Once a month I like to give Bella a trim. I trim around her face so you can see her eyes, and I get around her tail/booty so that she doesn’t have pee on herself. Tonight, in an attempt to help out the groomer, I started cutting out some of the matting that she had going on around her. I did fairly well, minus the fact that her ass is close to bald at this point. I’m not sure if I accidentally cut her skin or if she has a section on her that’s being pilled around her legs but she’s walking funny now. So instead of helping out the groomer, I may have potentially made it worse.
I’m giving them a call tomorrow where I’ll be begging and pleading for an early appointment so that she doesn’t have to go a week walking funny. Based on stats I’ve got money coming through from paid stuff so I assume I’ll be ok there. I’m not even concerned about her getting a bath, having her nails clipped or even worrying about her getting her anals squeezed. I really just want her shaved so that she’s no longer uncomfortable. I hope to God I didn’t nick something. I’m typically very careful at making sure not to get the scissors close to her skin. I just feel so bad right now. It’s like giving your child a bad hair cut – which I know MANY people do. I found out today that there are still people who put the bowl on their kids head and cuts around it. When he’s getting the crap kicked out of him in high school – don’t ask any questions.
Anyway, so I’m going to call up tomorrow and see how soon I can get an appointment, last time we called there was a week delay which ticks me off because I always was able to get her taken care of within the next 48 hours. So this waiting-a-week crap bothers the hell out of me. I’m going to push to see if I can get her in on Friday or Saturday, I consider it an emergency because she’s walking crooked and I can’t tell if it’s her legs that are crooked or if I just cut her lopsided. She does look as though she’s in a little bit of pain so naturally I want that resolved as soon as possible. I can’t bring her to the clinic because they don’t do any on-site-grooming unless it’s surgery based. I may ask them if I can borrow one of their back rooms and their buzzer if I really get that desperate. Maybe they can sedate her for me so she isn’t squirming while I’m doing this. I know that’s not going to happen, I guess I’ll know for sure tomorrow what route I’m going to need to take.
I feel so bad…I really do.
I just found out that I’m blog-of-the-day on PayPerPost. While I still feel horrible about the dog I have to say I’m happy that I was chosen for today. Maybe my luck is changing and I’ll be able to get into the groomer this weekend. :hrm:
congrats on being the blog of the day! if they have a blog of the week you’ll get my vote. =)
Grooming dogs can be a tough business. I have four of them and have been grooming them myself for a little while now as the cost to groom four dogs can be very expensive. Even after all this time I still mess up sometimes.
Trimming is not easy! I actually haven’t tried it myself, but I had a friend with a cocker that did a pretty lousy job once. 🙂 Collies are easier, no shaving required. Just some trimming. I should be getting a collie to groom this Saturday, one of my rescues.