Just moved from San Diego so my husband and I were a little nervous bringing our 7 month old goldendoodle to a new groomer. We were actually recommended to Mel's Spaw through another groomer, and they could not say enough wonderful things about Melanie!
The positive recommendation made me feel really at ease, given the other place was rated really high and so was Mel's Spaw. As soon as we called Melanie she picked up right away with the most kind, friendly and outgoing personality. As soon as we mentioned we had a goldendoodle she was even more excited to get her hands on our dog Kash as she has goldendoodles herself.
We set an appointment for a few days later where we got to meet Mel in person and she was just as delightful as she was on the phone. Her salon was super clean, had an open layout which I loved, and such cute decor.
Talking to her was easy, and she asked questions that no one asked us prior, like about our preferred cadence of Kash's maintenance grooming schedule, which weighs into how long or short we planned to cut his hair:
Shorter in length = can go longer between grooming
Longer in length = shorter between grooming
We showed her a specific cut we liked, just a puppy cut and described other things like cutting shorter around his mouth and chin, keeping his tail fluffy..
and she executed BEYOND our expectations!
When we picked up our pup he was:
1. Obsessed with Mel
2. Looked PHENOMENAL! So handsome!!
We were soooo happy with the entire process and service.
*ALSO It's been 3 days since our grooming and our dog still smells amazing as when we picked him up from his appointment!!
So happy to have found our groomer here in NJ.
Before we left we booked a bath appointment and our next full grooming appointments, we are looking forward to coming back! read more