Pawsitive Groomers

I have taken my toy breed boy to quite possibly every groomer in Yolo County. They vary continually and it is difficult to maintain quality control. They either groom beautifully, but keep them six hours or they «accidentally «clip a puppy part when they shouldn’t have clipped at all or etcetera, etcetera, etcetera. I have seen it all. Now I am not a perfectionist with his grooming; but there are certain specs I require. A «puppy cut» all over is fine. When he was less than 4 – 5 years old I liked Dutch boy paws. Now I have learned to prefer his little paws carefully groomed to cut down on feet probs. I don’t care about a topknot– all the same length is fine. And the one thing I absolutely requested from this (or any) groomer is: DONT CUT HIS EARS. I have been trying forever to get his ears grown out. I comb and cut them myself between grooming just so the groomers won’t have trouble. WHEN I GOT MY BABY HOME SATURDAY HIS EARS LOOKED LIKE PRINCESS LAIA. PIGTAILS. He is mortified and won’t go outside till they grow out. (Well that part I made up). Lesson: if you have instructions, repeat them each visit. Also, and this happened at 2 different groomers, weekends are only for those who have no choice. The young groomers want to go out Saturday nite and so they go too fast and make mistakes. And they tend to overbook on weekends so your pet won’t get the personal attention it gets during the week. All that being said I have yet to find a groomer that CONSISTENTLY meets my meager requirements. This groomer is very nice, but repeat any instructions each time AND during the week they had him done very quickly — skip weekends if you don’t want your dog to stay there all day.

I took my two dogs there on Saturday. One a 16 pound Maltese one a 5 pound, 9 month old Morkie puppy. First time at a groomer however I had given him electric sheer haircuts and scissor trims prior. Advised would call within 2 hours for pick up!
At 3 hours I called them advised could not trim Morkies face because trying to bite groomer. When I picked up my trembling puppy he looked worse then when I took him in. He was clean and body trimmed but had two areas of matting on tail and chest he looked like a lion.
They asked if I had ever bathed him because he didn’t do well in bath. I told them he was bathed weekly. I said I couldn’t believe he was so scared and that they couldn’t trim head. They said «we could have if you wanted him hurt» what!!! Then paid 112.00 dollars for 2 dogs one of whom I had to take home and cut matting off of chest and tail and trim his face!
I will never ever take my dogs back. Both groomers in there were not friendly and literally rude when I questioned them!
One star is too much. Enter at your dogs risk

Unfortunately I will not be using Pawsitive Groomers anymore. The last couple of times my mini Aussie went in we weren’t thrilled with the cut, it was just a little sloppy. But we still came back because our little guy is sensitive and always seemed to fare pretty well here.
This last visit was not a good one. My husband picked up our guy and no one mentioned anything out of the ordinary. When they got home I noticed that pup’s eyes looked very tired. As I looked closer I saw that he actually had popped blood vessels in both of his eyes. Clearly he was extremely stressed at his appointment and maybe even had to be restrained. But no one called me during the appointment to talk about it and not one word when picked him up. When I called I spoke to someone (not the groomer, who had already left) and he mentioned that pup got sick in the drying cage and had to be rebathed. No one mentioned that either!
I understand sometimes dogs have bad days, but I would expect more communication. This was extreme and they just pretended nothing happened.

I drive all the way from Sac to Davis just for this place. Previous groomers leave all the hair on my dogs for me to «shake off» somewhere else, like the park, but it usually ends up in my car or home. When I got my two dogs, who shed a lot, there was no loose hair on them, a small miracle. They looked and smelled great. The groomers were professional and friendly.

I take my two poodles, one of which is very old and almost blind/​deaf. They are very good with the dogs and very good with people, which is unusual for a dog place. The scheduling is very convenient and they work timely. I’m very glad to have them in Davis!

OMG! I LOVE this place! I had never taken my chocolate lab to a groomer before, but recently got diagnosed with carpal tunnel and could no longer wash him myself. I have to say after taking my dog to Pawsitive Groomers I will never again wash my own dog, even when my wrists recover! They did SUCH a FANTASTIC JOB! Also, I was surprised at how affordable it was considering I just drop him off and pick him up– instead of spending time on the weekends to wash it myself. Not to mention I don’t have to clean my bathtub afterwards, which is such a hassle. Additionally, they really get all his under coat out, so I’ve spent less time sweeping up his extra hair in my house. But I think the biggest plus was the fact that he is COMPLETELY dry when I pick him up… I can never get him that dry and inevitably my house ends up smelling like wet dog for a day, YUK! Gruffy always comes home clean, dry, and happy, with a cute bandanna on to boot! I cannot say enough good things about them, I’ll be a customer for life!

I took my two long hair cats to Pawsitive. I love this company! The staff was very friendly. I had a appointment in 2 days.
My cats are hard to handle and when they were finished the cats were beautful! I really didn’t think with my cats they could do such a good job!
Thank you!
Savanna and Tinys mom

It took 2 weeks for an appointment to have my long haired cat shaved. When I called to make the appointment, I was told that it would take 1 hour to do the shave (without bath) so when I went today morning for the 8am appointment, I planned to wait there. This way, I would minimize the stress on my cat (who gets easily stressed and starts open mouth breathing) and would have to only miss about 30 min of work.
But when I went in, I was told that the groomer wouldn’t come in until 9 am. Why would they have appointments for 8am if they didn’t have anyone there to actually do the job???
I went in at 10am to pick up my cat after calling to see if she was ready, and was told that if I wanted to pay with my credit card, I would be charged an extra $ 2 on top of the $ 60 for the haircut. I feel like they could have let me know about the extra charge on the phone since I talked to them before picking my cat up.
In all, after Pawsitive Groomers, I missed 2 hours of work, paid $ 62, and took home a stressed cat :(
The haircut was also subpar — I’ve been to Petsmart in socal and they cut the hair much shorter & more evenly.