When we got Perdi, she hadn't been made to do anything at all and hadn't been socialized properly to anything really. She hates her feet being touched. Her nails were so long and something needed to be done. When I got her I immediately began softly touching her legs while petting her...then I'd run my hands down to her feet. I'd let my hands rest on her feet and then we progressed to holding the feet for short amounts of time without her pulling away. I'm desensitizing her as I would my horses when I train them. Same concept really: slow, calm, frequent, and always end on a good note-not pulling away or not drawing her leg up to her chest- would be the good note. She is better, though not great (we've only been at it a month), but she's better than she was. We will have to muzzle her again I'm sure for the next clipping this next month since she's still unsure. It takes 3 people to clip her. Poor girl...a lot of her anxieties could have been aleviated if the owners had just worked with her as a pup.
Definitely don't let Daisy think she has the upper hand. I'd just start slow and rubbing her legs and gently running your hands down to her paws. Then start holding her paws for short periods of time, extending the time more and more, then pulling them a little and touching her toe nails while holding them....hopefu llly she'll come around. I hear a lot of people like the dremmels for their dogs nails, but I know that Perdi would jump out of her skin at the sight and sound of that thing coming near her!