My way takes about 1-2 mins a paw. It helps to have 3 hands, but you can do it with 2.
First thing I do is cut off the main paid. Lay the knife parallel to the leg and slice the entire thing off. Then stick the tip of the knife in the hole and cut towards the elbow, I go all the way to the first joint, the wrist, which is about 4 inches in front and 6 in back, on a yote.
The next step is hard to explain. take your thumb, the thumb print part, and cover the toes of the dog. it'll cover about all 4 since they're close together, put your ingers behind them and bend them way back so the toes spread a little. With you other hand use wire cutter (I keep an old pair in my ammo-bag) and cut as far up the toe bone as you can. Do this to all the toes, and the dew-claws. This keeps the claw knuckle, and about 1/4-1/3" of the next bone, wich when you release the strain on the toes you're pulling back, will retract up into the toe pads. Don't cut off the toe pads, just the main *palm* pad. Then when you tub skin the dog like usualy, it will just peel off, the cut up the inside of the wrist makes it easier to pull the bony paw through the small wrist hole. I did this sunday night to a yote we ran over (oops
) and the paws only took about 2 mins....the entire coyote took quite a bit longer though because he'd been riding in the back of a truck 5 hours and was frozen solid
We kept it because it had minimal damage and was VERY prime and light, and pretty good size...I took some pics, and he's at the taxidermists now. Since I don't get enough dogs to bother with selling I skin all mine paws-on and hang them on the wall.
I drew a picture to go with this post but it looked like a gobbler swimming it packaging peanuts...so I decided to not confuse you more