After an experience I had here a few weeks ago, after 12 years of going to various petsmart groomers, I will no longer go here or to any other one for that matter. I will also talk as many people as I possibly can out of it. Petco is much friendlier and more accommodating and let's face it- they're not in the news for killing pets, and petsmart is, so.....
To make this easier, I'm going to post what I said on the HANOVER store's review here:
I had made an appointment to have my 2 dogs to be groomed here. They are both large breed dogs- my girl is1 year old (85lbs and climbing) and my boy is 12 years old (100lbs). This is during covid so the literal only way I could make the appointment was online, they were not answering the phones. I got an error message when I made the appointment for my older dog, so I called to make sure it went through. It took them a few days to get back to me and when they did they confirmed that the appointment went through and they'd see me soon.
45 minutes before my appointment I receive a phone call from one of the people who works in the groomer. She said:
1- We can't do your older dog's appointment today bc the groomer who you booked with isn't in today. I don't even know why the system allowed you to book with her.
2- I see a note in your file that your dog can't stand so we can't groom him due to social distancing rules.
Not only had I called to confirm that appointment went through weeks prior, but I had mentioned that my 12 year old dog has arthritis so to be careful when lifting hind legs. I GUESS THAT TRANSLATES TO HE CAN'T STAND.
So apparently the person I spoke to had placed an alert on the account?!?! Saying my dog can't stand, which is NOT WHAT I SAID.
I explained that I had confirmed the appointment weeks ago and that my dog can stand but that's certainly 4 hours straight of standing is a long time for a 100lb 12 year old dog. The woman then acted like she was doing me a favor and said if I can get to the appointment in 20 minutes she will try to do him but will turn him away if he can't stand. I live 30 minutes from the groomer and was literally in the shower when she called since the appointment was in 45 minutes! So, obviously that wasn't happening.
I ended up only taking my 1 year old dog and not the 12 year old and honestly I didn't even want to take her but because of covid and groomers being shut down for months she needed a groom badly. They charged me $120 and my dog came home still having mats behind her ears and other things I ended up having to cut off myself. Not worth the time, effort, stress, or money. Who calls someone 45 minutes prior to an appointment to cancel then shows zero signs of understanding that that is obnoxious?!
HERE IS WHERE THIS PLYMOUTH LOCATION COMES IN: Due to the alert the person placed on my account, I called the Plymouth petsmart where my dog has gone before and they wouldn't even give me the time of day. I asked to speak with the person who has groomed him prior to have her change the alert because she knows he can in fact stand and the girl wouldn't let me speak to her.
I have been going to various petsmart grooming salons for 12 years and after this experience I will never ever go again, and I will try to deter anyone I know from going here as well. They discriminated against my dog because he's older. Bye, Petsmart, it's been reallllll.
Basically, I called this location after to try to make an appointment with them since they had seen my dog before and Hanover had not.... and then woman who answered the phone was rude and atrocious. Extremely unprofessional and didn't even attempt to allow me to speak with the person who had groomed my pet before so I could ask if he "can't stand" during a grooming. Also I called SEVERAL times and they never called me back. What a joke of an establishment. read more