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My pup hated going to t groomer so I started grooming him on my own. I got really good at it he used to get crazy and ferrell so i needed someone to help though.

I take our dog to Petsmart for grooming every 3 months! His cuts are more expensive than my salon visits!

I have a Siberian Husky, read: fluff ball and DH gives her baths every couple of weeks and we cut her nails when they need it. We're going to take her like 1 or 2x a year for a full blown cleaning/grooming though, but she gets very well loved and cleaned at home- fo' free haha

I bath her at home 2-3 times a month, but for cuts and nail trimming we take her to the groomer. About every 8 weeks or so, she usually looks pretty shaggy by the end but we are cheap. Summer we shave her so it takes longer to grow out, winter we keep it a little longer. I will trim around her eyes if it needs it, but she's a rambunctious thing so it's difficult to even do that!

Just took my lab to Petco yesterday for a grooming. Man is it expensive though. We've also taken her to one of those DIY grooming places where they have all the supplies and you wash your dog yourself.

I have two dogs, Greta is a labordoodle type dog (humane society mystery breed!), and we do bathe her at home but bring her to PetSmart to get haircuts, nails clipped, and teeth brushed. We usually wait until she's gotten pretty fluffy and then have them shave her down.

Harvey is a cockapoo type dog (another mystery breed from the humane society!). We can bathe him at home, but he won't tolerate groomers. He SCREAMS in terror and bites and won't stay still so we have to bring him to the vet to be put under and then they'll do his nails, his ears, teeth shave him down (he's non-shedding and can get matted so it's easier just to shave him down) and express his glands. We try to do it as infrequently as possible because it's scary to have to put him under. We think he may have been abused or had a bad experience prior to us getting him. He's getting better, but not to the point where we can find anyone willing to groom him. It ends up costing us something like $300 each time we need to take him : (

I have a 11.5-year-old Maltese (who still acts like she's 5) and used to take her to get groomed every other month at the groomers. Then one day I got tired of paying more for her grooming than my haircuts and bought some clippers and that was when she was about 3-years-old. I've had to buy better clippers since and I've gotten compliments on her cut many times. I use the shortest clipper size and just chop her down every other month. She's not super pretty the first week or so and then as her fur starts to grow in she starts to look cuter and cuter until she needs another hair cut. By then she usually looks like a mop! Haha!

We do dog washes ourselves and take them to the groomers when they are really hairy or we don't have the time.

My Shih Tzu used to go to the groomers all the time, but I started doing it myself when I got married and moved away. Now she goes a couple of times a year when I go home to my parents (the lady we use has her own business out of her house and only costs $40) to get a really good clipping and I maintain between them. I am getting a lot better and quicker about it, and she is such a mess any ways it is hard to see the little imperfections. I shave her super close year round since we live in Texas.