I was at work today and a dog came in to be groomed. An aussie/chow mix. The dog had been here before (once) but I had never groomed him. He seemed a bit nervous but not bad...I went over and felt his coat/petted him and he was fine, put the leash on him and he was fine.....then I went to pick him up to put him on the table and he turned around and bit me in the face! I have been bit before but nothing like that.....seriously scared the h*ll out of me. Luckily it wasn't too bad, my gums were bleeding and there's a couple little puncture wounds on the inside of my lip...no stitches or anything. The dog's owner saw it happen and apologized several times. I actually groomed the dog despite this and he was fine, I think I just startled him. I've startled my dogs before but luckily they don't react like that!