Canterbury Dog Grooming

Canterbury Dog Grooming is Brendon's salon in Canterbury, in Melbourne's inner east, and his own dogs are part of the welcome — more than one reviewer names them as the reason their dog relaxed on arrival. The work described runs from a straightforward wash and tidy after a swim in a muddy dam through to careful brushing out of knotted coats, and the room is set up with multiple security gates so nobody escapes the bath.

The detail owners come back to is patience with coats. One client describes a dog that previous groomers had clipped short under matting being brushed through instead so he kept his coat, along with practical advice for maintaining it at home. Nervous small dogs feature too — the owner of a chihuahua cross and a miniature fox terrier describes several years of visits without drama — as do larger dogs collected happy at the end of the day. It suits owners who want a coat preserved where possible and an unrushed groom.