 Now, I haven't trimmed too short, and you don't want to do that because then you're going to have an issue. And I dread that day if I cut too short and she doesn't like it. I have a tip for that. If your animal is relaxed enough to do it, like I do this with my larger dogs, is I kind of treat them like a horse where you would stand and pull the foot between your leg. You can see the quick, and you can just snip, snip, snip, snip, snip.