Upmarket Pets

Upmarket Pets runs a dedicated grooming salon at its Collingwood store on Hood Street, the grooming arm of a long-running Melbourne pet supplies business that also keeps a city shopfront on Queen Street. While the wider company is known for retail across dogs, cats, birds and fish, the Collingwood salon is a genuine in-house grooming room with its own booking line and team.

The groomers describe themselves as friendly and professional, and the service list is built around the individual needs of each animal rather than a one-size-fits-all package. Dogs are handled across toy, small, medium, large and giant sizes, with everything from a quick bath and tidy through to a full clip and groom or a breed-specific cut. Cats are catered for too, with full grooms and bath-and-tidy options for kittens and both short- and long-haired coats. Extras such as flea washing, medicated treatments, nail filing, anal gland expression and hand scissoring round out what the salon can do in a single visit.

It suits owners who want grooming and pet shopping handled in the same trip, on an appointment basis.