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I had pretty good luck with treating the stank when Brandy the black lab rolled in rotten possum crap and or/dead things with either tomato juice or *ahem* Summers Eve vinegar and water douche (I read it online for skunk stink after she found a dead one at the park, shut up). And she had the thickest fluffy under coat I has ever seen on a lab. For coat and collar I used cider vinegar in the wash water. YMMV of course.
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A friend of mine does dog grooming at some pet store or something and posts pictures of the dogs on tumblr. Look at this loving dog 
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Fraction posted:I have never wanted to hug a dog and then put it on a diet immediately so much before It's cool man that dog knows what he's doing
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PrinnySquadron posted:A friend of mine does dog grooming at some pet store or something and posts pictures of the dogs on tumblr. I wanna rub that pup's ears and sing "fatty fat fat" to it in my squeakiest voice.
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PrinnySquadron posted:A friend of mine does dog grooming at some pet store or something and posts pictures of the dogs on tumblr. Is that like a chi spaniel mix? Either way the proper name for such a dog is "Sgt. Liftoff".
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Pew! Pew! posted:Does anyone know some decent websites with info on how to care for young puppies? I think they're okay so far and my mom is actually taking advice now so I wanna make sure she takes steps to ensure their health instead of yelling over it. She's pretty receptive to anything written by a vet or behaviorist, so cited articles and stuff are great. Aquatic Giraffe posted:I came home early today to let Pistol out so he wouldn't poop in my house again and we walked for two hours and played outside for another half hour and no poops were had at all
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One Eyed Daruma posted:I had pretty good luck with treating the stank when Brandy the black lab rolled in rotten possum crap and or/dead things with either tomato juice or *ahem* Summers Eve vinegar and water douche (I read it online for skunk stink after she found a dead one at the park, shut up). And she had the thickest fluffy under coat I has ever seen on a lab. It was probably just the work of the vinegar, rather than that specific product, which I would avoid buying just because Summer's Eve is a horrible company (a vinegar douche WHAT THE gently caress). Vinegar is my go to cleaner whenever I can't get a smell or stain out out, and at least the smell of it comes out with just regular soap and some airing out.
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Kerfuffle posted:It was probably just the work of the vinegar, rather than that specific product, which I would avoid buying just because Summer's Eve is a horrible company (a vinegar douche WHAT THE gently caress). Vinegar is my go to cleaner whenever I can't get a smell or stain out out, and at least the smell of it comes out with just regular soap and some airing out. Training Pi through his worst period of leash reactivity wasn't nice by any means. I still think back on the moment when I found the chicken neck (left over from DS&CC work and somehow deposited in the drawer) and shiver a bit inside from sheer repulsion.
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Skizzles posted:just gonna leave this here This is objectively the worst thing ever.
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Whenever I get a new cat I basically expect one or more of my cats to immediately be sick because that's just what I get, but this time it was me! I got the terrible urinary tract infection for myself!  At least things are going really well aside from that. The new cat is adapting more quickly than expected. The last time someone adopted her, she hid under the bed for two weeks and then got returned. She hides under the bed a little bit here, but will happily come out if I coax her. Then she'll purr, jump on the bed and stay there being Queen of the Bed, hang out in the window, and sometimes go exploring. Also I'm so drat spoiled when it comes to my cats. They're so easygoing. Only got the new cat on Saturday and already no one has to be separated. We've even had peaceful coexistence within a foot of the new cat with multiple cats all at once. The best kitties. 
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Skizzles posted:just gonna leave this here I hate you so very much right now
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Nov 6, 2012 18:31
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The Sphynx in its natural environment. What a glorious, majestic beast. 
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PrinnySquadron posted:A friend of mine does dog grooming at some pet store or something and posts pictures of the dogs on tumblr. Ahahaha she works for Petsmart and they make you sign a release saying you won't take pictures of customer's pets. Tell her to just be super careful about that. Anyway, there are other pet groomers on this forum, Wolfinstienbag in particular, I've got a couple of questions for you. I started a job at a local business about two weeks ago. 45% per groom. It's very slow. On Halloween I sat in the store and had no clients come in and didn't get paid for it. I feel like the business itself it kind of doomed to fail. I love doing what I'm doing, but really it cost me like 15 in gas money to get there and back. Today the owner called me and asked if I could work...while there's nothing on the books. I stood up to her and told her if there were no dogs it wasn't worth me even coming me. She offered to compensate me for gas money. I told her if I wasn't making at least 50 dollars a day it wasn't worth it. So I guess my questions are: What is the average number of dogs that should be coming in every day? I'm actually pretty self conscious about my grooms (I'll post a few here if it helps) She's been open for about two years. A few days ago she had another girl move into the bottom floor with an unaltered female dog (we sometimes board and groom unaltered pets). I had an intact male staying in the room at the time, and had no idea she was moving in. I also spent two nights there with boarding dogs, which she told me she'd compensate me for. It seems like none of the groomers stay there for anything but a few months. When I answered the ad on craigslist it said the salon was "busy". It's the slow season now but shouldn't we be getting at least 3 dogs in a day? Am I being taken advantage of? The Big Whoop fucked around with this message at 19:02 on Nov 6, 2012 |
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BUSY?? We do at LEAST 10-15 on a normal day (a "busy" day being 15-20), starting at 7:30, ending by 2:00 at the latest. Sometimes I feel taken advantage of, because I get paid hourly. So, I'll bust my rear end to get done quick and get paid less for my effort.  Maybe you can discuss only coming in for X amount of dogs, or getting hourly compensation? Like a whatever works out to more kinda deal. You at LEAST have to hit minimum wage, right?
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That's what I thought. I actually spent two nights there. I don't think I'm going to hit anywhere minimum wage. I'm a bit slow at the moment because I've only been cutting dogs for two years on and off. Still looking around for jobs, most shops don't like how much time I take. What the most cordial way of saying that I need at least 3 dogs to come in? The boyfriend is absolutely livid she asked me to come in today... and only one dog on the book that I know of yet. I'm such a yellow livered bastard when it comes to stuff like this. Edit: Is it the slow season for where you are at the moment? It worries me when ANY shop doesn't have a single customer come in like on Halloween.
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Hey guys I have a new foster from the rescue. Very sweet and pretty 11wk old kitten. Treated for fleas/worms/URI but I have no idea if its ever been seen by a real vet. The person I pulled the kitten from told me it was female but um I am not so sure.    Anyway PI can you help me confirm the sex of this cat? It sure looks like a dude to me, but I admit I've never had a black cat before. Have some Cat rear end.  Also lmao Sarabi can't stand this kitten even though she literally has babies every other foster I've ever had. 
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Yeah, I'm actually off today because we canceled work. People are usually pushing to get closer to thanksgiving and Xmas. It just doesn't make sense to schedule dogs like that. Maybe see if your boss would be willing to consolidate appointments?
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Neige is still limping, so yesterday she went in for an x-ray. And since she's queen of the squirmers, they had to sedate her with Domitor before they could do the x-ray. And since she's generally an active sort of dog, when she's coming out of sedation she is a complete zombie dog. Last night she was the biggest space cadet I have ever seen. I gave her a kong bone stuffed with her joint supplement treats and frozen peanut butter, and it took her about 5 minutes just holding it in her mouth and drooling before she seemed to realize that she should chew on it and eat the treats. Meanwhile, on a day when I'm already stressed to the gills about the stupid ~*~election~*~ I have to wait to hear back from the specialists the vets sent the radiographs out to. With Murphy's Law being what it is, I am willing to bet cash money they'll call me back right in the middle of a session with my client today. Anyway, have a picture of the beast in her favorite spot in Our New House.  I have told her that if she gets her head stuck and forces me to saw one of my brand new banister railings, I'll boot her right down the steps. When dog ownership responsibility clashes with home ownership responsibility, no one wins.
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The petco grooming salon I worked at paid hourly or commission, whichever was higher. That way you weren't completely screwed if there were no appointments.
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Riiseli posted:You do chill during the walk, too. I mean away from your own yard, because it wouldn't be the first time a dog refuses to do his business in the back yard, but still needed to get bored before being willing to poop. My other recommendation is keeping him tethered to you while indoors. You will hopefully have time to react, if he has to follow you around in a short leash. This is what I did with a farm dog, that refused to go outside on a leash, which was a slightly different problem, but I'm quite sure tethering to you should work for Pistol, too. I took him for about a billion walks over the weekend and he had an "aha!" moment that pooping outside is a Good Thing. No inside poops since then 
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The Big Whoop posted:That's what I thought. I actually spent two nights there. I don't think I'm going to hit anywhere minimum wage. I'm a bit slow at the moment because I've only been cutting dogs for two years on and off. Still looking around for jobs, most shops don't like how much time I take. What the most cordial way of saying that I need at least 3 dogs to come in? The boyfriend is absolutely livid she asked me to come in today... and only one dog on the book that I know of yet. I'm such a yellow livered bastard when it comes to stuff like this. Just chiming in to say that I worked someplace with just me and my boss and we did an average of 8-10 dogs a day. Some days we would have more, depending on the breeds and if it was a late day or not. There was not a day I went into work where there was nothing to do. Even in snow storms we had cancellations but we would still have some dogs come in. I was paid hourly though, and got a percentage of tips. And yes, The holidays are insanely busy.
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WolfensteinBag posted:Yeah, I'm actually off today because we canceled work. People are usually pushing to get closer to thanksgiving and Xmas. It just doesn't make sense to schedule dogs like that. Maybe see if your boss would be willing to consolidate appointments? Christ, she just went psycho on me for trying to consolidate appointments and fired me. For an appointment that would have gotten her 20 dollars. TWENTY DOLLARS. She called me in for an "grooming" appointment which was a quoted to be a 30 dollar chihuahua... She didn't even pay me. It takes me 20 dollars in gas to get to this place. The Big Whoop fucked around with this message at 01:47 on Nov 7, 2012 |
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Yikes.  Sounds like kind of a sketchy place to work anyway. Hopefully you can find something better.
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Yeah well I have an interview on thursday with a place that DOES sound like it is busy sooo... this borderline lady can screw herself. I just feel bad for my co-worker :\ Sorry lady but it's not my job to overcharge for simple poo poo and tell customers I "undercharged" them. She's actually bragging about going through 15 groomers in the two years they've been open. What the gently caress?
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Wow. Congratulations for escaping that terrible place! I bet you can find work with a more reliable grooming place. Sounds like even though you've only groomed on and off, you're starting to accrue enough experience to be perfectly hirable.
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InEscape posted:Anyway PI can you help me confirm the sex of this cat? It sure looks like a dude to me, but I admit I've never had a black cat before. Have some Cat rear end. Dat is boy cat rear end. You can even see his balls starting to show up.
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So my cat got to visit the animal shelter yesterday.  This loving plumber that my landlord hired came in and not only left the front door open, but let my cats out of the spare bedroom I had locked them in knowing he'd be coming and I couldn't be there. Why? "They were meowing at the door, I was worried about them!" No poo poo rear end in a top hat, cats sometimes don't like being locked up and will meow at the door.So then, shockingly, my cat got out of the house and vanished. I got home and realized he was gone so spent a frantic hour or so looking for him, but someone found him and called animal control to come pick him up (apparently he was menacing their chickens haha), which they did. Fortunately he is microchipped so they scanned it and called me. So then I got to go to drive an hour to the animal shelter, spend $50 springing my cat, and now have a traumatized cat who won't leave me alone and a pissed-off client because I missed a deadline doing this instead of working (actually she's not that pissed but still). Thanks, plumber!
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2tomorrow posted:So my cat got to visit the animal shelter yesterday. Can you at least get him to pay you back for the shelter fee since you know, it was his fault?
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Sort of, my landlord is paying him but she has already offered me a $100 credit on the rent next month. Still pissed off at him, and I don't know what they've discussed, but she's an animal lover who was livid as well so at least she's doing what she can do make it right. I didn't even want to speak to him last night I was so mad. I can have quite the temper for things like that. I did tell her that I do not want him working on the house again, and she agreed to that as well. Not even if I'm there. I mean really, who the gently caress lets meowing cats out of a spare bedroom like that? I even spoke to him that morning to make sure he didn't need to go in that room, because I took the dogs with me but wanted to lock up the cats safely. My other cat was outside too, but she never wanders more than 30 feet or so from the house so she was waiting on the front step when I got home. That's how I know he left the door open while he was working, she is not an escape artist like Bagheera can be. The plumber tried to claim that Bagheera must have darted under his feet (which is believable, sort of) but seriously I've owned the other cat for almost 10 years now, and she's never even attempted to dart out like that so I'm certain he is lying. Also I'm still mad, sorry for the rant.
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2tomorrow posted:Sort of, my landlord is paying him but she has already offered me a $100 credit on the rent next month. Still pissed off at him, and I don't know what they've discussed, but she's an animal lover who was livid as well so at least she's doing what she can do make it right. I didn't even want to speak to him last night I was so mad. I can have quite the temper for things like that. Hey you are totally right to feel that way. I try very hard to not let people from maintenance at my complex into my apartment when I'm away (since Bailey is uncrated during the day and can be very enthusiastic when meeting new people)and it seems like a lot of people don't understand why you get mad when it comes to strangers dealing with your pets. Especially landlords. At least yours seems sensible.
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Repair people who leave the front door open for no good reason drive me crazy. It's not hard to close a door. Close the drat door. Even if the people in the home don't own pets, close the doooooor. Obviously sometimes they need the door open, but it's just lazy when they're not even coming and going very much. Edit: It's so good that your landlord was understanding about it though. I'm really impressed with her offer to make it up to you. Having a reasonable landlord who actually cares about things like that is a joy. Brillig fucked around with this message at 18:39 on Nov 7, 2012 |
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A friend of mine had her dishwasher worked on, and the maytag man or whatever let her cat outside. We never saw him again.  Luckily your story has a happier ending. I would have probably punched the dude in the face.
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I have actually been inside my own apartment watching when a maintenance guy working on my heater stepped away from it and in the space of a split second had pulled open my bedroom door and ducked his head inside. My cat dives out and into the hallway of the complex because OPEN DOOR, and my dog goes ballistic inside his crate because gently caress YOU STRANGER IN MY HOUSE. I had a  moment watching him do it, but directly after grabbing my cat, throwing him in the bedroom, and shutting the door again, I asked him what the gently caress he was thinking to open my private bedroom door like an absolute creeper and he got wide-eyed, apologized profusely and said 'It sounded like your cat wanted let out'.  I am standing right here jackass. I can let him out if I wanted him out. Needless to say, I also got rent credit that month. I think it was actually something like half our rent, because my girlfriend at the time went off on the manager for privacy violation and what if we hadn't been there, etc, and they were very 'ohhh shiiiiit' about the entire thing.
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Sometimes just scrolling through this thread without looking very closely is the funniest possible activity... I needed that laugh! (Still waiting to hear about the x-rays. Stress gut lessened post-election, but still feeling out of sorts until I know what's causing my puppy's limping.)
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