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I had a dog on my table today, he was totally great, a minature poodle. The perfect dog for grooming, sat very still let me hold his paws and touch his face and tail, absolutely great.
Well, I was working on his chest area and all of a sudden I notice he's bleeding, so I take a closer look and it was a HUGE gash. He hadn't even yelped or anything. I fainted right there. Luckily someone paged me a few seconds after and when I didn't respond she came out and found me. The dog was still sitting on the table (Again lucky, I would NEVER leave a dog unsupervised on a table, stupidest thing you can do when grooming, IMO). He had to have three stitches and oh my god I feel like the WORST person on the planet. The worst I've ever done is to quick a dog, and I'm not even sure how it happened, it was just plain, whole skin one second and the next it was bleeding. I don't know if I went over a mole or if there was skin in one of the mats or what, but I feel like one of those sleezy groomers.
I paid for his stitches and anesthesia before we even called his owners, and came up and explained to them what happened and told them I was sorry. The lady tipped me (I was shocked) and then made another appointment with me (EVEN MORE SHOCKED.) and then thanked me for being honest. I feel SO bad for the poor dog and I hope I didn't scar him for life.
Do any more experienced groomers have any idea what could have happened to cause him to get cut? Like I said he wasn't jumping around and I didn't put down any more pressure on that area than I did on the rest... I really don't want to make this mistake again.
Help???
Well, I was working on his chest area and all of a sudden I notice he's bleeding, so I take a closer look and it was a HUGE gash. He hadn't even yelped or anything. I fainted right there. Luckily someone paged me a few seconds after and when I didn't respond she came out and found me. The dog was still sitting on the table (Again lucky, I would NEVER leave a dog unsupervised on a table, stupidest thing you can do when grooming, IMO). He had to have three stitches and oh my god I feel like the WORST person on the planet. The worst I've ever done is to quick a dog, and I'm not even sure how it happened, it was just plain, whole skin one second and the next it was bleeding. I don't know if I went over a mole or if there was skin in one of the mats or what, but I feel like one of those sleezy groomers.
I paid for his stitches and anesthesia before we even called his owners, and came up and explained to them what happened and told them I was sorry. The lady tipped me (I was shocked) and then made another appointment with me (EVEN MORE SHOCKED.) and then thanked me for being honest. I feel SO bad for the poor dog and I hope I didn't scar him for life.
Do any more experienced groomers have any idea what could have happened to cause him to get cut? Like I said he wasn't jumping around and I didn't put down any more pressure on that area than I did on the rest... I really don't want to make this mistake again.
Help???