Well I missed the voting on this thread. But I bathe my Aussie's as little as possible. Usually when we are going to someones house or having a party at our house. Or if they are just plain DIRTY!! With Aussie's you are not supposed to bathe them very often because they get dry itchy skin.
I do have a question for the groomers out there and I'm going to start a new thread in dog general for that.

As for the nails. Zoee doesn't need her's clipped hardly ever. Her's usually only gets her nails clipped when she goes to the groomer (which I do at least once a year for a good hair trim). Taggart needs his clipped more often, also because he has all four dew claws.