Groomer woes!!!!!/UPDATE

[ILoveMyAbbyGirl]

Let me give you my grooming opinion on this -

I've been grooming dogs at Petco in my area for almost 4 years now. We are told that if any claw is curled and growing INTO the pad, we are NOT allowed to cut because it could cause infection, blah blah blah liability. But if the dogs nail wasn't even grown ino the pad, he could have cut it... or at least MENTIONED it to you. Bad business, in my opinion. My apologies.

As far as prices... short cuts on dogs like Sparky are $36 and for Myndi it would have been like $28 as you mentioned (and they include a nails, ears and brushout). Springers (for a short field cut with the same, nails, ears, etc.) run at $40. For cats, just a bath (with nail trim, ear cleaning and a brush out) is roughly $31, and a lion cut (with the same, nails, ears and brush out) is $43.

Guess it really varies on area, huh?

[ILoveMyAbbyGirl]

And another thing - it never hurts to request a specific groomer. I love when people request me. It makes me feel good that they were pleased with my work. I have a lot of request St. Bernards... lots of poms, shih tzus... I love all of my customers, but my request customers hold a special place in my heart. I get them Christmas cards every year, and usually cut them pretty good deals