A Pooch Parlour

A Pooch Parlour is a long-established grooming salon in Doncaster East, in Melbourne's north-east, run by Margaret, whose background includes showing dogs. What stands out in its reviews is longevity: several customers have been bringing the same dogs, and then their next dogs, for fifteen or twenty years.

The recurring theme in feedback is time and patience with difficult coats. Owners of thick-coated poodles single out her willingness to work matting out rather than clip everything off, and note that grooming appointments are not run to a stopwatch. Dogs are described as greeting her happily and coming home looking gorgeous, which for repeat clients matters as much as the haircut itself. It suits owners of dense or curly coats who would rather trade a quick in-and-out appointment for a groomer who takes the coat seriously, and who expect to use the same salon for years.