A Dog’s Best Friend

We love A Dog’s Best Friend! We bring our three dogs here and they all look absolutely adorable when they come home. Our oldest dog, Scrappy, has had nothing but issues going to groomers (she’s just not a fan of vets/​groomers/​etc). This is the first groomer establishment that she has had no issue whatsoever at. Yay! Our yorkie Captain always loves getting pampered and Jack, our newest addition seems to love it too. Highly recommend for any size dog (we have small, medium and large).

Absolutely will be going back. My Yorkie was so well groomed and cared for. Customer service was amazing love love love this place. I will be using them for now on. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!

We moved across town last year, so I had to find a new groomer. I’ve taken my dog here a few times and have been really pleased with the service.
They do a great job and don’t crate my dog all day like some other providers.
Prices are inline with other groomers in the area.

I’m going to be honest, my dog hasn’t been groomed by a pro very much in the last 8 years. But I have to say I have never seen her so clean. They did such a great job I will be bringing my yellow Lab back on a regular basis, since I want to keep her like this now. Not only does she look great but she feels and even smells good.

We recently moved here from WI and used Unilocal to find a new groomer.
The reviews here made me comfortable to try this location. Very friendly customer service and sincere care for our dog. This is the best cut he has ever received and we are thrilled to find such a great groomer. Our dog was gifted a free toy at his first visit since he is a rescue. Very nice surprise and just another example of the caring nature here.

2014 Update: Once again, the groomer I fell in love with vanished without a trace. No more DBF for us :(
Yeah, so Amber is THE best groomer my dog has ever had. He’s been going to this shop most of his 7 yrs and as long as she’s working there, he’s getting groomed there. Any place that can mohawk my sexy 4.9lb black poodle, pluck his ears, wash his butt and bring his sexy back for $ 40 has my vote!

I took my cat here this past weekend for a bath and to have her claws clipped. I was not happy at all. I specifically told them when I dropped off my cat that I did not want her fur trimmed at all. When I picked her up I was told that they trimmed her sanitary area. Trimmed… yeah right! They shaved half of her belly. There was absolutely no reason for that. She was not dirty in her private areas. Not only was she shaved but it was all crooked with tufts of hair sticking out on the sides. I didn’t see this until we got home since she was in the crate when I picked her up. I called back to complain. They told me to bring her in again and they would fix it. 100 degrees and back we go to the groomer. They took her in the back and «fixed it». Then they offered me a $ 5.00 discount on my next visit. It’s still not right. They straightened out the line but now the whole thing is at an angle. It looks ridiculous. The groomer who shaved my cat needs to have her eyes checked. For someone who does this for a living she did a pretty pathetic job.
The place is also pretty old, not very well maintained and dirty. I wonder if the groomers know that everyone in the waiting area can hear all their gossiping they are doing while they are working.
Needless to say… It was not a good experience and I will not be going back there.

My family has been taking our dogs here for years. (over 7 years)
Pat and her team always does a great job.
Our pups always come back looking/​smelling great and I love that she puts little bows or bandanas around their necks to coordinate with the season.
Will continue to give them our business for as long as we live in Charlotte.

LOVE THIS PLACE! I take my 3 small dogs here to see Julie and she is amazing with them. Two are pretty scared little guys because they are rescues, but she is very gentle and loving with them. They are never thrilled to go but don’t start shaking as soon as I pull in.

Not happy with last two grooming sessions. I have a Yorkie/​Silky Terrier. My original groomer Danielle is no longer there and a new person took over grooming my dog. After bringing him home each time and thoroughly inspecting the cut I have not been happy. Cut is uneven and not professional looking. When I made the last appt. I specifically told the person who answered and scheduled my appointment that I was not happy with the last visit and was told she would let management know. So I take my dog in on 1÷7÷12 and leave. Not sure who groomed him but I’m thinking it was the same young lady. Not happy, will be looking for another groomer.

Let’s face it — with as many as four dogs, you don’t always cut their hair yourself. Heck, with one dog you don’t always cut their hair yourself. Truth be known, we don’t actually have to cut all their hair. We really just had one who had to be cut by someone else.
He was so big, and his hair would get so matted that it was virtually impossible for us to do it. So we needed help. That’s when we called on A Dog’s Best Friend. We did take another of our dogs there a couple of times, but she was smaller, and so we’d typically do her hair ourselves.
The others either didn’t need cutting — ever — or are so small that it’s just not worth it. But for the larger dogs that take too long or are too difficult for us to control? It’s absolutely worth having someone else do. That’s when you need a professional, and they take care of them.
On the down side of things, they are a bit pricey. For a bath and a cut (or a cut and a bath, I have no idea which order they do it), it would be $ 70, and that was some time ago. It’s nice to not have to do it, but we couldn’t afford to do it very often. Great job, he looked great, but man that was expensive!