Watch out for grooming loops!!

[SiberianLover]

My groomer friend got her hand caught in a grooming loop when a big dog started to freak out unexpectedly, and broke two of her knuckles and dislocated a third. She has been in a cast for 4 weeks. Be careful!!

[tia2370]

Agreed! I got my legs trapped by a big dog freaking out when the grooming loop wrapped around my legs and the St. Bernard kept pulling. He could have done a lot of damage. Thankfully another groomer saw it happen and freed me. I wish we had the grooming loops with a quick release. It could prevent a lot of accidents!

[bednbones]

Oh my gosh

You can't even predict all the crazy stuff that can happen when you work w/animals. The simplest tool can become a deadly weapon.

thanks for the info.

I've been so accident prone lately that I am sure my next post will be how I was injured by a cottonball to the " ***** ". You fill in the blank.

[nuk]

Also a good reminder not to wrap leads around your hand. Nothing like losing your footing and being drug to god knows where or getting a similar injury to your friend.

[mylady]

Ow, that sounds painful. That happened to my dad with a horse and a halter. He got his hand caught in the halter when the horse spooked and reared up. His hand has never fully recovered.

[OntheBRINKofDisaster]

I wish we had the grooming loops with a quick release. It could prevent a lot of accidents!

Or, you could open up a who new kind of accidents! Oh gosh...I hated those things. Every time I'd have a big dog that pulled or crazy wiggly one that put enough pressure on it, it snapped and I'd have to jump to keep the dog from spiraling to the floor. They cause more probs than they fix IMO!

[mylady]

Or, you could open up a who new kind of accidents! Oh gosh...I hated those things. Every time I'd have a big dog that pulled or crazy wiggly one that put enough pressure on it, it snapped and I'd have to jump to keep the dog from spiraling to the floor. They cause more probs than they fix IMO!

There are quick release rigs that don't do that. I don't like the pressure ones at all because they do exactly what you describe. We had some at the salon I really liked. There was no way for the dog to apply pressure to get it to release, you had to slide the bottom down and the top would pop up. They were great and didn't ever just pop off on a wiggly dog. The same kind of clip I used to use on the horses in the cross ties.

[OntheBRINKofDisaster]

That sounds much more reasonable than most of the ones I see! I use the Groomer's Helper nooses now, I'm not sure if it's exactly classified as a quick release but the clamp that holds 'em together is great for me.

[stewiedog]

I got my elbow caught in one, when I was bathing (i was like 14 than) My mother thought I was on drugs. I had a blood blistery mark, and a bruise all inside the inside of my arms. Try convincing your mom that you got caught in a noose holding a dog for the groomer, and not shooting drugs. Sounds like a silly excuss to some one who doesn't know what goes on in a grooming shop.