Tip: Dog Grooming

Professional dog grooming can be expensive - a local mobile groomer charges between £25 - £45 depending on the size of the dog.

I learned today one of my near neighbours teaches dog grooming at a local college (actually, she taught the person who owns the mobile grooming business whose prices I quote above). Anyway, just like trainee hairdressers, trainee dog groomers need "model" dogs to learn their skills on. So I asked how much it would be for Ozzy (a big boy!) to be a "model" for her trainee: £10 !! That's a huge difference from £45.

Top Tip for a Tip Top dog: check out your local colleges to see if they run grooming courses because you may be able to get your dog done at a bargain price (although do bear in mind it would only be open during term times)

 

I want a refund!

 

you are right, M, because student have to do some practice after all...

 

Luckily a Smooth Fox Terrier doesn't need any regular grooming or trimming, and they're pretty self cleaning! Definitely a tip to remember if I decide to try out a Wire Fox instead, though.

 

Nooooooo! That beauty should be in a doggy contest Cute, cute, cute!
Reminds me of a woman I used to work with

 

Ok it was her first go with the hair clippers

 

As long as the teacher is working on him. If a student in "training " is to work on him, things can happen to frighten the dog. just saying.

 

That's a good point, but then I suppose you need to trust that the teacher knows dogs and students.
When I went to find out prices from the groomers situated about a pet store, the people in front of me were a little distraught and the girl behind the desk quite apologetic not quite sure what had occurred but clearly neither were happy about it. So, I suppose, even a qualified groomer can have off days/misread signals/inadvertently "frighten" an animal. Happens at vets sometimes too.

 

we had a nail cut on our Jack Russel a few weeks ago (£17 !!) and all went more or less well -with muzzle- for the back paws but when it came to the front paws she did not stop crying the whole time.

 

With our Westie the word "toes" would make him skulk away and hide. That little guy was lovely dog but would morph into a wild lion at the vets when his toes were trimmed

 

so let me be clear, I am not just saying "frighten" the dog. with clippers in the wrong untrained had, it could hurt the body of the dog. Dogs remember pain a human gives them, and can shy away aggressively the next time. as above, cutting the nails of a dog, if cut to short in the quick, it will hurt. the dog will remember that. Yes, in a vets office you can have issues, but in general the vet, will give them something if there will be pain so the animal does not feel it.

 

When I had a dog I just bought a brush and comb, best part of 10 quid, and lasted the life of the dog.

 

trimming toes in a dog or a cat is a thoughtful process. as a puppy or a kitten the human needs to massage the paws so the animal gets used to someone handling them. and to cut the nail before it gets really long, so that you can cut a shallow cut instead of a deep one. and to be aware of the quick. the longer the nail the more the quick will grow into the nail. My cats get their claws cut monthly, on the edge of the bathroom sink, and they purr the whole time.

 

yep, still have them from my GSD, sill good, would always brush by boys out on the deck, and send the fur to the woods.