Dog Grooming Woes!

[borzoimom]

I cannot believe you actually called her, talk about going above and Beyond!! You are awsome!!!

AMEN TO THAT ONE! (Bows to the 'diva of information'..) What did she say critter crazy?

[critter crazy]

Well I just talked to her, and she does sound realy nice. I set up an appointment, but she cant get me in till the 22nd. But that is okay, Gives Rocky more time to adjust and get used to things.

[borzoimom]

I agree!

[wolfsoul]

We are the only place in town equipped to do large dogs. We have stairs to the tub, and there are plenty of us who work there so enough people to help lift. We have plenty of large crates and an area to tie dogs too big for the crates (we have one newfie who just won't fit in a 600 crate!).

$65 is expensive for a large dog, unless it is matted -- atleast for our shop. We have two regular saints and charge almost $10-20 less, and we are a big shop We will also use their shampoo if they wish, though alot of the time the shampoo the owner brings in does not clean the dog, and the dog ends up having a poor haircut because the coat is greasy.

[Shelteez2]

At the shop I work at a Saint would start at $100. We charge $50 - $65 for goldens.

[wolfsoul]

At the shop I work at a Saint would start at $100. We charge $50 - $65 for goldens.

Wow, that's alot for over here. The shops here charge relatively the same amount. We start at $40 for a golden.

We are understaffed too LOL. We do between 40 and 60 dogs a day, and never make it out of work on time.

[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?

[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.

[areias]

That's good, I'm glad she worked out for you.

I prefer a small grooming salon versus petsmart-you can get a better relationship going, I think.