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OMG. I can't believe I just remembered this. A horror story that happened to my aunts dog. She had been taking her westie Lucy to the same groomer for a long time and had actually just recommended her to my mom and really like them. She picked her up and when they got home they noticed she was limping a little and checked out her paw and noticed she was MISSING AN ENTIRE TOE NAIL!!! So they took her to the vet to make sure nothing was seriously wrong, as in she was composively chewing on her nails, or they were falling out or something crazy like that. The vet said that the nail was RIPPED out and when it happened there had to have been TONS of blood. My aunt and uncle have white sheets, light colored funiture and tile floors so they definitely would have noticed if it happened at home by her catching it on something so she KNEW it had to be the groomer. So being the nice woman she is, my aunt thought the groomer must have been busy when she picked Lucy up and forgot to tell her so she called to ask them about it. The COMPLETELY denied anything about it, but there is no way it could have happened without them realizing it since there would have been so much blood. It has taken MONTH for her nail to grow back out. I can't even imagine how painful that must have been. I have caught my toe nail on a door and bent it back before and that was bad so I can't imagine completely pulled out.
Luckily this happened before my mom took her maltese in since she was trying really hard at the time to get her in for an appointment. They live in a really small town and her very limited on choices so it is sad to see that one that they thought was good turned out to be bad. I think my aunt would have been able to forgive them if they would have admitted to it because accidents happen, but just denying it? That's just wrong. Why can't people just admit their mistakes?