For Pets' Sake

Hope Delagrange

2024-04

Had a wonderful experience getting my two dogs groomed here. I am new to the area and called all around the DMV to find a new groomer, and For Pet’s Sake had the best prices and great looking photos. They got me in same-day and my two dogs look incredible. They were super friendly, did exactly what I asked for and my anxious pup seemed very comfortable with them. Will be coming back to them for every groom. Every dog that left looked great and seemed happy.

Laurel Conger

2023-09

We have been going to For Pets Sake for a long time. Always easy to make appointments within a few days. We love Luxe. My medium size dog, Buddha, is now 14! We trust that she will be taken care of and get a consistent hair cut every time!

Kennedy Horn

2024-04

The price was good. The service not so good. We dropped our dog off at 10am and could not pick her up until 4:30/5pm. To my knowledge she was not given any food or time outside during this long day. She was also just shaved. I could have shaved her at home. She had long beautiful berniedoodle hair and came home looking awful. I almost cried.

Dominika Pinkowski

2023-11

Excellent service, they did exactly what I requested, very easy to book, excellent communication with owner, they patiently listened to my requests and concerns. My pup was treated with great care. He lounged like a boss after his grooming 😁👍

Tony Jones

2024-02

Warning!!! Do not bring your animals here for grooming, Lee she will take your money and not bath your animals.and lie and she did, your animal will still have dander and dandruff and dirt. She will use a baby wipe like you don’t know your animal has not been bathed. I was suspicious about this for a long time until one day I came in and she had the nerve and audacity to do it in my face and think she was still supposed to get the full pay. their private contractors in there so it’s nobody to check them and make sure they do what they’re supposed to do very unprofessional setting. Lee does not have protective gloves when she’s dealing with animals she’s very unprofessional and unprepared animals are crying suspiciously I do not trust her any father than I can throw her, she has cut and damaged my animals on many occasions as well, and didn’t even tell me I had to confront her to get the truth, I will definitely be reporting them, so consider yourself warned before you bring your animals to this establishment. Also, they constantly change their prices 90 going north,Very Dishonest Place.

DeepStateX

2024-04

Went back to FPS after 8 years; our old groomers left and we didn’t like the vibe. Just went back about a year ago, seemed ok, but today they’ve lost our business again. No customer service skills whatsoever, no greeting, front desk personnel on the telephone, keeping paying customers waiting. Today we dropped our dogs off at 810am, called at noon for an update, was told things were busy, come at 3:15.In 20 years of leaving up to four dogs at the groomers in Arlington and Alexandria, have never had to wait 7 Hours. Never Going Back.All the public interacting staff have to learn the customer who is in front of you wanting to pay, takes priority over the potential customer asking questions over the phone. And always greet people coming in. Always.

sarah Tadiye

2022-05

My goldendoodle hair was matted.They did amazing job dematting and brushing the hair. The owner was so kind and professional.I'm very happy and satisfied.Excellent work and very professional. Definitely recommended. Thank you very much!

Ann Walling

2024-04

I have gone to For Pets Sake for all my dogs grooming needs for over 14 years. They are wonderful. They care about their furry customers. I wouldn’t go anywhere else.

Keri Romano

2022-05

I read the many rave reviews below so… maybe this was just a one time situation and unfortunately it happened to our little pup but feel the need to share our experience with others.We wanted to love For Pets Sake, but we will never be returning. This is our second visit, we brought him there for a quick walk in to clip nails/clear his ears - it was quick and easy we set up a grooming appointment right away. We are new to the area so felt like we found a win!I have not had the ability to call back over to the shop, they are closed until Tuesday but I will be calling to understand what happened to our Schnoodle while in their care. We wanted to give him the day on Saturday to relax and hoped he bounced back on Sunday - that has yet to happen. Our friendly, happy and very energetic 9 month old is now petrified, still visible signs of ‘uneasiness’ over 24 hours later. He’s been groomed before and NEVER acts anything like this. It is extremely sad and we feel ultimately responsible for bringing him to a place that must have mistreated him. We dropped him off around 8AM and he was ready to go home at 12PM. He was lethargic when we picked him up, was not excited to see me (that is NOT like him) — was he given some sort of sedative to calm him for his grooming? Since we’ve brought him home he doesn’t want to go near us, hiding from us staying in his crate and he’s been sleeping all day long. He is sitting like he was beaten. He’s a 9 month old puppy, with a lot of energy that in one 4 hour grooming session is destroyed. It’s been a really awful day trying to get him to just get up and play he’s so scared. As any pet owner who loves their dog and now feel responsible that we brought him to a place that really hurt our dog. I want to know what they did and I wouldn’t ever recommend this shop to another dog owner who cares about their animal.If only that was it and somehow it was a good output from the (also not cheap..$100 +tip) cut. It’s terrible and will take a long time to regrow/groom back to the Schnoodle standard. I specifically asked to trim his face down, while maintaining his beard & eye brows. They just took a buzzer to his whole face & body - I could have done that on my own. His ears are cut down so far he whimpers every time we touch them. Then he has little nicks throughout his body and by his eyes. And his eyelashes - they weren’t trimmed at all he looks like a VW Bug with the fake car lashes on the lights!It’s overall just a terrible and extremely sad experience - I’m hopeful it was just an off-day at For Pets Sake, and praying we don’t have residual effects on his next grooming experience *at another location.

Vanessa Andrade

2019-05

My mom's cat looks amazing!!! She got a full service; bath and a lion haircut😍. The staff is super friendly, and I saw the dogs there and they look very cute too. We will 100% go back! We found our groomer!

Kirin Emlet Furst

2021-05

BY FAR the worst cat grooming experience we've ever had. Over 12 years and many different groomers, she has never looked this terrible. We asked for a bath and sanitary trim (just the behind and long paw hair). She's a long hair Maine Coone and we like her that way. She came home with an extremely sloppy full body cut- uneven with scraggly long tufts at her knees, belly, and behind. Sadly they also nicked some whiskers. I doubt they gave her a bath—she has tons of visible dandruff and loose hair coming off and doesn't feel clean. She doesn't seem happy either, and has been sulking since she got home. She usually loves getting groomed and has a little pep in her step afterwards. What were they thinking?!! Feel so sorry for my baby :(

Sara Tesfay

2023-05

Really wanted to like this place but this isn’t the first time they’ve cut my puppy. First time was a cut on his private area and he was traumatized after that and wouldn’t let anyone near him. This time they’ve cut him so close to his eye which is just sad because this could’ve been worse and he could’ve lost vision. This is definitely the last time I will be visiting this place. Really unfortunate because I would rather support them than petsmart or Petco.

Adrian Burde

2023-10

There are not careful and hurt my dog. I was hoping that with some instructions they will do a better job but they have hurt him again. I will stop using this groomer.

Kate Scandura

2023-07

We took our Bernedoodle here for a grooming this past weekend and had a great experience. They were very communicative, and the groomer did a great job with a summer cut. No complaints!

Ana Rivas

2023-08

We visited this place for our poodle’s grooming, but the last two times we we’re a little disappointed, the first of these two occasions they shaved her toes and I specifically ask to just cut all over to trim but nothing else, the second time they shaved her so close that it took her five days to recover and had very little sleep the first three nights because she was so uncomfortable. Overall they didn’t keep my dog in a crate (that I know of, gosh I hope I’m right).

Mason Butler

2017-05

Can't follow directions! When the owners tells you to just clean up around his ears and neck, you don't shave the dog's whole body. In addition, they had him all day and I'm not sure he was let out. Han, who has been known to do Samoyeds, is no longer with them and when she said that, I should have hung up and kept searching for another groomer. Take your dog here at your own risk. I won't be returning. Owner offered to cut my $90 bill in half, but I just don't believe in that.

JEFFREY RILEY

2023-05

I would not recommend this place unfortunately. It takes a lot for me to complain but I was so unimpressed with the entire process. When I picked up my german shepherd, they had another dog off leash creating a stressful environment for my girl who already does not like going to the groomer. Then the most shocking part, they charged me $130 and did not even give her a bath and she was covered in hair. Thank goodness for the refund because we will never be going back.

Anne Shiraishi

2021-05

This is really more a 3.5 star review...want to give the benefit of the doubt to small businesses during this time. I have had my husky mix groomed here three times, majority of the time with great results that really helped her shedding. Always found making an appointment to be a smooth process with good availability. Staff are generally friendly and seem well organized.However, I noticed my dog was always crazy thirsty at pickup the first couple of visits. The last visit I asked specifically if they could provide her water while she waited (which shouldn’t really have to be asked for). Not only was she still crazy thirsty when my husband picked her up (about 4-5 hours between drop off and pick up) but her very high quality (ie not cheap), hard-to-destroy leash was chewed completely in two. That would mean she was left alone, stressed, and unsupervised for a very long time. She does not normally do this in other situations.It’s not a lot to ask for water and some care and supervision if your business model is drop off and open-ended pick up later in the day. If you don’t have the staff or capacity to care for dogs in between grooming, there should be more formal appointment times to avoid this. We got a very cheap replacement leash after my husband said he wouldn’t leave without a leash, without much apology.Just very disappointed, because it’s a business I was very happy to support during the pandemic.

Maddie Crouse

2023-05

I take my cat to get groomed once a year because he is long haired and gets mats. I just moved to Alexandria from about an hour away and my cat has never had any problems getting groomed (he is 7 years old). When I dropped him off they asked if I could please stay and help, without even seeing my cat. I didn’t even realize what they meant, as I’ve never been asked to help do the job. I left and 10 minutes later I get a call to come back to help. I rushed back to the groomer to find them trying to groom my cat on a table in the middle of a room with dogs running around. After their half hearted (10 minute) attempt to groom my cat they gave up.

GSB

2023-10

Great grooming option; Alan has taken care of my Springer for over 8 years. Highly recommend

Yossira Morales

2021-05

This is the second time I bring a Shih Tzu here and we both love it! Super friendly and welcoming. Luz and Hazel have done and amazing job!

Judy Shaffer

2022-05

I've used 3 different groomers here over the years and had great experiences with all of them. One of my dogs is challenging to groom and they've always been patient and accommodating, and I appreciate that extra effort. I've referred them to other dog- owning friends who all had positive reviews. The pricing is comparable to most grooming salons in the area and I think reasonable for the services. The two reasons I won't give a full 5 stars would be that 1) I've had multiple scheduling issues over the years where appointments are lost or on the wrong day, despite making them weeks in advance and 2) it bothers me that they groom cats up front, out in the open where ALL the incoming and outgoing dogs have to pass which clearly and not surprisingly stresses the cats. I'm happy they groom cats, but think the setup is unnecessarily and genuinely stressful. So overall I'd recommend them to even the pickiest DOG parent. If your cat has no issue with strange dogs you're good to go too.

Sharon

2023-05

I highly recommend this place especially if you have a standard poodle! They really know how to achieve a clean face and feet and styles. I also really appreciate how I was able to get same or next day appointments. Great staff and environment.

Jessica Gaudette-Reed

2022-05

Seriously. I have tried five other (even going into DC) area groomers, and I have been disappointed. I have worked with animals for most of my life, so don't expect miracles, but I do expect some level of professionalism and for my dog to have relatively the same length of hair on her right side as her left side... That said, For Pet's Sake did a tremendous job with my standard poodle. Really great, even clip, awesome environment that isn't crazy stressful for the dogs (I have never seen her just lay there and not even notice when I arrive. Who's dog is this?!), and really friendly staff. I will absolutely be booking again.

Kathleen Sindell

2023-05

Our dog dreaded going to the groomer. We now go to For Pet's Sake and our dog loves getting groomed. He looks terrific and truly enjoys all the compliments about his stylishly groomed black, long hair coat. For Pet's Sake is the best!

Brian

2023-05

Frank (my doodle) and I are very happy! Lee does a great job. They don't have an uppity attitude like some of the other places around here. The place is clean, calm (for a groomer's shop), they're friendly and accommodating. Thanks!

Michael Cinzano

2022-05

My wife and I have 2 domestic long hair cats who are not aggressive by any standard. They're pretty docile but definitely get a little scared when they're around new people. This place did a great job getting our cats groomed! That's cats didn't appear to be traumatized or anything after I picked them up and they seem to be enjoying their new haircuts. They were also able to do an anal gland expression on one of our cats which definitely helps. I'll likely use their services again!

Nathan Agent

2022-05

A little pricey, at $95, plus tip, for the full dog treatment (bath, trim, defur, nails, and more). But the absolute best for your pet in the beltway. The groomers are extremely talented and caring. Plus, it's a small, local business. Definitely worth the price.I was going to big petstores before and it wasn't much cheaper, but you could tell they didn't care and they usually charged for services they didn't actually do.

Kevin Turner

2022-05

The staff at this pet groomer are extremely friendly and professional!Staff members Lee assisted us with clipping our car's nails and she did quickly and professionally!Additionally the front desk lady was also very helpful and friendly!My wife and I planning to take our little cat back here on a monthly basis.

jeff rai

2023-07

Look for hazel, she always does great work with my standard poodle .