I wish I’d video recorded the poor groomer at PetCo who was locked in a death match with Shih Tzu.
I watched her for 10 minutes and offered to help but they wouldn’t let me [insurance stuff] and to this day, I don’t know if she ever got that wretched little monster’s tail trimmed or not.
If *my* dog was repeatedly and -seriously- attempting to bite the bejeebers outta some person I paid to attend it, I’m afraid some really serious corrections would occur.
I never found out who the owner was so I couldn’t raise hell with him/her/it.
It was embarrassing to me and it wasn’t even my dog.
When my brats go to the vet, all the girls come out to play with them, make a fuss over them and get them to do their tricks.
They *never* misbehave except for the last time Odin went in.
A muzzled Golden Retriever -dragged- his human into the very large waiting room and the human [stupidly] sat down right beside of us when there were tons of other empty seats.
Then, his idiot dog attempted Suicide By Odin when he, with no warning or reason, lunged at him.
Odin “blocked” me and began to lunge right back, snarling.
I don’t know if he thought *I* was under attack or if he was warning the dog to not mess with him.
We got up and went to the exam room to wait for our turn, in peace.
The GR’s owner just sat there still smiling...well, stupidly.
He was lucky I’ve got quick reflexes and a dog who listens.
I dunno, a stupid owner sounds like a reasonable explanation for attempting suicide by Odin.
For all you know, the Golden Retriever may have said, “Please, put me out of my misery, you have no IDEA what I go through!” to Odin just before lunging at him.
:-)
Seriously, it’s tragic how many dogs never realize their full potential because of lazy, irresponsible owners, poor training, poor socialization, or a combination of the above.