Pet Set Grooming Salon

Pet Set Grooming Salon is Val Dawson's long-running salon at Wooloowin, on Brisbane's northside. Clients describe it as an old-fashioned place in the literal sense: dogs are turned out in traditional breed styles rather than current salon fashions, and Val's own background in grooming, breeding and showing dogs stretches back decades.

The people who write about it tend to be long-term clients, some going back thirty years and bringing several dogs in the one family. What they value is the depth of breed knowledge, advice given plainly when it is asked for, and a willingness to take on dogs that other groomers have found too difficult. One owner of a seventeen-year-old poodle notes that she still walks in willingly and comes home well presented. It suits owners after a traditional trim from a very experienced hand, particularly with older dogs or ones that are hard to handle elsewhere.