Hi Aidan, Seems like I always turn to you whenever I run into a stumble block with my dogs :-) Becky and Ben are both spayed and neutered now, smooth process for both. Becky no longer goes after children since we had a "little helper", a fearless 4-year-old who visited often and got Becky used to being around small people. We adpoted a female Basset Hound and Dachshund cross called Bonnie a while ago, she is now almost 9 months old and cute as a button. She is normally a very happy puppy, but she is scared of the nailcutter. Bonnie's nails grows fast despite of the daily walks and all that digging she does, but everytime she sees me with a nailcutter she just scoots away. Once I put the nailcutter and her favourite treat side by side, she didn't dare to go after the treat, just sat and looked worried. She has never bled from the nailcutter, I guess she just doesn't like how it operates on her nails (only the "guillotine" type is available here) and the sound it makes. She was okay with it as a puppy, but as she grows older she gets more apprehensive. How to I ease her fear towards the nailcutter? It's getting impossible to cut her nails these days. Cheers! Mia