The NFC B-Day Chat Thread

[ShrekDawg]

Any idea why this place would be charging by the breed for grooming or why it would vary so much in both time and price?

https://www.unfurgettablepetresort.com/grooming-information/

 

[N F C]

Any idea why this place would be charging by the breed for grooming or why it would vary so much in both time and price?

https://www.unfurgettablepetresort.com/grooming-information/

Call and ask them!

 

[ShrekDawg]

Call and ask them!

Good idea but don't have a pet that needs professional grooming atm. Just didn't know if it was common practice or not. Maybe it depends on the cut or how much fur the dog has or something? Some of the numbers just seemed kind of random though and it seems like it would be easier to base it on just size and hair length rather than specific breed and a million prices. But maybe that is common, idk.

 

[sharron]

Any idea why this place would be charging by the breed for grooming or why it would vary so much in both time and price?

https://www.unfurgettablepetresort.com/grooming-information/

i'm sorry but i don't think much of the cutting, to me, not very good cuts at all

 

[drumstick diva]

I don't agree with the prices especially for very large, smooth haired breeds. No hair to trim and they will dry very fast, even if just towel dried.

When I look in at the two major pet shop chains, they have the dogs in both a grooming post and another post with strap to keep the dog standing. Never used either. When I was 16 I did bathing & grooming at a commercial shop. I learned the correct "holds" that made it easier to work on the dogs. At no time were they strung up.

I was learning the various poodle clips. But, I showed the other groomers how to properly trim a Cocker for pet or show. Never got a dime for that. Even the boss had no idea how to do any of the Spaniel breeds.

The price included nail trims, ear cleaning, expressing anal glands. Dogs were blown dry while being brushed. They were never cage dried where they could succumb to the heat.

 

[bruceha2000]

I have it on good authority that they were not hussies, they were victims that were "tainted" against their will.

Sexual assault!

Any idea why this place would be charging by the breed for grooming or why it would vary so much in both time and price?

It is odd that 3 hours doesn't cost the same for different breeds.

i'm sorry but i don't think much of the cutting, to me, not very good cuts at all

Me either, in fact I wouldn't pay a dime to have any of those "after" dogs. Look no better than our hack jobs on the alpacas.

 

[sharron]

I don't agree with the prices especially for very large, smooth haired breeds. No hair to trim and they will dry very fast, even if just towel dried.

When I look in at the two major pet shop chains, they have the dogs in both a grooming post and another post with strap to keep the dog standing. Never used either. When I was 16 I did bathing & grooming at a commercial shop. I learned the correct "holds" that made it easier to work on the dogs. At no time were they strung up.

I was learning the various poodle clips. But, I showed the other groomers how to properly trim a Cocker for pet or show. Never got a dime for that. Even the boss had no idea how to do any of the Spaniel breeds.

The price included nail trims, ear cleaning, expressing anal glands. Dogs were blown dry while being brushed. They were never cage dried where they could succumb to the heat.

sounds like you learned the correct way dd, sounds like you knew what you were doing

 

[sharron]

Sexual assault!


It is odd that 3 hours doesn't cost the same for different breeds.


Me either, in fact I wouldn't pay a dime to have any of those "after" dogs. Look no better than our hack jobs on the alpacas.

 

[ShrekDawg]

i'm sorry but i don't think much of the cutting, to me, not very good cuts at all

Don't be sorry!! That's the kind of thing that I'd rather find out now than after I paid for it.

I don't agree with the prices especially for very large, smooth haired breeds. No hair to trim and they will dry very fast, even if just towel dried.

When I look in at the two major pet shop chains, they have the dogs in both a grooming post and another post with strap to keep the dog standing. Never used either. When I was 16 I did bathing & grooming at a commercial shop. I learned the correct "holds" that made it easier to work on the dogs. At no time were they strung up.

I was learning the various poodle clips. But, I showed the other groomers how to properly trim a Cocker for pet or show. Never got a dime for that. Even the boss had no idea how to do any of the Spaniel breeds.

The price included nail trims, ear cleaning, expressing anal glands. Dogs were blown dry while being brushed. They were never cage dried where they could succumb to the heat.

Yeah, for the short haired breeds some of the prices seem like kind of a rip off. Even for larger breeds, $80 or almost $100 seems kind of crazy. But this place is also a pet resort type place, if you look at the rooms page, they're really fancy with beds and blankets and huge rooms so theyre probably aiming for pet parents who spoil their pets lol the cat rooms are insane. Huge cat tree and stuff.

Thankfully I have found some cheaper places.

And wow thats awesome, you sound very knowledgeable and kind to the animals. That sounds much fentler than the traditional way. And I would never use big name stores. They usually don't do a good job and I heard a story recently (earlier this year or last year) where a dog died because they accidentally left it in the heating cage.

Sexual assault!


It is odd that 3 hours doesn't cost the same for different breeds.


Me either, in fact I wouldn't pay a dime to have any of those "after" dogs. Look no better than our hack jobs on the alpacas.

Yeah, I thought that was odd too.

And yeah, after looking at the photos closer, they do look like hack jobs lol

Then again supposedly they send pictures to the owners and ask if it's okay and if not they redo it so maybe people dont know better?

sounds like you learned the correct way dd, sounds like you knew what you were doing

X2

seems i need to look for a new shop aha


just looking in case I ever get a poodle or even a fluffy dog, figure I'll have them brushed out instead of doing it myself. And thinking for poodle I'd keep it in one of the short full body ones or doodle cut instead of the stupid show one lol idk what the name is though cause there's a few cuts that look similar that I get mixed up

 

[ShrekDawg]

Thoughts on these ones?

https://www.thedogsdengrooming.com/

http://www.poochpaws.com/

The second one's website isn't very good but they have really good reviews (the one negative one is from someone who called them months after a groom complaining). Although most of the reviews seem to be from terrier owners about how good she is at hand stripping them so maybe that is their expertise.