I used to recommend this place to everyone. Not anymore…read more
After three years of loyal business and bringing both of my dogs here, what I experienced recently was completely unacceptable.
I dropped off my senior dog, who's nearly 12 and has severe anxiety, for a scheduled grooming. An hour later, I got a call saying they couldn't groom him because he didn't have his updated rabies documentation.... which is completely understandable. What's not acceptable is that they let him sit in a cage for an hour before contacting me, fully knowing they wouldn't be grooming him. If the paperwork was missing, why not send him home when he was being dropped off.
When I asked, calmly, why he had to sit there for an hour unnecessarily, the staff member on the phone was rude and condescending. No real answer -- just attitude. I had someone pick him up immediately.
Meanwhile, they went ahead with grooming my younger dog. I had given very clear, written instructions: bath, haircut, and anything else she needed. When I picked her up, it was obvious she had only been bathed : not groomed. I asked why nothing had been trimmed on her back or ears or butt, and they told me, "We only did her feet and belly because some clients get upset when we do too much." Seriously? If I wanted a foot and belly trim, I would've written that. I wrote "haircut." This is the second time I've paid for a haircut and received a glorified bath.
But even that wasn't the most upsetting part.
I've been coming to this location for three years -- and I didn't recognize a single staff member that day. It looked like a team of overwhelmed, disinterested kids who didn't want to be there. One girl was elbowing a dog on the grooming table to hold it down while another shouted at it to stop moving -- clearly frustrated and rough. They didn't even realize I was standing there, watching.
To top it off, my senior dog was just in two weeks ago for a nail trim -- no one asked for rabies documentation then. So what changed? Honestly, it felt like they just didn't want to bother with a larger, older dog who requires more time and patience.
Then the icing on the cake: later that day, my boyfriend got an email saying we were unprofessional -- and that they'd no longer be accepting our elderly dog. Not both dogs. Just the one that requires more effort. That told me everything I needed to know.
This place used to be professional, trustworthy, and kind. Not anymore. What I witnessed was chaotic, careless, and borderline abusive. I'm heartbroken and disgusted. I will never be bringing my dogs here again -- and I wouldn't recommend anyone else trust them with theirs either.