Technically this happened yesterday. I gave my dog a trim with some clippers and I recently learned that it is hygienic to clip the dogs private areas extremely short and close to the skin. So I done exactly that. I thought I had done a fantastic job, the dog was much neater looking and his balls were shaved smooth. All was well. Until this morning when my mom decided to come take the dog for a walk. He started scraping his balls off the ground, presumably in an attempt to relieve some sort of itch. My mom decided to take a look down there and indeed my dog has razor rash and itchy balls. Now, did I tell my mom what I had done? No. I let her call the vet who made an appointment for next week and reccomended that the dog wear the cone of shame. Now my poor dog is hating life because I gave him a haircut and I’m silently praying that the razor rash is gone by the time of his vet appointment
TL;DR: I shaved my dogs balls for hygiene and now my dog has to wear a cone, has a vet appointment, and I’m trying to hide this from my mom.
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Vet appointments are expensive – suck it up and tell your mom
I have no words
I’ve done that, it sucks for about a week with red itchy bumps but goes away on its own
I don’t have a dog
The FU isn’t the shave, it’s hiding the truth. Just tell your poor mom what you did. Explain you were trying to do a good thing, but it didn’t work out. I’d much rather know that than fork out for a vet visit where I will find out the truth anyway.
What the fuck
Okay, dude, for future reference, just clip the hair short, don’t shave him.
In long-haired cats, they give them a “sanitary trim,” which keeps poo from getting stuck in their fur. That’s the only reason.
Tell your mom the truth, and next time leave the fur around your pet’s genitals alone.
Dogs will rub butt on ground because their butt hole gets filled with “Jam”….it has to be squeesed out every couple of weeks. No big deal. But helps dog
Maybe put like a baby diaper rash cream on the rash area. That will help soothe his discomfort. Should resolve in a few days either way.
As a parent I’d laugh and know you saved me money by letting it be known instead of wasting hundreds on dollars on itchy balls.
You have the wherewithal to know you should tell your mom but you proudly state here that you didn’t instead. Don’t be a little shit. Own up, grow up.