Agreed, Wolfsoul, with everything you said. Unless you are a professional groomer with years of experience (or a professional in any other business, for that matter) you do NOT know what really goes on and what is simply not true.
Everyone repeats the one or two horror stories they hear ... about ANY business. However, I believe, that for every horror story you hear, you DON'T hear about the thousand postive experiences. Those just don't make the news.
Today we groomed a chihuahua mix. He screamed bloody murder the entire time he was there ... and of course his owner couldn't pick him up for hours and hours. Was he hurt? Mistreated? Upset? No ... he just screamed. Wagging his tail, quite happy ... but screaming like we were skinning him alive.
"We give dogs the time we can spare, the space we can spare and the love we can spare. And in return, dogs give us their all. It's the best deal man has ever made" - M. Facklam
"We are raised to honor all the wrong explorers and discoverers - thieves planting flags, murderers carrying crosses. Let us at last praise the colonizers of dreams."- P.S. Beagle
"All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring; Renewed shall be blade that was broken, The crownless again shall be king." - J.R.R. Tolkien
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