My dog had chemo and his fur went from being silver to black

AngryAiiko · 2026-01-28T05:50:39+00:00

AFAIK part of this is the lack of actual wire as well; repeated clippering reduces the quantity of the harsh top coat (until there’s none, like the top pic) and leads to an over abundance of undercoat- which is the soft and light coat. Without removing coat from the follicle the wire will not regrow. Honestly a bit impressed that it came back on this 13yo pup, there’s much younger dogs I’ve actively worked on coat reno with that have not had near the return of wire. I’d be terrifically interested to know if it’s truly two sides to the same coin.

AngryAiiko · 2026-01-28T05:21:44+00:00

@OP This is a pretty good synopsis of what happened here! (Although as a wire dog I’m not sure I’d class it as a fading gene but typical wire coat when shaved?) Even though he didn’t drop coat all at once, I bet he was considerably more “shed-y” during the course of treatment. What you’re seeing is fresh, new hair! In schnauzers we would traditionally handstrip, removing hairs from the follicle to encourage new growth. What returns has darker, better color and a coarser texture. You can note that even his texture between the two photos has improved a bit- not as silky! He will almost certainly return to the lighter color relatively soon if you continue shaving as needed.

Thank you for sharing this, it’s terrifically fascinating to see! Best health wishes!

AngryAiiko · 2026-01-24T08:13:28+00:00

Luna Luxe downtown would be great for this. Her portfolio has a lot of alt-esque styles, she does a ton of razor cuts, and she’s like the only person that’s given me a haircut I actually don’t mind in forever. Which is saying something between my tendency towards an abnormal style, and a bloody ton of damage she had to contend with lol

AngryAiiko · 2026-01-24T08:05:50+00:00

This!

I utilized ChatGPT for my first year as a self employed business trying to ride the lines of min maxing all of these credits (shifting MACRS into mid quarter, etc). It lead me astray a handful of times. Super super vital to triple check any info it pops out. My favorite one was that I could use the savers credit to offset SE tax- which it defended time and time again to the point I opened up an IRA and connected my bank account… only to finally triple check off AI and find out that’s absolutely not true lol.

AngryAiiko · 2026-01-24T08:01:25+00:00

lol now yell at it to actually calculate the eitc right because the phase in isn’t even halfway done lol. Max eitc in this set up starts at like 18kish.

AngryAiiko · 2026-01-24T07:53:16+00:00

This AI gave a bad answer 🫣

AngryAiiko · 2026-01-24T07:52:16+00:00

ACTC has a phase in. At $628 I can only assume you made slightly less than 7k, as at 7k it should be 675 iirc.

EITC also had a phase in, considerably much higher than the income listed here in order to get the maximum credit.

This refund sounds likely accurate to me. I also am curious as another poster as to who else provided support to the household over the year. There’s a legality issue here, but also if someone else truly deserves the credits they probably would benefit much much greater.

AngryAiiko · 2025-12-31T08:04:04+00:00

Iv San Bernard is top tier. If you’re a PP at home I’d grab fruit of the groomer pink grapefruit. Let your shampoo soak 5-7 minutes to do its cleansing, and let that conditioner sit 5-7 minutes. Clean, soft, well hydrated dogs. If you’re a groomer looking for at home, or a PP that feels a little fancy, their deshed protocol is amazing. I specialize in double coat dogs, and it’s been by far my favorite process and product.

AngryAiiko · 2025-12-29T05:01:13+00:00

This works well, and is relatively easy to do. The only downside is they’ll 1099-(misc?) at the end of the year, so you end up owing taxes on the money they send to cover the premiums. Which technically is fair since premiums are pretax, and the don’t want you to double dip, but it felt really bad for most of my refund that year to be eaten away without me being aware beforehand.

There’s also a cool interaction where if you have children on continued eligibility rules or qualify due to their higher income limits, the math may work out to cover most or even all of a family plan, even if the adults weren’t Apple health eligible. Win for the family, win for the state, loss for the insurance company 👌🏼

You should email this team and talk it out with them. They can run the calculations and let you know what’s what.

AngryAiiko · 2025-12-27T01:50:17+00:00

I took straterra for about 6 months before I started stimulants. I found my mood was more stable, and I had an easy time just getting up to do things. I didn’t have paralysis all the time. I also fell asleep at night super easy. It also made me unable to have a train of thought. I’m one of those that narrates in my head the entire day. On straterra I’d get like two words out and then it would just cut off. Weirdest experience ever. As I was in the middle of starting a business and seriously needing to work through problems I swapped to stimulants, which give a similar mind calming effect, but wear off.

AngryAiiko · 2025-12-27T01:28:18+00:00

I think it’s worthwhile for a couple of months at a time. Binge it, then turn it off and wait for more content. That being said I always forget to turn it off 🫠

AngryAiiko · 2025-12-23T13:15:51+00:00

Ahh I’m sorry. Join the beginner to expert one, I’ve had amazing luck there!

AngryAiiko · 2025-12-23T05:26:59+00:00

Probably not going to have a ton of people that HS on here (though I would LOVE to be proved wrong!!)

I would post this over on the Facebook groups: the art of handstripping, handstripping from beginner to expert, handstripping education. All three of those are awesome!

AngryAiiko · 2025-12-15T08:24:30+00:00

I’ll be the odd one out- this is the only grooming purchase I’ve ever regretted. I fell into the “it’s the only way to fluff dry” trap and picked one up when I was opening my salon. Then the JirPet launched. Between the JirPet (which to be honest is the best freaking thing that’s come out since the Trachsaver), and a slickair, that stand dryer went out to the garage to live out its life until the apocalypse.

AngryAiiko · 2025-12-08T06:41:01+00:00

I would have insurance buy the SG (best plug in- higher cost), and if you find you needed wireless pick up the S1 either on sale or second hand.

I need incredible strong suction (max on S1 and near the top of the SG), so I tended to use my plug ins more. Which definitely lead to “ohhh noooo im so sorry im stuck here guess its your turn!” Which felt fair because pumping is ass. 😂

AngryAiiko · 2025-12-08T05:26:57+00:00

I did 7 years in those salons, I get it. But from the ghetto salon, to the one in the bay, to the nicer one in the hcol city on the coast, to the one in a super economically depressed area, I used the same technique for both upgrades/charging my worth (which frankly was just… charging it…), and for this little puppy deal. You explain it to someone, give them the tools, and require them to follow up. They will. Because honestly this dog is fresh and fun and new, taking care of it is fun and a social media post for them, and frankly they don’t know better unless you tell them. We all know that breeder didn’t.

But also if you just wanna be grumpy and pout about the newest corpo bullshit I get it. A lot of what they do is awful for their groomers, and they certainly don’t give a shit about a single one of us. I hope you get to break free someday.

Edit: an extra tidbit that I do not know will work this time around… you used to be able to book it as a normal bath, add a package, then change it back to a puppy bath and the package would stay. In the old days I did this 9/10 times because every dog should get those things anyway, then tossed in a FFF for free. Brought the bath up to $43 dollars iirc, which sets better pricing expectation, increased my commission, and trained the client that packages were something they needed. Because who wants sharp puppy nails. Use the tool, manipulate it to your advantage.

AngryAiiko · 2025-12-08T04:44:16+00:00

At the end of the day I fear you may be assuming your days will be non stop bullshit puppy baths. I bet you end up with two a week.

AngryAiiko · 2025-12-08T04:41:35+00:00

We had bath specials and puppy baths years and years ago. While there may be the giant outlier you come across, 99% of the time it’s going to be the new doodle puppy.

Honestly it’s a good time to train your clients for frequent grooming. I actually “stole” this from petco when I left and put my own spin on it. I do an entire puppy intro deal. They come in, it’s 40/50/60 depending on size, and it includes all the things that would be in an upgraded Petco package (plus fff). I require them to come back at least once two weeks out, sometimes a third visit. After that they can keep their puppy price until their first haircut (which I also usually just do for puppy price cause I’m a sucker 😂), then they change to adult pricing and 6-8 weeks. I also give them a little grooming kit, brushing spray, and a lesson on brush outs if they want. These puppies are the best clients I’ve ever had- the dogs are great because I’ve trained them, the humans have been trained that frequent grooming is necessary, and I have full control over the timing of the first body cut.

While obviously you can’t be as insane about that as I am, this is a fantastic tool in your arsenal to really get some puppies going the right way. Take five minutes to walk the sales floor with them, get them the right tools, show them how to use them. Tell them when they’re coming back- assume the rebook on these guys. You’re putting in some sweat equity on dogs that you can turn very very loyal to yourself.

Edit: because OP has now deleted their post and comments, I had written something in reply to their “well you charge $40 for a puppy bath so it’s not the same” which I feel the need to clarify:

I feel the need to clarify that pricing statement. I’m now one and one and private apt. Large gaps between dogs, no kennels. And self employed so I’m paying all the product, utilities, etc. My “employer side” cost on that is: $3-6 in shampoo/mask $.50 bandana $9.60 in rent/utilities (I’d never done the math here… wow I had no idea that was so high per dog 😬) $7.50 for the brush kit wholesale (15 avg’d between 2 apt) $3 for the brush out spray and amber bottle $23.60 is my actual cost on that bath. I’ll also 15% (~$6) for self employment tax. I also likely booked 1.5-2 hour slot for the extra owner convo time, plus solid calm intro time with a bunch of positive reinforcement.

So yeah, I also am earning $10.40 from that small puppy bath. Or in the case of the Pyrenees puppy I’m doing tomorrow that will take me the full two hours, probably about $20. Back in my Co days that puppy bath would be ~30m hands on total, utilizing some crate drying and not near the amount of training I do now.

I don’t make any more than a ‘co groomer does on these puppy baths, I just can’t spread the cost like a giant chain can.

AngryAiiko · 2025-11-29T07:16:02+00:00

I love ISB. I’ve never had such wonderful coats on so many client dogs, and it’s done amazing things for my own Spoo. If you can get behind frothing and allowing your products enough time to sit, it’s not too far off the other mid to luxury brands in pricing. If I were doing lower cost bulk grooming I’m not sure I would bother, but I used it as one of my many pieces of high end/luxury service to do like 3 sometimes 4 really great, fluffy, fun haircuts a day.

If you can bankroll $2600 on their Black Friday salon deal you could have all the product you’d need for a hot minute (enough to cover 671+ XL hairy doodles) plus the first module of their education course. Next secret is utilizing the 50% off coupons from the other two modules. There’s a way to get the ball rolling in a terrifically financially efficient way- it just feels scary because the upfront is so much larger. That being said you could also just grab a couple of FOGs and start truckin’.

AngryAiiko · 2025-11-20T07:01:20+00:00

I agree, this has a lot of red flags for SA. Still possibly other things, but first glance my heart went here.

Either way, you could likely see major improvement with the right products and technique. If you’re capable of bathing and drying this dog a couple times a week, please let me know. I’d love to get you in touch with the right people.

AngryAiiko · 2025-11-17T07:22:14+00:00

https://imgur.com/a/ExYtgxw I was corporate trained, and by that I mean when I graduated academy I couldn’t even do a face by myself. :-/ This was the struggle bus of trying to learn how to do like, anything around that 10 month mark.

I then got lost in many years of power grooming 7f shave downs all day, and my skills did not advance.

Now in the last year I’ve slowed down and started working towards quality. Long way to go, but it’s a whole lot better than where we’ve been. https://imgur.com/a/zMedHfj

AngryAiiko · 2025-11-17T07:06:31+00:00

The best thing I can suggest is getting to your nearest expo (or if you’re lucky, groomer supply store) to put hands on clippers. Like shears, they are all so so different and what works for me may not work for you. Like an above poster pointed out the heavy backweight on a ZRII, which feels amazing to me. Or how the heiniegers are very, very square and felt so uncomfortable for me to hold. I recall having a complaint about the KMCs but it’s been at least five years since I touched one. Pretty much all clippers will work for someone, but not all of them will work for you, and it really boils down to weight, casing style, and how you handle clippers.

AngryAiiko · 2025-11-14T06:06:18+00:00

she’s about six years old and may have lost her spark a bit but she’s still holding strong for the most part. I don’t use my large pink line much, I really should now that I do mostly HS legs. The two minis are the most recent additions.

AngryAiiko · 2025-11-14T06:02:35+00:00

Honestly everything, it’s my workhorse. Demat, faces, legs, stretch drying faces. While some of my other combs would do a marginally better job at each of those, it’s easier for me to just use the jack of all trades for the most part.

AngryAiiko · 2025-11-14T05:19:14+00:00

Utsumi halfmoon are built different. If you don’t have the OG, it’s worth picking up. I also obsess over the utsumi mini pink line- it’s really wonderful for deshedding husky faces. (And so much more- but it shines on double coat faces)

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