A Brush With Greatness

We’ve taken my dog here multiple times for grooming, day care, and kennel stay.
The staff is always super nice and compassionate. My dog is on a twice a day medication for her hypothyroid condition and they are very attentive to make sure she gets her medication at the prescribed times. My dog also LOVES coming here for daycare! She gets to play with the other dogs, but she also loves spending time with the employees (she’s a golden retriever, so she’s more of a people lover than she is a dog lover). She hates water and baths, but whenever she’s finished with a grooming, she looks great and she’s super happy. Never disappointed. I always recommend this place to friends and family.

I have two dogs, one is a German Shepard, the other a Pug… right, the odd couple for sure. I take them to Brush with Greatness all the time for a good bath and to have their nails cut. My girlfriend calls it their day at the spa.
The staff is very friendly and nice. The owner, Jeri, knows my dogs by name and takes great care of them.
The place is off the beaten path (back in an industrial park) but only a mile from Jewel, in an industrial area, but well worth finding.
Tell Them Daisy and Charlie send you! :)

First of all, the folks that run the place are nice and I have no hard feelings. Although, I have boarded my dog multiple times, being I have traveled much with my job. This was the first time at this facility. I had requested my dog be given medicine with his food and I provided it along with his food. I counted the proper amount he would need during his stay, when I picked him up there was too many which means he did not get his dosage with every meal. When I picked up my dog after his stay, he had bright red, irritated paws, open sores, cuts and knicks on the upper section of his paws and the whites of his eyes were blood shot. When I got home I noticed he had ointment on one of the roughed up areas of his rear paw. And he was limping because one of the sores was just at a bad place on the pad. I called them and was told they didn’t put anything on him, but they did wash his paws. Which is a little shady to me. They mentioned it may be from what they wash the rubber mats with in the facility. Well what do they wash the mats with then? All I know is that my dogs paws did not have any redness, open sores, or knicks on any part of his body when he was dropped off. I also know things happen, but to deny that someone put ointment on his paw after I was already told they washed his paws, tells me all I need to know. He is slowly healing and it is difficult being they are in perfect licking location. I’m very disappointed but most of all sorry for him that I took him there.
I should say they did offer me to bring him by for a medicated paw wash.
But I would rather not torment him by bringing him to that location.

Took my Cocker puppy there after a over-​priced (and BAD) grooming session elsewhere. Jeri (owner) knows her stuff and not only was the price reasonable, my little girl came out looking fabulous and relaxed. We will be back…:)
(gave them 4 stars instead of 5, because, it really really smells when you walk in. I get they are very dog-​oriented and dogs can smell, but yowza, it does hit you when you walk in)

My two long-​haired cats need haircuts a few times of year. I have lived in three entirely different towns with these cats, so I have tried a lot of groomers. Some were too pricey, some were not very nice; calling my one cat «crazy» and saying they don’t want to groom him ever again. It was frustrating. Then, we moved to Crystal Lake, and I took the cats to A Brush With Greatness. We’ve been there three times now, and I don’t have a single bad thing to say. The staff is super professional and friendly. They are so good with the cats, and they are great at giving haircuts. The cats look spiffy!
FYI: They mostly groom dogs, so if you looking for a dog groomer, I can only assume they are equally great if not better with dogs.