I am very, very lucky to have found possibly the best groomer near me. Well, near my house - it's a little further from the apartment we're temporarily staying in, but she's so good, I don't mind the drive.
She is absolutely in love with dogs. All the dogs. When I bring a dog in, she immediately gets right on them, I often just sit in the car outside and study or read or something. 30 min later (or more depending on what we're doing), she brings me my dog. She does NOT put her in a cage or even so much as put her DOWN exept to potty. If we do leave the premises, like a couple times we went to have lunch while she was grooming... when we come back, if she's finished, she is sitting and ROCKING my dog. She refuses to put her down but babies her the entire time.
She's also a 1 person operation - I don't have to worry about someone who doesn't know about her collapsing trachea putting a noose around her neck or something. And then she sends home a goody bag for all my babies. Like if just Pixie gets groomed, she knows I have 3 right now, she sends home 3 biscuits, 3 bones, etc. And she's CHEAP! It's only $13.81 a week.
Oh, and she does do more than just my dogs. She just doesn't overcrowd them so to lock them up. And like last week, I called and said I wanted to come in on Friday, and she said that my 8:30 slot was taken that particular day, so the earliest she could do was 10:30 or 11. And when I show up, the dog before mine is almost always already done and gone. I showed up early once and she was finishing up one before me.
