10 Dremeling your own nails when you miss the dog’s nail;
9 Dremeling your own skin when the dog moves their foot;
8 Even after rinsing and draining the tub, you find enough hair in the tub the next day to make you ask: Mine or the dog’s?
7 A male dog with white feet who hits his rear feet when he pees en route to the show ring;
6 Terriers with beards who lick their beards down just as the judge comes up and undoing the brushing you just did;
5 Cowlicks -especially on the judge’s side;
4 Black toenails;
3 Reaching into the grooming bag and finding the slicker brush – pins facing up;
2 The ability of a dog to read your mind when you even think about trimming nails (and vanishing to the corners of the house as soon as you think it);
1 The pain that the hair from a hard coated terrier will cause when it works it’s way under your nail into the nail bed;
Briard by Rachael DiAndrea
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