New service alert! Shampooches is now offering After Hours One-on-One Grooming!
Available Appointments This Week! Please Note, We Are CLOSED Saturday 7/19!
Quality Pet Care Open since 1993
WE REQUIRE ALL DOGS TO BE UP TO DATE ON VACCINES - Bordetella, Rabies, Distemper, and Parvo
🐾 We recommend to pre book your pet’s appointments in advance! Call us to be added to our cancelation list for a sooner appointment! Depending on the schedule, we can do same day baths! We also offer walk-in services for Nails, Face Trimming, and More!🐾
VOTED "The Best East Bay Winner 2021". For nearly 30 years, we have been serving the pets and families of our local area. We love caring and connecting with animals and creating everlasting relationships. We provide care for your fur baby as if they were our own, and ensure that they receive the highest quality care while you're away.
Reliable and Trustworthy Caretakers
When you live a busy life, it is hard to consistently provide the attention and care that your pets can demand. With years of satisfied owners and loved pets, you can rely on us to care for your pets when you're away.
Satisfaction Guaranteed
We are always prepared for any pet's needs and ensure that your pet will receive the best care and love. Their happiness and care is our priority and we strive to provide a service we would want our own pets to receive.
Let Shampooches Groom Your Pet to Perfection
Grooming Time Frame
A full groom could take 4 to 6 hours or sometimes even longer. Just because your pet is at the groomer for a while does not mean he or she is sitting in a cage for hours until the groomer starts.
Here are some reasons why the groom time is longer than some expect:
• Grooms include wash,blow dry, coat brushing, hair cut, ear cleaning and nail trimming. Breaks are usually given to the pet in between these steps. The groomer may alternate between multiple dogs in one time period.
• Most fur types take a long time to be properly dry and some can take 1 hour or more. Dogs with an undercoat need particular attention and can sometimes take 2+ hours to be completely dry.
• Grooming can be dangerous requiring that the groomer work slowly and deliberately for the safety of all involved.
• Dogs often don't know how to sit or stand still. Some wiggle around a lot. It's not their fault. It's just a fact.
• Acclimating a young dog to the grooming process takes patience. This is the same for a dog new to the shop and for a senior pup.
• Groomers get multiple new appointment phone calls, inquiries from some pet parents asking when their pup will be ready and each parent likes to have a brief conversation about their pet, letting them know how they did while at the salon, which is wonderful!
A pet parent waiting in the groom shop or the parking lot is problematic because the pup knows his or her pet parent has arrived. They have a great sense of smell! This causes the pup to bark and wiggle uncontrollably, which may force the groomer to temporarily stop the groom until he or she has calmed down.
The best thing a pet parent can do is arrive at the agreed upon time or wait until being notified by the salon by phone call.
