You may brush, bathe, and trim your pup's nails yourself, and if you can, consider yourself off the hook easily. But for many dog owners, their breed requires more specialized grooming, like a special ... Yahoo: How Much You Should Tip Your Dog Groomer, According To Experts Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.

Understanding the Context

Should you tip your dog groomer? We've got some tips so you know how to proceed. You may brush, bathe, and trim your pup's nails ... But if your stylist has 5 shih tzus with tangled ears and tails ahead of your dog, that’s an additional 15 minutes PER DOG, which means being 2 hours and 15 minutes behind in their day by the time they get to your dog.

Key Insights

* The groomer left a Voicemail and you didn’t receive it. Let’s face it, most of us are terrible at checking our voicemail. The dog is a shih tzu, and the style is supposed to be a Lamb. My version of a Lamb trim follows the classic style as described by Shirley Kalstone, which is shorter body with longer legs blended well at the hip and shoulder. Another groomer may interpret the style differently.

Final Thoughts

This entry will likely be posted as a permanent article at the top of the site. I will cover common questions and misconceptions about matting, as well as correct popular home-grooming techniques that do more harm than good. Here's the scene. You walk into a grooming salon for the first time with your small-breed dog… This was NOT the sort of dog I usually approve for color. She was not interested in cooporating at all. We managed the dye job in the end and used stick-on ‘earrings’ (sequins, no piercing required!) On her little ears.

Mom was thrilled! I laugh now when I’m on the FB Grooming groups and groomers post about how hard their jobs are and others respond with “OMG just OPEN YOUR OWN SHOP!!” Like it’s just that easy. Like there’s this Karma Fairy that adds up all the “wrongs” that have been dealt you as an employee and translates them to sweet, sweet cash.