Pooch’s Choice

I’ve worked with Alex for five years now. Anyone who is unhappy with Alex and the grooming obviously cannot be pleased, period. The love dogs and they love all the dogs I bring to them. All of my client’s dogs are eager to go. When the car pulls up and they know where they are, their tails start wagging! Shadow, Maura and Otter are all happy campers!

We brought our dog, an 18 pound Pekepoo, to Pooch’s Choice after a negative grooming experience at PetSmart. Now, we’d never take him anywhere else. Alex and his staff are absolutely wonderful with my dog, and he always comes out looking great. When we pick him up, he’s always wants to play with Alex instead of running right out the door.

This place is also called Woof Grooming, FYI, same address.
We tried this place on Unilocal’s recommend after seeing they had lots of experience with terriers.
Our Westie needed a groom. Called up this place, talked to the friendly guy who answered the phone, was pleased with their responses and their cost. Was able to get an appt for the following week.
Dropped her off in pouring rain, picked her up a few hours later.
They did a FANTASTIC job on her. Better than our old place in CA which used to also groom show dogs. Got the traditional Westie cut, and she looked great. Cost was the same as in CA for the full groom. Loved that we dropped her off within a minute (no tedious long wait or sign in process) and picked her up a few hours later, easy peasy.
Overall, awesome service, job, everything. So happy to have found a place for our girl to get her groom on in our new area.

I can’t believe how ignorant and mean spirited people can be. I’m sickened by what some of the people on here had to say. They will be homeless? Why would anyone want that for someone else? My dog is 6 and I’ve been taking him there since he was 7 months. Alex and Jennifer have been nothing but kind, honest, and loving to my dog and me. Their professionalism is one of the things that keeps me coming back. One time I got held up and was running late to pick my dog up after his appointment and Alex offered to drive him to where I was at. To me that’s someone who really does care. My experience with them had been excellent. For others to come on here and put them down because they didn’t get exactly what they wanted and probably expected to much in the first place is unfair. I don’t trust many people with my dog. I can honestly say that I completely trust Alex and Jennifer. I thank them and I greatly appreciate their wonderful service. And so what if they use social media to promote their business. So does everyone else!

Alex and his staff have always been great to my dog and me. The price is fair and the job that is done is excellent. My Scottish Terrier will always be a customer of Pooch’s Choice. Its not just me, they were named best of Philly by Philadelphia Magazine.
The 1 star reviews here are a joke.

I couldn’t be happier with this place. My toy poodle’s paws were perfectly groomed (especially between the pads of her paws), her fur is still fluffy and soft (took her last week — with previous grooming at other places it would last a day or two and weren’t as fluffy to begin with), her ears and sanitary area were meticulously groomed/​cleaned, and she was not stressed out or whining when I picked her up (again, unlike other places). Previously she would always scratch herself to the point of scarring right after grooming (sensitive skin), no sign of that this time. Alex also put some bows on her ears that were adorable. My directions were pretty vague and I pretty much left it up to him — he gave her the perfect length for fall weather. Definitely know what they are doing here and have great attention to detail. Will be going back for sure!

I love Pooch’s Choice. Great team of folks and Badger, my Cairn Terrrier always looks great and smells great. Highly recommend!

Absolute WORST in Philadelphia!
There is a reason the groomer Jennifer is hidden behind doors. She is SO rough and nasty to the dogs she grooms. I saw her with my little dog (6 lb toy breed) who is as submissive and sweet as they come and she was being so mean yanking her by the fur and yelling at the dogs as she groomed them! You could see she wasn’t content with her job and when I asked her to fix my dogs face (it was choppy and square cut like a lion-​looked really bad) she got really mad and pointed her shears at me and said ‘YOU DO IT, THEN!“
Extremely unprofessional and I noticed her husband Alex actually made several business pages on other review sites to hide bad reviews! Shady, much?
Jennifer has trophies from dog shows with her poodle she grooms, but if you love your pet at all, you wouldn’t PAY someone to treat your them like this.
OH and they charged me $ 70 for a bath, cut and nail cut. No extras and higher than the quoted price over the phone.
Petsmart does better for almost half what they charged us! Doggie Styles on Pine and the one on 16^th do a great job and are sweet to the dogs. Go there instead, thats where we go now and Bree (my pup) is always happy when I pick her up.
*** 2÷22÷15: The owner’s rebuttal is comical and full of embellishments to try to smooth over the truth. Nice try, but Unilocalers are smarter than that and will surely see through your comments. I actually witnessed how she was with my dog and there was a poodle in there too that she wasn’t kind to.
All in all– These guys can groom, they have awards to prove it. HOWEVER, how they treat the dogs during said grooming is absolutely UNACCEPTABLE. Read the other reviews, they speak for themselves.

Pooch’s Choice is the best! My two cairn terriers, true to form, are all too ready to exhibit their «terrier-​tude», yet at Pooch’s Choice they put my dogs at ease so they are relaxed and calm.
The cut is always well done and my boys look beautiful when they are picked up. If you have a dog who is a little high strung and hates the grooming process, give Pooch’s Choice a chance. They may be the answer.

I will not be bringing my dog back to this place. They have accidentally cut her twice now and I just don’t trust them anymore. The first time there was a bloody scabby line behind her ear that was obviously from the clippers but they denied that it happened there. The second time I showed them that she had a wart-​like thing on her skin (that the vet said wasn’t hurting her and may fall off by itself) and to please be careful with the clippers but when I picked her up there was a bloody scab where the wart was. It’s too bad– they do a nice job making the dogs look good but apparently aren’t taking enough care while doing so.

I took my Scottie to get groomed this week. Pooch’s Choice came highly recommended from people at the dog park. They were correct. This is the best that Maude has ever looked. Definitely going back