Preferred By Pets

Pet GroomingOwner Verified

About

The Bogue family purchased Preferred By Pets in August 1994 and has operated continuously out of 3788 Voltaire St in the Stump's Marketplace Shopping Center, with daughter Jessica — an International Certified Master Groomer — taking ownership in 2008 and husband Peter joining the family business in 2011. A staff of 8 experienced pet stylists runs breed-specific cuts, hand-scissoring, and hand-stripping work on wire-coated breeds, and medical skin-issue cases mid-groom route directly to neighborhood veterinary hospitals such as Sunset Cliffs Animal Hospital for diagnosis. The team travels to Pasadena each year as a group for continuing-education seminars in grooming technique and handling safety, which is unusual for a neighborhood grooming operation. Basic groom service includes bath, condition, blow-dry, nail trim, ear cleaning, and sanitary trim, with flea-treatment protocols layered on when an infestation is detected. Senior-dog clients with arthritis, skin fragility, or age-related handling concerns often travel with mobile-vet visits from specialists such as Home Sweet Home Veterinary Housecalls to coordinate medication timing around grooming appointments. The most technical work on the books is show-quality scissor-work on a Bichon, Poodle, or Portuguese Water Dog, a breed-specific hand-scissored trim that runs 3 hours or more and follows breed-standard patterning rather than a generic pet clip.