Do you groom your pet yourself?  

I make the hubby do it. Our dog is too big for me to do it. She's pretty good just whines the whole time. Then he also does her nails with that pet sander thing. It's too expensive to pay for someone else to do it all the time. My grandmother has a toy poodle that she pays an Amish lady to groom so it's not too expensive. She could do it herself however she likes the lady so much she'd rather give her the job than bother with it herself and she can afford it.

I comb my cats. I do not generally bathe them, they do not need it. I put a flea killer on them monthly. The long haired cat needs the most care for his hair. He is beautiful, but sheds a lot, as well. My black cat is like velvet. My old cat is just that, and old cat. He looks okay, but he is really old and his coat is not as sleek.

Hi Ronald,

I have two large dogs and when they were smaller I used to groom and bath them, now though as they have got big and their fur is long as much as I try to keep the matts out it is a never ending job as for bathing them it is the hardest thing ever as I have a really bad back so call it lazy or not i do send them to a groomer where they are treated well, bathed groomed ec and looked so good when they get home so will continue to do this as now I am not able to do it myself...

LoLo

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I do all of the grooming myself. I think it gives us more personal one on one time together. I don't feel well some times and my husband will do it for them.
I enjoy grooming my babies. They get massages from me too.

I keep my cat as clean as possible, however I prefer to send my pet to a professional for the exceptional grooming that they have been trained to provide. I think it is like pampering for my Pearl and I love her enough to spend that money on her. I love going to the hairdresser so I figure she does too.

Just a minute ago I did it, bathing my cute little shitzu pup, he is already 4months now, and like what I really done before I do inspect his body. I just got a little problem in the back part of her ear something a little red in his skin and it is itchy. Maybe I just talk to his vet about this.

I have dogs myself. There are only 2 that I take to the groomers. I do that because if I do it myself I would probably screw it up and make them look really goofy. They need to be trimmed or else they become really hairy and matted. The other dogs are all home bathed etc. Plus now my groomer has started to dye the dogs hair. One has a pink tail the other one is lavender. I lve it and they really stick out now. My groomer checks to make sure they have no lumps, checks their teeth and whatever else.

yes i agree with you that i like my pet and it is also a member of my life.so i will always kept it with me.

I try to groom my pet myself. I read articles and some writings on how to properly groom a dog with his breed in my head. The amount of combing he requires. Were to comb lighter because of sensitive skin. The amount of bath my pet can take (how often I bet him depends on his breed)

I have read some book stating that we don't need to bath our pets to often cause it may ruin their skin and have a big problem.

In short I always want to make sure or at least have a little knowledge with this things before I put it to practice.