Full Grooming Packages

All Full Grooms include:

• Bathing
• Brushing/deshedding
• Blow dry
• 10 minutes of dematting
• Nail trim
• Ear Cleaning
• Haircut (as required)

Extras include:

• Specialty shampoos
• De-matting/detangling
• Special handling for difficult dogs
• Extra time for difficult grooms (to be discussed with owner)

Custom Clips

Most of the haircuts we do are highly customized. If you have something special in mind, then feel free to send us pics of what you want your dog to look like! We keep very detailed records of each groom we do, so it’s very easy for us to make changes, big or small, from previous grooms.

Breed Clips

We offer traditional pet breed clips for any and all pure breeds. Please keep in mind that the pet clips are often different than show clips.

Modified Show Groom

We don’t really offer show grooming because show grooms often involve quite of hand stripping and a ton of hair products, but we can approximate the show look for most breeds by using pet grooming techniques.

Puppy Cuts

Without a doubt the puppy cut is the most popular pet clip we do. Also known as the “Teddy Bear Clip” it involves clipping the dog’s coat down to a uniform length. We can do the puppy cut on almost any dog including double-coated breeds like Golden Retrievers. The Puppy Cut has many of the advantages of the Utility Clip (below), but leaves the dog with a fluffier, puppy-like appearance (hence the name).

Utility Clips

Otherwise known as the “shave-off”, this haircut is both much loved and much hated. It’s essentially the same as a Puppy Cut (above), but shorter and less expensive. It also normally doesn’t require any costly demat. It’s a very practical cut for dogs that like to swim, and reduces coat maintenance, frequency of grooming, and cleanup around the house.

Daisy Cut

The Daisy Cut is a basically a hybrid of the Puppy Cut and the Utility Clip, and is best described as short on the body, but long on the legs. This haircut provides some of the advantages of a Utility Clip, but prevents the dog’s legs from looking too skinny. Overall it gives dogs a more proportional appearance. It’s a nice little haircut, but has waned in popularity over the last 25 years. Let’s bring it back!

The Nikki Cut

This is an A Spot for Spot original, named after the owners’ Cocker Spaniel. For seventeen and half years she was groomed in a very particular style that eventually took her name. It’s basically the same as a daisy cut, but the guidelines on the front legs are lower and the chest is shaved to the same length as the body. This is a great look for dogs with cobby bodies and skinny legs.

The Kennel Cut

The Kennel cut is the traditional pet Poodle Clip. It’s actually a modification of the typical haircut given to show Poodles as puppies. It features fuller legs, a shorter body, and the classic clean feet and face, that give this breed clip it’s distinctive appearance. A pom-pom tail and a round, well-defined topknot complete the look.

The Super Seven

This is basically the most uber practical haircut for long haired dogs. Basically from nose to toes, and the tip of the tail, the dog will be shaved down with a 7F blade to a depth of a mere 3 mm. The groom is the ultimate in practicality, but not for the faint of heart. The “Fab Five” and the “Fantastic Four” are the slight longer, and slightly less radical of the “one-blade-wonders grooms.”

Bath and Brushes

If your dog is a bit of a mess, but doesn’t need a haircut, then this is the groom for them. When we’re done, they’ll be clean, free of mats and excess undercoat, but otherwise completely natural looking. While this is technically a Full Grooming Package, we can usually offer these on a drop-in basis. Call for details.

Custom Bath, Brush and Tidy

This highly customizable groom is for dogs that need a bath and brush, but also a bit of trimming and tidying. While this is a great choice for long-coated dogs like Shih Tzus and Doodles between haircuts, most of our Bath, Brush and Tidies are done on the semi-longhaired breeds like Goldens, Aussies, and Border Collies. While you can finely adjust many parameters of the Bath, Brush, and Tidy, for short and very short tidies there is an additional cost. If you don’t want to get fancy, then the Neat and Natural (below) might be a better choice.

The Neat and Natural

This is our standard groom for semi-longhaired dogs. It includes just the standard tidying of the feet, fringes, and pants, and so maintains a neat, but natural appearance.