Both Hannah and Tucker get groomed professionally. Hannah goes every 6 weeks. Tucker only goes every 12 weeks and I bath him myself (and of course comb him) in between. He looks sooo good when he comes back from the groomer though that I'm thinking of having the groomer do him more often. Pam, you are exactly right about Hannah. I can't even bath her. I started out trying to do that when she was a bitty puppy and she fought me with every once of strength she had. I actually (I can't believe I am telling this) got in the bathtub with her to see if it would help calm her down and get her used to bathing. The only thing that accomplished was scratches on me. After four or more attempts at bathing, each one worse than the last, I gave up. Now she just gets bathed when groomed. Luckily both she and Tucker had recently been groomed for Graham's visit so they were looking pretty good. Our groomer charges $39.00. She has the grooming facility in the front part of her house and she is the only one who works on the dogs. This makes it wonderful as she knows the dogs and the dogs know her.