Tipping???

[wolf_Q]

Originally posted by aly
If my groomer is going to be human and make a mistake, the responsible thing to do would be to tell me about it so I don't have to go home and discover the marks myself. That is shady business. It has only happened twice so I'm sure it isn't sensitive skin or anything.

Just letting you know that sometimes things like that (red marks) don't show up like the second it happens. They may have not even seen anything like that when they finished him and therefore didn't tell you about it because they didn't know about it. I groomed Sydney one time and noticed a red mark on the inside of her leg the next day, I never saw it when I groomed her. The blade wasn't hot and I was being careful, accidents do happen.

And to answer the original question, working as I groomer I definitely encourage tipping of course. The few tips I receive are greatly appreciated. Work as a groomer for a week and you'll want to tip them generously.

[aly]

Well I found the red marks as soon as I got home. I am sure accidents do happen, but the whole experience each time that happened was less than ideal.

Again, if I ever found a good groomer, I'd tip them. That just hasn't happened yet. PJ's Mom lives in my city and she hasn't found a good one either, so I'm sure its not just me being picky. Although I do expect the best when my babies are involved.

I don't think they should expect tips though. What micki said really scared me. If they treat dogs differently depending on which owners tip, that is just soooooooooo wrong.

[wolf_Q]

Well I don't treat dogs differently depending on if the owners tip. Guess I can't speak for everyone though.

I don't expect tips unless I've gone out of my way to do something (for example take all day long and brush out a really matted dog because they begged me not to shave them). They are appreciated but not expected. The ones I get are few and far between so if I was expecting a tip on every dog I'd get disappointed an awful lot lol. I'll take a really nice owner and great dog over a difficult dog with a $10 tip any day.

[aly]

Oh I'd totally pay TONS if someone had to brush my dog all day. I'm a reasonable person I don't expect anyone to bend over backwards for me at all. I just don't understand why I can't even find a semi-decent groomer. So...... when are you moving to Texas?

[wolf_Q]

Just drive up to Utah every 2 months or so.....

[PJ's Mom]

Originally posted by aly
I don't expect anyone to bend over backwards for me at all. I just don't understand why I can't even find a semi-decent groomer.

This may sound bad, but I am so glad I'm not the only one who has this problem around here. I thought I was being too picky, or that Peej was too difficult to work with.

I guess I'll keep looking and if I don't find a grooomer Peej and I are both happy with, I'll have to learn how to do it myself.

[aly]

Originally posted by PJ's Mom
This may sound bad, but I am so glad I'm not the only one who has this problem around here. I thought I was being too picky, or that Peej was too difficult to work with.

I guess I'll keep looking and if I don't find a grooomer Peej and I are both happy with, I'll have to learn how to do it myself.

I will definately tell you if I come across a good one. I did meet a WONDERFUL one who does grooming either in her home or yours (whichever you prefer). She was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO AWESOME. She offered to help me out on my foster dogs for free. I met her volunteering at the shelter telethon. I lost her business card though. I'll try to track her down somehow.

[jenluckenbach]

I just don't understand why I can't even find a semi-decent groomer.

Because they are few and far between. It is hard work and people nowadays don't want to work hard for their money. We can't find a decent replacement groomer when one quits because they just aren't out there.

[PJ's Mom]

Originally posted by jenluckenbach
Because they are few and far between. It is hard work and people nowadays don't want to work hard for their money. We can't find a decent replacement groomer when one quits because they just aren't out there.

Will you come over and groom Peej?

Thanks Aly. That groomer sounds awesome!

[chrissycat21]

I'm not sure if our current groomer is tipped, but I beleive the last one was. (She moved and she was the best one we have found!)

Snowy's first grooming experience was awful, when I walked her into the place the first thing I noticed was every dog's tail was tucked and they were in the corner of there cages. When Snowy came home she was a different dog, snapping and growling at people, she even bit my sister! (Which she had never, and hasn't since, done in her life and took everyone by surprise!)

Snowy was supposed to be groomed by our dog sitter while we were on vacation, but since the vacation was cancelled she didn't have enough time. When our dog sitter grooms her we do tip, because basicly this is the one other person I trust to watch Snowy while we're gone. (And she's a pretty good groomer, too)