So you are a vet, not a groomer. Vets help dogs when they get sick or checkup. Groomers cut the nails.

You shouldn't be barking and biting. That's very unprofessional of you! Don't they teach you anything in vet school?

Well, on the one hand, you're a professional & you can largely afford to pay for almost any service you couldn't be bothered with doing yourself... On the other hand, you're well placed to advise your clients if they'd be better off entrusting this service to a technician or a groomer, instead of a vet -- & I hope this is what you're doing.

Some dogs just don't like it. I'm a Vet Assistant and prefer to get someone to help restrain the dogs before I do them. My two dogs don't like getting their nails trimmed so having someone properly restrain them helps a lot. ... So your not a crappy vet cuz you cant trim your dogs nails.

I had a mild-manned, slender 35-pound dog who would become an absolute demon if you tried to trim her nails. She needed to be sedated, so I'd only get it done when she needed sedation for something more serious. If a fight-trained pitbull came at her with a nail clipper, she'd rip its throat out.

It's always different when it is your own, don't be so hard on her. If you were a pediatrician I'm sure you wouldn't be able to watch your child cry, it more emotional when your have a bond with your dog/ kid

If it helps, it's harder to trim nails or give shots/ pills to your own pet as they trust you not to do them harm, so they freak put bit more when the owner tries pull anything like that :)

You need to clip one nail at a time whenever he falls asleep and eventually they get used to it.

Technically a dog stylist/dog groomer gets paid to dress them up, vets get paid to keep them healthy and alive. Since the stylists are more oriented in nail clipping it's not a big deal you didn't know how. Don't feel bad op!

When it's your own dog they will try and get away with a lot more in those situations. My ex wife was a vet tec and had trouble with our own dogs too.