Dog In Suds Grooming

I first visited this salon about 8 years ago. I rescued a very matted shelter dog in desperate need of shaving. I could not get an appointment with the other grooming salons that I have patronized for years. I called her shop after looking for a neighborhood groomer, explained my need. She was getting ready to close up but with such sincere understanding of my urgency she told me to come right over. We came and Melanie, did her magic and my little matted new family member looked beautiful. We continued to utilize her services until one of my babies passed away.
We went to another foofy groomer, who did good work but didn’t quite share the same sincerity as Melanie. We found her new location and our girls Libby and Sandi get their pampering there with Melanie and her team. Great neighborhood hospitality, quality and professional services.

Our cavapoo, Oliver, goes to Dogs In Suds Grooming and we are quite pleased. He gets a summer cut and they do a great job, no lines in his fur, and his ears are done just right since they have a tendency to mat quite quickly.
The price is very reasonable for a wash, cut, claws, and gland purge. We usually walk-​in (no appointment) and we’ll usually get about a 3 or 4 hour time frame to pick him up; we plan accordingly.
He’s ALWAYS done when we get there and considering we don’t make appointments, and they are always very busy on a Saturday, that’s pretty good to give me a time and my dog is ready at that time – no waiting. I think we pay $ 40 for the works, plus a $ 5 tip; for an every other month summer cut, that is more than cost efficient for me!
Check them out! They’ve been in business for over twenty years, from mother to daughter, so still family owned, and if you’re in business for that long, you have got to be doing something right!

Yes Yes Yes, Mel is the greatest in the grooming. We love her work, she does very nice work and loves animals with all her heart. We travel a distance to bring our dog there, but its worth it. We can trust our dog will be in the best of hands and look great when we pick her up. Thanks Mel

I thought I’d try this place out to see if it was any better than the normal place we go to. They charged $ 70, while the other place charged $ 55. He’s a shedding Husky so I expected it to be around $ 60 but $ 15 more then the other place seemed a bit high.
We brought him in on a Saturday and they said it might be 4 hours!?! Seems like a really long time. It ended up taking almost the whole 4 hours. He came back looking great! They did a fantastic job trimming him and his fur looked fluffy and clean. A little later, I was petting him and a ton of fur came off. (See picture) Now, I know they can’t get every single piece of fur off — but this was a significant amount of fur after just petting him for a few minutes.
He did have to pee, poop and drink tons of water immediately upon returning home so I’m not sure they took him out to do his duty, which kind of bothered me but he still arrived home happy.
We may try a few more places in the area to see if we can get a better price but we were happy with how clean he was — just wish they spent a little more time getting the fur off of him, especially considering the steep prices.

LOVE Melanie. She is fantastic with my crazy pups. This new location is super convenient, I can walk there :)