How often to groomers?

Mayasmom · 01-08-2012, 09:22 PM

I take Maya into the groomers once per month.

Just curious how often others take theirs?

Is once a month too often?

DCluver33 · 01-08-2012, 09:26 PM

I take mine once a week but, I am a groomer (or at least learning how to groom i graduate in two months) so I can bring them to the shop to learn on. I usually see my Shepherd clients about once every month or so.

Freestep · 01-08-2012, 09:27 PM

I'm a groomer, and most of my GSD clients come in every 4-6 weeks. There are some folks that only bring them in when they are blowing coat, about 2-3 times a year, and boy is that a mess!

Emoore · 01-08-2012, 09:27 PM

Once or twice a year for de-shedding.

Other than that they get bathed and brushed and nail trimmed at home.

I would be the one Freestep hates.

**gsdraven** · 01-08-2012, 09:28 PM

My dogs have never been to the groomers.

BlackGSD · 01-08-2012, 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by gsdraven

My dogs have never been to the groomers.

Me either. I refuse to pay someone to do something I am perfectly capable of doing myself!!! I will say that when I was a groomer, I took my dogs in occasionally and bathed them there, (why mess up my bathroom when I could take them to the shop?), but I was the only one to touch them. But even before I was a groomer, I never took my dogs in and had someone else groom them.

Lucy Dog · 01-08-2012, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by gsdraven

My dogs have never been to the groomers.

Same here. Bathing, brushing, nail clipping, etc are all done at home.

GSD's are pretty easy to groom. At least the stock coats.

onyx'girl · 01-08-2012, 10:47 PM

I have one dog that I take for nail trims(once a month). He fights it, hates it and I can't do it by myself. So the first of the month I take him, wait while they dremel his nails. My other two are fine, and I bathe all three at my house. I'd love a grooming dryer!
I never saw the need to 'groom' a GSD, but now with one that fights paw touch, I let them deal with it and tip generously. Pick my battles. If my DH would help me, we could do it here, but I can't do it on my own.

CeCe · 01-08-2012, 10:53 PM

That's one of the advantages of a shepherd-they don't really have to go to the groomers unless you want to pamper them a bit. Mine have never been. The weather is warm enough here that I bath them outside with the hose once a month.

krystyne73 · 01-08-2012, 11:08 PM

I take 3 of mine to the groomers once a month or so.
I am perfectly capable of doing all the grooming

but I don't like the wet dog smell in my house, plus Meika looses a lot of hair after a bath that sticks to my furniture lol

01-08-2012, 09:22 PM	#1 (permalink)
Mayasmom Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 49	How often to groomers? I take Maya into the groomers once per month. Just curious how often others take theirs? Is once a month too often?

01-08-2012, 09:26 PM	#2 (permalink)
DCluver33 Crowned Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Southern California Posts: 4,530	I take mine once a week but, I am a groomer (or at least learning how to groom i graduate in two months) so I can bring them to the shop to learn on. I usually see my Shepherd clients about once every month or so. __________________ ~Steph~ Dodger 3 yr old GSD (6/23/08) Molly 13 yr old Border Collie/Aussie Mix (7/4/98) RIP my Angel: Chopper 17 yr old Border Collie (10/1/94-12/30/10) fruit good, cake great, fruitcake nasty crap ~ Jim Gaffigan

01-08-2012, 09:27 PM	#3 (permalink)
Freestep Knighted Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Northern California Posts: 3,092	I'm a groomer, and most of my GSD clients come in every 4-6 weeks. There are some folks that only bring them in when they are blowing coat, about 2-3 times a year, and boy is that a mess! __________________ Luka von Sontausen, CD Vinca von Sontausen, CGC Freestep's Beluga Whale, BWD

01-08-2012, 09:27 PM	#4 (permalink)
Emoore Crowned Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: North DFW, TX Posts: 9,215	Once or twice a year for de-shedding. Other than that they get bathed and brushed and nail trimmed at home. I would be the one Freestep hates. __________________ Rocky vom Backyard- 10 years young Kopper vom Felssclucht Bach - 17 months At the Bridge: Cash van der Animal Shelter 2006-2010

01-08-2012, 09:28 PM	#5 (permalink)
gsdraven Moderator Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Mont Co, PA Posts: 4,627	My dogs have never been to the groomers. __________________ Jamie Raven (GSD) - December 8, 2007 Kaiser (GSD) - November 2009 Lead The Way Life's Abundance

01-08-2012, 10:47 PM	#8 (permalink)
onyx'girl Crowned Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: SW, MI Posts: 17,605	I have one dog that I take for nail trims(once a month). He fights it, hates it and I can't do it by myself. So the first of the month I take him, wait while they dremel his nails. My other two are fine, and I bathe all three at my house. I'd love a grooming dryer! I never saw the need to 'groom' a GSD, but now with one that fights paw touch, I let them deal with it and tip generously. Pick my battles. If my DH would help me, we could do it here, but I can't do it on my own. __________________ Jane~ Kept by Onyx, Kacie and Gideon v Wildhaus aka Karlo

01-08-2012, 10:53 PM	#9 (permalink)
CeCe Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: San Diego Posts: 280	That's one of the advantages of a shepherd-they don't really have to go to the groomers unless you want to pamper them a bit. Mine have never been. The weather is warm enough here that I bath them outside with the hose once a month.

01-08-2012, 11:08 PM	#10 (permalink)
krystyne73 Elite Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Edmond/Guthrie, Oklahoma Posts: 1,339	I take 3 of mine to the groomers once a month or so. I am perfectly capable of doing all the grooming but I don't like the wet dog smell in my house, plus Meika looses a lot of hair after a bath that sticks to my furniture lol __________________ Meika, GSD B. 1/05 Macy, Golden X, B. 10/06 Goliath, Sulcata Tortoise, B. 2/02 Kitty, Siamese, B.10/11 MoJo, Aussie, B.2/12 Max, Great Dane, B. 12/01 RIP

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