For Pets' Sake

Had a wonderful experience getting my two dogs groomed here. I am new to the area and called all around the DMV to find a new groomer, and For Pet’s Sake had the best prices and great looking photos. They got me in same-day and my two dogs look incredible. They were super friendly, did exactly what I asked for and my anxious pup seemed very comfortable with them. Will be coming back to them for every groom. Every dog that left looked great and seemed happy.

I read the many rave reviews below so… maybe this was just a one time situation and unfortunately it happened to our little pup but feel the need to share our experience with others. We wanted to love For Pets Sake, but we will never be returning. This is our second visit, we brought him there for a quick walk in to clip nails/clear his ears - it was quick and easy we set up a grooming appointment right away. We are new to the area so felt like we found a win! I have not had the ability to call back over to the shop, they are closed until Tuesday but I will be calling to understand what happened to our Schnoodle while in their care. We wanted to give him the day on Saturday to relax and hoped he bounced back on Sunday - that has yet to happen. Our friendly, happy and very energetic 9 month old is now petrified, still visible signs of ‘uneasiness’ over 24 hours later. He’s been groomed before and NEVER acts anything like this. It is extremely sad and we feel ultimately responsible for bringing him to a place that must have mistreated him. We dropped him off around 8AM and he was ready to go home at 12PM. He was lethargic when we picked him up, was not excited to see me (that is NOT like him) — was he given some sort of sedative to calm him for his grooming? Since we’ve brought him home he doesn’t want to go near us, hiding from us staying in his crate and he’s been sleeping all day long. He is sitting like he was beaten. He’s a 9 month old puppy, with a lot of energy that in one 4 hour grooming session is destroyed. It’s been a really awful day trying to get him to just get up and play he’s so scared. As any pet owner who loves their dog and now feel responsible that we brought him to a place that really hurt our dog. I want to know what they did and I wouldn’t ever recommend this shop to another dog owner who cares about their animal. If only that was it and somehow it was a good output from the (also not cheap..$100 +tip) cut. It’s terrible and will take a long time to regrow/groom back to the Schnoodle standard. I specifically asked to trim his face down, while maintaining his beard & eye brows. They just took a buzzer to his whole face & body - I could have done that on my own. His ears are cut down so far he whimpers every time we touch them. Then he has little nicks throughout his body and by his eyes. And his eyelashes - they weren’t trimmed at all he looks like a VW Bug with the fake car lashes on the lights! It’s overall just a terrible and extremely sad experience - I’m hopeful it was just an off-day at For Pets Sake, and praying we don’t have residual effects on his next grooming experience *at another location.

BY FAR the worst cat grooming experience we've ever had. Over 12 years and many different groomers, she has never looked this terrible. We asked for a bath and sanitary trim (just the behind and long paw hair). She's a long hair Maine Coone and we like her that way. She came home with an extremely sloppy full body cut- uneven with scraggly long tufts at her knees, belly, and behind. Sadly they also nicked some whiskers. I doubt they gave her a bath—she has tons of visible dandruff and loose hair coming off and doesn't feel clean. She doesn't seem happy either, and has been sulking since she got home. She usually loves getting groomed and has a little pep in her step afterwards. What were they thinking?!! Feel so sorry for my baby :(