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 undoes 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 a hard coated terrier hair will cause when it works it’s way under your nail into the nail bed;

Briard by Rachel DiAndrea
www.petartstudios.com