Before and Afters??? Just for fun! :D

Patt · 10-14-2008, 03:12 AM

Great jobs on those pups. (applause)

The nails and the matted coat on that one dog is disgusting!!! That's abuse. I'm a stickler for short nails (or as short as they can be) on dogs and cats and hate when people let them get overgrown. That poor dog must have had a terrible time walking.

poodleholic · 10-15-2008, 04:30 AM

I sure enjoyed this thread! Great grooms on all the dogs, and wow, some of them were unidentifiable before! Now that I groom my PooDells myself, I have much more appreciation and admiration for groomers than ever before!

JRT_Rattie_Mom · 10-21-2008, 04:05 AM

Fun thread!

Here is a slideshow of some of my before/afters

http://s289.photobucket.com/albums/l...view=slideshow

Patt · 10-22-2008, 01:30 AM

Great job on the B4's/Afters. (applause) Cute dogs!

JRT_Rattie_Mom · 10-22-2008, 02:16 AM

Thanks Patt!

Have you all seen the Ponydoodles? These just crack me up!

http://www.caninehorizons.com/The_Ponydoodle.html

Mom2Coton · 10-22-2008, 11:08 AM

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Originally Posted by JRT_Rattie_Mom

Thanks Patt!

Have you all seen the Ponydoodles? These just crack me up!

http://www.caninehorizons.com/The_Ponydoodle.html

The ponydoodles are hysterical! Thanks for sharing!

Everyone, love the before and afters. It's amazing the difference a good groomer can make!

winniec777 · 10-26-2008, 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by JRT_Rattie_Mom

Fun thread!

Here is a slideshow of some of my before/afters

http://s289.photobucket.com/albums/l...view=slideshow

Ok, I'm not a professional groomer, but this before and after really caught my eye -- what a transformation!! It's like a totally different dog!! (

JRT_Rattie_Mom · 10-27-2008, 06:33 AM

Yes... these two really don't belong in before/afters... since I still haven't (yet) mastered turning black pugs into tan pugs... but these two are sure cuties!

Love's_Sophie · 10-29-2008, 11:00 PM

Old Standard Poodle-before

This old guy was full of cancer lumps (deep tissue ones), and I wish I had the before shot (turned out really blurry), because you could really see them before I did my handy work to 'remove' the appearance of them...

The results of a really matted Bichon mix...after, of course...lol

Love's_Sophie · 10-29-2008, 11:02 PM

Old SCWT...

After

Love's_Sophie · 10-29-2008, 11:05 PM

Yorkie mix, that the owner gave me permission to do whatever I thought would look cute...

After

And a cat...in a lion cut...he was an absolute doll...

Patt · 10-30-2008, 01:00 AM

OMG you did a wonderful job on all those dogs... and the cat too! ((applause))

JRT_Rattie_Mom · 10-30-2008, 03:32 AM

Beautiful work.. I just LOVE the cat! I just don't have enough nerve to groom cats!

Love's_Sophie · 10-31-2008, 12:42 AM

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Originally Posted by JRT_Rattie_Mom

Beautiful work.. I just LOVE the cat! I just don't have enough nerve to groom cats!

Yes, it definitely takes a special kind of person to groom cats; they are so vastly different than dogs!

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Originally Posted by Patt

OMG you did a wonderful job on all those dogs... and the cat too! ((applause))

Thanks!

Username · 11-05-2008, 10:43 AM

ok cat getting his PELT removed on page two wins hands down, haha.

and that poor guy with the long nails, thats not right.. i hope maybe you offered to do his nails for free from there on in, just so he would at least be more comfortable. whats wrong with some owners.

GroovyGroomer777 · 11-05-2008, 10:48 AM

Yikes, if we gave freebies to every owner that didn't take care of their animals, us groomers would all go broke...

Username · 11-05-2008, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by GroovyGroomer777

Yikes, if we gave freebies to every owner that didn't take care of their animals, us groomers would all go broke...

yea i thought that might of been the case. sorry to hear.

Graco22 · 11-05-2008, 04:49 PM

I do all walk in nail trims for free, and have since I opened my own salon over 6 years ago. I just can't bring myself to charge people for what takes less than 30 seconds, and if I can do a small part in helping people that may not have the finances to pay $15 for a nail trim every month, I am glad to do it. Of course, this is not feasable for every groomer to be able to do though, and I certainly don't discount anything else. Dogs and cats that come in to my salon in neglected conditions, are charged accordingly.

Yvette · 11-07-2008, 07:06 PM

Thank you! Thank you! These are GREAT! I am a groomer too. My boss will not allow picture taking of our clients.

I am, however, getting a Shih Tzu to call my own tomorrow. I will be taking tons of pictures of him.

GroovyGroomer777 · 11-07-2008, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Graco22

I do all walk in nail trims for free, and have since I opened my own salon over 6 years ago. I just can't bring myself to charge people for what takes less than 30 seconds, and if I can do a small part in helping people that may not have the finances to pay $15 for a nail trim every month, I am glad to do it. Of course, this is not feasable for every groomer to be able to do though, and I certainly don't discount anything else. Dogs and cats that come in to my salon in neglected conditions, are charged accordingly.

I can respect this.

You must have very well behaved clients to take 30 seconds to trim nails.
Where is the line drawn? What if they come in for the free nail trim, and then when you doing that they say..."While he's here, can you pluck his ears too?"...then maybe..."While your doing that, can you trim the hair out of his eyes?"....so on, so forth.... when do you start charging?

What if the dog goes kooky for his nail trim, do you charge then?