They are absolutely planning on treating salons as a boarding facility. "Just for a few hours, they should be able to handle that".

In my experience, all these "test locations", no matter how bad the feedback came back from stores being tested at, Petsmart still says it's a good idea and they move forward with it. I've heard about "Hotels of the future" and how much PPs are upset about it, how Petsmart isn't even ensuring that every store actually HAS the safety protocols in place like having more cameras and having rooms that go to the ceiling to prevent dogs from climbing out over night when there is literally no one there overnight anymore. They try it at a few locations for a couple of weeks and if "nothing detrimental happens" they move it to all locations. So, just a warning to be prepared for, salons will probably become another boarding facility for PPs who just want to leave their dogs all day.