It’s great to have all the conveniences most of you have listed like a backyard or large shower but then most of us don’t especially living in a rented apartment.
I have 3 small short haired dogs and to put them all in a single raised tub, with all the amenities ie fresh large towels, sprays and dryer, sure makes lots of difference there. All with one token!

Your dogs can shake all they want and wet all over the place and you don’t even have to lift a mop!
No wet towels to wash, no dog hair clogging the drain,
no wet floor and the best part after the giving the bath, you are done! And you can also kill 2 birds with one stone! Shopping for your doggie’s needs afterwards!!

Oh and you are all dry too cos they provide you with an apron!
All I can say is, convenience, convenience, convenience!

Also, you get to make friends with other dog owners. As for me, I managed to get a few dates too!

Love my PFE! on Market Street!
See you all soon!

Edward

The wash is 15 dollars for 25 minutes, not per animal. You can wash and dry as many animals as you can in 25 minutes, and we always have the buy 3 get the fourth free deal.

The tubs are raised, so you don’t have to bend over.

We use one of the best, all natural shampoos made in SF!

The design of the wash injects the soap into the water, making it much more effective and quicker than doing it at home.

You don’t have to deal with the hair. I still have dog hair in my bathroom from when I got washed my lab at home.

We handle the plumber. Dogs hair clogs your drains. Eventually, you will need to either use chemicals, or a plumber if you wash your pet routinely.

There are tie downs, so your dog does not run away.

Besides, PFE is locally owned and operated.

mark

My Dad does the “scrub-a-pup” place (it’s more like $20 where he lives), and I’m always surprised he’s willing to shell out for it. I can somewhat see the point to the groomer’s, where they’re going to do the work for you, but if you’re going to do it yourself, why not just use the tub and a bottle of dog shampoo (or a bar of soap) that’ll last for years?

Where I run into trouble is clipping her nails. It’s such a rodeo (and I don’t have anybody to help) that it’s worth it to take her to the groomers every couple of months.

I doesn’t really take that much water if you turn the water off while you shampoo them. We also use baby shampoo, which is inexpensive and safer, we feel, than chemical shampoos.

Cleanup in the shower is easy; we just scoop up all the hair from the drain and put it in the trash after.

So I wouldn’t pay $15 to take my dog somewhere to get bathed. We’ve had dogs since we were kids and have always bathed them ourselves.

Of course it does depend on your living situation. Our dogs are indoor dogs so they don’t get that dirty anyway and don’t require very frequent bathing. We’re lucky to live in an area where we don’t have fleas or ticks, either.

And with the cost of gas to drive your dog to a grooming store, it might come out even with just using your own water at home.

We’ve been paying between 30 and 60 per dog to have them professionally groomed. We don’t do it a lot…four or five times per year I’d estimate. But it’s expensive.

Now that I’m not so sure of my job we are trying to live off of one income and that is going to decrease the number of professional groomings.

The benefit of a professional though … shaving the fur on their paws and trimming their nails. Two things that we don’t do.

I wouldn’t pay $15 to bathe them myself…I can do that at home (we have one of those hose things with a spray nozel that attaches to the shower). I’d rather do minor baths at home and go to the professional once or twice a year.

Our dogs were also trained to stand on the concrete walkway and get a shower from a hose. We even had one dog who would go fetch the soap when it was raining…I guess she liked the rain and wanted a real rain shower.