Today, I tried to trim my dog's nails. After about a half hour of barking, biting, and general freaking out, I gave up and decided to pay someone else to do it. I'm a vet, and do this for a living. FML
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Today, I was at work when someone came in asking me to brush their pet Shih Tzu. After an hour of vigorously grooming through the multiple knots, I called the owner to collect their dog. When she got here she said, "Oh, did I say brush? I meant shave." FML
Today, I got my dog back from my aunt. Rather than taking him to an actual groomer, I gave him to my aunt because she needed a few extra bucks. My generosity lost me $35, and gave my dog ticks and a bad haircut. FML
Today, I took my dog for a basic spay and dental cleaning procedure. When I picked her up from the vet, I was reading through the surgery papers before they sent me away. They'd pulled 29 abscessed teeth and didn’t feel the need to tell me. FML
Today, I was clipping my nails. When I got to my toenail, the whole thing somehow ripped right out. I'm in agony. FML
Today, after my husband yelled at me for wasting money by getting my nails done, I decided to buy the supplies and watch YouTube to figure out how to do them myself. He then yelled at me for wasting money on the supplies. FML
Today, I started my dream job of being a veterinarian. My first day consisted of having to put down 12 dogs and 5 cats. FML
Today, as I was getting my nails done at a salon, the owner pulled my head back against the chair in front of all the customers and began to tweeze my eyebrows. When I exclaimed that I didn't pay for that service, she replied, "I don't care. This needs done." FML
Today, while I was at work, my boyfriend decided to give my Cocker Spaniel a haircut. I now have the equivalent of an over-sized naked mole rat running around my house. FML
Today, I decided to treat myself to a pedicure ahead of my cousin's wedding. The woman doing my nails asked if I wanted my toe hairs trimmed. I was so taken aback and embarrassed that I said yes. They charged me extra. FML
Today, a client refused to pay for the nails I spent nearly three hours doing, because apparently it's her birthday and "you don't pay for birthday nails." She refused to pay, and we locked her inside the salon. She threw a bitch fit and rolled on the ground like a worm, kicking and screaming until the cops arrived. FML
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tmaq973 7
You really nailed that one! Haha.. That was terrible.
MZPONY 7
She didn't say she didn't know how.. I think OP's dog would not cooperate with her.
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Comments (126)
stormchaser24 24
So you are a vet, not a groomer. Vets help dogs when they get sick or checkup. Groomers cut the nails.
perdix 31
You shouldn't be barking and biting. That's very unprofessional of you! Don't they teach you anything in vet school?
Brilliant66star 17
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.
roxyelizabeth 3
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.
perdix 31
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.
unknown_user5566 27
That's how my female dog is, too. I never do walk-ins with her... I always call an hour or so ahead of time to warn them of what's to come. She can be such a bitch. ;)
xalba 9
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
cmyk 19
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 :)
audreyav 7
You need to clip one nail at a time whenever he falls asleep and eventually they get used to it.
Kibaruto 33
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!
Tempest559 12
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.