Suds & Snouts Book

Nº 26The Dog Grooming IssueMarrickville, Sydney

Suds & Snouts

  • Blown away this season, even the spots are coming off
  • Fifteen minutes to perfect paws: inside the Pawdicure
A Dalmatian getting a blow-dry, its black spots flying off into the air against a white studio background
  • De-shed like you mean it. The Great Unfluffing, explained
  • “Hated it, I look incredible.” Our clients speak

Dirty dog? Darling, We’ve got this.

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Editor’s letter

Grooming, as Couture.

Every dog who walks through our door gets the full treatment: an unhurried bath, a hand blow-dry and a cut considered as carefully as any on a runway. No cages, no rushing, one groomer per dog. Just good products, a calm room and a great deal of patience.

We have groomed more than four thousand dogs since 2017, from Chihuahuas to a Great Dane who did not fit the bath. Some arrive nervous; nearly all leave a little taller. We would like to meet yours.

Maya Okafor Founder & head groomer

The menu

Six ways to look the part

  1. 01The SplashBath & blow-dryfrom $65
  2. 02The Full FluffBath, cut & stylefrom $95
  3. 03The Quick TidyFace, feet & fluffy bumfrom $45
  4. 04Puppy’s First SpaUnder 6 monthsfrom $45
  5. 05The Great UnfluffingDe-shedding treatmentfrom $85
  6. 06The PawdicureNails & paw balmfrom $25

Prices for every size

The transformation

Before. After.

Waffles found a puddle. Then Waffles found us. Draw the line across to see three hours of very patient work.

AFTER: the same doodle freshly groomed, fluffy and proud, with a bow (same pose and angle as BEFORE)
BEFORE: a scruffy, muddy, matted doodle looking sheepish (same dog as AFTER, same pose and angle)
BeforeAfter

Street style

Spotted leaving the salon

A freshly groomed poodle in heart-shaped sunglasses and a bandana, striking a confident pose
Coco wears The Full Fluff, a silk bandana and attitude.
A relaxed dog at a spa: towel turban on its head, cucumber slices over its eyes, green face mask
Moose in a blueberry facial, cucumbers by request.
A dog mid-shake after a bath, water droplets flying everywhere, face comically distorted
Pickle, mid-shake. We stand by the blow-dry.
A dog sitting under a retro salon hood dryer, reading a magazine, rollers in its ears
Sir Reginald catching up on the news.

Overheard

“Hated every second. Look incredible.”
Biscuit, Cavoodle, 4
“They found my good ear. Nobody finds my good ear.”
Moose, Labrador, 7
“I went in a mop and came out a cloud. Ten out of ten, would shake on Mum again.”
Pickle, Bichon, 2
A golden dog in a bubble bath wearing blue swimming goggles and an orange swim cap

No training required

First time?
Dive in.

From nervous first-timers to seasoned splashers, we take every bath at your dog’s pace. Goggles optional.

Book their first splash

The appointment

Three steps to fabulous

  1. 01

    Book online

    Choose a service and a time in about a minute. We’ll text a reminder the day before.

  2. 02

    Drop off

    Hand over the lead and any notes. Dogs relax in our lounge between steps, never in cages.

  3. 03

    Collect

    We’ll text you when they’re ready. Collect one clean, glossy and slightly smug dog.

Concept by Turbo Studio