Alphapet Essendon

AlphaPet is a dedicated dog and cat grooming salon in Essendon, one of ten AlphaPet locations across greater Melbourne. The salon handles everything from a freshen-up wash to a full breed-tailored groom, with a stated focus on doing the work calmly and safely rather than quickly.

The grooming menu is built in tiers, so coats can be maintained between visits or taken right through to a finished cut. A Premium Bath covers a full wash with pet-safe shampoo and conditioner, blow-dry and brush-out, nail trim and ear cleaning; a Tidy Up adds a maintenance trim around the face and tail; and a Full Groom adds a body clip and scissor finish shaped to the dog's breed and coat. For poodles, doodles and other breeds that suit hand work, a Specialist Hand Scissoring service offers a master-level scissor finish. Cats are groomed too, with the same bath and full-groom options and an unhurried, patient approach that works at the cat's pace and pays extra attention to anxious or rescue animals.

The team works regularly with curly and high-maintenance coats, naming poodles, bichon frises, shih tzus, maltese, cavoodles, groodles, spoodles, schnauzers and pomeranians among the breeds they groom. Wellbeing is described as the priority throughout, from bath temperature to gentle handling of puppies.