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  1. AmberD

    Best nail clippers

    I like the Safari brand, too. I still have a set (small & large) from years ago when they were a darker green and black. I just bought a new set for work (groomer) for looks more than anything, and I brought the old set home to use on my dogs and a few on the side dogs.
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    Weird breed guesses?

    Husky. A lot. Malamute/German shepherd once, said very confidently.
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    What breed did you want as a kid?

    I wanted any dog when I was a kid; we didn't get a dog til I was 10, and before that, I was stuck to any dog when we visited people with dogs. My first dog was a black Lab. I wanted a "smart" dog, so I was into border collies. I wanted a rough collie because I was obsessed with Lassie. Also...
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    Moving to ALASKA: Traveling with pit bull & phone plans

    I don't know which airport you're flying to/from, but a quick Google search shows that Delta, which Julee says she's had luck with in the past, goes from Seattle to Anchorage. ... Although I wanted to double check before I posted this, and Delta says its only restriction are for snub/pug...
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    What breeds do you aesthetically prefer "altered"?

    Just so there's no misunderstanding, I didn't say I agree with docking tails of purebred dogs. It's not an ethics thread, so I tried to be pretty neutral about it. But the fact is that as a dog groomer, I see a dozen or two (or three) dogs a day, and the vast majority of the breeds that are...
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    What breeds do you aesthetically prefer "altered"?

    I love tails. I love when I see tails on dogs that are normally docked. I HATE when mixed dogs are docked, because there's no breed standard to comply with. I accept that 95% of the Yorkies I groom will have nubs, but a Yorkie Shih Tzu? That really upsets me. Probably would be a really nice...
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    Breeds that aren't your cup of tea.

    Having been a groomer for 10 years, I am very adamant in my breed prejudices. I am also very aware that there are exceptions to the rule in every breed, but my list of "breeds that aren't [my] cup of tea" is pretty immense. I don't do drool, so anything that produces strings of drool is just...
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    Basic Training through PetSmart

    That's interesting. We've gotten groomers through the years who come in with experience. They have to do a technical groom first. Three of my salon managers were groomers who came in with experience - two were hired specifically as salon managers, the other was promoted. All that said, IME, very...
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    Basic Training through PetSmart

    Did they tell you you can't take the Intermediate w/o the Beginner class? Last I knew, that was not true. If you talk directly to the trainer, you should be able to show that you have the basic requirements to move on. I had no problem putting Bogart into the Intermediate class, and it wasn't...
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    What breeds do you see at your local Petsmart?

    Stepping out of the salon, there are a lot of pit bulls. Labs and GSDs (mixes and pure), too. There are little dogs in carts, sometimes walking. Tons and tons of Shih Tzus, but a large chunk of them are headed back to the salon. We get quite a variety of breeds in the salon, but that's mostly...
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    If it was your SO's choice...

    I got her a pug a couple years ago, and while she'd have a pack of 'em if it was up to her, no more of them. She has dogs she likes, but she's even worse than me about wanting to save all the strays, so something muttley or pittish will work for both of us.
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    Cat litter: all possibilities have now been eliminated

    The Breeze is fantastic for urine/used litter smell, but trust me - they do NOT stop Poo odor. And they don't even have a lidded option.
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    What does you dog get mistaken for?

    Bogart's generally a husky. Sometimes a Malamute. Twice a Malamute/GSD (never a husky/GSD). Mostly just "Whoa." I don't know what Josie is, but all guesses are generally in the same range as my own (pit bull/pointer, maybe hound). Once, I got "Is that one of them dogs with the strong jaws?"
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    Worst Shedder?

    Haha. I guess we're looking at it from two different perspectives - shedding hairballs all over the house vs. a groomer's perspective for getting all the undercoat out at once. As a groomer of almost 10 years, I stand by my statement. Your statement backs up my statement, though - the long...
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    Worst Shedder?

    The worst shedders are the ones whose owners call for an appointment and say their dogs aren't shedding at all, then get confused when we tell them their dog is packed full of undercoat and need a pricey deshedding treatment lol Best examples are longer-haired double coats like Poms, fuzzy...
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    Breeds you'd like to own when you're old(er)

    Since I prefer getting senior dogs at this point anyway (at 33), I don't have to worry too much about keeping up. But if I get to the point where I cannot properly handle a larger dog, I guess I'll have a good excuse to get a Lhasa Apso. I'd say Chihuahua, too, but that could happen at any time...
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    Looks Only

    I'm so lucky in that I get to look at this guy every day: So Akitas, yeah. Long haired Akitas, too. Then... Tibetan Mastiff (black/tan) Caucasian Ovcharka Leonberger (that I may have some day) Lhasa Apso (full coat) Doberman Pinscher Belgian Tervuren Saluki (heavy feathers)...
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    Shelter dogs

    Both of mine are from a shelter. I probably won't go that route again because of a shelter's inability to properly test for dog and cat sociability. Bogart I was looking at Akitas on Petfinder and saw him at the county dog pound one state over, and to chop out a long, dramatic story about...
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    Chinchillas/Degus?

    I had some degus. They were all rescues that lacked intense socialization. I've definitely heard that degus can be friendly, but I don't think it comes as naturally to them as a rat. I'm severely allergic to rats (which I adore), and I went with degus, but they weren't the same. Cute. Very messy...
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