BarkingMad Grooming

BarkingMad Grooming is a dog grooming service at Somerville, on the Mornington Peninsula, where Michelle does the clipping and coat work herself. What reviewers single out most is her handling of difficult coats: one owner of a long-coated ex-show dog describes a trim taken right down exactly to brief and finished neatly rather than shaved to the skin, and another writes about a Finnish Lapphund groomed at short notice ahead of a show, with the breed's coat clearly understood. At least one client arrived on a vet's recommendation.

Gentleness is the recurring theme in feedback. Dogs are described as happy and settled at pick-up, and more than one owner mentions a dog that is comfortable here after less positive experiences elsewhere. Owners who arrive with a specific brief — a shape for the face, a particular length, a groom timed around an event — report being able to talk it through rather than take what they are given. Pricing is described as reasonable for the area.