K-9 Korner

Took my cat here, as I have done for the last several years, to get groomed. His hair gets matted, so about 2x a year, he needs to be shaved. Never had a problem except for the price which is about $ 75.00.
This time, however, things were different. I dropped him off, as usual, but when I picked him up, I was told they had a difficult time with him, that he was screaming and trying to pull away, and they weren’t able to finish trimming his tail. His coat was a little uneven, and whiskers were trimmed on one side.
This is a very docile, friendly, lap-​sitting cat, who doesn’t even meow except when it’s dinner time, so when they said he was just the opposite, I was surprised.
When I got him home, he was noticeably upset, pacing and keeping to himself. He kept licking himself, and I noticed lots of abrasions, especially on his abdomen. It’s been well over a month now since his haircut, and he still isn’t back to his normal self. I see some improvements, and hope it continues. Of course I’m looking for a new groomer.

I brought 2 small poodles to Paul Price for training. I found some of his methods, as previously stated by another reviewer, to be harsh and offensive. He pushed my 7lb. poodle for 45 minutes with questionable methods in a slave driving fashion. He caused my dog to cry out in pain on at least 3 occasions until I told him to use another method from his «bag of tricks». When asked if Paul ever worked with children, he admitted both not having nor liking them! You can infer from that what you will. As an aside, I found Paul to be arrogant, obnoxious and perpetually late as though my time was if no value. One star was extremely generous and given because his staff is always polite and kind.

Training classes were good, but very harsh on our dog through the use of prong collar. Follow up phone calls were never returned by the trainers.