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| - My 5 month old bullmastiff puppy was in desperate need of a bath, and being that my husband was at work, I was on my own with getting him clean. Instead of wrestling with him in the bathtub at my home, I figured it would be easier to take him to a DIY place. I went to Wag 'n Wash and opted for the basic, which is around $13. This included; towels, brushes, shampoo & conditioner, an apron, and drying station.
I start the cleaning process by putting my dog in the tub. This was not an easy task being that the tub is 2 feet off of the ground, my puppy is 70 lbs. and I'm clearly not a weight lifter. Fortunately one of the staff members helped me get my puppy into the tub, it still wasn't easy, but we eventually got him in there. So I get him washed and clean, and then he needed to be dried. So I again, have the task of getting 70 lbs. of puppy out of the tub and into the dryer area (quite the struggle). I get him over to the dryer area and realize again, that I will have to lift him up another 2 feet so I can use the dryer. This time he's sopping wet, fortunately one of the staff members again helped me lift him up, but it was still a struggle as his was slipping, sliding, resisting and then resulted in being sopping wet myself. I then attempted to dry him while simultaneously trying to keep him from jumping off of the 2 foot platform, since the leash that was connected kept loosening due to my dogs weight. After a while, I just gave up and left him half dry as it was too much of a struggle.
I'm not sure if I would attempt to do this again, as I went here because I thought it would be easier than doing it at home by myself. It seems as if this place is not setup for large dog breeds, maybe if they added some step stools it would've been less of a challenge. The staff was very nice, but I came here as a convenience and it was actually more of a struggle. They do however have a very nice selection of dog toys. I purchased the pup a Vibram ball that seems to be holding up very well.
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