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Full Groom
The whole works, done at your door. Bath, blow dry, a custom haircut, nails and ears, and every finishing touch, without your dog ever getting in the car.
What A Full Groom Includes
A full groom is the complete service, start to finish, done in your driveway. Nothing is treated as an add-on and nothing gets skipped because the day ran long.
- A warm bath with a shampoo and conditioner matched to your dog's coat and skin
- A full blow dry, which is what lifts the coat so it can actually be worked
- A complete brush and comb out, right down to the skin
- The haircut itself, shaped the way you asked for it
- Nails trimmed back to a comfortable length
- Ears checked and cleaned
- A sanitary trim, and the hair between the paw pads cleared
- A finishing tidy of the face, feet and tail
Bring a photo of a cut you like and Alexis will work from it. Photos settle in five seconds what a paragraph of description usually cannot.
One Dog At A Time, Start To Finish
Your dog is the only dog there, from the first brush stroke to the last. No crowd and no cage.
Alexis works straight through in one sitting: bath, dry, brush out and haircut back to back, so a dog who arrives calm stays calm and goes home as soon as they are done.
That single change is what most owners notice first, and it matters most for the dogs who have never enjoyed the salon: older dogs, nervous dogs, and puppies still learning what grooming is.
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How Often Your Dog Actually Needs One
It depends entirely on the coat, so Alexis gives you a number for your dog rather than a number for every dog.
- Curly and wavy coats, doodles and poodles among them, keep growing and hold shed hair in the curl, so they need the most frequent work
- Long silky coats need less cutting but far more brushing between visits
- Double coats are usually better served by de-shedding and an outline trim than by a full haircut
- Short smooth coats often need little more than a regular bath and brush plus nails
Alexis will tell you honestly what your dog's coat needs after she has had her hands in it, rather than booking you in more often than the coat justifies. Many owners land on a full groom with a bath and brush in between, which keeps the coat easy without paying for a haircut the dog does not need.
Healdsburg Coats Have Their Own Calendar
Grooming here is seasonal in ways it is not everywhere, and the timing genuinely changes what your dog needs.
From late spring through fall, dry grass around Healdsburg means foxtails. Those barbed grass seeds work into paws, ears, armpits and noses, they only travel one direction once they start, and long hair between the toes is exactly where they collect. Keeping the feet and the hair between the paw pads short through summer is a genuine preventive measure, not a cosmetic one. Anything you find lodged in the skin is a vet visit, not a grooming one.
Inland summers in Santa Rosa and up the Alexander Valley run hot and dry, which is when owners of double coated dogs start asking for a shave down. That is the one thing a full groom will not do to a double coat, for reasons covered on the de-shedding page.
Winter flips the problem. Wet season means mud, and a damp coat that dries packed down is a coat that mats from the inside. Dogs who swim in the Russian River through summer have the same issue year round.
What It Costs, And What Changes It
Full groom pricing depends on the size of the dog, the coat type, and the condition the coat is in when Alexis arrives. A well brushed coat is quick work. A coat that has not been brushed in months is a different job, and it is the condition rather than the breed that moves the number.
A $10 travel fee applies to all mobile services. If you book standing visits one to two times a week, ask about recurring client discounts.
Tell Alexis the breed, the rough size and how the coat is doing when you request an appointment and she will give you a straight answer before she books you in.
Getting Ready For The Appointment
- Somewhere to park and a level spot to set up is all she needs
- Let your dog out to the toilet shortly before the appointment
- Have the photo ready if you want a specific cut
- Tell her about anything sore, stiff, or not to be touched
- Say so in advance if your dog is nervous, reactive, or new to grooming
You do not need to bathe your dog first. That is the job.
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A $10 travel fee applies to all mobile services. Standing visits 1 to 2 times a week? Ask about recurring client discounts.
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