Author name: nik pick

The instructions were buried in the app: “NO POULTRY.” I missed it. I gave “Bella” a chicken-based treat from my […]

The dog jerked right as I squeezed the clippers, and blood started spurting onto my white grooming table like a

I noticed the dog was pulling, so I told the owner, “You should try a prong collar.” She did. She

I was walking a pack in a strict HOA community. I missed a poop. The HOA analyzed the DNA (yes,

I got too busy, so I paid my neighbor, Sarah, $20/walk to handle my overflow. I didn’t put her on

I punched in the code the owner gave me: 1-2-3-4. It didn’t work. The siren wailed. I tried again. Nothing.

The clients were gone for a month. My job was “Walk dogs, water plants.” I walked the dogs perfectly. I

I weighed 130 lbs. The Great Dane weighed 160 lbs. When he saw a squirrel, he launched. I didn’t let

I was driving three client dogs to a trailhead in my SUV. I stopped at a red light, but the

I agreed to watch a client’s Hyacinth Macaw—a $12,000 bird—while they were in Europe. I didn’t realize that my standard