WELL, WELL, WELL! I am SOOO glad I was alerted to this thread. I could go ON AND ON about this place. Let's see, where to start????
My first encounter with GiGi's Grooming was about 2 years ago. A friend of mine had called and talked to MARIA to inquire about stud fees. She was told $200. Since I was skeptic about the price, I went in. I wish I had not. The place was absolutely DISGUSTING!
Rusty cages piled high. The place is small and not kept well. VERY dirty.
My second encounter was last year. Out of morbid curiosity, I went in to inquire about a small male pup. Once again, "Dean" was the only one there. What does he show me? A pup about 5 weeks old that was either blind in his left eye or had an ulcer on this eye. The entire eye was gray. At their half-door counter and to the right was an area about the size of an ex pen with a wooden gate, dirty concrete looking floor and about 5 adult yorkies stuffed in there. It was horrible.
Dean, why don't you tell everyone how your business gave the wrong dog away? Two s**tzus if I'm not mistaken. Remember, it was on the news or in the paper...you gave away someone's dog to the wrong people????
Or, tell them about Charlotte...she bought a female yorkie from you...let's see...about 6 or 7 years ago and after months of waiting, she had to threaten you with a lawsuit in order to get her papers. I believe that Maria threatened to call the law on her and Charlotte told you guys to go right ahead. BTW, she left WITH her papers after she told you she'd own GiGi's.
How about telling them how you sold a male yorkie to someone last year. She also waited for the papers and when she called you she asked about it. YOUR response was..."Who are the parents?" She replied that she didn't know since YOU sold her the dog and you stated back, "If you don't know who the parents are, I can't give you the papers." hmmm...to this day, she hasn't received papers on this dog.
Or the rumors that if you have a bitch in heat and someone brings in their male yorkie for grooming, you'll use him for a stud and then register them under your own dog's numbers...hmmm...is this where all of the missing papers go?
Then, there was the story how someone brought their male and female dog in because the owners couldn't get them to breed. They were dropped off on a Friday (or was it Saturday, oh well, it doesn't matter) and when she came back on Monday to pick up her dogs, HER MALE WAS DEAD. According to Maria, YOUR vet claimed that the male had a heart attack. The owner was given back her dogs (including the one that had died) and when her vet checked him over, he found that the dog had actually died of head trauma.
Let's see...you claim that your stud is what...2 or 3 lbs but these pups end up being BIG yorkies. Charlotte's dog ended up being 12-14 lbs. A lady that I worked with at Stroman got a male that ended up being around 15 lbs. tsk, tsk!!!!!
What about the dogs you groom. Many of them come out of your grooming shop scared to death. What are you guys doing to these dogs to make them so terrified?
Your place of business has a horrible reputation. Face it, you guys need to be shut down. Why it hasn't happened yet is beyond me.