When I saw it mentioned in this thread, I had to look it up: :eek:

Every 8-10 weeks in the colder months. Every 6-8 weeks in the warmer months.

We also use a mobile groomer, and she shaves his body, cuts nails, shapes face/ears, bathes, drys, etc.

My boys don't go to the groomer. I do it myself. Ricky absolutely has to have a bath on a weekly basis and I'd like to do it more because he looks like a hot mess after 3 days. I don't do much grooming on him other than brushing. I occasionally trim his ears and his feet, which he hates...and I'll do a sanitary trim...but his hair is slow growing so it's only needed every couple of months.

Prince can go two weeks if he has to. I usually trim him up once a month because his hair grows fast...but if I see something that needs to be done after his bath, I just do it.

My mom keeps her boys naked and they go to the groomers once a month to get their shave and bath and then she bathes them once in between. I just bought her a set of clippers for her birthday so she can do touch ups herself.

I am SOOO glad that I have the ability to groom my boys myself. Prince's last owner was a groomer so his last owner groomed herself as well. As scared as he is of being at the vets, I can't imagine he'd be any better with a stranger trying to groom him...and Ricky...he doesn't like his feet fussed with. I usually do his front feet one day and his back the next as he doesn't have much patience with it.

I did take Ricky into the groomers one time to get his toe nails trimmed and will never do it again. He now goes to the vet to have it done. The groomer we went to was in a hurry and really man handled Ricky. I was so afraid he was going to hurt Ricky's little legs as he has really LONG fine boned legs and he was fighting the groomer really bad. I offered to help hold Ricky and he said I wasn't allowed to help him by holding my dog, which pissed me off more. So...no more groomers for us!!

I take Morgan every 3 or 4 weeks//haven't gotten Indy groomed yet

I take Lulu in every 6 weeks for a full groom. I bathe her once or twice in between depending on if it's needed or not.

I do my own grooming (bathing, cutting and trimming). It's not bad at all. I try to split it up into weekly tasks. Small stuff one week (feet pads, genital areas, ears, face). Then another week I will do body hair (clip or scissor cut depending on time of year). I have his nails trimmed every three weeks at Petsmart they dremel them so they aren't sharp, costs $9 so worth it. Shampoo condition every week. If I am doing a trimming, I will do before his bath or give him the bath the next morning.

Mine has a tracea issue so I would never consider taking him to groomer. When they do his feet I always say he has knee problems so they don't yank at their knees :) and someone has to hold him because of the tracea issue instead of putting the loop around their neck which I hate. I had a vet cause such problems with his neck because she looped him, he coughed and gaged for three days, not worth it. I won't let them take them out of the room when they do this because I have had problems.

I wish Domo would let me cut his hair. He fights me hard lol

I groom my three girls every 4 to 6 weeks. Since I have been doing their grooming for such a long time now, it doesn't take very long and they are pretty good for me. I quit taking them to a groomer when my oldest girl came back from a groomer with several cuts....that was enough for me.

I also groom myself. I started years ago when I adopted my first pair & money was tight. Now I do it because I enjoy it & I don't like the "loop" I've seen groomers use around the pups necks. I bathe once a week to 10 days if life is hectic. I do a quick brush every day, and trim feet & sanitary as needed. I use a dremel on their nails, and have the vet trim them when we go.

wow . I have a shih Tzu and a yorkie. every other month a groom. I have known my groomer since she was in high school. She charges everyone for a small dog $25.00 She does bath,groom, nails ears, etc..the only thing is anal glands..I would have to take them to vet..Guess it pays to live in a rural area..I do baths weekly unless Max decides to roll on a dead shrew lol

A haircut every two weeks seems a bit unnecessary. If you like keeping his hair very short it would seem that 4 to 6 weeks between haircuts would be enough.

I keep Gracie's hair long most of the year so she only goes to the groomer every 3 to 4 months and that is just for a trim

She does get combed and brushed everyday at home and I do any nail trimming or hair trimming that needs to be done in between visits to the groomer. She also gets a weekly bath at home.

Do you watch all this get done? I seriously doubt the ear hair, glands and even nails need to be done every 2 weeks. Even if they do all you say, it must be a very very easy job and you are way overpaying. Maggie gets a haircut (nails etc) every 6-7 weeks, she starts to look scraggly around 5 weeks, but so people think she looks cutest then. She would look cuter if she'd let me brush her, but she only lets me comb her so I ant get her face to look as nice. Maggie would hate having all that done so often!

I bathe her every 7-10 days. She usually doesn't smell that fresh by then and since we snuggle a lot and she comes in my bed, I like her clean.

They have never mentioned her glands and I've never asked them to do it. They have never been a problem.

Would it be normal to need them done every two weeks?

My 2 girls go once a month. I bathe them myself weekly. I am so incredibly lucky to have a really wonderful groomer, and she only charges me $20.00 for the 2 because they are small. She is amazing!

I groom mine myself and try to split it up like a previous poster stated. Nails cut at least once a month. I'm letting his hair grow a full coat so I trim sanitary and foot pads only. Teeth brushed once a week.