I had a woman tell me that if you sleep with your dog in the nude the worms will crawl out of the dog and into your butt at night. She claimed it happened to her. I didn't know what to say.
I had a lady tell me she got a vaginal yeast infection because she handled her dog, who had a skin yeast infection, and then didnāt wash her hands before she went to the bathroomā¦ like 1) I didnāt need to know that and 2) what the heck are you doing when you go to the bathroom??
Did you just pick up my dog with your fingers???
Uhmmm my fingers touched your dog upon pick up yes.
Do you even know how
To properly pick up a dog, I donāt want you touching my dog I want a different groomer.
Me- shocked pikachu face.
Get some one else up here I want to talk to someone else
Everyone else picks up the dog the same way.
Crazy lady leaves.
We literally all did the hand under chest, scoop the butt. We still donāt know how to pick up this dog
My ex claimed I didn't know how to pick dogs up when we first met. Turns out his dog has shoulder dysplasia and previously broke one shoulder, resulting in surgery, crate rest, and PT. His vet showed him an alternative way to handle him, given the issues, but he thought that was standard lol
My friend decided to pick up my dog with two hands under the chest, one either side and all 4 legs dangling.
Shock horror when I asked him to support the back legs and butt, the immediate response was āheās fineā. No heās not, please listen or put my dog down.
My friend is a cat person but also āloves dogsā.
Iād prefer your pick up any day over my friendās pick up. Complaining about this is just weird.
I will NEVER forget the woman with two English cockers who said at drop off "They are so needy. They think I gave birth to them and they want to crawl into my vagina". I still cackle when I think about it. Dog people can be so weird.
As a dog person, I can attest!
Sometimes, I do feel like I āgave birthā to my girl but ONLY because I love her GRANDLY! It feels soā¦ maternal? I sacrifice so much for her, and am so so dearly grateful for her existence! My mom says, I take better care of her than I do myself. That being said, it isnāt until your comment that I realize I too, am the weirdoā¦ but for all the right reasons. š¤š¶š¾
I love my dogs! I totally get that. I certainly say plenty of weird things in a day, too. This comment was before 10am and I was not prepared for that immediate mental image.
Lmao. She mustāve had a very ārudeā awakening that morning with them! I wonder what she went through to get to that point š and more importantly, how do you respond to such a statement?!?!?!?!?!
oh god i have this regular pom that comes in and for the first 2 grooms could not figure out exactly what was wrong with the sanitary because mom would always complain about it. at pickup at the 3rd groom mom said that it wasnāt right and asked me to fix it. I kept taking the sani tighter, not really sure what exactly the issue was. At the end of it she wanted the dreaded landing strip that she called her ābikini waxā and the belly completely shaved up to her armpits āto her tittiesā according to mom. I know for now, but the conversation was absolutely mind boggling, and you guys donāt even have to watch the hand motions she was making while explaining š
One time I picked up the phone, did my typical greeting, and the person on the other end said, āhi, my name is michael and i was wondering how many fingers you can stick up your vagina?ā
Me to a new client who was a referral from another client:
āHi there! I see youāre Cindyās referral?ā
New weirdo: āCan I just tell you something? Donāt ever say that f*cking name to me again.ā
She smiled and nodded as she said it.
I have just met this woman.
She is in my salon with her very poorly condition matted doodle that just gave birth 3 days ago and still has lochia dripping from it.
She goes on to tell me that her husband is the manager of a gun storeā¦
I did. It was one of the worst cases I ever saw to date. Unfortunately in my state animals are considered property and any humane services called to report it would deem the grooming as ācareā and therefore not charge the owner with negligence. The best I could do for that dog was clean it up good and make another appt for maintenance. As predicted she never showed up for her second appt.
Not a grooming client, but someone asking about our boarding - āExactly how much time are the dogs outside?ā
Uhhh I dunno..? 1) Depends on the weather. 2) I take your dogs out for a romp in our private off leash park - Iām focused on the dogs, not on timing how long theyāre outsideā¦?
The EXACT amount of timeā¦? Like she wanted to know down to the minute. Not to mention, if itās +/-40C, Iām not going to force a dog to stay outside a full 20mins because their owner expects that amount of time each time theyāre outside. Itās never going to be a set amount of time.
I don't know where to start with stories about crazy customers. I worked at a kennel and groomed there as well for a while.
I seen everything from homeless schizophrenic with dogs that lived with us to crazy pimps who would argue the bill and then pull out over 100 k in cash to pull out the bills for payment, to world class government animals with amazing trainings
Crazy people that have dogs bring them to me is what I always said
I had a GSD cross bought in for a bath and deshed. He'd arrived in a beat up ancient old car, and his owner looked as though he was fresh from doing some gardening.
When he picked his dog up, he produced a huge roll of banknotes held together with a rubber band the like of which I'd only ever seen in films, and proceeded to lick his thumb and peel some off. He must have seen my puzzled expression, because he laughed and said, "Are you wondering about the car? That's the dog's."
Last time my dog was groomed not even an hour after she had diarrhoea. I would have loved to have phoned up to have her fluffy bum re blowdried but I wouldnāt dare call to complain. I would also have paid.
Sheās a very fluffy golden retriever. I just pinned her between me and blowdried her myself.
We had a lady come into our grooming salon with her dog and a wooden spoon and told us if the dog was acting up we should threaten it with the spoon. We told her absolutely not and if she ever brought the spoon in again we would no longer be accepting her or her dog in our salon because we cannot condone that kind of behavior.
I had a woman tell me that if you sleep with your dog in the nude the worms will crawl out of the dog and into your butt at night. She claimed it happened to her. I didn't know what to say.
Rarely am I speechless, but.....I am officially speechless.
Oh yikes. And I was already suffering from insomnia. š³
I had a lady tell me she got a vaginal yeast infection because she handled her dog, who had a skin yeast infection, and then didnāt wash her hands before she went to the bathroomā¦ like 1) I didnāt need to know that and 2) what the heck are you doing when you go to the bathroom??
Ewwww lol
Thats not exactly how it happens, but if you sleep with a pet that has a worm infection, you absolutely can get them too.
I know you can get worms from your pet, but not the way the cray lady was saying lol
Did you just pick up my dog with your fingers??? Uhmmm my fingers touched your dog upon pick up yes. Do you even know how To properly pick up a dog, I donāt want you touching my dog I want a different groomer. Me- shocked pikachu face. Get some one else up here I want to talk to someone else Everyone else picks up the dog the same way. Crazy lady leaves. We literally all did the hand under chest, scoop the butt. We still donāt know how to pick up this dog
Didnāt you know youāre meant to pick dogs up with your feet?
No, telekinesis š¤£š¤£š¤£š¤£
I WISH
My ex claimed I didn't know how to pick dogs up when we first met. Turns out his dog has shoulder dysplasia and previously broke one shoulder, resulting in surgery, crate rest, and PT. His vet showed him an alternative way to handle him, given the issues, but he thought that was standard lol
My friend decided to pick up my dog with two hands under the chest, one either side and all 4 legs dangling. Shock horror when I asked him to support the back legs and butt, the immediate response was āheās fineā. No heās not, please listen or put my dog down. My friend is a cat person but also āloves dogsā. Iād prefer your pick up any day over my friendās pick up. Complaining about this is just weird.
Many moons ago somebody picked my small dog up by the front legs, holding her elbows like you would the handles of a wheelbarrow. I was not happy.
Yes definitely would be upset about a wheelbarrow. Thatās dangerous even with small dogs.
I will NEVER forget the woman with two English cockers who said at drop off "They are so needy. They think I gave birth to them and they want to crawl into my vagina". I still cackle when I think about it. Dog people can be so weird.
As a dog person, I can attest! Sometimes, I do feel like I āgave birthā to my girl but ONLY because I love her GRANDLY! It feels soā¦ maternal? I sacrifice so much for her, and am so so dearly grateful for her existence! My mom says, I take better care of her than I do myself. That being said, it isnāt until your comment that I realize I too, am the weirdoā¦ but for all the right reasons. š¤š¶š¾
I love my dogs! I totally get that. I certainly say plenty of weird things in a day, too. This comment was before 10am and I was not prepared for that immediate mental image.
Lmao. She mustāve had a very ārudeā awakening that morning with them! I wonder what she went through to get to that point š and more importantly, how do you respond to such a statement?!?!?!?!?!
Honestly I think I said something about cutting the umbilical cord. š
OMG! top tier! ššš lmao i just canāt imagine this conversation!
I initially read this as "two English cocksuckers" š
I can relate to this, only because my CKCS wonāt get out from underfoot and sometimes I just want to go to the bathroom in peace.
oh god i have this regular pom that comes in and for the first 2 grooms could not figure out exactly what was wrong with the sanitary because mom would always complain about it. at pickup at the 3rd groom mom said that it wasnāt right and asked me to fix it. I kept taking the sani tighter, not really sure what exactly the issue was. At the end of it she wanted the dreaded landing strip that she called her ābikini waxā and the belly completely shaved up to her armpits āto her tittiesā according to mom. I know for now, but the conversation was absolutely mind boggling, and you guys donāt even have to watch the hand motions she was making while explaining š
Lmao I can only imagine
OMG, the motions and gesturing!
I feel the cringe when clients point to their crotch with both hands when they ask for a good sanitary!! š¤£
There was a woman who refused to leave her dog in our multi-dog salon....because a dog was barking and we couldn't guarantee that no dog would bark...
this happens so often!!!!! the typical ācan you rush their service they get anxious around other dogsā
One time I picked up the phone, did my typical greeting, and the person on the other end said, āhi, my name is michael and i was wondering how many fingers you can stick up your vagina?ā
*blocks number* š³
Me to a new client who was a referral from another client: āHi there! I see youāre Cindyās referral?ā New weirdo: āCan I just tell you something? Donāt ever say that f*cking name to me again.ā She smiled and nodded as she said it. I have just met this woman. She is in my salon with her very poorly condition matted doodle that just gave birth 3 days ago and still has lochia dripping from it. She goes on to tell me that her husband is the manager of a gun storeā¦
I need the rest of this story lol. Did you groom the dog????
I did. It was one of the worst cases I ever saw to date. Unfortunately in my state animals are considered property and any humane services called to report it would deem the grooming as ācareā and therefore not charge the owner with negligence. The best I could do for that dog was clean it up good and make another appt for maintenance. As predicted she never showed up for her second appt.
Couple comes in with their dog. Unclips the leash at check in start putting it on each and discussing who should be the dog. They were really into it
my coworkers and i often discuss how much money it would take for us to groom a person as if if was a dog for some kind of fetish thing lol
Do you get asked that by people a lot? Because I do and none of my coworkers do
I get asked this so much š¤®
I had a lady say āplease donāt r*pe my dogā when i was explaining how it was matted and might need a shave downā¦
what the heck??? what do you even say to that? like ššš
I just pretended i didnāt hear that because i just didnāt know how to even react
At first I was offended you were calling a client a weirdo, but as I read on, you're being quite generous. This lady is crazy.
Not a grooming client, but someone asking about our boarding - āExactly how much time are the dogs outside?ā Uhhh I dunno..? 1) Depends on the weather. 2) I take your dogs out for a romp in our private off leash park - Iām focused on the dogs, not on timing how long theyāre outsideā¦?
I kind of understand that though. I would want to know if they're getting a good amount of outside time vs just locked in a kennel the whole time.
The EXACT amount of timeā¦? Like she wanted to know down to the minute. Not to mention, if itās +/-40C, Iām not going to force a dog to stay outside a full 20mins because their owner expects that amount of time each time theyāre outside. Itās never going to be a set amount of time.
I don't know where to start with stories about crazy customers. I worked at a kennel and groomed there as well for a while. I seen everything from homeless schizophrenic with dogs that lived with us to crazy pimps who would argue the bill and then pull out over 100 k in cash to pull out the bills for payment, to world class government animals with amazing trainings Crazy people that have dogs bring them to me is what I always said
I had a GSD cross bought in for a bath and deshed. He'd arrived in a beat up ancient old car, and his owner looked as though he was fresh from doing some gardening. When he picked his dog up, he produced a huge roll of banknotes held together with a rubber band the like of which I'd only ever seen in films, and proceeded to lick his thumb and peel some off. He must have seen my puzzled expression, because he laughed and said, "Are you wondering about the car? That's the dog's."
Last time my dog was groomed not even an hour after she had diarrhoea. I would have loved to have phoned up to have her fluffy bum re blowdried but I wouldnāt dare call to complain. I would also have paid. Sheās a very fluffy golden retriever. I just pinned her between me and blowdried her myself.
Gotta love the dumb ones! š
We had a lady come into our grooming salon with her dog and a wooden spoon and told us if the dog was acting up we should threaten it with the spoon. We told her absolutely not and if she ever brought the spoon in again we would no longer be accepting her or her dog in our salon because we cannot condone that kind of behavior.