Top Dog Grooming Salon & Specialty Shop

Top Dog Grooming Salon & Specialty Shop is a full-service dog and cat grooming business on Ashbolt Crescent in Lutana, just off the Brooker Highway in Hobart's northern suburbs. Alongside the grooming room it runs an on-site shop stocking dog care products and Australian-made and imported treats, so a groom and a top-up of supplies happen in the one stop.

The grooming area is laid out in full view of the shop, so owners can watch the work as it happens rather than handing a pet over behind closed doors. Services range from a straightforward bath and dry through to a bath and tidy, body clips worked to breed standard or to an owner's own preference, and full groom outs for coats kept long. Cats are catered for too, with full and partial clips, knot removal and de-shedding. The salon is upfront that it won't put a pet in a style likely to embarrass it, which says something about how it approaches the job.

A self-serve hydro bath, nail clipping without an appointment, and a pickup and delivery service across Hobart round out what's on offer. Practical, transparent and pet-first in its framing, it suits owners who like to see the grooming and keep their dog's products sorted at the same time.