How often do your babies go to the groomers and how much $?

[MyFairLacy]

I work at a grooming salon so I've never paid for Lacy to be groomed yet. I bathe her once a week myself and have her groomed about every 4 weeks. I just get her ears tipped, paws trimmed, pads trimmed, nails trimmed, and sanitary groom. I used to have one of the groomers do it but have done it myself the past two times (I've been getting them to teach me how to do it). Normally the place I work starts at 34.99 plus tax for a Yorkie (that includes a bath, cleaning out the ears, trimming the nails, expressing the anal glands, haircut, bows or bandana, and cologne)...it goes up if there are matts, teeth brushing, needs an extra person to help if they are hard to handle, or a custom cut such as a "westie" or "schnauzer" cut on a yorkie, mohawk, "poodle" feet or something not typical of a yorkie groom.

[Kona]

I think mine are $35 each...but they can hang out in her shop all day. All the little dogs get to play and socialize together. She does a great job with cutting and grooming them. They always come back smelling great for days! It's hard for me to get them into see her, she's only open during the week and the hours don't match my work hours. So I tend to take them when I'm on breaks or if I happen to have a day off for some reason.

[tjmommy]

i take tj every month at petsmart for 15$ but he cannot get the puppy pkg anymore so last week i gave hima haircut and surprisingly it turned out really good! i give him a bath once a week because he loves it and it cools him down when its 95 degrees outside.

[Catrina]

I groom Princess myself .. so $0 I do it about once a month.. maybe a little trim here and there in between too .. after all the horror stories..i just decided to groom princess since she was a pup and its not that hard!

[missdeeliciouz]

Aww, I can't wait to bring my Bobby in for his first grooming. He's not done with his shots yet so we'll have to wait. I wanna trim the area around his tushie for when he poops but it's so hard since he won't keep still. I wonder if a groomer will do just that for him..

[AllieJo's Mama]

I finally found a groomer I liked and she moved out of state she charged $20+ tip. Allie just went to the "doggone doggy spa" last Friday I told him repeatedly do not touch her top knot and I only want her cleaned up around the eyes. He cut her top knot short and cut tons off her face. I was very dissatisfied (she still looks cute but not what I wanted). He basically put her in a puppy cut I was upset because I was growing her face/top knot out. He charged $26 and he did NOT get a tip. She wont be going back there.