If you care about your dog..go somewhere else.
We had heard nothing but great things about this place and how timely their grooming was, boy were we wrong to try this place out.
We brought in our 10 yr Old English sheep dog for an 11:30 appointment to get his summer-cut where we shared a little about him (including that because of his age he cannot stand for long periods of time and he has bad arthritis) we were told "no problem, we will take great care of him" and that the appointment would be 2-2.5hrs max. They had also told us that payment needed to be made before the service where we then tipped them expecting our boy to be treated with great service and respect. Hearing this we were thrilled with the time frame and left to start our day.
This is where the nightmare began...
We arrived back to the studio at the designated time excited to see our boy only to walk in and see that he is in a kennel fit for a much smaller dog with nowhere to move and clearly had not been touched yet. When we asked the woman behind the counter "has he been washed yet or cut or anything"? She replied with "he will be done in 30 mins". We said thank you and left to come back.
When we arrived back the 2nd time (3hrs after the original drop off time) our dog had only been washed and was being dried. I walked in and asked "how is everything going? Has he been cut at all yet?" The woman behind the counter answered back "he is a big dog, he's almost about ready to be shaved". I thanked her and headed back outside. After another 30 mins I walked back inside to see that only his back half had been trimmed so I asked "can you tell me how much longer it is going to be? He has already been here for 4hrs when we were told 2-2.5 at the most and like we had mentioned at the drop off That he is 10 yrs old and has a hard time standing for long periods of time, we also will be waiting in the parking lot since we have come all the way from Westport, Ct. and weren't expecting to go this long". She replied with "we'll call you when he's done" and walked away from me.
After several trips inside and our dog visibly not given service to, you can see where our frustration and worry was coming from.
At this point we just wanted our dog out of this place, he had been either; on his feet for much longer than promised or in a kennel that was not for his size. At 4:15 (almost 5hrs after drop off time) I walked back in to get our dog out of this place.
I walked in and said "we'd like to get our dog out of here it has been much too long, especially for his age. We're taking him home." At that point the owner had walked over where she began to talk over me saying "he is a large dog and the time frame is completely normal" I followed with "then why were we told that the max time would be 2.5hrs? It has been 5?" She began to tell me that she wasn't here when the time frame was given. I asked for our tip back (that we paid before the service began because We believe that tipping is the right thing to do for a small business). She then told me that she will not be refunding my tip because 4square does not "work on Saturdays" and that she wouldn't do it. After explaining where our frustration and worry is I asked "you can see where our worry is and why we are frustrated?" She then told me "I don't need your money" yet, wouldn't refund me the tip amount we gave. At this point the woman behind the desk chose to yell over her owner in my direction obscenities and told me to "leave or the cops will be called" and also that "this type of complaining usually comes from a woman, not a man". I then explained that "it doesn't matter if I'm the first or the 500th customer to ask for a tip refund, the right thing to do is to try and make it right" she then laughed in my face and said "I don't need your money". I couldn't believe the service we were given. I had never been spoken to by an owner like this in my life nor had I heard about anyone experiencing this.
If you could give the studio "negative stars" there wouldn't be enough for me to choose.
I would advise anyone that cares about; customer service, being treated like a person, and more importantly their loved animals..they should go elsewhere. read more