Visit different grooming shops and interview the groomer. See if they have been trained at an accredited school. Also see if they will allow you to see the grooming area. You could also ask vets if they know of any good groomers. Sometimes vets have a groomer at their clinic (I used to work be the groomer at a veterinary clinic). That way if anything ever goes wrong during grooming, the vet is right there to take care of any problems that could arise right away.
I had a dog once that collapsed on my grooming table that had been sedated (very aggressive dog that was shaved down once a year) and his heart stopped. I was able to have a technician give him chest compressions while I found the vet and he was able to revive him and saved his life! It was very scary! Another time I had emptied a dogs anal glands an noticed something didn't look right, so I had one of the vets take a look at her. Turns out she had gotten cancer and they caught it so early that it saved her life.
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