We have been taking our dog to this location for the last 4 years. The grooming department manager has always been very friendly and professional. Last week we took our dog in for grooming, cleaning of her glands, and removing the extra hair inside her ears (as it was suggested by the Vet).
Our dog came back traumatized from the visit! She was shaking like never before since the moment she came home. She was behaving very strange and would not stop shaking. After we inspected her, she had a few cuts under her front legs and scratches on her paws. We took her back to Petco and we received our money back, but our dog was even more traumatized by entering the store, we almost had to drag her to enter the store to show the manager the cuts.
Since that day she has been acting afraid, and has been licking her wounds. To add to this terrible experience, today we found that she has blood inside her ears, where the hair was removed. We believe the person who did this ripped off the hair without taking any care. We tried to clean some of the dry blood and she started to cry and shake.
I never advocate for people getting fired from a job, because I know times are rough and people need jobs, but I absolutely believe that the person who did this is in the wrong job, and he or she should not be doing this work.
I am sorry that this happened as well because we have been loyal customers at Petco, but we cannot continue to put our dog through mistreatment like this anymore. She is part of our family and we are feeling her pain. Getting our money back does not take care of the trauma that our dear pet went through.
I hope that this review serves to keep Petco on check about who they hire to work with our pets. People need to be trained properly and they must know that customers know their pets, and that we are ready to speak when they have been mistreated. Also, employees must know that we are paying for good services, and that money does not matter when it comes to the health and wellbeing of a family member. I am not just looking for compensation, I am looking for humane treatment to our pets. read more