Distinctive Dogs Academy

This was my second visit but let me say my first visit was well. I took my maltese/​shiba inu 7 month old puppy in for a cut and wash. When i got there the lady hands me my dog and i had to remind her she was missing her collar. As she gets it i notice they did a HORRIBLE job on cutting my dog. There were long patches and short patches EVERYWHERE! I cant believe they would even give me my dog looking like this. I asked the lady why there were patches and she replies, «it because she has thick hair and thin hair in places.» Im not a brain surgeon but looking at her hair i can clearly see its cut short because they cut it short and its long in some areas because its not cut at all. They were also suppose to trim the face but you can see long hairs everywhere. just uneven by alot all over.
I then ask the lady if she can go over it again and if it would have been easier to use clippers cause they said they use scissors. She replies that clippers would make it look uneven… so why do they sell clippers on the shelves i wonder to myself… S
So she takes the dog back and after a few minutes i pop my head around the corner to see whats going on and there is the lady using clippers after she just told me it would make it uneven… hmmm… She then see me and feels obligated to explain why she is using them now. I then hear her tell the other girl she has no idea why she didnt think of this in the first place. hmmm… So she gets done, hands me my dog who hair is still uneven…(her headhair and her body hair being different lengths even though they are not suppose to be) So i can see they have no clue on what they are doing so i pay and walk out. I then realized to myself that they just cut her hair again so there are now hair pieces all over my shirt and all over my car from the ride home. So in all i paid for a cut and a wash and got back and very apparent uneven dog who really needed a wash again because of the cut hair all over her from her touch up. Back to square one of having a dog that needs a bath and a hair cut.

Zoe and Blizzard desperately needed a bath because 1) I am guilty as charged of being that overly busy owner who kinda sorta pushed her dogs’ grooming on the back burner and 2) the two crazy furballs decided that rolling around in dust, sand and dirt is über fun and entertaining.
I got a deal on daily deals through the Review Journal and decided, what the heck. PetSmart’s cool and all, but it’s always good to try something new. So, I got the deal and brought them in.
They are a dog grooming school, so you can’t really expect the best of the best, but the task at hand is pretty easy considering that they’re corgis and don’t need to be cut. Wash them furbabies, and you good to go! I did ask for a furminator service to remove as much shedding as possible. They didn’t do the best job on that, but I have to give them credit since the two dogs are shedding like crazy. It’s impossible to get rid of it all.
They are very friendly and even put a cute bandana on the two doggies. I wasnt blown away (I mean cmon now– it’s basic dog grooming– not much to be impressed about), but I’d go there again.

I used to really like these guys. The owner (I believe), Dr. Cindie Law is one of the sweetest people out there. They were always very nice and knowledgeable and caring, and their prices were decent, especially considering the groomers are all students, so I expect them to be less than a professional grooming facility. My dogs never looked the way I expected them to though, although they were always clean and happy (and that’s the important part, really.) They used to be $ 25 for a full groom, so after a $ 10 tip for each dog, $ 70 a month for my dogs’ grooms seemed reasonable.
But then they got this new woman, I don’t know if she’s a student of employee, but she was RUDE and incredibly condescending toward my dogs… and toward me. If you go there and you see a blonde with star tattoos, don’t walk, RUN! That woman is the last person who has the personality or temperment to work with animals. I ended up complaining about her after two seperate incidences with her.
The last straw was when I referred yet another friend to them and called for pricing because her dog is much bigger than mine. I was told the same price that I’d been paying for my two. Well, after they were done and it came time to pay, I found out my friend’s dog just got a bath, and my two (who got a full groom) cost $ 15 more each. It would have been nice if they’d told me before, especially considering I’d been going there for every month for years and referred several of their clients to them.
I now take my guys to Just Like Home Doggie Hotel and Grooming… and they are BEYOND fabulous!

I have been taking my dogs there for years. They are so sweet and caring. The school specifically tells you that these are groomers in training and if youwant a professional its by appointment only and it is a lot more. Everyone has to learn there job as a beginner so you have to be patient. They have always been great and affordable.

What an awful place!!! I brought my Pomeranian for a hair cut and told them specifically to trim a little; when I picked up my dog, what a disaster! They shaved him down to the skin but did not touch the hair around his head, nor the tail. Whoever cuts his hair definitely has no idea how to do it. They should have told me if they don’t know how to cut a Pomeranian. When I saw my dog, I was speechless and I will never recommend anyone to bring their dogs for this torture!