Grooming Parlor

do not give this place your business. they need to be out of business.

I am one of the crazy dog people. My dog is like my child. I don’t dress him up or anything, but he has run of the house, so to see the conditions these puppies were in was very sad to me.
Walked into this place with my mother because she is looking to buy a Chocolate Lab and we were just browsing.
I bought my beagle from a pet store 10 years ago and he is the best dog in the world.
The owner was outside smoking a cigarette and looked bothered when he had to step aside to let us through the door. He seems like a real gem.
This place is disgustingly horrific.
We walked in and were assaulted with the smell of urine and dog shit. All of the puppies looked greazy, unbathed, sick and lethargic. I wanted to break the windows and bring them all home with me. Their cages looked like they hadn’t been cleaned in a while. A lot of the puppies were laying near a pile of their own feces.
I was surprised to see quite a few dogs in cages near the front who must have been there for grooming services. Who would bring their dog to get groomed there is beyond me.
I left there wanting to cry/​beat the shit out of the owners/​report them to somebody.

I’ve taken my dog before when she was 1 to get the full works. Paid full price but the groomer refused to clean her teeth telling me next time… yet he didn’t discount me anything for not doing it. Well this past Saturday April 28^th I wanted to treat my American Pit Bull Terrier for a Groom. I called to recheck the prices. Man speaking spanish answered the phone. I understand and speak fluently so continued to ask my questions. How much for grooming? He responds by saying depends on the breed and size. I don’t care how much it cost just thought it was a good place to go because its close to my home. I tell him I have a pit. He tells me if my dog has been there before and how long ago. I responded that I took her to that location about a year ago. His response was so unprofessional. He tells me why do you people take so long to bring the dog don’t you know they get crazy. Wow! First of all my dog is very humble I bathe him or my daughter who is a skinny 11 year old. She is calm when being taken a bath. How dare they judge me or my dog without even looking at her. How dare them call themself Dog groomers if they are so prejudice? Yes I said no thank you and hung up! I strongly encourage those to go to other places Petsmart takes better care of dogs than these people!

I live by here. I have been in here. This is a real review.
I am also in dog rescue and I knew before I walked in the deal with this joint but I for a couple of reasons ( Unilocal’s first person review policy) had to see ‘how bad’ it really is in there… These other reviews don’t even begin to describe it.
The smell… enough to make you almost vomit.
The dogs… sad puppy-​mill-​poster dogs. They are almost all very obviously sick. They leave them in that front window baking in the hot sun and more are in dirty cramped cages in the back.
Like I said, I live by here so I unfortunately have to walk by a lot or wait for the bus within sight of the place. Often during the walk-​bys there is a van out front from time to time that you can hear dogs barking inside of… likely the broker that supplies the puppies… It is anyone’s guess how long they have been or will be in that van. From my research it seems this shop’s owners also own two locations for the Grooming Parlors and Joe’s Pet Salon in the city and The Puppy Shop in Berwyn. So they do big business in selling these poor puppies.
I should have know better then to «go see» and do that to myself but for Unilocal I need a first person account not a hearsay to keep my review up. So in I went and I will not forget that horrific visit anytime soon. If you would like to know more about puppy mills here is an educational site for you:

I bought my puppy there. I love this place. The owner is really attentive. Also I go there at least every three weeks for the grooming and my dog loves it. :)

The owner is the worst!!! The place smells like diseases and most of the dogs look like they come from puppy mills. Their living situation is disgusting an they have absolutely NO room to live… NEVER GO THERE UNLESS YOUR ASKING FOR A SICK PUPPY!!!

This place should be shut down. They sell puppies like commodities to clueless patrons. I drive past them multiple times a week, since I live in the neighborhood, and every time I pass them I see all sorts of bright colored signage and balloons advertising «Puppy sale!» and then you see the puppies in the hot window stacked up like cans of beans in their kennels. It’s awful! If I ever saw a picket line over there I’d pull over and join them.
Before they were so major into selling dogs, and were more of a grooming parlor, I brought my dog there. When I picked her up and brought her home she stood over her water bowl and kept on drinking for about 10 minutes. She was only over there about 3 hours, but I guess they didn’t give her water? I called of course but the staff couldn’t give me a straight answer.

I am looking for a small puppy for my daughters 15^th birthday and they have huge variety. I wanted to take them all home but I will soon make my choice. The owners were very attentive and gave me back round info on the ones I was interested in. The place didn’t smell that bad from what I was reading on the reviews and I have been there on three different occasions to look at puppies. I also go there at least once a month to drop off old newspaper and donate old towels and blankets for the puppies. I will definitely go there to get our new member of our family.

Gov. Quinn signed into law an anti-​puppy mill bill which will require stores like this to disclose health problems and the names of the breeders on the cages of all animals. Failure to do so will result in massive fines.

They’ve increased their prices, added a puppy mill style store to the lobby, and the place smells like pee.

Where to start with this place.
First off– I used to bring my dogs here for grooming (big mistake!) once they let my poor male dog come home after having a haircut with his TESTICALS BLEEDING!!! They cut him while shaving him
and failed to let us know he was wounded.
That’s not the worst part. I used to work at a nearby vet clinic and EVERY single dog that was sold there came in with a health problem! Kennel cough, which later turned into pnemonia for a few dogs. (including a puppy that afriend of ours purchased) vomiting, diarrhea, and even worse– DISTEMPER and PARVO!!! Two of the most deadliest diseases in puppies. (look it up if you don’t believe me.) these people just purchase these poor puppies that are ALREADY unhealthy for a very small amount and that’s why they are sold to you so cheap. You’re given 3 days to have the dogs taken to a vet, and if a problem persists you have the option to have the pet treated there at the parlor (yeah ok so they’re certified DVM’s now?) or you can do an EXCHANGE! What kind of crap is that? This place is just a DUMP! Be prepared to purchase a very unhealthy pup, or have your own animal come back with wounds and/​or health issues.

I want to cry everytime I drive by here. I stopped in last month and I have heard it has been worse, but it’s a «pet store» ya know, named «Grooming Parlor». Aside from the fact that today there were about 4 – 5 puppies in a small space in the front window… isn’t it like 25 degrees F outside, why are the puppies in the window like that? NICE.
When I did walk in there and it wreaked of incense and floor cleaner — they must have just cleaned at 2pm on a weekday, so luckily the cages were pretty clean. The puppies are crowded though and I saw maybe 2 toys amongst the 15 or so puppies there. When I walked in, the three mexican people standing talking looked at me and kept talking. No one asked me anything — which was fine with me, but maybe not for others.
Who sells mutts for $ 150? They do. Cock-​a-​Everythings! I won’t even launch into my pet store soap box opera.
No Good
Nick

I love Animals and to walk into this place and see some of the conditions of these animals is sad.
My wife and I walked in just to see puppy’s and the smell was the first thing that hit us in the face, after that we saw some people looked so sick that i was concerned about the health conditions of the animals along with tiny cramped cages with 3 dogs in it.
I was just curious as to what happens to the dogs if no one buys them, it was a simple honest question, the man behind the counter exploded and started yelling how he is tired of people like me accusing him of puppy mills and that he has a license to do business to get out of his store, all the while i am just saying to him i was just asking a question i wasn’t asking about puppy mills or accusing you.
If you ask me, someone who explodes over something like that must be hiding something.
If you have the heart to save a animal that place is just as good as the Anti-​Cruelty Society, the dogs in this store need to be saved as well sadly to say.

Buyer Beware! We bought an adorable puppy herein March 2009. An adorable, sick puppy. This puppy has intestinal parasites and worms, including Giardia (very hard to get rid of, and very contagious). I have spent $ 300.00 at the vet in two weeks, and the puppy still has severe diarreha. They say they de-​worm their puppies, but I doubt it. I can’t even get the puppy his shots until Giardia is gone. I even caught this parasite. I wouldn’t leave my dog there for grooming, and I certainly would never purchase a puppy from this store (unless you have unlimited funds for a vet).

OK. So I need to get my cat’s nails clipped every couple of weeks. If I do it myself I am putting my life in my hands. So this place, with all it’s drawbacks… (MAN does it smell bad. They burn incense all over to hide it and I think it makes it worse, and they have a lot of puppies in small cages. I don’t think they are to code with how many puppies they have in cages. I couldn’t breath in there during the winter. It is not the cleanest place which makes me worry about fleas)… gets me in and out of there in 5 minutes every time. No appointment, just bring her in, get her clipped, ten bucks plus a dollar tip, done. She hates it so the faster it is the better. Very convenient. I just wish they would have proper ventilation and I think the place really needs to be gutted to get the smell out. I also wish someone from the city would inspect and make sure they are following code with their animals. A lot of those little guys didn’t look so good.