Showseason

Showseason is a long-established grooming salon in Mortlake, in Sydney's inner west, where Anita and her team have clients going back fifteen years. Bichons are the standout in the feedback: one owner brings two in every couple of weeks for a wash and every six to eight weeks for a full groom, describes the teddy bear cut as reliably right, and has their tails dyed pink twice a year. Others mention advice offered on coat type and temperament before a style is settled on, rather than simply taking the instruction as given.

The detail reviewers return to most is that dogs are not shut in crates or cages while waiting to be collected — several say that is genuinely hard to find in Sydney. Alongside that, feedback describes conversations about dog health at pick-up and a groomer who knows individual dogs and their quirks well. Dogs are said to leave with wagging tails, and one pair runs for the front door at the mention of her name. It suits small coated breeds and owners specifically after a cage-free salon.