Furbaby Grooming Poll

NicoleeBonsai

DH refuses to get ours groomed more than once every three months. it's because she looks really cute when her fur is longer. But I also feel bad for her because it gets to the point where her hair covers her eyes!

We give her a bath at home every 3-ish weeks.

How often do you groom/bathe your furbaby?

 

vanessagorc

We never have to groom ours bc he has such short hair...just take him for nail clippings.

He gets a full bath every 1.5 months bc he has dry skin and the vet wants the oil to build up.  We spot wash his face, bum, and feet more.  To keep him from, being the "smelly kid at school"

sweetky_06

Our black lab has his nails clipped 1x/month while he's at Doggie Day Care (We take him 2x/week). I usually bath him once a month and brush him out really good when we're done. That's about it!

madelyn07

We have two Poms and everyone assumes they are super high maintenance and need to be groomed all the time--nope! We never have them professionally groomed. I just brush them really good (once every 1-2 weeks) and give them a bath when they need it. Their fur is super soft, fluffy and, well, pretty perfect. I give full credit to the food that they eat, though, for the health of their coats.

Our Pointer needs to be brushed (with the furminator) at least 2x a week because he sheds so much but we never have him groomed.

They do all get their nails clipped one or two times a month while at doggie daycare.

 

bbakersgirl75

We have 3 labs that we brush weekly with a Furminator. We bathe them about once a month in the summer and they go all winter without a bath ( we live in Ohio and it's too cold to bath them outside. They all are over 80 pounds, so there's no way we are putting them in our bath tub! lol)

ashlyrose

The b&w pup will get a bath 2x a mo if not less or more, in the summer could be more because of running around alot. I would say they both get groomed about 10-12 wks. I like them furry too but it gets too long in their paws & around their ears.

theworms

my furface gets groomed every 2 months at groomers and in between i give him a bath and if necessary trim his ears and hair in his face.  i prefer him with longer fur though.

i brush him every so often when he needs it.  he has the softest hair in the world

babystinkbreath

we give ours a bath about once a month and cut his nails every couple of weeks.  he has short hair so he does not need to be trimmed.  Used to take him to groomers for his nails until started trying to bite them, now I do it myself.

njohnson1972

I try to go every 3 months with my dogs.  My Giant Schnauzer (he is 95 pounds) full groom is $85+ and my Westie is $40+.  But I can not shape them myself.  I hate spending more on their hair than I do on my own!

We bath them at home every 2-3 weeks.  I clean their eyes daily (I am a bit obsessed about that) and will trim the fur around their face.  I will also clean their ears as needed. 

baloneydisc

All of ours are short haired now, so no more grooming.  I only take them to get their nails cut.  They get baths about once a month, but the english bulldog gets her face, ears, wrinkles cleaned atleast once a week (more often when it's warm out so her nose doesn't get infected).

We had a golden retriever that passed away 2-yrs ago.  We use to get her groomed, but still did her baths at home.  We would get her "trimmed" about every 3-months and then once in the spring we would get her hair cut really short (almost shaved, but not quite that short) because she got WAY too hot being outside.

DeputiesWife

ours dont need their fur cut, but we take them to the groomer once a year. jsut to get cleaned up and all. we bathe them 2 to 3 tiems a year.

albjag

Baths- a few times / year

Brush the fuzzy ones- few x's week- and in reality I could probably brush my pyr every single day.  He loves it too.  

Groom- my pyr-I just get his coat blown out and his toe hair trimmed- maybe few x/s year.  2-3x's

Nobody else gets trimmed- but the pup will need the hair betw/ her toes trimmed- she's already got that hair knotted.  I shaved some of it today.

Nail trims- every 3 wks or so- try to keep them short.

ETA: the only reason I get my pyr groomed is b/c the groomer is a friend of mine.  Otherwise, he really doesn't need to be groomed.  And rarely needs a bath.  Just a good brushing a few x's per week.  Although when he blows his coat- I brush him forever outside and it looks like a stuffed animal got murdered.