PET PARENTS BEWARE
of this place for grooming!!!
First groomer was fired shortly after I used them.
They recently hired a new one. I took my pets in for their monthly grooming. My friend had his very small 14 year old Sheltie there at same time. I walked in to find new groomer sitting in lobby outside the small grooming room which had the curtains closed so pet parents could not see in. I asked if my friend’s Sheltie was there to go in and say hi to him. She said yes. I then opened the door and, to my horror, saw the little fellow backed up in the corner of a cage on floor trembling with two large commercial dryer blowers blowing so hard on him, he was forced back as far as he could go in the corner of cage. Groomer became irate because I opened the door. She may have been sitting outside the grooming room as it was so hot in there.
I immediately told her to stop those blowers and get the little trembling dog out of cage and called his owner, my friend, to come get him. I was assured before using this place, groomers hand blow-dryer and brushed out pets. This is not true. The young man at front desk (one of the owners) appeared clueless. He said they boarded over 40 dogs over Thanksgiving. It greatly appears to me, they do not have the capacity nor staff to properly do this. We got our dogs and left. My Husband and I together gave 62 years of Military Service and have lived all over this Country and outside it. Never, anywhere we were, did any groomer not hand blow-dry and brush out our pets. Pets die of heat stroke, heart attacks, suffocation from air forced up there noses, etc. Please see horrible example below and what legislation states have passed and are passing to ban the use of commercial blowers and require groomers to be licensed.
Gail Hopkins, COL (ret) USA
Panama City Beach, Fl
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Dog dryer deaths prompt legislation.
By estaff -Published: September 18, 2019
Two-year-old golden retriever Colby died from heat stroke at a Virginia Petco when his owner dropped him off for grooming. The employee taking care of him left for the day, forgetting that the dog was still in a kennel dryer. Scott and Elsa Wyskocil’s 17-year-old poodle, Curly, was essentially baked to death by a dryer in a California C&C Pet Food for Less shop, his body temperature reaching 109 degrees. And six-year-old Lhasa apso Sadie died as a result of being professionally dried after a grooming session in California. She suffered internal burns, bleeding, and an elevated body temperature of 107.
All of these dogs were not dried by hand-held devices but placed into professional dryer “cages,” or “boxes,” with a heating element — heated coils, warm forced air, or both in order to speed the process.
New York has passed a law that will ban heated cage blowers and tighten groomers’ standards. Massachusetts is considering following New York’s lead, seeking greater overall accountability and professional training for grooming establishments, with employees expected to earn a license after passing an exam and employers bound to institute disciplinary actions or loss of licensure for those not in compliance. California is also undergoing legislative soul-searching. And New Jersey resident Rosemary Marchetto has been trying to get passed a nationwide law, “Bijou’s Bill,” to ban cage blower dryers and enforce stricter standards on groomers. Her efforts are spurred by the loss of her dog, Bijou, during a grooming visit.
Pet parents should request a behind-the-scenes look at the back area in a professional grooming establishment where their pet will be tended to. If they see a cage blower heater, they should seriously want to consider taking their dog elsewhere.
Another cue to find a different groomer: if the person in charge does not want you looking in the back room. That’s a major red flag. A groomer to whom you entrust your dog should not be defensive. She should be cooperative and inherently understand your desire to see where your dog is going to be when you’re not there to watch...
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