Pup Boutique

Pup Boutique is a dog grooming salon and day care on Lower North East Road in Campbelltown, in Adelaide's north-eastern suburbs, built around a fear-free approach to handling. The salon pairs grooming with dog day care and puppy preschool, and describes itself as one of the only salons in the area offering behavioural grooming for dogs that find the process stressful.

The focus is on calm, low-stress visits rather than rushing dogs through a wash and clip. Grooming is handled by a small team of stylists and bathing specialists led by salon manager Jess Dunduk, whose qualifications include a Karen Pryor Academy Certified Training Partner credential, a Cert III in Companion Animal Studies (Grooming), and Fear Free Animal Trainer and Canine Enrichment Technician certifications. That training shapes the way the salon works with anxious or hard-to-groom dogs, with care tailored to each dog's quirks. Puppies are welcomed too, with early washes and tidies suggested to help them settle before their first full groom.

For Campbelltown dog owners who have struggled to find a groomer their dog tolerates, the behavioural focus is the main draw.