Laughing Dog Day Care

Laughing Dog Day Care is a dog day care and grooming facility in St Marys, a few kilometres south of the Adelaide CBD. Grooming sits alongside the day care side of the business, and the salon is open both to day care guests and to dogs who simply come in for a wash or a groom. The facility itself is triple-gated and built around the idea of a secure, calm space for dogs of all shapes and sizes.

The grooming approach is unhurried and hands-on. Every dog gets one-on-one attention from a person throughout the groom, and there is no cage drying at any point, with dogs always dried by hand. The team works across small, medium, large and extra-large dogs, and frames the session as a relaxed experience rather than something rushed, with care taken not to overwhelm nervous pups. Services run from nail trims and baths through to full grooms that include a wash, blow dry, nail trim, ear clean and styled cut. The business grew out of its own dogs and carries that personal, dog-first feeling through to the grooming room.

Bookings are essential, and the salon suits owners who want a gentle, person-led groom rather than a production line.