Do you tip dog groomers?

dmd77
Sat, 27 Nov 2010 15:40:15 +0000

I have two standard poodles. I groom them myself now, but I certainly tipped my groomers.

I can tell you from my own experience that it is hard physical labor to give you back a clean, well-groomed dog. And if your dog is happy to go to the groomers, not apprehensive, your groomer is worth a small fortune.

I scrub the dogs the day before I am going to groom them, and let them dry naturally overnight. That’s an hour right there, and more if they’re stained or have been playing in the mud. If I dried them with a dryer, another hour.

Moving along, now that I’ve got some serious practice–I’ve been grooming them myself for almost three years–it takes about an hour and a half for each dog to do nails, face, belly, feet, and the sanitary area. I’ve been working with my dogs to get them over their issues with being groomed (they’d gotten to where they trembled walking into the groomer), so it takes me a while extra. I don’t spend a lot of time on brushing, because I keep their coats VERY short.

If I did grooming work of the quality I expected from my groomers–it would take 4 hours/dog, minimum.