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| - This was our first visit to Margo's... My min-pin is a rescue who has been abused, and is wary of strangers... Margo was very good with him and he immediately took to her!
The facility is very clean, well laid out and has an open floor plan; they don't kennel or isolate the dogs before, between or after grooming, unless they are dogs that "don't play well with others", in which case they're either kept separate by size or temperament. They aren't stacked in cages or portable kennels that you worry aren't cleaned very often, like the last groomer I visited, or kept tied to tables while they try to escape, barking and crying the whole time they're groomed, until they drag you bodily out of the local PetsMart, or other "big-box pet store, where the turnover is so high, your dog won't readily go in the front door! (I've had 80 pound labs go into a vet easier than getting my 11-lb min pin into PetsMart's groomers; he plants all four feet on the plastic mat just inside their door, posing just like a poisonous dart frog, then tenses his body... Making me look like one of the stupidest humans alive when I don't notice! I keep walking and get violently jerked backwards by one arm and almost off my feet, all by a tiny little, flattened out dog!!!) anyway, he thought about splitting from Margo's, but actually went willingly into Margo's arms, and for the first time in six YEARS, did not bark or cry when I left! Remarkable!!!!!
Three hours later, after a full grooming, I received a first visit discount, while she explained what went well and what was tougher (she had to Dremel his nails personally; he wouldn't let the other gal do it... Idk if that was before or after his bath and attempt at blow drying... I forgot to tell them not to even try drying him, he hates vacuums, too, lol) so I wasn't charged for air-drying, which turns him into a puffball for 2 days, but he's clean, so who cares?
And the best part? She costs just slightly over half the price I've spent at other places... Even if it were $10 more, I'd gladly pay for all that's included, as she reported he just ran around and played for 2 hours, while he dried! He came home in a bandanna, but it fell off while we played... All in all?
Nice place, great experience for both me and my picky dog, and a more-than-reasonable price. A+!
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