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All grooms will include a bath involving 2 rounds of shampoo to thoroughly clean their coat, and conditioner to hydrate the skin and fur.
All products will be suitable for your dog, whether they need hypoallergenic, gentle shampoo,
colour enhancement, deep cleaning, or something to help with shedding.
Your dog will then be dried depending on coat type and behaviour, whether that means fluffing up a doodle
or a thorough towel dry for more timid, short coated dogs.
Shedding dogs will also be dried with a force drier to bring out dead fur in the salon instead of at your home - please keep in mind that they may shed more for a couple of days but then this should be minimised until their next appointment.
All grooms also include nail trims if your dog allows it safely.
Full grooms will include all of the above, plus styling with clippers and scissors to your desired look.
Please note, I do not currently offer hand-stripping.
For some dogs with longer fur or more unruly curls, a quicker bath, dry, and tidy up may help in between full grooms. This can help to maintain coat condition, and ensure that their faces in particular stay tidy and neat.
This makes full grooms easier on the dogs, taking less time to manage and helping to avoid any matting or knots.
Please note that any dogs with severe matting will not be given an aesthetic groom and instead will be shaved short to ensure the welfare of the animal. Ideally, these will then be put on a schedule of grooming to help avoid this happening again.
Groom Schedules
Ideally, every dog should be coming into the groomers frequently.
This helps them maintain a routine and promotes healthy skin and coats.
If your dog is less active, or doesn't often go for walks on hard, rough surfaces, they may also benefit from frequent nail trims.
Depending on the dog and their situation, this can be necessary as often as once a month.
Every dog is different, but below is a general outline of how often breeds should be visiting for de-shedding, maintenance baths, and full grooms.
Wool coated dogs - poodles, doodles, bichons
Should be coming for full grooms every 4-8 weeks.
They can also benefit from maintenance grooms, involving bathing, drying, brushing, and cutting face and sanitary hair between full grooms if you would like to keep them in a longer coat.
Unless this type of dog is kept in a short coat and trimmed often, frequent and thorough brushing is still necessary to avoid them forming knots, tangles, and matting which can be painful.
Silky and soft coats - shih tzus, lhasa apsos, yorkshire terriers, shnauzers
Should be coming for full grooms every 6-10 weeks.
It is important to keep these breeds clean, as they often form eye issues and can have hidden infections if debris is left around their eyes. It can help to have them washed between grooms, or using wipes on their faces.
It is important to have them groomed before any matting forms, which can be eased by keeping them in short cuts or frequently brushing them - focus on problem areas, such as armpits, underneath collars and harnesses, and behind the ears.
Double coated, shedding dogs - retrievers, spaniels, collies, terriers
Should be coming for de-shedding every 6-12 weeks.
Grooming these dogs helps to prevent matting, and drastically reduces their shedding around your home. Brushing weekly can also cut down on fur getting everywhere, but de-shedding shampoos, force driers with strong air flow, and a thorough brush out can really help to minimise fur loss. Some breeds also benefit from minor outline trimming to neaten them up and keep them more manageable.
Please remember that while de-shedding treatments drastically help to reduce the amount of hair shedding, there is no way to completely stop your dog from shedding.
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