I cant rate this shop on service because we were not actually customers. We scheduled our Akita to be groomed for 2 pm on 09.05.2020. Thats the last appointment they make for the day because they close at 5 pm. I get a call if I can come 30 mins early, almost pressured to come in earlier. That was irritating. At 1:57 my wife calls to notify that she'll be 10 minutes late as shes on her way, the place is only 10 mins from our place. Most places have a 5-15 minute grace period for appointments. Vanessa told my wife that they're going to have to cancel now becasue shes running late. If your business doesnt have a grace period, you let your customers know when they schedule an appointment, dont be late because we will cancel. I called Vanessa as to why our appointment was canceled, she told me that she canceled becasue my wife called at 2:03 according to their caller i.d stating she would be 30 minutes late. At this point, I'm thinking b.s. because i was on the phone with the shop at 2:03 and if my wife is ever going to be 30 minutes late, she cancels. I called her out on it, then she tells me that the reason she canceled is because if we werent going to be there right at 2 pm, my akita who has a short double coat, wont dry in time before they close at 5. I bathe my dog often and he takes 20 minutes to dry, i told them that when i sheduled my appointment. When i called vanessa out again on the gaps and different responses she had been giving me, she told me that my dog was just going to be too much work because of his size, or his double coat, or the fact that my wife said "im running 30 minutes late" or because they just cant brush him if he's damp. Im not really sure at this point, i got lost with all the excuses for what sounds to me is a case of someone just trying to close up shop early on the saturday of labor day weekend. If you cant accept pets at your shop at the exact time of your appointment, then they arent accepting any appointments, because any customer that shows up on time is already 8 minutes late accourding to the clock they have at their shop according to vanessa. We ended up taking our dog to petco in west dundee, which i didn't want to do because ive heard horror stories, but they were able to take him last minute since we leave for vacation early sunday morning. Not only did they take my dog last minute, they managed to squeeze a dog into their busy schedule that was "too much work." We got our boy back in a little under two hour of dropping him off. He got his medicated bath with our shampoo, then washed with their shampoo. He was also brushed, deshedded had his ears cleaned, nails trimmed and filed and teeth cleaned. It was 15 dollars cheaper than what pawber shop was charging but i ended up tipping $50 and paid the extra 44 bucks for the deshedding, because they saved the day. Despite a pleasant experience at petco, im not going back because im looking for a consistent groomer for our boy and id still rather give my business to local shops. Im still going to schedule our boy to be groomed here some day, you cant ignore all the postive recent reviews and being so close to home.
On a side note, I cant fault vanessa for wanting to get out early on a saturday, just drop the bull shit.