Grooming at Petsmart?

Question

Has anyone used the grooming service at Petsmart? Were you pleased with the results? Value? Do you need an appointment? How long did it take?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Pet Smart as with any Groomer can differ from store to groomer. When looking for a groomer whether it be a big box chain or a smaller owned facility, take the time to interview your pets potential groomer. You would do this with your child so your pet deserves the same. Any respectful groomer will take the time to answer your questions.

Ask Things like:

HOW long have YOU actually been grooming? Tell them you want actual grooming experience not just working with pets.

How did you learn to groom? and How long was your training?

The answer will vary as some groomers are 2nd and 3rd generation groomers that learned from their family and dog shows. Some start out as bather brusher and become grooming apprentices. Big chain stores actually let anyone groom your pet. I had a friend who was a manager of the store and he was asked to groom when the groomer called in sick (he had no grooming experience at all). Some take online courses and some groomers go to grooming schools which vary in hours.

Ask the groomer if your pet will be caged Dried? I highly recommend that if they cage dry that you turn around and walk out, many dog have gotten over heated and died from cage drying.

Ask how long the groom will take? Most animals depending on groomers experience should only take 2 hours and for larger breeds such as Chows 3-4 hours.

Ask if you can tour the grooming facility? Check for cleanliness.

Ask how often they clean thier blades? Blades should be cleaned after each groom, same with combs and brushes as staff infections and other things can get passed on.

Ask the groomer if they are willing to just meet with your pet to build a trusting relationship before even the groom


Also go to www.petgroomer.com they have a great find a groomer site and they can help you find the right groomer for your pet

Answer 2

This may be a hard question for you to get a good answer from. Seeing as how you never mentioned a town or specific store.

Every Petsmart has different groomers. Petsmart A could have groomers who do excellent work, while Petsmart B just a mile down the road, can have groomers who put out shoddy work.
They also have more than 1 groomer working in each store. Unless you request a specific groomer everytime, chances are you will have a different groomer next time you go there.
As a result..groomer A could do great work while groomer B doesn't.

The only thing I can answer for you (I worked there for a year or so) Appointments are recommended, but not required. If the groomers have time, they will take a walk in. But if they are real busy, they may not have time to fit you in. It's always best to make an appointment.

All groomers have their own speed in which they groom. Usually, an average time for a groomer is 3 hours, give or take an hour.

Answer 3

I also use Petsmart to get my Shih Tzu groomed. He is only 4 months so there is a deal called a puppy groom or something like that which is only $15.00 so I did not think that was too bad, but after he turns 5 months I have to give that up and he will get a normal grooming which they told me it will run be about $38.00 which that is a little pricey but they have done a really good job with him. I live in the Texas Panhandle, the prices maybe different where you are at. They do have a website you can go to and look at all there services, It's petsmart.com. I hope that helped you out some.

Answer 4

I'll be fair and say that the local store had just opened when the following incident happened. But that's just an explanation -- not an excuse.

I had a Scottie at the time, and I took her in to be groomed at Petsmart. When I went to pick her up, there were deep gouges in her skin where the clippers had bitten into her. The groomer admitted that the girl they'd brought from another store to do Scotties and other 'specialty clip' dogs was new and didn't really know what she was doing yet.

THIS is the person they turn loose without supervision to groom an animal? And if a Scottie clip is considered a specialty cut, I don't think I'd bring a poodle of mine there.

Needless to say, Holly never went back to Petsmart to be groomed, and I learned how to do a good Scottie clip, myself. It may just have been this one store, and others might be great. But, "Once cut, twice shy."

Answer 5

I'm switching to PetsMart grooming. After my dogs last groomer, in a very nice building with their own ''pet hotel and resort'' made my dogs ears bleed...yet the hair on her ears is very little and was not matted. My mother told me of abuse she heard about in places that groom animals...so I figured...at least in PetsMart, the grooming dept. in most stores that I've seen...are visible to the public inside and outside of the store.. so maybe that would promote nicer actions towards the animals knowing people can see... just a thought...but that is currently what I will be doing, switching to PetsMart for that reason and hopefully they'll do a nice job.

Answer 6

I've used them for my 2 dogs. It may depend on the store but the one near my house has really friendly groomers. They talk to the dogs and pet them some rather than just roughing them around on the table. An appointment was required but my dogs still had to spend most of the day at the groomer. I wasn't happy about that since I would prefer to bring them in when it's actually time for them to be groomed rather than leaving them in a crate for several hours before someone finally gets to them for grooming. Not a fun way for a dog to spend a Saturday!! I think wach dog was there for about 4 hours. The price was competitive although I expected it to be a little less. The basic grooming package didn't include some of the things that I wanted done to my dogs - that some other groomers I have been to actually include in their basic grooming package, so I kind of felt like I had been nickeled and dimed. The dogs didlook good though. You will also need to send over vet records to he store you go to.

Answer 7

I think Petsmart is great-and so does my puppy. I took him to Petco once though and they were not so good. We have a new Petsmart with a Banfield Pet Hospital and Doggy Day Care. The Day Care is really cool to. He doesn't get to go a lot, but he loves the day care and the grooming!

Answer 8

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Answer 10

I'm lucky to have a dog that doesn't require much grooming, other than she hates having her nails trimmed, so nail trimming is the only reason we've gone to a Petsmarrts groomer. The girl trimmed her nails while I was there, was very satisfied,

think it's probably like any other place you might go. It depends on the person who is doing the grooming. I've heard both good and bad things about it, but like I said, it depends on the groomer.