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    2.2 (106 reviews)
    Open 9:00 am - 9:00 pm
    Updated 3 weeks ago

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    Private dog training

    Bath and groom only

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    The razor burn on my dog's belly

    Background: Haircut + top dog service at this grooming salon. I've been coming here for about a year now, tried different groomers to see different styles they could do with my bichon. My dog is very well behaved with groomers, always heard back that he did so well from groomers. Short review: Friendly store staff and manager in general but Irresponsible groomer with an attitude exist. if you want a friendly and professional groomer this isn't where you want to go. I usually don't complain to groomers about incidents that happen during the grooming as unexpected events can occur (such as bleeding while cutting nails). When I saw some marks on my dog's belly that looked like either a cut or burn, I took him back to the groomer to consult since I should know what happened in case it bothers him later throughout the day. The groomer, pulling the red area on the skin (repeatedly telling me oh this shouldnt hurt him, trust me I can do this and this doen't bother him) insisted that this 'skin irritation' will go away in couple of hours and it can happen because 1) dog's skin was too dry 2) allergic reaction 3) razor was not clean and overheated. It does sound like one of them but shouldn't groomer at least inform me when I'm picking up the dog, or apologize when I asked him about it at least? All three of the reasons sound like groomer's responsibilities to me. Clearly, if this never happened before with different groomers, it must have been someone's responsibility. Groomer kept denying on taking responsibilities for it, no apologies and asked me what do I want him to do. And told me that I can talk to his manager and he would tell me the same thing. I wasn't angry at him first but his attitude with this situation made me regret leaving my dog with an irresponsible groomer. Anything can happen with dogs while owners aren't watching and all we can rely on is that the groomer is a responsible and professional groomer. Oh also, he had some chunk of hairs on his back sticking out and none of my requests were done (plucking ear hairs, keeping ear hairs short) The store manager was very respectful and offered a full refund of the service. He understood that this is a very concerning situation for a dog owner and apologized. The groomer was rolling his eyes in the back while his manager was apologizing. I'm leaving this review because I won't be taking my dog to this grooming salon soley because of that groomer. Every other times I've had a great experience here with staffs but one irresponsible groomer can cause bigger accidents and I don't want to take that risk. Oh also I've never seen any groomers pulling on dogs neck so aggressively while grooming the face area. That can be a subjective comment, but out of all the groomers I've seen he was def the most aggressive. Dear groomer who gave my dog the worst haircut of his doglife, If you do read this review, you knew that you messed up somewhere and as a groomer you should be sympathetic to dog owner's concern with situations like this even if you think it's not a big deal. I wouldnt have called your manager (which you asked to do so) or leave a review if you would have admitted that this is a razor burn that YOU caused, apologized and explained that it shouldn't bother him too much. You admitted that you gave him an unfinished hair cut and offered to do his cut again. I dont know if it's because you were in a rush or other dog owners visiting this store were nice enough to not complain but please have some professionalism. Unless you think petsmart groomers don't need that professionalism then I guess I just went to the wrong place.

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    Dan A.

    This place isnt how it used to be before as in before covid 19.. There are extremely very few live pet animals on display, very small amount of fish, most tanks are empty or have depressing settings.. I needed help finding out some info but every associate seemed busy talking to each other or to someone.. Im guessing most people go there to buy animale's food and some basic pet necessities..

    Was in the store before 7pm, i did not know the store was closing The women at the register told me that the register is closed and cannot take my payment . She told me that she is the manager and could not re open the register lol Good luck for that store to stay open with that type of customer service I guess no regret by buying online , was just trying to help local business unfriendly staff (2) that night ,not worth it

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    The Groomers at this PetSmart are good with handling dogs. They provide great grooming services and are extremely professional.

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