Petco Grooming

"Paige gave my standard poodle the best haircut of her life. My poodle girl looked so beautiful and she was happy to be there. We’ve had bad experiences at other places which left my dog scared of the groomer but now with Paige! I’m going to bring my other poodles to Paige from now on too."

"Second negative experience i’ve had with a petco groomer in a row. Last time was at gig harbor so I decided to give this one a try. My dog has been getting groomed his entire life (he’s 8) and i’ve never had issues with other groomers adequately being able to groom him and haven’t had issues with petco groomers from other states outside of Washington where i’ve now only been to Gig Harbor and Bremerton. Of all the times it’s never taken less than 3-4 hours, Rain finished the dog wash, hair cut, nails, teeth, blow dry of a huge golden retriever in less than 1 hour and 20 minutes. It looked exactly the way I would have expected. The cut wasn’t even, his ears were matted, he was still damp, and he looked like he got zapped by lightning. She said we tried our best. She read a note from the last groomer that he has trouble standing still and decided she just wasn’t going to try. Which I would be okay with if it were consistent across his life but being only the second time in his more than 50x being groomer this has ever happened and bother were at lazy groomers working for the same company 10 miles apart I’m not buying it. I’m gonna pay $120 elsewhere thanks."

"2 instead of 1 star because the staff really tried to accommodate a tricky situation. But the tricky situation was mostly caused by pedantic rules created by corporate lawyers. I knew my dog is skittish going in. Though I am quite sure he read my bad mood prompted by a proof of rabies vaccination requirements that were not communicated to me anywhere until after I followed directions by walking up for a nail trim. It's a completely reasonable requirement, but the impromptu search for the document online started my dog getting restless. Then came the requirement that they attach their own leash - corporate rules did not allow me to just hand my leash over. Corporate rules also did not allow me to put their leash on my dog. By now my dog was terrified at a stranger just approaching his neck with a leash (not aggressive, just recoiling in terror). I am once again understanding of the staff having to not take him today. Then they told me that if I bring him back he cannot be medicated in any way, even with a veterinary prescription. At the end I am once again appreciative of the staff cleaning up after my dog peeing in terror. But the Petco lawyers have made it abundantly clear that my dog is not welcome in their store (unlike my veterinarian that made reasonable accommodations). Your perfectly normal dog may be just fine there."

"Do not bring your dog here. Maybe these groomers are working under tough conditions and that makes them uncaring and honestly kind of mean. I don't know. I just know that they were were adequate/basic for the services I asked for but made a point of being uncaring and demeaning to me-(just because my dog is new from a shelter). One of the ladies actually said " This is not the right place for him." when I asked what that meant- they said I needed a year to bond with him before I brought him back. ( And this was said in the most demeaning tone) Well don't worry. I will never treat him badly by bringing him back there. I could say more--I was talked to as if I had done something unforgivable-when I only committed the "crime" of paying what I thought were professional groomers to give him a wash plus leaving a tip. So don't worry ladies. I will never be back-I will make sure I choose groomers who are real dog people and kind."

"Took my boy to get groomed with Mary today. She did a fantastic job! She did great on his nails, his coat is shiny and soft and smells great, and his breath is much better. She is also so kind, and you can tell she really cares about the animals she is working with and wants them to be comfortable. We will definitely be going back for future grooming needs!"