Terrible place to take your dog especially if they have a dog like Bichon, a Havanese, Maltese e.t.c. My ONLY reason for going here is because my regular breeder was BOOKED and busy!!! Beware of a place that is not booked and busy like this place I was able to call in and get a quick appointment ASAP. Red flag! The great groomers are busy!!! Tina Manikis is the owner here - very unprofessional. She will talk over you and fight you with her words until you feel defeated. She will deny deny that your dog has been traumatized and she will look at the terrible groom job and deny it to your face!!
I took my little pup there and she had a thick luscious coat. I gave instructions not cut my dogs hair too short, leave her tail alone, cut her legs straight no cinching or fancy footwork...all my non negotiable - my dog is already combed at home and has a very good routine and tools for de-matting and combing. They quoted me 1 - 1.5 hours. I should have known this was a RED flag. No dog who has a thick coat of hair is groomed that quickly unless they are shaving them all down to cut back on time and rotate as many appointments as possible!!
I was right! Within 1.5 hours, they called me to pick up my dog. My dog usually takes 3 hours to groom!! Every time without a beat as my regular groomers really take time with their dogs - very gentle, they de-matte with care, they shampoo and condition, they let the dog enjoy the experience without rushing them. This place will rush your dog and SHAVE them almost immediately as they are lazy and want to get your dog out ASAP so they can book another appointment. It's a template they have for each dog - just shave and move on!! My dog was SHAVED DOWN with different shears all over her body because the groomer was too lazy to be gentle enough to comb her and groom her properly.
She is VERY uneven - she was shaved down to her skin on the neck - the hair is missing on her neck and the groomer tried to hide it with a scarf. Next up, the tail I said not to touch, the groomer chopped half of it off, chopped off her whiskers - REALLY inhumane as the whiskers serve a function for the dog's sensory function.
Then they hacked at her legs with shears that are different lengths - the legs are so terrible looking - looks like she used #2 for instance then moved to #1 on some areas - TERRIBLE! My dog was really traumatized here. I called and scheduled a talk with the owner Tina Manikis. Tina was a nightmare to deal with. She gaslighted me about how my dog looks - for instance, I said that the dog was uneven and Tina said "well your dog is looking uneven because she has different colors on her coat" LIES! She was vert aloof I had to ask her to come out from behind a counter and take a look at my dog!
Next was the tail!! Tina Manikis tried to argue that they did not cut my dogs tail then she switched gears to say that this is how all groomers are trained to cut the tail so that it "doesn't get the poop caught" - more LIES! She even tried to redefine what a tail is - according to her a tail is the length - doesn't count if she chopped the whole back of the tail and the middle, as long as the dog has some length - I go to my regular groomer all the time and when I say don't touch the tail, she doesn't touch ANY part of the tail with scissors, only brushes my dog. My dogs tail that has been growing since she was 10 weeks old - very sad to see it hacked down
Lastly, Tina Manikis refused to reach any resolution with me she was very nasty about listening to me and very condescending. She told me I am the only person who has complained about the grooming job - oh the irony when I was there there was a gerntlemen who came in and said "please let's try to not cut too low like you've done the past two times"!!! As all the dogs were exiting, I observed the ones that are Maltese, Bichon , Havanese types e.t.c they all have the SAME CUT - this place has a template an assembly line of One Size Fits All shave them down and send them away !!
PLEASE DO NOT TAKE YOUR DOG HERE!! My dog was terrified and traumatized she was shaking all the way home and once we got home she was itching soooo much as her skin has never been this short! This has really irritated her skin. PLEASE save your money and go elsewhere. Avoid this place I beg you. read more