The Bathing Dog

I am very happy that I found this place. i got notice that my regular groomer was raising their prices so I decided to check out Unilocal.Mr. Chu is pleasant and did exactly what I wanted. Also I called today and got my maltese in right away. His prices are very reasonable and he did not want to take a tip. I highly recommend this place.

WTF!!! Cut my dog’s ear!!!

the hair cutter loves the dog very much. He was so patient and nice to my doggy. He showed the care of a pet lover! Also his hair cut skill is very good!

I usually only like to bash bad service on Unilocal,but this guy is amazing. My dog is scared of everybody! But she was calm and comfortable here. She loves the beautiful hair-​do that she got and she is relaxed and happy. Thank you for a great service and very reasonable price! We will be back… Do you wash kids too?

DO NOT COME HERE. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
Honestly, i HATE writing bad reviews. especially in regards to grooming. But I seriously can’t take it anymore. I feel like if I don’t speak up from my personal experience, it’s only going to harm others.
The price was $ 50 flat for my long-​hair chihuahua.
The old man is Chinese so I spoke to him precisely in chinese, how i would like my dog to be groomed.
When he called me within 3 hours since I left my dog there, I came back. noticing that MY DOG’S ENTIRE BACK WAS SHAVED OFF. LIKE WTF ARE YOU KIDDING ME???
He shaved the entire back. but left the head unshaved (thank god)… but still. I was completely mortified.
This man TALKS SO MUCH bullshit about how he can do a good job and that «my dog deserves to be beautiful» and that he’ll take good care of everything.
… & worst thing is. that wasn’t even the worst part!!! He gave me a pathetic excuse that my dog moved her head outta nowhere and he ZIPPED off part of HER EAR!!! wtf. WTF. WTFFFF!!!
he apologized & said he put some medicine on her ear to stop the bleeding (some black shit), but that didnt even do justice. He didn’t even give me a discount or anything for the damage that he put on my poor dog. and… THAT WASNT EVEN THE WORST PART EITHER!!!
When I got home. I noticed my poor dog kept licking herself on the thigh. & then I looked at what happened… THAT ASSHOLE CUT MY DOG’S THIGH AS WELL. I don’t even know if he knew that it was cut. but my poor dog looked so depressed. I also checked her nipples. 4 OF THEM WERE SWOLLEN. I think he also hurt her nipples in the process of shaving off her hair.
I still love my dog. I take good care of her and put neosporin on her wound everyday for a good recovery. BUT SERIOUSLY. I paid a total of $ 55 for a shaved and WOUNDED sad dog. I was speechless, literally in tears.
If you really want the same experience as me. go ahead. make that appointment.
It hurts even more to know I paid for BULLSHIT. My dog isn’t even big!!! She’s a small little dog that is very gentle. I feel so stupid. letting an old UNEXPERIENCED man treat my dog like that. NEVER AGAIN.

So far I’ve taken my poodle/​yorkie puppy here twice and both times I was happy with the results. If you can communicate with Mr. Chu in Chinese you will be able to get the hair cut you want for your puppy. Otherwise you may end up quite disappointed… see the other reviews.

DO NOT BRING YOUR DOG HERE!!!
My boyfriend had the day off and decided to bring our 95lb golden retriever to The Bathing Dog to get groomed. Huge mistake.
I came home that night to my beautiful golden completely shaved other than his head and tail. I was horrified.
I think the before and after picture that I posted really says it all.
When I called the next day to, hmmm — express my feelings — no one spoke English.
It is a complete nightmare — I think my dog is even embarrassed.
I’m so mad and the only thing that I can do is leave a bitter Unilocal review. Hopefully this will save some other lovely dog from the shame.

It’s rare for me to get a day off during the weekday. i finally got a thursday off and decided to run my errands and take my chihuahua mix Dookie for a bath.
I usually go to petsmart or petco but they were booked and have no wiggle room for me. Unilocaled a placed and found this place! I called him around 1pm and we was able to take me as soon as 2pm. Couldn’t find the place initially since it was tucked away, but i found it right next to the barber shop. The place looked kind of sketch, and very small, but don’t judge a book by it’s cover.
I told him I just need him to be bathed, with his paws trims, and his fur brushed.
He did more than that. He cleaned his ears, trimmed the fur near his privates.(If people are curious he received the Brazilian cut. haha) and cleaned his anal glands.
He was very nice and very accommodating. Took around 30 minutes and when i got there, Dookie was already at the door waiting for me. If he was happy, I’m happy!
For those who are lazy to read:
Bath, Ears cleaned, anal glands cleaned, paws trimmed, underbody trimmed, and brushed for $ 30 not including tip. Price may vary. I chopped it up with him in chinese and maybe it bought me a cheaper quote.
I highly recommend him, and i think i’ll be a regular here.

I chose to come here today to get my yorkie groomed because this place is really close to home. I gave Mr. Chiu (I think thats his name) a call and asked him if I was able to take my dog in the same day. Luckily I was able to, but he told me I had to come quick because he’s closing the shop early today. Yay I was soo happy because I thought it would be impossible to find someone to groom on the same day. So we rushed over here to get my dog groomed. When I first walked in, I have to admit I didnt really like the interior of the shop and was kinda worried when I left my dog alone. However, I took the chance anyway. One hour and a half later my baby was all finished! Looking cute as always :) and smelling nice! Before the groom, my dog stunk really bad, I think it was his ears that made him stinky. When I picked up my dog, Mr. C told me that his ears are extremelyyyyyy dirty so he gave me some tips on how to clean them. I am so glad he cleaned them for me otherwise I would have to suffer with my dog’s stinky ears.
I plan on coming back in the future, and hopefully this time I will definitely call in advance!

I was extremely upset and angry with this pet groomer when I took my dog to him a few months ago. Seeing the good reviews about this place, I thought I should give it a try since it was closer to me than other groomers. I told the groomer how I wanted my dog’s haircut to be, specifically saying not to cut his tail and to leave one inch of his hair throughout. I even made sure to repeat it before I left to make sure he understood; however, when I returned to pick him up, I was horrified to see that the haircut turned out to be anything but what I specified.
The hair around my dog’s neck was kept long, while the hair on the rest of his body from that point on was shaved off. His beautiful tail was cut and it now looks extremely choppy. When I inquired about it, the groomer stated that pomeranians are supposed to look like that. This is odd because all of the other groomers I’ve brought my dog to never cut his hair like the way this groomer did. The whole haircut just looks terrible aesthetically, and you can even describe it as gross when you look at his behind. He didn’t even bother to listen to what I had to say – he kept rambling on about his «21 years of experience» and blamed it on how tangled my dog’s hair was instead.
The groomer did not seem to genuinely like or care about dogs either. He wasn’t as gentle as some other groomers that I’ve been to. He was a bit rough and dragged my dog to the back room as I was walking out. I should have taken that as a sign and left with my dog at that moment :(
I do not recommend this groomer, but if you would like your dog to be shaved down, then this may be the place.

Came here again today with my dog. This time, my dog’s skin allergies were much worse. Mr. Chu spent a lot of time gently trimming his hair as not to irritate him. He also recommended that I take him to a vet soon to get his skin looked at. I’ll be going first thing in the morning!
When it was time to pay, I only had a $ 100 bill. Mr. Chu didn’t have any change and told me to pay him the next time I was in the area. I thought that was very nice. But since I live nearby, I went straight home to get smaller bills. I tipped him a bit more since he took such care of my dog and he even said it was too much! haha… but I insisted that he keep it.

They do not take large dogs. Strange for a dog groomer. I could have given this place regular business since it is near my house.
P. S. My dog is 85lbs which is not exactly giant as some large dogs go.

I know some people didn’t like this place so I was a little skeptical after reading the reviews. But after talking to Mr. Chu over the phone and finally meeting him in person, I really like him.
My friend helped me drop my 6Lb Maltese off. Mr. Chu gave him a quote and when I picked up my dog, I paid what he had quoted. My dog looked really fluffy, neat and cute.
For those who are not use to the Asian culture, you may not understand this. For an Asian to comment on something, especially something negative, it means they care. The moment I walked in to pick up my dog, Mr. Chu immediately said that I didn’t know how to groom my dog because my dog could’ve been even more beautiful. I told him I agree. He complaint that my dog had a lot of ear wax and mild ear infection because I didn’t clean it. No groomer have ever said that to me and I knew Maltese can easily get ear infection. Therefore I knew Mr. Chu took the time to clean her ears. I didn’t tell him that my dog is already 14 yrs ago but he figured she had to be 10+ so he was really gentle with her.
As for the facility, it’s not like any fancy grooming store you would expect. It almost look like a Chinese bathhouse. Meaning, the moment you walk in, it’s just an open area, then there’s a shower stall like area inside the store. It did look kind of … empty. But that’s ok, as long as he’s good with my dog and he does a good job, that’s all that matters to me.
When I picked up my dog, she was shivering at all. In fact, she was hanging out with Mr. Chu prior to my arrival.
I don’t know what Mr. Chu sounds like in English but when speaking Chinese with him, he is definitely a very wonderful man. Pricing is very reasonable.

My Pomeranian mix doesn’t like strangers very much. He was so scared when I dropped him off, so I was worried that his fidgeting would make it difficult for Mr. Chu to cut his hair straight. 3 hours later, Mr. Chu’s son called me to pick up my chubby pup, and he looks AMAZING! He’s clean, his nails are trimmed, his tear stains are all removed, and he’s a adorable. (see picture)
My Cantonese isn’t the best, so I only spoke English to Mr. Chu. I brought a picture of what I wanted, and Mr. Chu got it as close as possible with a few minor changes to better suit my dog’s shape and features. I guess a picture really is worth a thousand words.
The only things that I have to gripe about is the small rusty cage my pup had to sit in while he waited for his haircut. I don’t think this was for very long though.
Bath and haircut — $ 55, Tip $ 5, Handsome dog — priceless.
Thank you, Mr. Chu.

I brought me 8ish pound long haired Chihuahua here the other day. Two hours and $ 45 later he came out even cuter than he was before. I showed Mr. Chiu a pic and a video of my dog’s previous haircut and he suggested I leave a little more hair around his face. I guess I didn’t emphasize enough that I didn’t want all that extra hair around his face, like a lion’s mane, because he did it anyways. But I’m giving him a 4 star review because I would totally take my little guy back here again but be more clear about what kind of cut I was looking for. Mr. Chiu seems to be a very nice gentle guy.
I don’t know if it’s cash only. I tried looking for info in the other reviews but didn’t find the answer. So I paid cash anyways.

Came here for the first time today after reading all the great Unilocal reviews.
The owner, Mr. Chiu called me around 1:30 and told me I can come in earlier instead of waiting for my appointment time; which was 2:30. I happily agreed and thank him for letting me know.
I got there and it was totally empty. I like the fact that Mr. Chiu makes appointment one dog at a time with gaps in between. That way, all his attention is on one dog only. We chatted and I have to say, he’s a really nice fellow! He took a look at my dog and he agreed with me that it’s going to be a lot of work since my dog’s fur was all patched up.
He told me to come back in 2 hours and when I came back, he was not done. He needed an additional 10 mins. I didn’t mind at all since he was taking time to make sure my dog looks good. I wish I could give him 5 stars but he was kinda ruff with my dog’s ear to the point where my dog was squealing.
The price was $ 50 instead of $ 45 since my dog’s fur was a lot of work. I gave him $ 60 but he gave me back $ 5 for change… too bad I didnt check the change. I ended up giving him an additional $ 8 for tips. I guess he took the $ 5 from me without letting me know. But either way, I guess I’m fine with it since he did a really nice job with my dog :)

My Brother in Law suggested me to take my puppy for his 2^nd grooming experience at The Bathing Dog.
Even though it’s $ 10 more than what I paid from another location in Millbrae, I was hoping to try another place to see if they can trim and cut my pup’s toy poodle’s fur elsewhere too. To my surprised, Mr. Chiu did a good job. He said my pup had a lot of knot/​matte hair and he had to comb it out before using the scissor to cut his fur. (he said he doesn’t use the razor on this breed). In the end, Latte has a good /​clean haircut. And he’s sooo cute and I can see his eyes now. Great parking area since it’s so close to the resident area that I don’t have to worry about feeding the meter.
Overall, I am very satisfied with Mr. Chiu’s work and patience since my puppy is a bit jumpy when he sees a pair of scissor in front of him. My husband said he now looks like a doll Monchichi.

So let me start by saying this is my first review on Unilocal and I’m pretty stoked about this place, which is why I decided to write the review!
I moved to SF in Jan with my precious Yorkie pup and I was really concerned about getting her groomed… not so much about whether or not the groomer was going to do the job well, but because they are all so damn expensive compared to what I’m used to back home, I didn’t want to spend $ 60 on a bad bath and cut for princess. She always gets the supreme couture cut, and I wanted to keep it that way.
So I’ve spent the last 4 months Unilocaling different groomers in the area, getting price quotes and availability and all that, and it was looking like I was going to spend $ 60-​$ 70 on a cut for Lucy, which was upsetting, but bearable. I mostly didn’t like the idea of leaving her at a groomers’ for the day and picking her up to see I wasn’t satisfied…
So when I finally got tired of the knots and filth of her ungroomed coat, I Unilocaled one last time on Monday and found this place. So I called Mr. Chu on Tues and asked if I could bring Lucy in Thurs for a cut. He said I was to bring her Weds afternoon. Ok, I can do that. So I brought her in Weds around 4:30 and explained that I wanted a Schnauzer cut. I love getting her cut like that so you can see the many colors in her fur, and its so cute to cut her with a skirt! I asked for the Yorkie face cut, but he apparently didn’t understand.
Why 5 stars? Well, he was really excited and friendly, which I always like. He had another dog he was grooming and I watched his interaction with the puppy and it was precious. He told me to come back in a couple hours and I just asked to hang out in the waiting room (I had my laptop and wanted to get work done, it worked out perfectly). So around 6:15 his next client shows up and he calls me in and Lucy is finished! She looks sooooooo cute! I’ve been getting her groomed regularly since she was 7 weeks (she’s 2yrs now) and she has never looked so precious in her life!
Obviously the language issue isnt actually an issue, and aside from that, $ 40! Yes, princess looks stunning for a whole $ 40. I am thrilled and forever a customer of The Bathing Dog. I couldn’t be happier, and neither could Lucy. I swear she was strutting like the hot shit she knows she is after leaving that place! She is thrilled and everyone who’s seen her since the cut agrees that she is the cutest dog in the whole city.
The Bathing Dog was a fantastic find, and saved me a lot of money on a whim of needing a classy puppy. I am stoked, and recommend everyone with an obsession for a perfectly groomed little pocket dog check out Mr. Chu!

We have been taking our Maltese to this groomer for many times. The Chinese owner is a very nice and friendly guy. He has 10 years+ of experience as a dog groomer in a foreign country (Hong Kong). He has been doing a great job on our doggie and we LOVE it! Highly recommended for small dogs.
The price is very reasonable ($ 45+) and I dont’ think there is any where else in S.F. will beat that.
We would suggest to call for an appointment.

We took our part-​time Pomeranian to be groomed here and the kind gentleman who performs the service did a great job. I think they can probably only accommodate small dogs, and I have no idea what the hours are or the usual rates for services because we don’t speak the same language… lots of gesturing is needed to communicate.
We live very close to The Bathing Dog so I am always peeking in to say hi and see what cute little dogs they’re working on. It’s fun having them nearby!