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am i being cheap??? Hey everyone I need some help or ur advice. Ive been taking lola to the same groomer for a year and a half. I liked how they cut her. Well about 2 monthes ago I wanted to get her face and top knot trimmed and she butchered my baby and said give it a couple weeks and u will love me. Well lets just say i dont love it but its growing in. So Im going to try a diff groomer. Its sebastians first time being groomed. all I want done is his bum ha his feet rounded and his top knot and ears trimmed they said it would be 38 bucks. Lola needs her feet rounded and her bum trimmed also and they said that would be 38 bucks is that too much?? or am i being cheap here lol??? |
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Most groomers have a flat fee......bathing, trimming, ear cleaning, nails clipped is inclusive, anything else is added cost. At times you can get lucky and find a groomer that will give you discount rates if you bring in the furbutt in every 2 weeks. Grooming fees can be astronomical....you might consider learning how to do it yourself. There is a grooming tape that you can purchase on YTCA.org, not inexpensive, but in the long run it may save you money. Most people say they can't do it, but they key is to be kind to yourself and know that if you make mistakes, you learn by them and the coat will grow back. I know that even with training, my dogs at times look like poster children for Rescue. |
My groomer is $35 a dog no matter how much or how little they do |
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I pay $50 around here, not including tip. Every place around here in Maryland was between $45-$80 that I called and got estimates for. |
With my first dog, a toy poodle, we paid $20.00 per groom for him. Granted, this was in a small town and it was just one woman who had opened her own business. I believe later she went up on her rates a bit, but for those clients who had been with her from the beginning, she left their price the same. Now that I live in a larger city, the rate seems to be about $35-$50 depending on what you have done. -C |
Here the rates around 20-30 for everything. Even though its cheap, the costs add up so I have do as much as I can myself. Like Mardelin said, you should try it yourself. You will make mistakes, but its all a part of the learning process and it WILL grow back! :D |
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That's how my groomer is. She charges $32 for every dog. No matter what size or what she is asked to do it will always be $32. |
I think it's fairly easy to learn the ears, trimming the pads, and sanitary grooming, I still can't do nail clipping, but if you can learn to do a little on your own, it will save the cost of having to go so often. I just check Joey weekly before his bath, and trim a little here and there. I have a small eyebrow trimmer that I use for the ears and just follow the groomer's pattern. Conair - Ladies 2-in-1 Trimmer, LT3RCS - 1 ea. I use baby scissors around his bum; no shaving there, I just keep the hair clipped short. |
i pay 15/20 depending on what i want done.. but i agree with the others, it depends on location and the groomer. Alot of them charge a basic rate no matter what you have done. |
I trim Missy's ears, the pads of her feet, clip her nails, and do sanitary grooming. I think that price is really high for what you need done, but I do understand that they must have a "flat rate". You really can learn to do the grooming yourself. It's easy. This is my first pet that I've groomed, and I don't mind it one bit. |
Wow you guys are so lucky. Here in NYC, it's between $65-$95. That doesn't include tips. |
My groomer does a great job but she has a flat rate of $38.00 which leads me to this question. She is a 1 woman shop. Should I be tipping her? I haven't been but a couple of posts made me start to question this. |
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I have a friend that lives out towards Pomona and has paid upward of $100.00, the groomer did nothing different than I do, as a matter of fact less. He walked away very dissatisfied with what the groomer did/provided. I think I've stated this before, but at the risk of repeating myself (I'm getting old) even though I provide free grooming for my puppies for the rest of their lives, I always provide a grooming lesson to my new owners when they come and pick up their pup. |
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My biggest worry is keeping the dog still. Especially as a puppy...any advice there? You guys make it sound so easy...but Chloe just doesn't have the attention span to be still for more than a few minutes. -C |
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Now PetEdge has a portable grooming table with a grooming arm, it sits on top of a table.....Petedge.com. Might be worth it to invest in it. |
Here in my part of NC, I have paid as little as $35 and as much as $50. I do weekly baths, daily brushing, keep the tear stains to a minimum, but when it comes to trimming his ears, he KNOWS his mamma is a softy and if he mewls and fusses I won't do it...so every 6-8 weeks he gets a proper ears/sanitary/paw pad trim and I feel ok about that. :D |
thanks so much everyone! i will be taking them to their new groomer early 2 morrow morning sooo i will post some pics! and i dunno if i could ever do them myself i would be too scared but i envy u guys who do <3 |
Grooming can become expensive the more dogs you have . I am startingto learn how to do the basics myself. I think it is fun . I hope the grooming goes well for your little ones tommorow. Can't wait to see pictures :) |
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