[MyFairLacy]

I just wanted to comment on cage dryers. Not all cage dryers are a bad thing - it is the cage dryers that get hot that are bad. Where I work the cage dryers do not blow hot air - the air they blow is right about at room temperature. It's always important to ask what type of cage dryers a place uses if they do use dryers because you do not want heated ones on your dogs - those are the ones that overheat and can kill your dogs. The ones we use never get hot like that. Customers can also request that their dog be hand blow dried completely - I think it's just about a $5.00 extra charge. Some breeds have to be hand dried such as poodles and bichons or their hair will curl up.

Also where I work, there is a big window to where you can see the grooming room and anyone is welcome to watch, as long as it doesn't cause their dog to be too hyper or excited to groom. The bathing room does not have a window because it can appear messy back there at times. We keep it very clean back there, dissinfect everything regularly, and constantly vacuum the hair but when you have dogs being bathed and blow dried - hair can be flying and it just doesn't always look clean to the outside eye. We will allow customers to look in the bathing room to see what our facilities are like but we don't allow them to stay and watch in the bathing room because it is a small area - just enough room for the dogs and the two bathers - not a lot of extra room for people to sit and watch. Plus, like I said, it can get a little messy at times before it gets cleaned up.