I just picked my 4 month old sheepadoodle up from her first bath and brush. She looks and smells great! She was pretty dirty from rolling around in the mud/puddles. Her white fur looks so clean and I wouldn't be happier with it! She also cried and ran back to the door when we were leaving! read more

District Dogs - Pet Groomers Near Me - Washington, DC, District of Columbia

I've been taking my dog, Sydney, to District Dogs since April 2020, when she was 4 months old. Over the past year, Syd has come to love the staff at District Dogs and is beyond excited when we pull in for drop off. We've done daycare, boarding, classes and grooming at this location and have been thrilled! They give her plenty of attention and love her like their own. Shake and Corey have done a wonderful job bathing and grooming Syd regularly, and she always comes out smelling amazing with a bandana or bow! Scheduling is easy online and I am frequently able to have Syd groomed while she is attending daycare. I cannot recommend District Dogs enough. Thank you for all that you do! read more

I am so grateful to the wonderful general manager of District Dogs Shaw. What a caring and compassionate professional he is! He cares deeply both about his customers and their beloved pooches. Thanks, Jessie! read more

I cannot recommend the Shaw location of District Dogs enough! The staff is beyond kind and responsible, and truly care about every dog that enters the space. We drop our dog off every weekday and she literally pulls us when we get close to the daycare--I think she enjoys daycare more than home sometimes. Perk of having an unlimited monthly membership is a free wash for your dog every month and this year they did a free Valentine's Day shoot for all members. Thank you, District Dogs! read more

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Don't send your dog here. They are so rude and can't keep track of the dogs. I've had numerous incidents with them. Instead of apologizing when I brought up the issues, they lied and were very defensive. I've also never left a negative review for a business before, but that's how bad the situation was. read more

I had my dog Lola's birthday party at district dogs. The staff was extremely accommodating and helpful. They made everything so easy and my dog and her doggie friends had so much fun!! Lola especially bonded with staff member Lyssa Who was extra fantastic. read more

I did my puppy phoebe's first birthday party here and it was a huge success! Lyssa was so great and awesome at running this I can not thank her enough! If you want to have your dogs birthday party here or any kind of party I highly recommend them! You will not be sorry! :) read more

We have been working with Carissa from District Dogs Shaw and she has been fantastic. She is patient (with both the humans and the dog!) and adjusts her training methods to fit our family. We've seen improvement in our dog's behavior after every session. Carissa goes above and beyond in making sure that our questions are answered and that we know how to keep redirecting bad behavior while reinforcing good behavior. We love working with her! read more

My husband and I booked a six-week training course at District Dogs Shaw for our recent rescue pup. Because he was too old for Puppy Basics, we chose the Adult Basics class. The class was exactly what we needed! The course is built for training older puppies and recent rescues who need to review/master obedience basics (e.g., "Sit", "Down", "Stay") while also covering more advanced skills like "Leave it", "Come", and loose leash walking. I loved that the first class was humans-only; not having to wrangle an excited dog made it easy to listen as our trainer, Carissa, explained the class plan and answered many of our questions. Carissa used the info from that first session to help tailor the class plan for the needs of all the dogs in our group. She consistently went above and beyond, doing research for one pup and her parents on an issue specific to retired racing greyhound rescues and working with us to make sure some triggers for our pup's resource guarding issues were avoided during classes and group play. Our dog absolutely adored Carissa, and my husband and I both really valued the wealth of information we were given during class. While COVID protocols kept us from being able to attend classes together as a couple with our dog, we each went with him on different occasions and found the information easy to communicate and share afterwards. Even better was being able to see immediate improvements in our pup's behavior throughout the week after each class. We felt like we finally had an understanding of how to provide him with what he needed to master key obedience skills while also learning how our behaviors are constantly teaching and informing him--whether intentional or not. It's given us the ability to really focus on consistency in our messaging. There is nothing like bringing a new dog into your home, and we feel like District Dogs has been our partner in navigating the process of re-homing our boy! read more

New customer excited to try this place as it's very close to my apt. To start off, I had my appointment cancelled twice before my dog could be seen. drop off went smoothly. Explained to the groomer that her cut should look like the photo I uploaded to their portal. Cut is timely. I come back and unfortunately the cut is not what I requested. Body hair is too long, face has hair falling over her eyes, and her butt still has chunks of feces on it..I begin to explain my issues to the groomer. Instead of listening to my concerns she begins to argue with me about the hair length and then says to me, "I've been doing this 10 years" and stomps off to the back...Ok- then why was it so hard for you to execute a simple cut? At this point I don't feel comfortable returning my dog to her care. The manager comes out and is no better. I try to explain my concerns with the groomer's behavior to them and they continually cut me off while I'm speaking and gaslight me, finding anything to say to delegitimize my concerns--great customer service am i right? The only saving grace was that they provided me a discount on my services. I would've been happy to just have the groomer fix it, but again she walked off. I will be sticking with Life of Riley in Adam's Morgan! Updating my review to one star. The reply from the manager is unacceptable. At no point did I yell, stomp my feet, or demand a discount. Interesting that as a woman of color I am being characterized in that way. In fact the manager spoke over me and interrupted me as I was explaining my experience. I stated multiple times that I understood the circumstances of the scheduling, but was just detailing my experience! I was trying to explain that although I did pick from their grooming card, the hair still felt a little longer than the card and was trying to request that it be fixed. (The feces on the behind and hair covering her eyes was also an issue that I brought up that had absolutely nothing with a hair length selection FYI) The groomer was very defensive and stormed off. And that's a fact. The other front desk staff offered ME to get the manager. I never requested for her to come out. Anyone reading this, there are literally other reviews from this month detailing Shake's (the groomer) negative attitude and poor customer service! read more

We love love District Dogs! We have two one-year-old puppies who are high energy and super sweet. They are excited to go to District Dogs every morning and they come home happy and tired from a day of playing with all of their friends. We are so, so happy about the brand new Shaw location, it's gorgeous! The District Dogs community is wonderful and the staff are truly fantastic. They always go above and beyond and clearly love their jobs. Jacob is super responsive and always willing to help. Sophia is incredibly patient and kind. We had at-home training several times to help us with house-specific training needs and Sophia provided us very helpful, clear tips that work every time. But we have to give an extra special shout-out to Lyssa, she is simply the best. Lyssa always goes above and beyond and clearly loves puppies. From answering the million questions we had when we first started bringing our puppies to District Dog, to helping us feel comfortable and confident when one of our puppies was sick and needed a special diet, to park recommendations, dry shampoo recommendations, and recipes--Lyssa is just the best. In addition to the fabulous staff, the other dog parents are really very friendly and our puppies often have play dates outside of District Dogs with their puppy friends from daycare. We really can't say enough wonderful things about District Dogs. We have other dog daycare and boarding options that are much more convenient to our home, but at the end of the day what is important is the experience, the staff, and the results--and District Dogs wins in all categories. read more

Our pup - an Aussiedoodle - always looks adorable when she leaves District Dogs. We love the consultation before we leave, and she's obviously cared for while she's there. Taylor did a great job with her most recent cut and our daughter loves the bows in the pups' hair when she comes home. Thank you Taylor and District Dogs! read more

Definitely not going back! We decided to take our puppy here to get him comfortable with going to daycare, and I fear it might have caused more anxiety and stress. We dropped our puppy off at 830am and shortly after the cameras were live at 9am, we first witnessed this dog mounting our dog. This continued throughout the day until we left to pick our dog up at 12:45. Upon pickup, I informed District Dogs of this behavior and was told they removed that dog (which they must have only done within the last 15 minutes) and that he was recently neutered, as if he needed to work it out of his system. read more

We had a great time in the intermediate class with our trainer Kore. We reinforced a lot of important behaviors for our very energetic young dog, and further built his foundational obedience skills. Highly recommend district dogs and Kore read more

I hardly write reviews, but I feel obligated to write one for Jillian at District Dogs Shaw. Jillian incredibly kind, professional, and caring - my dog Jack LOVES coming to daycare and being greeted by Jillian every time! He can barely wait to get in the door, he gets so excited! I always feel confident he's in good hands when I bring him in for day care. Jillian has been flexible with me on multiple occasions when I've needed to adjust my services, which is such a huge help for a dog owner trying to get errands done on a Saturday! Not only that, but District Dogs generates a report card every time I take my dog in and the pictures they take are adorable. You can see the dogs are supervised at all times when standing in the lobby which is really reassuring. I highly recommend District Dogs Shaw for any dog owners in DC. They have definitely gained a lifetime client! read more

We brought our 1-year old, minimally trained, dog to an adult dogs basics class in summer 2021. Kore Crawshaw was our instructor, and she was excellent! There were 2-4 dogs in each class, so everyone got personal attention. We had been unable to teach our smart and head-strong pup to "lie down", but Kore had her doing it after the second try, and taught us how to be more effective dog handlers ourselves. Our pup mastered "down" after that 1 class, and now knows at least 10 commands/tricks we learned in class and still use. My teen daughter and I both took the class and enjoyed it, and our pup really loved being at District Dogs, getting love from Kore, and having our attention and a "job" to do once a week. I highly recommend Kore and District Dogs' Shaw location. read more

My pup loves coming to see her friends at daycare! This is a super convenient location with caring staff. I love the cute "report cards" with photos from her day and it's awesome that I can get grooming services done too. I definitely recommend District Dogs! read more

I love this place. The staff is friendly and they genuinely Love my dog Sometimes I think he likes it there better than home would highly recommend the newly opened Shaw location. Lyssa is so sweet and truly loves my Puppy as much as I do , Almost!! read more

District Dogs is my go to doggie daycare in DC. The staff genuinely cares about your dogs.

We love District Dogs so much! Our pup is definitely like our child, so it's hard to find someone who we trust leaving him with- but we feel 100% confident leaving him here. Our dog gets so excited to be dropped off for daycare and he is so worn out when we pick him up. It's clear he has the time of his life while he's there! Our favorite part is the live cameras so we can check in on our pup any time we want. read more

Shake, the groomer that is on the website in the picture, is extremely rude and hostile. I dropped off my dog on time at her 1pm appt. I went to pick her up at 5pm and she had not been touched at all with no explanation. I took her home the way I dropped her off. They rescheduled my appointment for 3 days later. I called ahead of time to make sure we were on schedule, the manager Jillian said yes. I get there on time and they didn't take my dog again.I could hear Shake yelling from the other room. She didn't come out to see us. She is extremely unprofessional. I do not recommend going here. Shake is not someone I would ever want to touch my dog. The way she yelled clearly shows her attitude and personality. I'd be afraid she'd take her anger issues out on my dog. Do not trust her to treat your dog gently. I recommend finding a groomer that treats their customers with respect as they should. read more