Is there anything less than a star? That's what I give them. I made an appointment for my standard poodle on Wednesday, April 19. The evening before his appointment, I was contacted by PetSmart to inform me that my preferred groomer would not be in. I was told that I could be put on the schedule for the 21st and to have him there at 8am. When I arrived at 8, the groomer was not there. Another groomer checked us in and took notes, stating that our groomer was running late for the morning. 1st problem, I adjusted my schedule to make sure he was taken care of, and you can't come to work on time. Oh, okay! I was siting at lunch almost 4 hours later when I received a call from Amber Hall. She sounded panicked and defeated. She requested that I head to her because my dog was being a hard client. When I asked her what was going on, her exact words were, " he had an accident in his kennel, and he was sniffing everything and more worried about what was going on with the other dogs and not sitting still for her. he's a puppy! So I told her that that's normal and that this was our third time at the facility and no other groomer had these complaints. No notes in the system. So then she goes on to tell me that she did the best that she could with him, but if I see hairs out of place or have issues with his cut, she did her best and he's been on her table for two hours. Immediately I'm disturbed and leave lunch. I asked her if I was coming to a shitty cut? Her response: it's not up to my standards but the girls say that he looks okay. I responded that I really could care less what the girls had to say, but it better be up to my standards. I run to PetSmart as quickly as possible to find a dog standing perfectly on her table with a buzz cut. I have a standard poodle that had a full top knot that we had been growing for about a year. I requested that it be trimmed and it was shaved. The socks were sketchy and it was nothing like I requested. She should definitely be remorseful. Nope! She was mouthy and yelling at me and when I expressed my disappointment with the cut, she snatched him off the table without finishing and slid him across the floor to me. She threw the service leash at me. I told her that that was their leash and not his. While still being mouthy and talking all the noise she felt like talking, she went to the back room, got his leash and threw it at me. Her words were, "I'm not touching him anymore!" Well thank God, he's already bald. What's left? To my surprise, I asked to speak to a manager. The manager, Brett Stefenok, who was standing there the whole time, reluctantly raised his hand like a kindergartner in class that kind of knows the answer. I was amazed and pointed out his employees actions that took place in front of him and he never said a word. I knew at that point to request to speak to someone other than him. Que in Melody Miller, the GM in the store. No help, she's running a circus of idiots that are dealing with $3,000 dogs and they are not properly trained. I expressed that I would definitely be suing them based on the cut of my pure breed and the actions of the two employees that I was dealing with. She refused to have a discussion with me at all. Oh and at that time Brett got the courage to speak and pushed me with the door separating the general store and the grooming salon. Assault maybe! I guess Melody was the backbone that he needed. So we move to the part where he tells me that he doesn't have to talk to me anymore and walks off. So I ask for an incident report to be filled and they refuse to give me the incident number. I go to the parking lot and call corporate. I file a report and get the incident number. My husband shows up because I'm devastated at the cut and the treatment. He goes inside and speaks to Melody Miller. She shares that there was a breakdown in communication with the groomer that checked us in and the actual groomer attending to our puppy. NOT MY PROBLEM. SO HE WAS COLLATERAL DAMAGE. It is PetSmart policy that the groomer doing the cut, do the puppy intake. However, Amber came to work at her leisure and not at the schedule time so another groomer did the intake and didn't share our requests or appropriate notes. Another employee in the store stated that Amber had a lot going on that morning and it was just a series of unfortunate events. So now we have a bad haircut and a groomer yelling at me and a manger that the DM, Melody Miller later refers to as a baby manager. So after filing the report and waiting to hear back from corporate, Melody calls on a Saturday . She states that she has been cleared to talk to us . She apologizes and offers us hush money in the form of a gift card to visit their location or another to be groomed . No way in hell will you all ever touch my dog again. When I complained about his cut, I was told that it should have booked the same groomer as the last two times, if I wanted the same cut. Funny story! read more