Dog expert

[CRNDLSM]

Good dog
Bad dog
Good Ole bad Ole big Ole
Little dog

Thank you so much

Everything known
Has an exception
Plan D is always 
Improvise

Dont be surprised

All dogs are good dogs
All dogs are bad dogs
All dogs are puppies forever

No one knows your dog
Better than you
You dont know your dog
When youre not there
(You think you do)


These are the facts

[dukealien]

Very nice, and so true. Sometimes.

The dog's name is Rashomon. Or not - depends on who you ask.

[brynmawr1]

Good dog
Bad dog
Good Ole bad Ole big Ole
Little dog    I like the ambiguity of this opening stanza

Thank you so much   and this line elegantly captures the constant need to make the client happy

Everything you know
Has an exception
Plan d is always is there a typo in here?  Ah, plan D!
Improvise   I read this as a warning to those that work with animals.  Tho' the you gets confused with the previous line.  If I am reading it right, maybe..."Everything known"

Don't be surprised  again, a warning.  No room for trust.

All dogs are good dogs
All dogs are bad dogs
All dogs are puppies forever  I went around on this stanza, but really that's it.

No one knows your dog
Better than you
You dont know your dog
When youre not there
You think you do   I would cut this last line, implied


These are the facts  cut maybe this too.

Hey,
After 25yrs of working with animals I've only written one poem about it.  For people that don't know, it's hard to explain how emotionally draining it can be.  Everyone expects that it must be like playing with puppies every day.  When it's more like playing with fuzzy sharks whom we love and adore and whom we know might bite us.  Or those we know will bite us, but still have to love and adore, thank you so much.  Maybe someday I will figure out how to write about my experiences.
Soldier on
Bryn

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[CRNDLSM]

Good dog
Bad dog
Good Ole bad Ole big Ole
Little dog    I like the ambiguity of this opening stanza 

Thank you so much   and this line elegantly captures the constant need to make the client happy
                                       I I say this to the dogs more often than to humans, I believe they understand the communication behind it if not the exact words, they hold still? Thank you so much, they do anything I ask? Thank you so much

Everything you know
Has an exception
Plan d is always is there a typo in here?  Ah, plan D!
Improvise   I read this as a warning to those that work with animals.  Tho' the you gets confused with the previous line.  If I am reading it right, maybe..."Everything known"
                                    Thanks for the suggestion, YOU know
Don't be surprised  again, a warning.  No room for trust.
                                    This thread is about to turn into a trauma dump of information, most of the problems did come from people who didnt understand these concepts though 
All dogs are good dogs
All dogs are bad dogs
All dogs are puppies forever  I went around on this stanza, but really that's it.
                                                    These are the facts, im an expert after all 
No one knows your dog
Better than you
You dont know your dog
When youre not there
You think you do   I would cut this last line, implied 
                                 I thought so... Will do

These are the facts  cut maybe this too.
                                       I think I need this one, emphasize the ambiguity

 
Hey,
After 25yrs of working with animals I've only written one poem about it.  For people that don't know, it's hard to explain how emotionally draining it can be.  Everyone expects that it must be like playing with puppies every day.  When it's more like playing with fuzzy sharks whom we love and adore and whom we know might bite us.  Or those we know will bite us, but still have to love and adore, thank you so much.  Maybe someday I will figure out how to write about my experiences.
Soldier on
Bryn

The main reason I didnt trauma dump initially is because I dont want other people to avoid the work because of how messed up it can be.  I gaslight myself almost everyday that the dogs need it and cant do it themselves.  I am not in competition with other groomers, breathing exercises,  anxiety, 

Feel free to write your experiences in this thread if it may unburden you, thanks for your comments

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I live in the cities on the south side of Houston, theyre all pretty close to each other.
A few months ago, a groomer was arrested for animal abuse having let a dog strangle itself to death on a table. Word spread very fast on social media. I groom live on facebook and usually no ones watching, maybe the owner, but after a couple days of learning about the arrest, I started talking about it on the live feed, I said 'having been a manager of several dog houses i should probably weigh in on the recent news' and when I looked at the camera there were over 700 people watching me.

[CRNDLSM]

The halls this morning are loud and smelly
A handful of volunteers taking turns
Outside, inside, mops, food, 
Urine and feces everywhere
Phones ringing 

Tracy talks the way to his kennel
He still has his leash on

Don't look so guilty
I grab his leash and food bowl
Walking him to my car
So many apologies

His mom heard I moved to a new store
Made the trip to lodge him with me
Knowing I can handle him.
2 acre facility, 3 buildings
In/out runs with little doors
Little doors with latches.

The last place he stayed was a veterinarians
Banned after cornering the entire staff

Shes crying now
i can't be the only one who can handle him!
The girl who closed last night 
Said she left his door open so he could sit outside 
Not checking the latch.
They picked him up 3 miles away
With his food bowl
He climbed two 8-foot chain link fences
Busted through a wooden fence

Took 3 officers to catch him
At 3 in the morning
And couldn't get his leash off 
After wrestling him into the kennel

The chip gave them a phone number
She told them he was at my shop
They already had my number
So many apologies

[CRNDLSM]

I dropped the mop and screamed,
a sound I'd never made before
shock, confusion 

The second boom snapped me out of it
Inside the suite, the electric room
Circuit breakers on fire

Will it blow again? One hand calling 911
the other hand opening every cage
Letting all the dogs out

Big and little dogs together, hustling
outside, blocking the door
with furniture

Rooney's mom is in the lobby checking in
'the powers gone out, it's gonna be
a good day right Rooney?'

Fire truck flies into the parking lot parallel
20 dogs outside, all the doors open
Fans blowing, fires out.

I'm supposed to be at another location
To meet a building inspector
Jade is late to work

[CRNDLSM]

You gave her too much!
The hurt in her voice haunts me
Veterinarian confirmed

5 days, .5 ml insulin
twice a day with food
hand written instructions
We've been through this before.

Twice a day, 
either administered by me
or directly witnessed.

By the fifth day she was so weak,
We called the owners, they said 
it's normal. No, this was worse.

Ma'am, I have your instructions,
.5 ml insulin twice a day
We ran out of food and she had to eat
Yes, half a container of Cesar

              !!NOT THE CESAR!!

There was no other food
             Yes! The containers!! 
Ma'am there's nothing
              Her special diet!
You only gave us Cesars, nothing else

Can you apologize to that young lady
From yesterday, I may have been
A little harsh, Heidi is doing better
                               She's alive