I was wondering, what do you pay to have your yorkies groomed? I am thinking about having them cut short with ponytail. They want to charge me R130-00 for one.

Karen I have seen that you can pay anything from R110-00 to R180-00 at a parlour for a short cut.

You might find another groomer who does it for less. Shop around until you find the right one for your babies. I don't use groomers, so I don't know what the prices are today. Maybe they can give you a discount for bringing in more than one?

Marilize, het ook eintlik gedink ek behoort n afslag te kry. Ek vat 3 honde saam met my maltese. Het gister gebel, maar se toe nee, net as mens 4 honde neem! Voel eintlik dit is n prinsiep saak want 3 honde is baie. Die ander parlours is goedkoper maar hulle doen groot honde ook so dit is baie raserig en scary vir die hondjies. Sal maar sien wat ek gaan doen.

Dis 'n moeilike situasie - en 'n afslag op vier honde is bietjie crazy. Hoeveel troeteldier eienaars het meer as 3 of 4 honde? Basies gee hulle dan net afslag vir telers?
Hou aan soek vir een wat jy van hou! Daar is so baie van hulle in Pretoria, insluitend die's wat mobiel is en na jou huis toe kan kom. Good luck!

sal nogal graag die wat na my huis toe kan kom wil gebruik. wonder hoe ek hulle sal kan opspoor.

Ek het ook 'n groomer wat na my huis toe kom, werk verskriklik lekker. Miskien kan jy 'n klein advertensietjie in plaaslike koerant sit.

Ons het n parlour net om die draai van ons wat my R55 vra vir n groom/skeer. En dan het ek n parlour so paar kilometer van my wat R97 vra. Ek het so twee of drie weke terug n vroutjie gebel wat by mens se huis kom groom maar sy wou R170 hê. Dis vir my n bietjie baie! Veral as jy kyk na R55 n blok van jou huis af! En daai vrou gebruik dan jou water en jou krag? Maak nie saak of sy skeer of net groom nie, R170 is haar prys.

Shoe, R55 is min. Die goedkoopste wat ek in Pretoria kry is R100. Het gedink die mense wat na mens se huis kom sal seker duur wees. Ek het my 3 gister by die parlour gehad wat R100 vra maar voel nie baie gemaklik daar nie. Ek weet hulle gebruik goedkoop shampoe en hulle doen ook groot honde. Die honde wat wag en klaar is is in dieselfde vertrek as waar hulle was en sny, so alles is in een vertrek. Dit is vreeslik raserig en seker scary vir die hondjies. Die ander parlour vra R140 maar doen net klein honde waarvan die meeste yorkies is en dit is baie rustiger daar maar ek voel hulle behoort afslag te gee vir 3 honde.

My parlour vra R60 vir groom, naels knip, tande borsel. Ek is gelukkig met hulle diens en Ciara ken ook al die dames. Ek neem haar hie gereeld nie, so elke 3 - 4maande as ek sien die naels word lank en haar hare begin haar oe iriteer.

Sjoe, hulle vra nogals duur vir een hondjie!!!

That reminds me, my mom told me about an article she read in her local newspaper about a lady that took her yorkie to the parlour for the first time and it died of a heart attack! How awful is that!!! Poor baby! So you're right Karen, it could be scary for them to sit there with all those big and noisy dogs around.

OMW, that's terrible. Poor thing!

How terrible! It must be scary for them!

Oh no!!!!!!! Thats terrible!!! I was planning on taking Mika soon. The hair on his ears are starting to get long and his nails and hooking on the carpet.

No I am paranoid. Do you think he ill be ok going with Ciara?? Or maybe I should wait for him as I dont want them to trim him or cut him yet. Just the ears and nails. That shoudl not take too long??

It will definitely put him at ease to have a friend, Ciara, there. If you are going to take him the groomers regularly, he needs to get used to it as early as possible. I think this small trim would be the perfect first time: it shouldn't take too long and he will have a friend. Just tell the groomer to use scissors and not clippers on the ears.

Thanks Marilize. Will do that!

Why not clippers Marilize? I start using clippers on my pups immediately. I bought a small clipper from Amoureux, which she imported from Germany. It works wonderfully for ears, bum, tummies or whatever. I'm sure the parlours use the same thing when shaving ears. It doesn't make too much noise and it doesn't hurt them. The puppies always sit so still when I do it the first time. The hairdryer is a different story though...

Jeanique, I would trust you with a clipper, but that doesn't count for everyone! I've heard terrible stories about clipping accidents at groomers. When I got Cash trimmed at the groomers as a puppy, the groomer said that she refuses to use clippers because one turn or jerk of the head can cause a lot of injury to the puppy.

Unless you trust your groomer completely, I'd go with scissors.