My dogs are afraid of this nail file. It really does not trim the nails using clippers is better. I feel it was a waste of my money as it did not work as advertised.

Works well for my small dog (who is 20 pounds), not so well for my other dog who is 66 pounds and still growing.

My mother swears by it however one of my dogs seems to be extremely afraid of it & the other just doesn't seem to care - overall it works pretty good when I can get them to sit still long enough

Go to your local home store (Home Depot, Lowes) and go to the tool section. You're looking for Dremel. You will find a Dremel multi pro tool. It is hand held and you can add diff. tips to it. When using it on your dog's toenails you want the sanding disc tip. We have 2 labs and we use this on their toenails all the time. This is the 3rd year we've been using NOTHING but the Dremel for their toenails. You do NOT want to alternate or us clippers and any sort of sanding system in conjunction. The nails cannot handle using both!! Please don't use clippers w/any sanding system. The Dremel has several speeds and you will use the lowest or next one up no higher. It will heat up so work quickly counting to 5 and moving on to another toenail. Google Dremel and dog toenails and there are a lot of videos that will come up. There is an excellent one done by the owner of 2 dovermans (sp?) She really knows what she's doing. The beauty of the Dremel is it's sturdy, runs off of electricity, sanding bands can be replaced, and it's fast and efficient!!

This product is great when used in conjuction with clippers also. We clip our dogs nails first, then use this to smooth the edges and round the ends. It make his nail trim last longer and it gives it a more finished and smoother feel. I highly recommend triming the nails with clippers first, other wise you'lll be grinding away for a long time.

This product will NOT trim a dog's nails as a clipper would. This is great for keeping a dog's nails short after you clip them. The "safety" plastic piece can come off and will make filing the nails easier. Very loud noise. Keep treats close by when using this product.

I was so hoping this would work, even tried it many times. my dog was so scared of the noise he would not get close to this. This is a big waste of money!!!

Both of my dogs hate this thing. The one redeeming factor is that it works on my Pekingese; unfortunately, it does NOT work on my larger dog (a Lab). Also, it's so noisy that it terrifies both animals. It doesn't work quickly at all, none of that "5 minutes trimming" stuff. More like half-an-hour-and-a-headache-and-miserable-animals later, and one is trimmed and the other is cowering. Waste of time and money.

Waste of money. Takes forever and Peanut hated it. For $5 I'd much rather pop into a groomer for a quick trim:)

Well it's pretty good... it works well on my Miniature Schnauzer but he worries but then calms down.. at first he squirms A LOT but then he calms down.

I really feel I wasted my money on this product. I used it once. It scared my dogs so bad and they are used to having their nails done. It makes a loud noise and catches on the nails and pulls them. Just simple clippers and a heavy nail file works so much better.

my dog is afraid of the noise & begins whimpering and pulling away as soon as it starts to file...FAIL!

This was a TOTAL WASTE OF MONEY !!! If you press to hard the wheel stops sanding the nails. Our mini-Dachshunds nails took over 30 minutes just to sand down the front paws without pushing two hard and stopping the sander (we even put in newer batteries just in case). I just clipped the back nails like normal to finish it up, can you imagine having to take over an hour to trim a dogs nails...... I would never recommend it! The cat's nails worked better on them, but still a long process.

The Pedipaws is not for the ocassional groomer. It does work well for filing the edges of clipped nails to keep the sharp edges off. It goes through batteries relativly quickly. It is very loud and my little girl pup does not like it, but my big guy will just lay there likeit is his day at the spa. They are very differnt dogs, so with most things, it is really up to the dog. If you are someone who would be willing to use a Dremel tool on your furry friend, then this is a safe alternative to that, but not as powerful.

My Chihuahua's nail got caught in it. He yelped so loud...The commercial forgets to add the loud drilling type noise it makes. Total waste of money.