Melodys Pet Grooming

02/27/2025

02/21/2025

Happy Fresh and Clean Friday!

02/21/2025

Wonderful Wednesday pups! 🛁✂️🐕

02/18/2025

Happy Tuesday all! Some groomings from this weekend and today!

02/14/2025

Happy Valentines Day!

02/13/2025

Valentines cuties all ready for their loved ones!

01/31/2025

Fridays Grooming’s pups.. Feeling Fresh!

01/25/2025

We only have a few more spots open for Feb school vacation! Don’t wait to make your reservation! Call or text 508-995-7882

01/13/2025

We have a few more grooming openings this Thursday! Call or text to get in before the book up!

01/05/2025

Welcome Devyn! Our new amazing groomer is looking to take on new clients! Need your pet groomed give us a call or text us at 508-985-9855!

Devyn lives in Fall River with her boyfriend Devin! She grew up in the beautiful scenic farm lands of Pennsylvania on her family's horse farm raising champion bloodline rottweilers, malamute timberwolf hybrids, cane corso mastiffs and animals of all shapes and sizes. Grooming for 18 years, her lifetime of experience comes from a family line of pet groomers who have passed down the passion. Devyn has quite the zoo at home consisting of her rottweiler Havok, husky Balto, 3 cats, 1 rabbit, 50+ Geckos and a koi pond! When she's not working hard doing what she loves, you can find her amongst nature taking part in hiking, kayaking, 4 wheeling, archery, photography, traveling to truck shows/meets, working on building her Dodge Ram, breeding geckos and more!

01/02/2025

$10 off your pups first grooming over with us at Melodys Pet Grooming! Mention this add at the time of booking the appointment!

01/01/2025

Happy New Year!! Some big News!! We are Accepting New Customers !!!! And we are also grooming cats again! Call or text to schedule an appointment!
598-985-9855

We have hired a new groomer! Her name is Devon and she has been grooming for 15+ years! More about Devon to come!

12/31/2024

At approximately 18:00hrs (6pm) the Acushnet Office of Emergency Management (OEM) was activated to assist our ACO Becky Tomlinson. Our assistance was requested by the ACO to provide lighting and manpower to search for a dog (Cletus) that was hit by a car and ran off in the direction of the golf course. After nearly four hours of searching Cletus was found alive and in fairly good condition near Peter's Orchard. According to ACO Tomlinson, Cletus appeared to have sustained superficial wounds to the back leg but otherwise appears to be ok. The family transported Cletus to an emergency animal hospital for evaluation. A mission completed with a happy ending!

11/12/2024

Attention to all our customers! We are updating our computer software information. Please make sure you bring in copy of updated rabies vaccination certificate! We need it on file to be able to groom your dog!

01/14/2024

We would like to preface this post with the fact the IAPEG and it's members love dogs. All dogs. Big dogs and small dogs. Fluffy dogs and sleek ones. We love pure breeds and we love mixed breeds.

The 'doodle craze' began after a breeder attempted a litter of mixed breed pups that were smart and hypoallergenic. No dog is truly hypoallergenic, but that's another discussion. He was in no way trying to create a new breed. News traveled quickly and before you know it, they were all the rage as pets. Very expensive pets. They became something of a status symbol as they wear price tags in the thousands and cost more than a sound, well developed, carefully chosen pure breed.

As professional groomers, we see the fallout with many of these pets and there are a few things you need to know:

1. Doodles are not a breed. They are (insert breed here) mixed with poodle. Golden doodle, labradoodle, maltipoo, pomapoo, yorkie poo, no matter the title, doodles are in fact mixed breed dogs. Being a pure breed of dog mean predictability...size, colors, skull shapes, temperament...any and all genetics are predictable for that specific breed. This is not possible with doodles.

2. There is a misconception that if you mix another breed with a poodle, you get the best of both breeds. This is simply not true. The truth is you have no idea what you will get. You are not getting the best of the breeds because responsible, ethical breeders do not allow their dogs to participate in mixed breeding.

3. As professional groomers, we hear misnomers from pet owners whose pup is a year old and has never been groomed. This is a nightmare for both the dog and the groomer. The truth is, any doodle will need professional grooming. They should start as early as possible just like any other dog. This seems to be a selling point for doodle breeders telling buyers they are low maintenance. Nothing could be farther from the truth.

4. Doodles often have very difficult coats to work with. Doodles with these coats will be more expensive. With most doodles you have a fur bearing breed (Labrador Retriever) mixed with a hair bearing breed (Poodle). This causes many doodles coats to be difficult with a mixture of the two. Some have fur as guard coat and hair as undercoat and some have hair as a guard coat with fur as the undercoat. Either way, more work and time means your professional groomer must be properly compensated or it will lead to number five.

5. There are many professional groomers who are simply not accepting doodles as clients anymore. Misinformed owners are price shocked when they've been lied to by a breeder. Your professional groomer is tired of arguing and explaining just to be properly compensated when there are so many other clients who know what to expect and respect our professional practices.
Because doodles are not the best representatives of their breeds they are often not the most well behaved pets either. Many are high strung, a bit neurotic, and/or have some type of behavior problem.

If you do in fact choose to own a doodle, speak with your professional groomer beforehand so you'll know what to expect. And please respect your professional groomers advice. Their job is to keep your pet on a regular schedule. Depending on the coat...remember these are mixed breed dogs and therefore not predictable before birth...most will need a schedule of 4-6 weeks.