How often do you get your yorkie groomed ?
 

So after participating in several grooming threads, it made me start to wonder if I'm getting Gizmo groomed and cut to often. I have the mobile groomer come every 2 weeks and he does everything, trimming, wash and dry, anal glands, , , , removing hair from inside ears, trimming nail and accessories. It ends up costing with the tip $80. I can wash and dry him, and can probably trin him as I'm a hair stylist so it shouldn't be to much of a difference. The only thing I'm iffy on is the nails as I can't see the quik de to his nails being black and definitely do not know how to express the anal glands as well as don't want to pull the inside ear hair.

So my question is, how often do you use a groomer, and what is your cost, if you don't mind me asking :-)

Thanks in advance for any info :-)

Ps. Also he is a cotton coat, I think but am not sure as he's only 8 months old, his fur was in really bad shape when I rescued him because he was so malnourished, and I know their coats keep changing. His color is also changing a lot right now, His face is real silky, he has a long silky tail, and seems silky on his back between the shoulder blades. He does seem to get more silky as time goes on, as when I rescued him he was all cotton, but is now like half and half :-) also a few weeks back he lost a lot of the cordon hair so I am wondering if his coat is changing to silky, any ideas?

I have a ton of really great shampoos, conditioners and spray detangler for him I have stocked up as well.

It would be awesome to find out what the normal routine most use is :-) thanks again so much. Gizmo is my first yorkie, as I've always had larger dogs so I'm winging it as I go, and trying to learn as much as a can about the normal routine others use :-)

I used to have them groomed about once every 4-6 weeks. But I've been frustrated because the last two times they went to the groomer she did not follow my instructions. The last time was about a week before Christmas and I actually cried when I saw them. I specifically asked her to leave their faces alone and she shaved both of their noses. I have been doing a lot of the grooming at home. But I'm a big chicken when it comes to their nails. I will probably take them to all pet---30 miles away:( to have their nails done only. My understanding is to only do glands when you notice they need it (scooting and an odor). Fortunately, I've not noticed this with Barney and Anna. If I do, I will take them to the vet.

That is what has me thinking of trying to do most of it myself :-) I keep telling him I'm trying to let Gizmos hair grow out so he will have a nice top knot, and this last time he cut the hair on top of his head so short, the top knot fell out within a couple hours, where normally it would stay close to a week. It's like continuously starting over with growing his hair, or even knowing if I can because he keeps cutting the shorter puppy cut every time ugh......

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It has been a little chilly here in sunny California so I have not washed my Yorkies for the last 4 weeks. They are inside dogs. I usually have a groomer come to my home. I pay her $50 a dog so she gets $100. She raises her grandkids so I try to pay her well. I can wash and groom them using a clipper and not taking too much fur off. She will trim them down and give them the cutesy face. I would not wash Yorkies too much. You will wash the oils out of their coat and cause dryness. Brush the coat every day and also the teeth.

I was a bad yorkie mom who only had her first baby groomed every two months-it was a standing appointment. I would bathe her about once or twice in between. Nails were never a problem.

Thanks to YT and Youtube, I am trimming and bathing Gracie myself. The baths are weekly, and since I am not remotely good at the trimming, that takes place as needed. I never take off much at a time. I trim nails, but for stinky stuff we will see the vet.

It is not so much the cost as that I am less willing to leave our Gracie alone at a groomer's
all day.

So, to your question, I would buy a grooming stand ( you likely have EVERYTHING else you need!) and cut the grooming visits to less often. But then, I have a second daughter getting married less than 13 months after her sister- my money is spoken for!

My Coco is cotton coated also. I shave her body myself (7 FC blade) before every bath (2-3 weeks in winter, 1-2 weeks in summer) and leave face and legs longer. She gets professionally groomed 3-4 times a year when her leg hairs get too long. A fresh cut also gives me a guide when I do home groom :p. I pay $65 at Petsmart and she gets the works. I don't do nails either, so they do go in for nail grinding every 4-6 weeks or so.

I do most of her grooming myself. The groomer shaved her nose, and feet and kept trimming the hair right above her eyes. We're looking for a house in another town I might try a couple groomers there when we move. If they listen better I might do that since I'm not actually that good at it myself and nails and ears scare me.

full grooms at the old one cost around 50 bucks and included everything even teeth, she just never turned out like she was supposed to lol. If you think you can do the rest my vet only charges 8 bucks to trim their nails for you. I haven't checked to see what a groomer charges for just a nail trim but I bet its pretty cheap.

We bathe Bella weekly whether she needs it or not :D and have her groomed every two months. She has a silky coat and we do a modified puppy cut. The grooming costs $60. With a $10 tip, that comes to $70.

Every 4-5 weeks.

Getting anal glands expressed at our vet is expensive (imo) - $16 if done at a vet appt for something else, or $24 if just a vet tech appt for the glands.

I groom mine about every 2 weeks. I groom them myself. I trim their nails every 3 weeks. Pixie just lays on her back and lets me cut her nails, Roxie sits pretty good for her trim but Cali fights me.

I groom all my pups myself, always have. It was definitely a learning process at first and I've come a long way. I've tried different look and found what works for us and with four pups at the time and now three I would have gone broke.


I groom mine once a month I do a (full bath, nails, grooming and cut when needed) in the warmer months and every other month on cold weather sets in. With some light grooming in between and always keeping their top knots combed and up. I learned that the longer you leave those in the harder it is to comb them. So we do them once a week or when ever they take them out.

I bathe my two every week and let their hair grow out in the winter. I give them sanitary trims, but otherwise only shave them when the weather is warmer. I love both the short and long look, so this gives me a chance to have them in both. I groom them myself... it really isn't that hard.

I bathe the boys once a week and they go to the groomer every 5 weeks or so ($65 each plus tip). I do "face, feet and fanny" trims in between grooms.

I guess I'm the only one that doesn't bathe them often. They get a bath once every 2-3 months. But they do get wiped down/brushed twice a day or from after any outing. Haircuts, I mostly do at home whenever they get a bath. The only thing I didn't do were the nails but I've recently purchased a dremel and in the process of doing that myself as well now. Anal glands, I watched youtube and it's really not that hard unless you have small but to work with like my Zoey (5.5 lbs).

I take them to the groomers once a year and the cost is about $70 or so... I'm letting their hair grow out a bit since it's so cold but once it gets warm, they'll be getting a summer cut!

I usually take all my guys in 3 times a year, but, this unusually cold weather (for this area) is messing with my schedule. I bathe by scent, if they're stinky they get it !

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.