I gave Charlie his first cut also. I was having to get him trimmed every 1 1/2 months and it cost me almost 50$ with tax, way to much! I bought a trimmer on sale for less than that and did it myself, with one catch...
I cannot do his face, uh uh, nope, not happening. I tried and tried and hes very good with his body, but will not let me near his face either with the clippers or with the scissors. We brought him in to get the face trimmed and can you believe they charged us 16$ just to trim his face?? Jee, it takes them a few minutes, they do not do a bath or anything, and they charged me that much (they originally said it would be between 6-18$)
I am not sure why because he was perfect doing his face, he did not move at all for them! little bugger