This is my first negative yelp review unfortunately. While out of town on my honeymoon my parents graciously took my 2.5 year old German Shepherd to get groomed at Neva's. The salon is near my house (not theirs) so they went 40 minutes out of their way one direction to get there because I had heard good things about this salon. I usually bring Paisley to Petsmart or Petco and have had zero issues in doing so but I wanted to support a locally owned small business. My parents were told Chelsea was available for grooming but has previously had a past with a German Shepherd and would only be comfortable grooming my dog if she was not aggressive. I have never witnessed or been told about my dog being aggressive or dangerous to any other human or dog while being groomed or in every day life. She does act like a puppy and has energy (as she is breed for police work) but never have I seen or heard about aggression. They said they could do the job of getting paisley her bath, nail trim, and good brushing. Unfortunately that was not the case at all. I was told my dog was dangerous, aggressive, uncontrollable, and injured employees. Not one of these things was told to us during or even right after it happened without prying. If there was an issue we would have gladly picked my dog up immediately and brought her to someone who has previously managed her with no issues. My dad had to drive back and fourth to the groomer multiple times so he could assist them while Paisley was to get her nails trimmed at the end of the grooming session. After muzzling her for a second time that day no one there was able to manage the dog and only one nail was trimmed. She has itched like crazy since we brought her home. We were charged $150, not sure what for. I understand very well bad experiences can happen but the bigger issue was when the owner Neva was confronted, politely to start. Without any prompting Neva told me they did not abuse or hurt my dog...which is concerning because I didn't think they did....until she mentioned that. She argued and told me that I must be hopping from groomer to groomer because I have a dangerous dog and no one will let her come back. When asked about making the situation right or refunding any of the money she said she will NOT groom aggressive dogs for free and declined any sort of refund OR apology. She made it very clear she thought I was a liar when I told her I have brought her to multiple other groomers and have had multiple other people wash her without me present with ZERO signs of aggression or danger. Multiple times she told me she has been grooming for forty years and dogs personalities don't change overnight so that could not be possible. I asked her why she didn't call if my dog was bruising her and her employees and being so dangerous and she said "she was already in the bath covered in soap and I don't like dogs leaving here with soap all over them" after at least a 15 minute conversation, mostly going back and forth with Neva on the phone, she said someone else was calling and immediately hung up. She called back a few minutes later and nothing had changed. I told her I wouldn't ever want my dog to injure anybody and if we would have known we would have gladly came and got her. I told her I didn't call to argue as we clearly don't agree I called to see if, as a business owner, who I would assume had some customer service skills, she could resolve an issue or at least make it a little less awful. Running a business of my own I know the customer is always always right even if behind the scenes you may not feel that way! Neva does not agree, has zero customer service skills that I have witnessed, and flat out told me she hopes I do not return, and she will not be refunding or doing anything to help out the problem. Neva already informed me she will reply to this review the rebuttal once again. She talked about her calming energies that she tried to use to channel my dog. I think she needs to use those on herself when she talks to clients! ...and after being hung up on a second time I was beyond DONE. Needless to say I will never be returning. read more