help any, you can always call your local vet and I am sure that they will have other suggestions to provide.

My suggestion would to be take him to a professional groomer and let them deal with it.