u/MeanChemical8212

I recently met a dog whose owner said this, the last groomer never had trouble with him etc. Owner was still very nice and understanding but I feel like I failed somewhere because the dog bit me. She was apologetic and wants to keep requesting me so I can build trust with this dog but I'm really doubting my ability to do that and I have no real plan for next time to go better.

Did everything slowly and extra extra gentle, dog is a chihuahua less than 10lbs. I was talking to him the whole time, just doing everything I know to do to try and make him more comfortable. He was very tense throughout but easy to bathe and dry, let me do his back nails and paw pads. He bit me and broke skin while I trimmed the tops of his back feet. I know dogs bite, sometimes you can't avoid it but her saying that the last groomer never had a problem is sticking in my mind. Feels like there must be a way to handle this specific dog correctly and I can't think of what to do differently?

I started working at a mobile business a few months ago and I'm still trying to figure out the best ways to conserve power (and water!!!), stressing about it A LOT throughout the day.

I've been leaning towards drying at full power so it's done quicker, but I've also heard that a lower setting saves power. But I don't understand how? My thinking is that if I use a higher setting, I will be drying for a shorter length of time- so saving power?

Cannot turn the A/C off for longer than a few minutes with the weather being so hot, does this get better in cooler seasons?

Also trying to save water by blowing shampoo and conditioner off before rinsing, but that drains the battery noticeably too. I idle the engine once it's down to 20% but that doesn't seem to do much, still keeps going down.

Please send help lol ANY tips about power and water would be appreciated!

Ok, my favorite part of the appointment is when the dog gets all happy when they see their people. Usually after being pretty serious the whole time. Specifically, when they turn around and come back to me like "holy shit you brought me back to my mom!!!!!" Like yeah dude I told you!

It's such a funny thing I've noticed that dogs tend to do throughout all of my different dog jobs (daycare, boarding, grooming).That turn around in disbelief like "no wayyyyy thank you!!!"

I love dogs lol. I always think buddy I told you a million times today: you're just getting a haircut and then you get to go home I promise!

Of course I'm personifying but I always think it's pretty funny 🤣

I've been seeing a lot of content (esp on TikTok)about this, people seem pretty strict on the exact amount of questions someone should be asking in conversations and calling them selfish for talking about themselves. Is this how everyone thinks about it?

I realized that I don't care or think about questions (me asking or the other person asking), and now I'm afraid that everybody thinks I'm selfish...I just talk about what's on my mind and hope/assume the other person will too. That includes questions if they come up naturally, and they do often. If someone's not talking about themselves I feel that's not my responsibility, not to sound harsh. I want them to share their thoughts and I like to listen, I want to know what's going on in their lives and I guess I expect them to share what they want to share.

I was diagnosed with ADHD hyperactive type as a young kid and so I've learned to be very careful not to interrupt too much and not to talk so much that it overwhelms someone, to the point that I probably leave a bit too much silence/space for the other person to talk. So it's not that I don't give people a chance to talk about what they want to talk about...is it not okay to just talk about stuff?

Playing through the games for the first time, just finished >!curing the genophage!<in ME3. Mordin is such an interesting character, what a rollercoaster that was playing through his story!

When I first recruited Mordin Solus I LOVED him immediately, then was so disappointed learning about his research and his views on it. Kept talking to him, choosing harsher options to see how he really felt about it and being surprised/horrified by so many of his answers. But nothing he said ever didn't make sense, just seemed cold to me. His singing was a great moment (I was fully stunned) but still didn't win me back over to his side lol. I saw his point of view but just couldn't move past the genophage stuff (this is so dramatic, he's a video game character I know).

Now he's all "I'm not (sorry), had to be me. Someone else might have gotten it wrong." My research, my responsibility. Ok, I love him again, great guy. He's not a monster at all, it took me SO long to come back around and now he's gone. Such an interesting experience in a game! That's all I wanted to say.

*have talked with vet about her peeing, they weren't concerned because it stopped completely after changing my own habits and adjusting her litter, it hasn't happened for years now just trying to continue preventing it

My cat (5 yrs old) used to have a problem peeing outside the litterbox but I realized it was MY behavior causing it, I was messy and leaving clothes on the floor. If something soft is on the floor and she can paw at it in a certain way/make it into a pile she will pee on it. She also prefers unscented litter scooped daily, and nowadays she never ever pees outside the box.

Once upon a time she did something so nasty....she created a piss nest under my bed and cuddled herself up in it all the time without me knowing. When I finally discovered it I was pulling out pieces of clothing that were cardboard stiff from being soaked in pee.......I know how disgusting that is and I'm embarassed that it happened.

I'm moving into a place with carpet in the bedroom, I'm worried that she might start peeing under the bed again because the conditions are a little too familiar:

-Soft thing on the floor

-under the bed

-anxiety being in a new place

BUT she has never peed on a built in carpet, so it might not even be a problem!

She feels safe under the bed, she hides there during thunderstorms so I don't want to take away her #1 safe spot if I don't need to. Would I be crazy to cover the floor under the bed in plastic? That's my best idea so far.

New job is starting very part-time (1-2 days/week) and moving to full in a couple months, so I need to stay at my current job as long as possible to pay bills. It's the same job just at a different place, new job is aware of the situation but current job would likely fire me if they found out. I have to bring tools (owned by me) back and forth from current job to new job.

Looking for creative ways to explain things to current job and avoid burning a bridge if that's possible.

I learned recently that I'm being paid less than our bather, we both get paid per hour but this person makes close to $30/hr while I'm at $25. We typically do the same number of dogs (6) but I do full haircuts only, they do baths only. I fully support bathers making a good amount of money, they work hard and get the craziest dogs. I just feel shocked because at this specific place there were so many requirements I had to meet to raise my pay to where it is, one was graduating to being a groomer...how mad should I be about this? Already working on leaving.