About Patrick’s Pet Care

Fear-free grooming and husbandry training

Patrick's Pet Care calls itself Washington, DC's only Fear-Free certified grooming team, with a location for fear-free grooming and dog husbandry training at 3509 12th Street NE. Patrick started the business in 2012, and it describes itself as a mission-driven, women-managed, gay-owned small business that pays a living wage and uses only pain-free, force-free, and fear-free practices. It also says it is the only establishment in DC independently certified at the operator level by the Professional Animal Care Certification Council.

Training services

Husbandry Grooming-Training pairs a dog with a dual certified fear-free groomer and force-free trainer to help the dog overcome fears associated with grooming, at $150 an hour. The business also sells force-free training packages, which must be used within 60 days, and runs a Montessori Program that admits dogs after a behavior assessment. Clients come from across the DMV area.

What to ask

Ask what the force-free training packages cover and how the Montessori Program works day to day.