I already do not like petsmart due to the stories I have heard of the horrible things they do/have done but my dog seriously needed to be groomed. All of the other grooming places here in mobile I cannot get a hold of and I am extremely busy so I do not have time to keep calling over and over again. Plus, I could not get a price on the other places. PetSmart I was able to get a price quote online and schedule an appointment so I decided to go there. This is my first time taking my dog to the groomers so it was my dog's first time going to one.
Appointment was at 12:30 for a groom with a bath, nail trim, and flea and tick medicine. I was expecting maybe an hour then I was going to take her to go play. Well, showed up on time with enough time to check in. I thought they would get started on her right away since there were employees not doing anything other than talking and they were not that busy. Instead, they took her to a back room where I could not see her and put her in a kennel. I could just barely see through the door so I could see the kennels, but could not see her. I do not have a problem with kennels, but my dog cannot handle them as she is absolutely terrified of small spaces. They left her back there for at least thirty minutes before finally bringing her back up front to start on her haircut. The lady that was cutting her hair did not really care what she was doing and ignored me when I tried to talk to her to ask questions and stuff. She did a brief cut then took my dog back in the back where I could not see her again. After over an hour watching other dogs come in and go out, I was really worried. So I asked them how it was going and they said she already had her bath and that she drying. Instead of those drying machines they have at a vet or other animal bath places, they had tubes attached to the kennel doors to blow air on them and let them dry. So instead of a quick dry, my dog was locked in a kennel for over an hour, wet and possibly cold, with air from a tube blowing on her.
After another thirty minutes, they finally brought her out and the same lady proceeded to finish her hair. She, and the other employees proceeded to ignore me again as I tried to talk to them and ask more questions as I was a bit concerned at this point. Finally at 4:00, my dog was finished and they charged me $81. I was tired and my sugar level was low and I was not feeling good, along with my dog being very stressed out, so I headed straight home. Shortly after, I noticed she had chunks missing from her hair so she was not professionally groomed like I had hoped. I checked her nails and noticed they were not even trimmed. So that left me wondering if she had even gotten her flea and tick medicine. I called them and they hung up on me. I called again, and the lady just told me the one who did my dog's hair was not there and to just come back tomorrow and hung up on me again. I will not be coming back to this place and do not recommend the grooming salon or the store itself to anyone. read more