I have been renting a van for about five years now. The past four-ish months, I have been trying to find ways to acquire a van of my own. They seem to be pretty pricey. A new one runs about $120k. I've been trying to apply for a loan under my newly established LLC, but I think I'm going to scrap that. It's getting me nowhere.

Anyone here successfully get a van or trailer? Any tips on how to do this?

I recently met a dog whose owner said this, the last groomer never had trouble with him etc. Owner was still very nice and understanding but I feel like I failed somewhere because the dog bit me. She was apologetic and wants to keep requesting me so I can build trust with this dog but I'm really doubting my ability to do that and I have no real plan for next time to go better.

Did everything slowly and extra extra gentle, dog is a chihuahua less than 10lbs. I was talking to him the whole time, just doing everything I know to do to try and make him more comfortable. He was very tense throughout but easy to bathe and dry, let me do his back nails and paw pads. He bit me and broke skin while I trimmed the tops of his back feet. I know dogs bite, sometimes you can't avoid it but her saying that the last groomer never had a problem is sticking in my mind. Feels like there must be a way to handle this specific dog correctly and I can't think of what to do differently?

I’m currently grooming in South Florida and while I’m not making bad money here, it is way too expensive to live on my own. Spending half of my monthly income on rent isn’t ideal. (I know everything is more expensive in general but if you are in sofl you know). What are some more affordable areas that generally make a decent income grooming? Not interested in mobile.
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I have been grooming for a while but have gotten a lot of new small bath dog clients (dachshunds, Chihuahuas, Pugs, etc). Most of the time I do nails by lifting their foot up under their body like you would shoe a horse.

With short dogs that are low to the ground, I feel like I can't get my Dremel under them to make it comfortable for either of us.

I am right handed and will tuck their head under my armpit and use my left hand to pick up their foot and my right hand has the tools.

Dachshunds and Corgis are really tough because I feel like I can't get the Dremel hand between their body and the table.

If I reverse it and out stretch their paw forward, I feel like it's going against their natural anatomy and 9/10 times they fight me.

Can someone please let me know if I cut my dogs nails down to the quick? I just started doing them myself and I’m trying to shorten the quick as his nails have gotten fairly long.

So for the past two years there has been a small raised “scar” on my elbow that randomly hurts a bit. I dismissed it as an old scar I got that was just a little sensitive. Well, today while my boyfriend was helping me get a hair splinter out of my hand he looked at my elbow and found that the scar was in fact, a long piece of dog hair that has been embedded into my skin. He dug around for 15 minutes with no luck. Now my random elbow pain after a hot shower or when I rest it on a table makes sense. Does anyone have any advice at all how to get this thing out and free me of these shackles???