I wish you lived closer and could come and see my place. Tubs, tables, brushes, combs, blades and anything else you can imagine are cleaned AND disinfected between every dog. After a bath the tub is sprayed down with disinfectant and then cleaned. After the dog is finished on the table the table is sprayed with disinfectant and wiped down. Even leashes and collars are cleaned while the dog is being groomed and our kennel leads and tethers are cleaned after we've used them on a dog. I am super anal I guess. So many different illnesses can be spread if your establishment isn't cleaned all the time, not to mention if the worst happens and you should nick or cut a dog think of the infections that could result if your blades are not clean and you don't have a clean kennel and towels for that baby.
You never walk in our salon and smell urine. I would be dead before I allowed that as would the other people who work there.
Hearing about this place you went to makes me soooo mad. I'm just hot sitting here reading that!!! I hear from clients all the time that they are surprised at how clean we are or are surprised that the place doesn't smell like dog when you walk in. Most of them say it doesn't smell like anything really which is the whole point.
I don't EVER leave dog hair laying around on the floor. It's swept or vac***ed right away. Having hair laying around on the floor all day is one of my biggest pet peeves. It's so easy to slip on if it isn't cleaned up and heaven forbid you just shaved a dog with fleas! You'll have them everywhere if you don't clean up. When a dog get's picked up and goes home the kennel is cleaned and disinfected right away and a new clean towel if laid down so that the kennel is ready for the next dog when they arrive for their appointment.
Maybe tt's a little easier for me because I usualy only work on one or two dogs at a time but even if I had a whole shop full all day long that would be no excuse for things to be hairy, smelly, and dirty.
In answer to your question YES there are clean groomers out there, you just have to look I suppose. Don't take your precious baby to be cleaned in a place that is not clean itself. If your lungs were hurting imagine what poor dutch felt like. The poor dogs that have to stay in that filthy place all day long, how awful for them!!!
Ok stepping down off my soap box....
Sorry safe and clean,(in that order) are my biggest concerns at work. They come before everything!
