[nagdu] Grooming costs

[Cindy Ray]

I didn't used to have the dogs washed or wash them much unless they had allergies. Now I use a mobile groomer because I have three dogs. This costs me $200 every two months or so.

CL

On Sep 26, 2013, at 8:21 PM, "Nicole Torcolini" <ntorcolini at wavecable.com> wrote:

> Lexia gets a bath about every six to eight weeks. She needs it because she
> starts to smell; otherwise, I probably would not do it that often. How often
> you bathe your dog depends on a million factors, and there is no right time
> period between baths, as long as your dog does not smell. About every other
> time, someone is available to help me take Lexia to a do it yourself
> groomer, so it is cheaper those times. When someone is not available, I have
> a mobile groomer come, which runs about $100 give or take after the tip.
> Yes, it is a lot, but, for me, it is worth not having to clean up the dog
> hair if I bathed Lexia in my own shower. The mobile groomer also files
> Lexia's nails and puts ear cleaner in her ears
> 
> Nicole
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Stephanie
> Mitchell
> Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2013 4:41 PM
> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Grooming costs
> 
> My costs are nothing atll.  One thing I'd like to know is how you avoid the
> bath? I have a black lab but i have to bath her every 3 months or so, as she
> smells. 
> Steph
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Tracy Carcione <carcione at access.net>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Date: Thursday, September 26, 2013 10:03 pm
> Subject: [nagdu] Grooming costs
> 
>> 
>> 
>> I was surprised when Mark estimated his grooming costs at $25/month.  
>> My grooming costs are roughly 0, unless something unusual comes up.  
>> My dog is a lab, and stays clean with daily brushing.  He hasn't 
>> needed a bath in years.  The labs I had before were about the same, 
>> though Echo did need the occasional bath when she got really old. But 
>> I guess other dogs are hairier, or naturally more odiferous. Still, in 
>> my book, tiny grooming costs are another plus for the labrador.
>> Tracy
>> 
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