Regarding: Stay 4/5 to 4/11. My dog is 8 years old, and we adopted him 7 years ago. For the past 7 years, he has boarded at Petsmart in Fresno, Fremont, and Dublin. Each boarding sums up to several hundred dollars, sometimes over a thousand, when we travel abroad for weeks. By far, Dublin, CA, Petsmart has offered the worst service, especially the grooming salon. Because Dublin is closer to us we continued to avail their service. Multiple times, the grooming salon canceled his grooming service. Multiple excuses each time for refusing to provide a previously scheduled appointment. Interestingly, when I called to complain about the grooming department, they were able to provide the previously refused care. I dropped him off on 4/5 and informed them about his grooming appointment scheduled for today, 4/11, and also asked them to note that we might pick him up today instead of Sunday, 4/13.
Today 4/11 I called the Dublin grooming at 11:30 am (his appointment was at 11 am) to let them know we will be picking him after his grooming. A lady answered the phone and when I mentioned his name she said, "let me check on him" and hung up on me. I immediately called back, and a different woman answered the call asking if I was calling about my dog; she is the store manager; apparently, my dog "nipped" the groomer, Scott, and he refused to groom, and they tried calling me. I did not receive a call from Petsmart grooming today. Obviously disappointed, I asked if they would try grooming him later today, and the woman's answer was an abrupt "no". No apologies, no attempts to reschedule on another day or with a different groomer. I expressed my disappointment to her that this has happened multiple times, and interestingly, when I call corporate to complain, they are able to accommodate the grooming. And I plan to contact corporate regarding this experience. The woman's response was "ok you can call corporate".
Next, I called the Petshotel to get more information. A girl answered the call, and as soon as I started to speak, she passed the phone to another woman. The first thing this woman said was, "I will take the conversation from here. You can call corporate for webcam access about grooming". Please note this is even before I explained to anyone at the PetsHotel the purpose of the call and what I am hoping to achieve. This woman said her name is Clarita she is the hotel lead. She decided to go into a defensive mode even before I had a chance to explain the purpose of my call: I was upset that they did not call me, and I should not have to pay for tonight's boarding. Clarita explained to me that "He bit the groomer." I checked with her if she was absolutely sure if my dog "bit" a staff and if she had proof to support it since I was not told by the store manager that he "bit" but "tried to nip." To this Clarita responded "He jumped and tried to get his leash but his mouth landed on the groomer. He had his mouth open which means he bit." When I asked for further clarification, she had not much to offer and said she would make a one-time exception and waive his tonight's boarding charge.
Between the two women I spoke to, the story changed from my dog nipped, tried to nip, was aggressive, to tried to go for the leash and mouth landed on the groomer, to jumped at the groomer with his mouth open to bit. Excuses to hide their incompetence and laziness to serve the clients who pay for the business to run.
In a couple of hours, when my husband went to pick our dog, he was told that they would not take him at the Petshotel for future stays for his "aggression". Please note there are no accounts of any aggression to staff or another animal in the 7 years my dog resided at the Petshotel, including this stay.
This evening, I got a text that his future reservation has been canceled at the Dublin location. When I go to the app to schedule a stay at Fremont or Concord, I notice I am no longer able to schedule any stay. It was all based on false accusations of his aggression by arrogant, disrespectful, incompetent, inexperienced staff at the Dublin location. Who gives these front line helps so much power to refuse service based on their biases? read more