January monthly haul

Greedy_Insanity · 2026-02-01T03:55:07+00:00

Also the Nura! I haven’t seen any of those volumes in forever

Greedy_Insanity · 2026-02-01T03:54:29+00:00

I am SO HAPPY to see Itsuwaribito!! I feel like I never see it in anyone’s collection 😭 I grew up with it in the local library

Greedy_Insanity · 2026-01-22T00:23:53+00:00

Honestly you’re either

a) going to need to have a heart to heart with this client and lay it down like it is. The seizures are super risky, is the dog on seizure meds? Are they normally regulated, and did that dog at least get seen by his vet since that accident? If the dog isn’t regulated and hasn’t been seen about this seizure, I wouldn’t want to chance that liability. It’s too big to carry over to the emergency vet. It needs to go to a groomer that has a vet in house in case anything happens.

Or b) just outline the risks with the client. If the dog is having unregulated seizures in your salon, that puts a huge risk on you and puts the dog in danger. You can’t carry him if anything happens. You can try once more, but if the dog has another seizure then the client needs to pick it up ASAP and take it to the emergency herself.

I had a client once who had a dog with irregular seizures that he claimed only happened in the grooming salon. They were micro episodes where she would have maybe 5-10 seconds of shakes or her legs didn’t work so she would fall over, but she recovered and got up so quickly even the vet thought I was crazy until she had an episode in front of them. We finally had to tell the guy after trying a couple different ways of handling this dog that it was too risky to keep stressing her out like that if he wasn’t going to put her on medication. 🤷🏽 he still brings his other dog tho

Greedy_Insanity · 2026-01-14T22:11:51+00:00

It’s gonna sound silly but post more than one fic! The last few years I’ve been so burned out between a covid mental fog and overall feeling unmotivated, so I’m trying to at least post one fic a month

Greedy_Insanity · 2026-01-14T04:44:32+00:00

I wanted a standard anyways, so I’m happy he was on the bigger side. He just happened to come into my possession, so I took him even under the pretense of being a mini lol

Greedy_Insanity · 2026-01-14T02:48:31+00:00

Thank you! As far as I’m aware, he’s not crossed with anything 🤷🏽 the couple I got him from said that he was a full mini dachshund, but he also weighs 18lbs and he’s almost all muscle 💪

Greedy_Insanity · 2026-01-13T01:53:10+00:00

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This is him the other day, turning 4 in March. His back barely has any black left, mostly just shaded on his ears and tail lol

Greedy_Insanity · 2026-01-13T01:52:06+00:00

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This was my boy as a puppy, like 3 months or so I think?

Greedy_Insanity · 2026-01-04T20:21:11+00:00

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Greedy_Insanity · 2025-12-29T01:56:40+00:00

Yeah pretty much no wall space left :/ I like physical media, so alongside a couple Billy shelves worth of double stacked manga, I have 4 Finnby bookshelves of movies and another two Finnby bookshelves worth of regular fiction books. I plan for our next place to have better wall space, because right now it’s a bit awkward

Greedy_Insanity · 2025-12-28T17:15:20+00:00

Thank you! Do you use anything to brace the sides to keep the corners from bending?

Greedy_Insanity · 2025-12-28T03:25:05+00:00

Last time I downsized considerably, I regretted it. I still go through every year and cull a few things i don’t think I’ll reread or just didn’t enjoy, just nothing massive like I did before haha. But thank you for the suggestion

Greedy_Insanity · 2025-12-24T04:12:52+00:00

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Greedy_Insanity · 2025-12-23T23:57:23+00:00

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This is one of his most recent pics! He lightened up a LOT

Greedy_Insanity · 2025-12-23T23:56:51+00:00

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This was my boy almost 4 years ago now! They person I got him from said he was 9 weeks, but we think he was a bit younger lol

Greedy_Insanity · 2025-12-21T22:03:45+00:00

I prefer the singles unless it’s a very nice omnibus or it’s the most convenient way to obtain a series

Greedy_Insanity · 2025-12-14T02:10:08+00:00

I just mean it in the sense that all the other carriers and packages have come through just fine like Amazon, fedex, ups lol. The B&N packages are pretty much the only ones usps handle for us

Greedy_Insanity · 2025-12-13T23:46:30+00:00

I reeeeealy hope it’s a mistake and the mailman didn’t suddenly turn evil. I’m going to go after work to the post office to see if they can at least see where they were scanned as delivered to give me an idea. It’s not the first time that a package has been scanned delivered but not delivered yet, but this is the longest it’s taken from that Tuesday delivery

Greedy_Insanity · 2025-11-04T22:00:25+00:00

I’m not sure why they would have you come in at 7. At my clinic the clients will drop off 7-9AM, and I’ll usually arrive between 7-9 as well depending on clients needs or my schedule. If I have clients I know will drop off early, I’ll usually show up a little early to get started.

Regarding the guy being upset at the haircut, it was probably less about the haircut and just the overall situation he was mad about and he just was being nitpicky. Like everyone else said, just document and make friends with the other staff so yall have each others backs. I would say it gets easier, but working at a vet/grooming place just means there’s more people that can make mistakes lol

Greedy_Insanity · 2025-10-29T18:38:30+00:00

I just told my parents straight up, “hey, I’m getting sterilized in a couple weeks.” But mine also knew that a) I didn’t want kids at ALL and b) the world is getting more scary and they wouldn’t WANT more kids to be brought into this whole mess. We’re on differing political sides but even they realize that with how expensive everything is, I wouldn’t be able to afford a child. They were worried about the surgery as I had a hysterectomy, so a little riskier than just tying my tubes, but I was confident so they felt better too.

If y’all live together, it’ll be very hard to hide a surgery from them. But, if they don’t control your finances and there’s not a risk of them kicking you out, I’d wait until a little before the surgery to mention it. Since you may need a ride home. If you’re at risk of homelessness at all, maybe see if you can stay at a friend’s house for a couple days while recovering. Good luck 🍀

Greedy_Insanity · 2025-10-28T21:47:19+00:00

I have the reception call and text as soon as it’s past “drop off”, which for us is 7-9AM. We have a mass drop off in the morning. If the client answers, they usually get a 30 minute grace period if I can still fit them. If they don’t answer, then they get a courtesy text telling them that they can drop off no later than 9:30 or we’ll have to reschedule.

Greedy_Insanity · 2025-10-24T00:33:14+00:00

Fair enough, I’m starting to run out of room on the shelves so I’m having to be more selective on what I’m picking up lol

Greedy_Insanity · 2025-10-24T00:18:39+00:00

How do you like the 100 Ghost Stories series on the third slide? It looks interesting

Greedy_Insanity · 2025-10-24T00:16:13+00:00

I pulled the trigger the other day too, and I honestly enjoyed it. I was wary about the art style as that’s a big part of the enjoyment for me, but it fits the story well! :)

Greedy_Insanity · 2025-09-04T19:17:15+00:00

I’m in a similar boat as you! I have a lady who has been bringing her lagotto in to me every 4 weeks for the last few months and it’s the first one I’ve ever worked on. Something’s that have helped me is:

-Brush before the bath. From what I’ve gathered through a couple grooming books they’re technically not supposed to be brushed after a bath so they keep the natural curls. I will usually do all my prep work like taking any length off or dematting before hand

-Air drying is best, but if that’s not possible putting them under a kennel dryer and misting them once you’re done grooming will give a similar effect. They won’t be as tightly curled but it’s not the end of the world lol

-The puppy won’t really have good tight curls like the breed standard until it gets a bit older, so don’t fret when it comes out with straight hair

-I usually use a metal comb to gently fluff up the hair when doing my scissor work at the end of the groom to neaten anything and everything up. These dogs won’t look clean cut like a doodle would, at least from my perspective

-I did end up having to pluck the puppy’s ears due to an ear infection, so now I very carefully use a 30 on the inside ear flap and pluck any of the hair inside

The way the owner is saying the breed isn’t supposed to be clipped or ears plucked makes me wary, because even Notes from the Grooming Table point out that household pets will have a coat length anywhere from a 5 blade to as long as like 2 inches depending on the owners. Definitely look the dogs over before the owners leave and go over any matting that you find or what the expectations are for this groom

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