Hi all
I was wondering if you could help me?
I am trying to find out the adverage price to groom a breed of dog.
i really want to find out all breed prices proffesionally
any help will be greatly appreiciated
labrador lover

mobile or salon?

both really
i didnt know there was a difference. oops
labrador lover

A nice short all over trim for Samma + bath and nails = abt. 18 pounds? (25 euros) in a German "salon". It was about the same cost when we were in the States, too. She's 7.6 kilos.

According to surveys done at a couple of grooming seminars I went to last year it varies enormously. Prices started at £7 for grooming a Yorkie up to £22! With bigger dogs such as Afghans it ranged from £18 to about £60! Most grooming courses tend to give students some idea about pricing. A lot of groomers (on a grooming e-mail list I belong too) are advocating putting up prices, and doing less dogs for same money, on the basis that the good customers value excellent service and will pay for it, those shopping around for the cheapest each time are welcome to try elsewhere.

Yep, that's my policy. I trim to the breed standard and provide a first class service for both dog and owner. I only work for owners who value my knowledge and experience. £21 for a Yorkie, £25 for a cocker and only if they come in every 8 weeks. I have a "groomer" in my area who will clip off a Westie for £7 so there are groomers for everybody.

VAl,

that Westie will look lovely no doubt... ( NOT)

I know how long it take s on a westies I took 6 hours to do my 2 yester day and that was a tidy up and 2 blisters later..

My mum has a laso and a poodle she gets them both done at the sametime. SHe dorps them both off and it is £20 each. I kinow the girl quite well she has a small shop and I knwo due to her rates etc she is not rich on that.

Pam

My 'grooming lady' has her own mobile business, she charges me £15 for my two small dogs (toy breed, long hair). She is kind and gentle with them and never in a rush, despite being very much in demand. The only trouble I have is keeping the dogs awake while they're being groomed !
Joyce

thanks for all your replies.
lab lover

All I know is when I move to an area and look for a groomer, my major considerations are:
*******#1 -- Respect for both of us -- my dog and I. Will the groomer "get along" and not mistreat my dog?
--I've been told by quite a few that she is one of the best natured dog they have ever experienced --hey, she loves baths + attention :) So if I see the groomer handling her roughly or complaining about being snapped at, I usually never return. --It's happened too :(

#2 -- Quality of the work -- evenly trimmed hair and not just "shaved off" to almost nothing (she looks like a piggy then :( :D )

#3 -- sanitation of facility -- is it "kept" up?

#4 -- Timeliness of service -- When I'm given a time to pick her up, will she be ready to go or do I wait for her and thus waste my own time? Also goes to dropping off for appointments --- If the facility opens early for those who have to work. Nice and very appreciated. :)

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Somewhere down the line is the actual cost. As long as it's not outrageous for the time spent on her, I really don't care that much. :rolleyes:
She never goes in matted or unkempt regardless of how long it's been between appts. She's pretty basic to do.

But I have seen where Christine (my groomer) has been expected to create a "show" dog out of one that is never brushed out at home.
For instance: There's one Cocker that "visits" her and all she does is shake in fear. Poor thing. She's a wanna-be couch potato and her owner drags her daily all over the forests and woods, but never combs her out afterwards. He's trying to get rid of her "wussyness" :rolleyes:
toodles

I take between £10 and £15 for a westie, depending on the state of the coat and I don't make the westie look like a skinned rabbit, what annoys me is the so called proffesional grooming parlours that clip westies so short that you can see the colour of the skin, and make the heads look like foxes they cut the hair on the face so short I could go on and on, but, I won't.I clipper a pet westie to look like a westie in a show trim, but leave the skirt not as long as I would with a show dog.

Irene, I once had a lady say to me on collecting her Westie, (having travelled for an hour and complained about my prices)
"You've left it very long. I can't see his pink skin through the coat!" I replied "I should hope not! I can't put back the coat that has already been removed but if you'd like to come back in 8 weeks, I'll do my best to make your dog look like a Westie! If you want him styled like he was last time, then you'd better go back to where you went before!"
She did come back, happily pays my price and has asked to come in every 4 weeks - to keep him looking nice! She REALLY thought that the previous sheep shearer had trimmed correctly!!

Its not only Westies who suffer from 'creative' trims! Just try putting the top knot back on an American Cocker after it has been clipped off "to clean up the head like a show dog"! (This is a real quote from one not far distant grooming place!) They have 3 basic styles - All Off (any breed) Pet trim (Head off, body off apart from skirt, fringe on back of legs), and Show Trim - this one is best, as they seem just to pick any breed, and attempt that trim, regardless of breed dog actually is! A cavalier a fringe left on the end of his tail, and little hairy feet is quite a sight - I couldn't decide if he was trying to be a Chinese Crested or a poodle! And the prices they charge!
They have recently changed hands, and I am waiting with interest to see if the standards have improved.
Gwen

I only do westies as I would not attempt to clip or strip any other breed as I dont know how, I only know how to do my own breed.

I only do 'show trims' on American, that is, a real show trim, on a full coated, prepared dog. Most of my grooming customers are dogs I have bred over the years (this means a very small volume grooming business!) but I have a few English cockers who get smartish pet trim, 1 min. schauzer, and a wild yorkie who all other local groomers refuse to do. I also get the occasional cross-breed who wants just a bath or an 'everything off' - usually friends of my regulars. A friend who lives a couple of miles away runs a full time grooming business, and about 75% of her customers insist on a 'everything off' regardless of her recomendations.
Gwen

I won't do "all offs" Gwen. I just say that it's not my type of work and point them in the direction of those who do. There are groomers for everyones' needs.
As well as making a living, I'm at the age when I have to be happy with what I do too! :D At the school where I was taught, many years ago now, it was always drummed into us "You're a dog groomer, not a sheep shearer. There's only one way to do it, and that's the right way!" and some things just stick, don't they?! That's the way that I've built the business and that's what I'm known for.

I so agree - no job satisfaction or feeling of creativity in just 'shearing'! With the 2 crossbreeds who request it, usually at the start of a hot spell, and owner feel it makes them more comfy. With these 2 it would be hard to decided what would be a sutable trim, neither are very long coated to beging with, just a bit wiry/fluffy! One visits an allotment each day where hens are kept, so it is in his own interest to keep the coat trimmmed right down.Gwen