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Clip Joint
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Category: Pet Groomers [Edit]
Neighborhoods: North Cambridge, East Arlington108 Massachusetts Ave
Arlington, MA 02474
(781) 646-8485
7 reviews for Clip Joint
I took my two Corgis on a Wednesday and was fairly satisfied with the service. They received a good bath and brush out. My only complaint was that when I came to pick them up, there was hair all over my dogs--but I'll assume some of the blame since my dogs shed 24/7/365. My only other gripe is that they didn't trim the tufts of hair between my dogs' toes, but I think if I'd just specified this, they would have attended to that detail as well.
The groomers are very friendly and professional. My dogs were ready when promised and she only charged me $25 for each Corgi--a steal, really, given the work that she had to put into them!
I'd definitely recommend going during the week; there were only a few other dogs there.
So, my parents used to take my little sister's Ragdoll (a longhair breed with a soft and silky coat) cat to be groomed here about once a year.
He didn't usually need much, mainly because my sister was pretty good about regularly brushing him out and typically he never really matted. At the most the grooming was mainly just for the bath and the sanitary clip to avoid poop dreads/dingleberries/whatever you wanna call them.
So they dropped him off, same instructions as always (bath, brush, sanitary clip) and leave.
Few hours later they come to pick up Artemis and he is COMPLETELY SHAVED INTO A LION CUT.
SHAVED DOWN TO THE SKIN. EXCEPT FOR HIS HEAD, FEET, AND TIP OF THE TAIL. Lion cut. Ridiculous looking.
Needless to say, we weren't happy. At all. When we asked how this happened the only excuse they could offer up was "Oh we confused his grooming instruction paper with a poodle's" or something like that.
Are you kidding me? At least have the decency to not make up some bogus excuse.
Artemis hid for about two months. His coat never grew back the same because typically when you shave long haired breeds like that it damages the coat and it is never really grows back the same. Whenever he sees a brush he hides, he won't let anybody near him. His coat mats super easily. Now we have a cat that needs to be sedated to be groomed. It sucks.
We take our two pugs to get their nails clipped here and she is so amazing with them. One of our pugs goes kind of crazy and she is really patient and never hurts them. And only $20 to get both of them done! Great value and great service!
I have a standard poodle who gets groomed here, and we have had very good experiences. I haven't encountered any of the problems that other reviewers have mentioned (overcrowding, filthiness), and the women who run the place are incredibly friendly. My dog gets a great haircut for a reasonable price.
First the positive: The people that own this place are nice as can be.
Now down to the nitty-gritty:
1. The place is just filthy. Dog hair everywhere, plants are covered with it, floor is covered with it. I've seen the grooming room where my dog gets groomed and, although at the end of the day there is quite a bit of hair on the floor, you can tell the place is cleaned on a daily basis. This place looks like is hasn't been cleaned in about a year. How clean could the animals be after leaving???
2. I had my pup's eyes trimmed here. She used the pointed scissors around her eyes! Um, hello? One squirm and my dog could lose an eye. This did not excite me. Use the rounded, blunted scissors. And clean!
3. The crates that they put the dogs in to dry or wait or whatever are just your average plastic crates that you buy from the pet-store. The type you put *your* dog in, with the crate on the floor. Safely. You do *not* stack these! They could easily topple off the bottom crate should the dog in the top crate move.
4. My neighbors used to take their dog to get groomed and he was a very cute dog, no thanks to his hair-cut. Below average.
5. You would think, since they don't spend money on equipment or cleaning, that the prices would be really cheap. Not so! Very average.
6. This place was so close to me and I couldn't ever see myself having my dog groomed there, no matter how convenient it would have been time-wise. I was *that* unimpressed.
I hope that these reviews are not only helpful to the people considering the place but to the owners as well. They are really nice and it would be nice to see them improve things and earn some more business.
I've had my dog groomed here a bunch of times and they usually do a good job. I have found the last few times, however, that they seem to have sooo many dogs in there at once that the quality of my dog's cut is not so hot. I think they're just scrambling to take as many customers as possible, but end up have to rush through their time with each dog. Could also be the case that I've taken mine there on Saturdays, when they tend to be busier - so perhaps if you can take your dog in during the week s/he would get more & better attention :)
Char-chi gets her manicures here. In English this means that my cat Charlotte gets her claws clipped here. They do a great job even though she is feisty and it takes two of them to do the job sometimes. Even when two of them have to hold her down, they are gentle and sweet with her. They have the skills to do the job and keep all four eyes intact which earns my respect. That said, I would like to see a pet grooming place that is sparkling clean and antiseptic looking. But I digress. They do a great job on my cat's nails and take her as a walk in and everyone keeps their eyes and everyone is happy. I have dog-owning friends who swear by this place.
