Dogfather Grooming - Stratford, Connecticut

Deborah Kozinn

Ev is absolutely amazing. Bailey is 11 years old and for the last year we have been blessed to have Ev has her groomer. Bailey has never looked better. You can tell how much Ev loves her job and is so full of life and is so caring and gentle with Bailey. Ev told me Bailey actually falls asleep as she scissors her face!! During her grooming yesterday Ev suggested Bailey have her nails painted for the holidays just for fun with a doggie non-toxic water soluble nail polish!! Love it!! She looks amazing!! Ev also handed me an ornament for the holidays with Bailey's paw print and nose print!! Such a thoughtful gift which we will treasure forever!! Thank you so much Ev!!

Sarah C

I can’t say enough good things about Kris with The Dogfather mobile grooming service. He has been amazing with our doggies. One of our dogs has always had a very difficult time with groomings and has needed medication and would still give the previous groomers a hard time, but not with Kris! He takes the time necessary with her to no longer need any medication and both our doggies always come out looking great! We hope he will continue grooming our dogs for a long time!

Clarisse San Juan

I was not happy with the quality of grooming with this company. I used to be a dog groomer so I understand the amount of time and work it takes to clean my type of dog. Paid $200 per dog (normally about $80-$120 at non mobile groomers) and could not even get basic cleaning properly — there’s still quite a bit of poop on my dog’s butt and the ears were not cleaned thoroughly as evidenced by the cotton balls I put in my dog’s ear that still had significant dirt. I understand if they could not get her a fancy cut but at this price I expect my dog’s to at least be clean. My white dog also came out still damp. She said each dog was going to take 2 hours, but both of them came out in 1 hour. The extra cost is for the mobile services, and I assumed the length of time it would take to do the grooming. She should have at least run the drier for longer to get her all dried up if she expected the job to be 2 hours but she basically didn’t even finish her job. I even pre-brushed my dogs so there was hardly any matting at all (because she was threatening to shave her fur for the matting that I knew could be gotten easily with just some brushing) yet she charged me an extra $20 for matting “she found”.

They can get the 1 star because the groomer was nice and friendly - only consolation to the encounter.

Briana Melin

Will never trust anyone else with my pup! He has severe separation anxiety and Ally makes every groom easy peasy! He absolutely loves her and he always looks amazing after!

Megan Danielewicz

I have been bringing my dogs to the location in Meriden for years now. Michelle is AMAZING!! She is extremely thorough. Our dog would give us a hard time grooming him but he is SO comfortable with Michelle! You can tell she loves animals. I highly recommend her!

Katie

Phoebe was amazing!! So quick and my dog came out adorable and perfectly groomed!

For reference, I did mobile grooming because he is super skittish, but she said he did great, which I’m so happy about!

(30lb mini Australian shepherd)

maria vicens

Carolyn Douglas is an amazing groomer! I have been going to her for over a year and Chance absolutely loves her. She goes above and beyond. Highly recommend Dogfather Grooming! Hands down Carolyn is the best at grooming Standard Poodles!

Michelle Muttitt

We had Kris groom our fur baby for the first time last week and we were extremely happy with our experience. Our Morkie Shea received a great haircut and smells so good. We loved the little finishing touch of the Valentine bandana. Thank you Kris for taking great care of our little man while he was in your care. I’ve already booked his next appointment!