I brought my dog in 10 minutes prior to her grooming slot. I ended up standing there with my dog and 2 children for a total of 25 minutes (4 pm) while a gentleman "walked in" with his older lab to have the grooming staff REMOVE TICKS! Not only, to be groomed or even enter the salon, does your dog have to be up to date with vaccines, not have been vaccinated within 48 hours of grooming, and have been treated within the last 30 days for fleas and ticks, but they allowed this man to come in for a service not even allowed on the website! It also says on the website, in NY, NJ, and Canada, you cannot even buy Frontline (or a similar product) and have them apply it in the salon (which some states do). No problem with them, they didn't even encourage him to buy the stuff. They casually asked at pick up, "what do you use" (as they removed several and this wasn't his first visit for this) and he shrugged it off saying he didn't know, his wife did it. Are you kidding me!? I waited 25 minutes, late for my appointment now, so the grooming salon could remove ticks as the only service provided. I stood and listed to the whole thing as the did it out in the open on one of the tables, while other dogs were being groomed. My dog takes Bravecto, once every 3 month chewable flea/tick treatment we get at our vet, which she is up to date on, but to know they allowed this and they were ready to put the dog in the back, possibly giving ticks to other dogs in the kennels, awaiting pick up, until luckily the owner showed back up, as yes, I'm still awaiting my "appointment". I had everything in me not to leave. I drove 30 minutes and had both kids with me so I stuck it out, but I was appalled. I usually use the Henrietta location for grooming, but the Victor location had more availability last minute. Now I can see why. I would avoid this store at all cost. God knows what else they do if they allow this. I complained to the lady at the register who couldn't believe they did that and said that's not allowed. What amazed me even more is the lady who removed the ticks, same lady who groomed my dog, was talking about the dog as if it was a friends dog and someone mentioned, "didn't he have ticks removed not too long ago"? Yep! So it's been allowed more than once and I have no clue what they wrote it up as. Maybe "nail clipping"? He was given a receipt and I'd love to know what it said. Certainly didn't indicate "tick removal". She had me talk to the manager who said she would talk with the salon as that again, isn't allowed. Keep in mind, I asked the lady right there while she was doing it, how that is allowed (with 4 other co-workers listening and grooming dogs). She said, "oh yeah, we can do that, that's not a problem". I also said how I was told it would take 1.5-2 hours and I was called within less than an hour to pick up my dog. I would have been better at putting my dog in the bathtub than paying $62.00 for terrible service. Let me tell you, if I notice anything on my dog, you'll hear from me. I want to thank the lady at the register who didn't cash me out right away, so that I could talk with the manager, as she felt terrible and felt I needed a discount or some immediate action. Nothing was done and I paid full price. I am emailing corporate to make them aware of the extra "fraudulent" services you provide, thereby potentially putting other dogs at risk. I will never use PetSmart again for grooming. read more