Removal of knots and mats is painful for your dog!

All dogs shed. Yes! Its true! All dogs shed hair! Its a natural life cycle of hair shafts within the follicles.

Some such as - Collies, Husky, Pomeranians, Labradors etc shed over your lounge and clothes and these dogs need a groom out procedure. The undercoat is removed by the hydro bath and dryer and a full fine tooth combing. When this is done regularly the dog will be able to regulate their body temperature more easily. This is how they stay cool in summer. When the undercoat is left and not combed out, the hair gets caught up on itself and causes tangles.

Other breeds, such as most Oodles, shed into their coat. This is what causes the knot and matted coat if the dog isn't combed out from the skin. We'll happily show you how to brush/comb from the root properly. Matted or felted coats pull on the dogs skin and can be very painful to live with and painful to shave off.

We will do everything when can to save a coat but we will never let your dog endure the painful experience of having knots and matts combed out. It takes time to comb out matted hair and therefore the surcharge on top of any groom is from $10 for every 15 minutes.

Regular grooming of 5/6 weeks aids in your dog having a pleasant experience and keeps the ongoing grooming cost low. With our Wash & Blow dry service we include a full combing. So between grooms its an easy way for you to keep the length come Full Groom time.

Once you have decided that Darlo Dogs Stylists are your answer to that just "stepped out of a salon look" head to your dogs "size button"

We offer hand stripping for your small or medium terrier only.  As we groom pets we limit the stripping appointment to 3 hours and finish any sensitive body part with scissors.