I do not pay to get my dogs bathed, but I will take them to get their nails trimmed because I do not like to do it and am afraid that I am going to clip them too short. I pay $5 to have this done and I think that is reasonable. Both of my dogs are short haired so that is not a problem for me either. I will bathe them myself since that is way cheaper than paying someone to do it for me. I have heard that taking your dog to a groomers can be quite stressful for them so I do not want them to be upset or scared by being there. They are my family too.

I've never taken my dog to a groomer before. I never felt so lazy where I had to pay someone to give my dog a bath and a quick trim before. Maybe it's just me being cheap, or blame on the way I was raised. Either way, I still take the time to clean and manicure my dog as I take that task personal. Maybe it's because my dog is my family and I take care of my own.

Who out there pays someone to do it? How much do you pay to get it done?

When I had my massage practice, I traded out with a couple local groomer friends to groom my pack, either at my place or theirs, since one did house calls and so did I. This worked out well for all of us. My fur kids knew our friends, it was nothing extra out of our family budget and everybody got what they needed done professionally. When I only have short hair dogs, I don't mind doing the bathing myself. However, my last dog was funny about one paw being fooled with after I goofed once. We were both nervous about me doing her nails after that. I think in future, I might find YouTube videos on grooming my fur kids and maybe contact someone online for extra mentoring.

I agree with you on this. Dogs are family. It's a very heartwarming experience when you personally take the time to groom them. Other than that, I find pet grooming salons rather expensive. I don't have extra money or time to send our dogs there. We bathe our dogs using store-bought herbal shampoos as often as possible. We have a bathing ritual for all of our dogs, which consists of taking them out for a walk after their fur has partially dried up, feeding them with kibbles after the walk and then cuddling.

I agree with you on this. Dogs are family. It's a very heartwarming experience when you personally take the time to groom them. Other than that, I find pet grooming salons rather expensive. I don't have extra money or time to send our dogs there. We bathe our dogs using store-bought herbal shampoos as often as possible. We have a bathing ritual for all of our dogs, which consists of taking them out for a walk after their fur has partially dried up, feeding them with kibbles after the walk and then cuddling.

Nope! I keep him brushed pretty regularly and he comes running when I grab the brush, makes him quite happy. He doesn't need much trimming, and because he's always hyperactive, it used to be really difficult, but I just stopped using electric scissors and rewarding him for being still and letting me clip his hairs (especially around his ears because they bother him so much), he sits quite calmly now.

I was a dog groomer for a period of time. I just do it at home now. My little boy is self grooming for the most part other than bathing and keeping him brushed. I trim his nails and pads when they need it.

I cannot understand what some people will spend their money on. I am sure that the fact that I do not really groom my dogs in any meaningful way might factor into it, but I would not be willing to pay someone to do something like that. I would think that they fun would be in doing it yourself, but then again I do not really do all that much. It does make me curious as to what sorts of rates these places charge. Are they expensive?

I took Capone to have his nails trimmed once when he was a rambunctious pup. It cost me $10 for it and he also came home with fleas, plus the nails didn't even look cut. I haven't paid for nail trimming since, but I asked about baths, and I dropped my mouth when they said it would be $50 bucks to bathe him.

Since Capone short hair, I brushed his coat, and my son gave him baths when he needed one. I can't afford any of these grooming services around here.

I have never had my dogs groomed by a professional. I guess it's something that I just don't think is all that necessary simply because I take good care of my dogs and pamper them. I also love doing all sorts of grooming things myself - I don't have any kids and treat my animals like my babies. I love fussing over them and bonding with them by making them look fantastic. So, while I'm sure that a professional would do a good job, I just don't need to have anything done that I can't see to myself.

We will sometimes pamper our shitzu but other times we do it ourselves. But when she needs a trim we will let her have her puppy spa and get super clean and gleam. We also can't trim her near the house because of the hair and people in the house have allergies.

I used to bring my dogs to the grooming salon for bathing once a week or once every 2 weeks. But when we noticed that our dogs were getting ticks and fleas from the salon, I stopped that habit and tried to learn myself. Now, I bathe the dogs every weekend with the help of our housemaid. And for the grooming of their coat, I also studied how. With the tools that I bought, me and our housemaid do the trimming of our dog's coats. It's not really to save on money but to avoid the ticks and fleas in the grooming salon.

I used to be a dog groomer - in an actual salon. So naturally... no. I don't pay someone to do my dogs. I know how to do everything myself. I will however say that there are several pros along with cons to taking a dog to a dog groomer. Everybody knows the Cons (Corzhens, I am sorry that the groomer you went to had fleas and ticks, that is HORRIBLE! Any good self respecting groomer shop would never let that happen. Usually a flea and tick killing solution is mixed up in a spray bottle. If a dog comes in that has fleas, we try to find out that information first and get them in either end of the day when all other dogs or gone, or in the tub first. Then after that the entire shop should be sprayed with the "Dip" solution generously. A tip to finding a good groomer is the scent of the shop when you walk in. If the shop smells like wet, musty dog, GET OUT NOW! A groomer shop should smell of shampoo and cleaning products, not wet dirty dog [although sometimes that can't be avoided on the type of day it is]).

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I do not pay to get my dogs bathed, but I will take them to get their nails trimmed because I do not like to do it and am afraid that I am going to clip them too short. I pay $5 to have this done and I think that is reasonable. Both of my dogs are short haired so that is not a problem for me either. I will bathe them myself since that is way cheaper than paying someone to do it for me. I have heard that taking your dog to a groomers can be quite stressful for them so I do not want them to be upset or scared by being there. They are my family too.

I do groom my dogs as well but nails I pay to have done, $5 is not that much and we are both happier I can’t do it my self its even hard for me to watch I don’t know why, I can give boosters not a problem but nails no.

I know it can be tough to shell out the money to groom a dog, but I pay to get my yorkie groomed every other week. She gets a bath most of the time and gets a hair cut every 2 months. If I had a short haired dog, I'd just bathe them myself. However, with my dog, the groomer does a much better job. They do extra things that I'm just not able to do myself with blowdrying her hair and expressing the anal glands. I've tried to wash her myself and it's never the same and my dog does not like it. She gets very nervous and shakes the entire time. I take her to the same groomer every single time and she knows them and is very comfortable in their hands. She's never gotten fleas or anything like that from them. The cost isn't that expensive either. A bath only costs $20 and her hair is perfect. I cannot do a topknot like they can on her. I wish I was talented enough to groom her myself, but alas, I am not.