I hate to write this review, because I really had high hopes for this place. They are right down…read morethe road from me and when I called their prices were really reasonable! I recently moved here and was looking for a new groomer for my very large, very fluffy dog. I have always kept up with his grooming with other groomers, and never had a problem. He's never been matted and has always been on a schedule. The first time I brought him, I was pleased with the results. He looked and smelled great. But only two weeks later, I started feeling mats behind his ears and on his legs where he had never had them before. So I called and made another appointment, because I assumed he was going through a coat transition or something. So I paid them another $60 to get groomed, only two weeks after I had him groomed the first time. He was there from 8am-6pm. When I picked him up, I put my hands on him and felt that he was damp. I mentioned it to them and they said no, he was fine, he was totally dry. I didn't argue, I paid and left but I really did think he was damp. The next morning when I woke up, he was pretty much a solid mat. His back, neck, ears, trousers, tail, everything was matted. I called them and they said to bring him in and they would fix it. I brought him in and stood there and watched as the "bather" (who I dont think has any grooming training) DRY RAKE my dogs coat, trying to rip the mats out. I told her to forget it, he was fine, and I left. Before I left, I asked her if he had been dried while he was there, and she said oh yes, he was cage dried all day. You DONT cage dry a dog with this much coat! You have to use a stand dryer and brush it out at the same time, or the undercoat becomes a solid mass, which is exactly what happened. I had to take my poor dog to someone else, and pay another $80 to have them attempt to fix the disaster, and they were really shocked at the condition of his coat, the new groomer explained that Doggy Stylez just cage dried him and then just brushed the top of his coat so he would look pretty when I picked him up. They said that a lot of people have been going to them because they are very cheap, but that they dont have the right equipment to do heavy duty grooms. I have my THIRD appointment with the new groomer next week in ANOTHER attempt to fix the damage that Doggy Stylez did to my dog's coat. My original "Great deal" in finding a bath and brush for $60 has turned into $340 trying to fix what they did. Here are some other things about this place.
1) The place is filthy. They let their personal unhousetrained dogs run around and I have come in sidestepping piles of dog crap, chewed up paper and puddles of urine.
2) When I came to get my dog, there was a woman in the waiting room with three small dogs off leash. The bather just let my dog out into the waiting room OFF LEASH. She had no idea if my dog was good with other dogs or if the other lady's dogs were good with other dogs. Luckily there was only a moment of growling but that could have been REALLY bad.
3) They foster dogs for the humane society in the same kennels that they use for groomers. This is great that they foster dogs, I'm really happy that they are helping. BUT, they are fostering dogs that havent gotten their shots yet and are from a HIGHLY diseased shelter in a kennel next to my dog where they can touch through the fence, and their waste runs into my dogs kennel. It is completely unfair to expect a paying customer to expose their dogs to unvaccinated puppies that may be carrying anything from parvo or distemper to kennel cough or mange.
4) Their "runs" are handbuilt and poorly at that. It's wood and chicken wire.
5) It just stinks! They used to smoke inside and the place reeked of dog poop, urine and smoke. Enough people complained about the smoke that they stopped smoking but you can still smell it.
6) The bather seems to be just ridiculously ignorant about grooming, and yet she is the one taking in all the dogs and bathing them and doing a lot of the grooming.
7) They told me they use dawn dish soap as their shampoo, but that they would be ordering shampoo "real soon". Dry and brittle coats anyone?
All in all, I am furious about this place. They may be cheap, but they give cheap grooms. Scrape together an extra $40 and go to a real groomer, trust me, you will save money in the long run.