Precious Pet Cottage Millersville, MD Quality puppies kittens pet grooming training

From the glamorous, to the outrageous, to the classic, we can find a beautiful and unique hairstyle for your beloved pet! Don't settle for bargain-priced "one size fits all" grooming when you can offer your pet the best in affordable customized service!

Special appointments are sometimes available on Sundays & Mondays.
Please call or come by to schedule your grooming appointment.

Here is a short list of the many professional grooming services we offer at the Cottage:

* Deep Coat Conditioning * Show Clips * Hand-Stripping * Dremel * Spa Packages *

Spring shedding season is approaching fast, and this year, we want to introduce you to the ultimate de-shedding treatment: The FURminator.

This unique grooming process combines a quality protein shampoo, specialized de-shedding conditioner treatment, and an innovative de-shedding tool to remove dead hair and reduce shedding up to 80%!! You'll notice amazing results after just one visit! If you keep your pet on the suggested grooming schedule (6 weeks) most pets can be brought to a point where shedding is virtually non-existent!!!

Don't suffer through another spring vacuuming clumps of hair off your floors! Try our FURminator de-shedding service and enjoy your spring without the hair!

This service can be used as a stand-alone or in conjunction with any trim or haircut.

For the truly pampered pet, Precious Pet Cottage grooming now offers the Spa package.

1. It doesn't make sense for a groomer to groom one dog at a time. By creating an assembly line where pets are washed in the morning, then dried, clipped, and finished in the afternoon, twice as many clips can be accomplished in one day. Don't balk at having to leave your pet at the shop an average of 6 to 7 hours. Not only is he getting one on one attention throughout the day, he's learning that there's no need to be threatened by the presence of other dogs.

2. NO breakfast on grooming day! A cookie or two in the morning is fine. 75% of the time full tummies result in a mess that according to Murphy's Law, happens right about the time your pet is finally clean and dry. As you might imagine, the consequence of having a second bath and blow-dry is that at least an hour is added to your pets already long day. Not to mention the groomer's!

3. Respect your pet's feelings as if they were your own. I'll never forget the sweet little Lhasa Apso that came to my shop matted to the skin. My only option was to shave him down with the shortest blade I had, for which he was effusively grateful. The mats were so tight they'd actually started to pull away from the skin on their own. As soon as this torturous condition was corrected, he was rolling around on the table, growling and playing like a new pup. Unfortunately, as soon as his owner arrived with her pointing, jeering, childish behavior because her dog had lost his "fluffy look", within seconds, his tail wagging ceased. His head fell, his tail disappeared, and he slunk to the rear of the cage, utterly depressed over something that was no fault of his. Never underestimate your pet's ability to read emotions.