[nagdu] Grooming costs

[Tracy Carcione]

I guess different dogs have different body odors, same as people.  And 
probably food makes a difference, too.  My dogs just don't get smelly, 
except Echo, when she was very old.
We used a mobile groomer for Echo.  It was pricey, but worth it.  The older 
she got, the more she hated going anywhere.  Getting up into a car was hard 
on her arthritis, and she hated being in an unfamiliar environment.  She 
still had to get up into the groomer's van, but he helped her, and was very 
gentle with her, so it wasn't a total nightmare for her.  We also got a 
mobile vet, so she could be treated in the comfort of home, and, when her 
time came, end her days in a comfortable place.
Tracy

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nicole Torcolini" <ntorcolini at wavecable.com>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
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Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2013 9:21 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Grooming costs


> 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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