Dog Grooming Woes!

[Tollers-n-Dobes]

I'm not a groomer, but I think $60.00 or so is pretty good for a St. Bernard. When we used to have to take Echo to a groomer, we were always charged about $55.00 - and she wasn't a big Rottweiler. Behaved well, and was never filthy either.

[eurobichons]

we run a site with a grooming forum
www.eurobichons.com

it has list of USA groomers associations, we groom our own 14 dogs here and also do others like rescue dogs for free, sadly we are in UK a bit far to travel lol

[ILoveMyAbbyGirl]

(Okay, I know this thread is totally old and random, but I just had to comment!)

I work at PetCo and we charge $33 for Saints and $27-$33 for Goldens depending on size. $65 for a Golden is crazy, lol. It goes up from there, if you want hypo-allergenic shampoos, toothbrushing or extra brush time (for matted dogs) but for the Saint, $33 would cover the bath, dry, nails trimmed, ears cleaned and complete brush out.

Anyway, just thought I'd let you guys know, lol. Have you been having luck with your groomers?

[buttercup132]

My place charges the same as Shelteez.
A Saint would be $100 +
Goldens start at $70
$27 for a Golden?!
And you charge extra for hypo shampoo?
I've never heard good things about comercial groomers like Pet co, Pet Smart and Super Pet, the mobile groomer is the worst though.

[ILoveMyAbbyGirl]

It's only $7 extra for hypo shampoos, and really, sometimes we sneak them in if we see dogs that need them and mom doesn't want to pay the extra or if we have regular customers that get it all the time or whatnot.

Being a groomer at PetCo, I can honestly say we never really have angry customers. We have a lot of people that come from Petsmart saying awful things, but I have no idea what goes on there.

Our prices are assorted by groups; we have groups 1 through 5, group 1 being things like Pugs and JRTs and short-coated dogs like that, and group 5 is your Saints, Mastiffs, large Goldens, large Labs, etc. Group 5 is pretty much anything over 75lbs.

We charge decent amounts (we even have people complain that the $27.99 for their Golden is too much!) and we do a good job. Dogs are always completely dry before they go home, nails trimmed, ears cleaned and coat is completely brushed through. We have a VERY close bond with our customers and we report every little wart, lump, limp, anything that the customer needs to know about, whether it happened at the groom shop or it was noticed when the dog came in.

I love my job, and I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world. =]

[critter crazy]

(Okay, I know this thread is totally old and random, but I just had to comment!)

I work at PetCo and we charge $33 for Saints and $27-$33 for Goldens depending on size. $65 for a Golden is crazy, lol. It goes up from there, if you want hypo-allergenic shampoos, toothbrushing or extra brush time (for matted dogs) but for the Saint, $33 would cover the bath, dry, nails trimmed, ears cleaned and complete brush out.

Anyway, just thought I'd let you guys know, lol. Have you been having luck with your groomers?

Rocky, the dog this thread I started was about, has since passed on to the rainbow Bridge. Thanks for the Info tho.