Bella got her first grooming at around 4 mo. or so.....just bath, nails, ears tipped, girly parts trimmed up, etc... That's all she gets every time we go. Except, when she was 8 or 9 mo. old, I had the groomer do a little baby trim to get some of the puppy cottony coat off the ends--they said that if they used the clippers, she'd be much shorter than I wanted (I'm keeping her long), so I asked them to hold her hair out and trim it like human haircuts (only ~ 1/4 inch)!
She did, and getting some of the black off, especially around her face, really make her look older
. She's sure growing up!!
I haven't had her trimmed again, and she turns 11 mo. old tomorrow, but I'm sure sometime in the next few months we'll do another trim to get that cottony puppy coat trimmed of the ends. I found that she was MUCH easier to keep brushed and looking nice after just trimming off 1/4 inch.....I suspected that cottony puppy hair was tangling easily, and I was right! A baby trim might be the way to go for you....
Good luck!