Oh...and don't trim in between the toes or pads!
I also desperately need to trim my cocker's hairy feet and long nails. I'm a newbie owner, never done it before, and Lady doesn't like me touching her feet too much... she has some long hair between her toes, are we not meant to cut that??
You can lay scissors flat against the paw and cut the parts sticking out. You can even gently pull the long hair out from between the toepads and cut it. But I think the point is that you're not supposed to put clippers or scissors in between the toes as there needs to be some fur between the toepads
I did have to cut inbetween recently as dirt and possibly something else (?) had developed into such a hard lump it was like a stone and I couldn't find any other way of getting it out but I do think its probably a vicious circle, so I'm been very careful to make sure I get all the mud etc off now before it can dry hard.
My secret to trimming feet is to start on Humphrey's ears (always makes him go gooey eyed and sleepy) and then wait until he's snoozing away and then takle the feet, or at least one of them, at the very last
. As soon as we're finished, he's allowed to race into the kitchen for a biscuit, but sometimes we have to stretch his groom over a week, during which time he tends to look very lop sided!!! :