I want to start out by saying that I had refrained from writing a bad review for this place because I don't enjoy taking any part in harming someones livelihood unless they have really bad business practices. I'm more likely to write a glowing review than a poor review and that's how little I think of this business. I have also seen how they respond to bad reviews and they'll sink their own ship. I brought my husky here after just moving on cape for Coast Guard orders last July, he is 12 years old and a difficult groom. Barks and bubbles was the most expensive groom I've ever paid for, but like I said, he is difficult, and he came back looking great, so I was happy to pay it. Then all of a sudden on one of our appointments, I was told he was finished and when I went to pick him up, hair was flying everywhere and he had clearly not been brushed out (I've included the only photo I have of what his coat looked like). I did not know what to do, so I brought him home and my husband ended up having to call back and ask why he was not brushed out. The owner (Erika) had said he couldn't take it and that it was too stressful for him to have it all done in one day. He's been professionally groomed his whole life and it was relayed to both owners that he will scream and nip during his groom. But he is getting older so I trusted what she was saying and we brought him back the next day to complete the groom. The next few grooms were the same, a two-day event with a price increase. This is when we learned the husband was no longer helping groom him, so now I wonder if it was more of a capability problem than my dogs stress level. The last time we went to this groomer was in February, and we had been awaiting cancer results for him, I had relayed that to Erika as she kept pointing to his fatty lumps and calling them cancer, I told her those had been tested and it was just fat (she still continually kept saying he probably had lymphoma in such a callous way). We had decided we no longer wanted to come to this groomer any longer, regardless of the test results. (Tests were negative and he did not have cancer). Fast forward to September; we had been taking him to Hot Diggity in Dennis (Maddie is amazing and completed the groom in less than 3 hours, for half the cost and our dog was actually excited to see her). Anyway, I received a call, September 6th (Sunday of a holiday weekend) at 6:59pm, where they said I had not paid from my groom in February. I relayed that I always wrote the check at pickup, especially since I never knew what the price would be until I picked him up. I was met with such hostility that I was baffled. They used the term "avoided paying us" as if this wasn't the first time we had heard from them since that last groom. They then began to raise their voice even further and said I hadn't been back since February as if that was justification for them accusing me of not paying. I finally had to say "what is going on here?" and was met with "fine, have a nice day" and they hung up on me. I texted them the proof of deposited check (which they had deposited the day after it was written) with Erika's signature on the endorsement line and even emailed them asking if this was a rogue employee or if it was sanctioned by them. I received no response. I waited a few days to type this up because I still felt like maybe there was a communication problem in their business, but the fact that they wont even acknowledge me, tells me everything I need to know. Our husky has since passed from heart failure but we continue to take our other dog elsewhere. I put a lot of money, time, and love into my pets and will be letting everyone we know not to use this place. read more