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
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I was at my friend's house, when she commented that her dog's fur kept getting tangled because of its length. I reached over to tickle his tummy, felt a big tangled knot and agreed that he needed a good grooming. Then I realized what I'd grabbed wasn't fur. FML
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
Today, my mother informed me that she sold my dog to pay off some bills. FML
Today, I decided to give my dog a bath. Instead, my dog gave me a bath. FML
Today, I spent $500 buying my lost cat back from a jerk who thought it was his. I get home and my mom tells me that she'd sold it to the same guy for $10 because she thought the cat was ruining my love life. FML
Today, I searched our neighborhood for our lost dog. After screaming at the top of our lungs, driving around in circles, and asking strangers, we realized we took him to the groomers this morning. FML
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 bitten by my aunt's dog. My brother was holding the leash. He said he didn't pull the dog away from me because he didn't want to rip my shirt. Meanwhile, the dog was biting a penny-sized chunk out of my hip. 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, my mom picked up my dog from the groomers. I came home to find a small female terrier on our couch. My dog is a full grown male maltese. What's worse is that it took me a full 20 minutes to convince my mom that she had picked up the wrong dog. FML
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LoveMay 10
Never trust your family members …
HaraAishi 8
I bet that situation left you -puts on sunglasses.- ticked off. YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAHHHHH!
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Comments (68)
K_kanaka 26
Well at least you saved some money, right?
TheCaterpiller 6
To then use to get rid of ticks and fleas
yahoowizard 16
Well, she got back a worse dog so it lost some value there, and she has to take it to a professional groomer too anyway. Only the aunt wins here.
ladyLALAA 29
I feel like the dog loses out, hope OP gets ticks too!
Awes0meperson 10
Why should OP get ticks? It's not her fault her aunt did that. Blame the aunt not OP
Cad6 24
I think the aunt already had ticks to start with...makes sense that the dog ended up with them too. Nice aunt you got there.
Dracoboxer357 36
Bad luck OP, but good intentions mean well. :) Fyl, but I'm sure your dog will recover from being ugly and itchy, one day.
MatheusRajuidas 5
It ain't about luck, unless it's actually cool to have a badly-groomed dog with tics at such a low price. But then again, maybe it's just an old-fashioned trend.
picturescrazy 24
How did the ticks come into play? o.o
Mister_Triangle 21
OP neglected to mention that his aunt is Sasquatch
Kog_Hiro 17
Probably from the lack of hair. The ticks have an easier time getting to the skin.
Calyx_fml 22
Quack
notfarremoved 4
Now OP needs to pay for a flea bath for both the dog and the aunt
sarahlouise0506 10
Bet you'll give ur aunt a ticking off OP
LMA0 5
What exactly is a ticking off? o_O
br0dawg 6
either a really bad pun or a really weird sexual thing
cosmosis 12
Sounds like some weird incest sexual term. Grotty bastard!!! People like you tick me off!!
sarahlouise0506 10
It means a telling off
LoveMay 10
Never trust your family members …
teague95 16
Can a dog have a bad haircut?
KeyboardWarrior 10
Yes.
klovemachine 24
Poor dog :( F the dog's life
deviable 9
I think you should go to a groomer from now on...
chouter21 10
This is worse than 1guy 1jar.
Dracoboxer357 36
^ Having had the misfortune of seeing that video, I respectively disagree. ;P
DjeePee 25
Wait, you took your dog to a family member from which you knew she was not qualified to groom your dog, but you did it anyway because she needed the money. And now you are complaining about the money and the bad grooming? Do I see a big 'YDI' appear on my computer?
RadPenny 6
But he was being nice :(
DataWog 30
What about the ticks? Does OP really deserve their dog to suffer from ticks just for trying to be nice? Bad haircut, sure, but not the ticks.
MissHayleyJames 7
Depending on the dog, some are not hard to groom if you know how to operate the clippers ad a pair of scissors. Now of its a poodle with a fancy cut or something like that, then ya take it to a groomer. If its a Lhasa with the teddy bear cut you can easily do that yourself.