After an experience i had with a groomer who yelled at Rocky i decided to do it myself and have been doing so for about a year now. I mean im not that bad i think he looks pretty decent even my friend let's me groom her yorkie for her too i cut my Rocky's nails, cut the hair around his pads shave his little tushy and cut his hair down below is a few pics of before and after.

1. Groomed
2. before grooming

does anyone know if petsmart drugs them?

I was not worried about taking Zoey to the groomers. They fight over who gets to hold her when we walk in. They seem to love her. Now you guys are scaring the cr@p out of me. Eyes popping out, blows to the head....EEEEk.:eek: Im ready to buy some clippers and give it a try myself!

I take both of my pups to a groomer and she always says 3-4 hrs. and she will call me when done. It NEVER takes that long. She is just giving herself lots of time so she is not running late when you get there. Mine always do well but then again they are use to noise as I have 3 kids.

See - that's how I feel - I think I'll start myself - well with the Husbands help of course and see how it goes - I just don't want to wait until it's unruly - and matted - and I've been spending way to much time dwelling on it.

Thank you all for your input - It definately helped.

That is the EXACT same thing that happened with Maxwell's first cut!

I groom Demi myself, and I really enjoy it. I can't explain it, but it gives me a lot of satisfaction to do this for her.

Sometimes I give her a Westie face, sometimes a Schnauzer face, sometimes I experiment with her bangs and moustache. It's fun to change her look. Of course, she looks gorgeous in every style!

I have clippers, but I usually just scissor her (she has a puppy cut). When I do use the clippers, I'm very careful not to burn her.

Sometimes I give her a quick trim and it's not too good of a job, but other times I go slow and she looks really good when it's done. I'm not as good as a professional groomer and doubt I ever will be, but I'm getting better with time.

I don't express her glands because my vet said it wasn't routinely necessary (thank goodness) and I don't trim her nails because we live in the city and she walks on concrete so her nails are worn down in the course of the day. I also don't pluck her ear hair because, again, my vet said it wasn't necessary (so I just trim her inner ears closely). I do clean her ears after grooming. In the winter I blow-dry her, but in warm weather I usually just towel her off.

There are some good websites with step-by-step instructions.

Try it, and if you aren't comfortable or don't do a good job, what's the harm? It's just hair, it will grow back.

Exactly!!! :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

I do it myself as well...