This was one of the bad decisions I made and I regret getting our dog groomed here at PetSmart Grooming Salon in Wayne. Made an appointment early in the day with Eden L thinking the staff would have patience and be nice to the first dog that comes in and that our fur baby would come out nice, clean & happy and unfortunately I was wrong.
The groomer cut deep into one of our pet's claw's quick which they conveniently didn't mention at pick up. I was shocked to see one of dog's nail bleeding a bit later in the day and paw pad hair almost as it. Concerned of the nail bleeding, I called up to ask what happened and why was I not told about the bleeding nail, the lady told, it happens sometimes when grooming and eventually it will stop to bleed. So there is no regret or anything for the dog's pain? And, I am sorry but to me this is not "sometimes it happens" stuff. I am not a professional and yet I have never hurt our dog trimming deep into his claw, not once in over 3.5 years. The interesting part is, the lady over the phone said the dog was yanking and screaming. Why a dog, even a human/any living being would pull away and scream and probably get very anxious especially from intensive pain of a nerve ending just cut to bleed. And, we have given our dog a few times at other grooming places and no one ever bleeded his claw ever. Also, whenever we boarded our pet at PetSmart PetsHotel East Hanover, they always did a good job with nails. This is the one and only time and hope this is also last time of nail trauma for our dog. Also, it seems like they didn't trim a few nails all together!!!
This is not the end of misery! When confirming the appointment, in phone and when dropping off our dog in person, I repeatedly requested not to trim/shave any of his body hair, very very very clearly. I specifically also mentioned his hair doesn't regrow as much or as fast. And despite being so clear, that is just the thing they did and in a very very bad way as can be seen in photos. Dog fur is so essential, especially in winter to keep them warm and nice, specially underside which contacts with colder surfaces more often than not. I sadly do regret giving 25% tips! They certainly didn't deserve it. Specially when I understand our dog went through so much pain and they haven't been paying attention to what is requested and they certainly haven't been nice to the dog.
More than the physical damage, it is the psychological scars that concerns me. Dogs remember good/bad experiences strongly than humans so he will probably be scared of doing nails for sometime... Dogs or any pets for that matter, are senstive beings. They seek and deserve TLC. I am unhappy about how this grooming session turned out, specially trimming so deep into the quick and about how they do not regret or apologize their very bad job. It might be that, to some people, they are just pets, however, to most pet owners like me, pets are a family and they matter like any other member of the family. Should have choosen East Hanover PetSmart Grooming Salon despite the distance as they have been good with our dog. I am truly Sorry to our dog that he had had such a bad day on Valentine's Day. :( read more