What Is Mobile Dog Grooming?

Mobile dog grooming, also commonly known as housecall dog grooming, has been around for many years as an alternative dog grooming service for dog owners to choose from. The recent pandemic lockdowns have encouraged even more dog owners to learn about the pros and cons of house-call dog grooming and consider skipping their monthly pet shop visits and hiring mobile dog groomers to do dog grooming instead.

In this article, you will learn what is a mobile dog grooming service and what is the benefit of choosing mobile dog grooming instead of going for traditional grooming at your local pet shop.

What is mobile dog grooming?

As the name has suggested, mobile dog grooming is a dog grooming service in which groomers provide the dog grooming service outside of a pet shop, typically at clients’ homes. 

Once the booking is made, groomers will come with all the necessary grooming tools and equipment. Mobile grooming done in either in a grooming truck or door-to-door grooming. 

Grooming Truck

Groomers that come in a grooming truck have all the dog grooming equipment readily packed in their truck. They will park the truck at a safe spot and you will then leave your dog with the groomers in the truck until the dogs are properly groomed. The benefit of grooming in a truck is it literally means the groomer moves the pet shop to your home. It saves you time and the convenience of taking your dog to the pet shop. This is a good idea if you are staying in a high-rise building. 

Door to Door Grooming

Door-to-door grooming is similar to a grooming truck, except groomers come over to do grooming in your house, typically in your backyard or any empty space in your house. If you go for this type of mobile dog grooming, you might need to provide water and electricity for the grooming to take place. However, it also provides much more flexibility for you if your area does not have enough space  

You already have some ideas about the options for choosing mobile dog grooming. Now let us share some of the reasons for choosing to groom your pets at home compared to traditional pet grooming at your local pet shop.  

Mobile dog Grooming vs Local Pet Shop

More Convenient

First, getting a groomer to you means you get to enjoy your day without having to plan your day around dropping your dog and picky them up from the pet shop. 

More Hygienic

Secondly, your home is a much more hygienic environment for your dog. This is because pet shops usually accept pets without checking their vaccination status. Unless the dogs have been separated the whole time, they might play with dogs that might carry bacteria and viruses and unintentionally catch an illness from each other. 

If you are sending your dog to a pet shop, make sure they sanitized the environment regularly to keep the environment pet-safe for your dog.

Deeper Understanding of the Dog’s Condition

Next, having a professional dog groomer to groom your dog at home also allows them to get to know the dog in a much deeper level and allows them to advise the changes in environment and lifestyle. 

For example, one of our clients has a husky that is suffering from an itching skin problem that doesn’t recover. Our client has tried many remedies and treatments recommended by the vet but nothing seems to work. When we first come over, our groomer realized the dog house is built right beside a washing machine’s pipe and the dog enjoys playing with the dirty water in the drain when the owner is not around. Moving the dog house away and preventing their dog from having contact with the water, significantly improves the dog’s skin issue.

Suitable for Elderly or Anxious Dogs

Door-to-door grooming is also suitable if you have an elderly dog or dogs that have separation anxiety because they usually feel calmer when they are groomed in an environment where there are no other distractions (usually other dogs) around. Other than that, the groomer usually can spend more time connecting with your dog during a grooming session, allowing the dog to enjoy the experience so much more.