The Good Groomer WA

The Good Groomer WA operates out of Willagee in the City of Melville, where Janet grooms at a deliberately slow pace rather than turning dogs around quickly. Alongside regular grooming she also runs one-to-one lessons for owners who want to learn to clip and maintain their own dog's coat, walking them through each step of the process. Regulars book standing monthly appointments, some starting from when their dog was only a few months old.

Patience is the quality reviewers return to. A fifteen-year-old dog who had been unsettled by faster salons is described as leaving relaxed after the most thorough groom he had had, and owners of a sixteen-week-old mini schnauzer having his first full groom say Janet put both dog and family at ease before they left him. Pomeranian, cavoodle, maltese and schnauzer owners all appear among the regulars. It suits anxious dogs, elderly dogs, puppies facing a first groom, and owners wanting to learn grooming themselves.