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08-19-2009, 06:55 AM | #1 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Pennsylvania
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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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08-19-2009, 07:03 AM | #2 | |
Mardelin Yorkshire Terriers Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: California
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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.
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08-19-2009, 07:07 AM | #3 |
I Love My Yorkies Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
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| My groomer is $35 a dog no matter how much or how little they do
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08-19-2009, 07:09 AM | #4 |
Mardelin Yorkshire Terriers Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: California
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| That's my fee too. But, I do give discounts for those that bring the kids in for grooming every 2 weeks. And they do get a full groom, every 2 weeks and it's easier on the dog and on me.
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08-19-2009, 07:53 AM | #5 |
Action Jackson ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Maryland
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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.
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08-19-2009, 08:08 AM | #6 |
YT Addict Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Norman, Oklahoma, United States
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| 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
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08-19-2009, 08:22 AM | #7 |
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| 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!
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08-19-2009, 08:27 AM | #8 |
I Love My Yorkies Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
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| I wish you were my groomer! I would love to have mine done every 2 weeks. I have an excellent groomer though and I think her price is fair also.The only time she charged me more than the 35 was when Jewels had a ton of matts and she took them all out with a slicker brush. She will also board our yorkies if needed
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08-19-2009, 09:28 AM | #9 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Texas
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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.
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08-19-2009, 09:40 AM | #10 |
I ♥ Joey & Ralphie! Donating Member | 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.
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08-19-2009, 10:29 AM | #11 |
YT 2000 Club Member | 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.
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08-19-2009, 11:22 AM | #12 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: BC, Canada
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| 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.
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08-19-2009, 11:56 AM | #13 |
Owned by Tumi & Gracie Donating Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: NYC
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| Wow you guys are so lucky. Here in NYC, it's between $65-$95. That doesn't include tips.
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08-19-2009, 11:58 AM | #14 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Mebane
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| 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. |
08-19-2009, 12:01 PM | #15 |
Donating Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NewYork
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| I think It's time for us New Yorkers to move
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