Urban Furdo Pet Styling

18/09/2024

And that’s a wrap! More pics to come once official pics are out, but we’ve have a fabulous couple of days at The Pet Industry Association of Australia’s AusGroom 2024!

Mairead competed yesterday with her standard poodle Sage in a beautiful creative dragon inspired groom, she managed to score herself a well deserved Honourable mention for her efforts! Today I entered the All Other Purebreds Open Class with a chow- not the most common breed to see in the ring and it was so awesome being able to ambassador a little for a less commonly seen breed! A big thank you to .the.chow for being on her best behaviour and her parents for letting us take her out for the day for the comp 🥰
I also entered a bedlington model dog and managed to score a third placing with that as well- pretty pleased given like normal I left finishing to the last minute and ended up entering without any eyes 😂

And as always a huge thank you to .scissors! We love using their scissors and their chunkers and thinners make double coats so easy to scissor without noticeable marks! ❤️

A huge thank you to the organisers and all of the fabulous sponsors that make these events possible including and many many more! A big thank you to Cathy Wallace and Danny Tsai for their thorough judging, it’s always so humbling to have any industry great go over your groom with a fine tooth comb and especially when you end up winning a ribbon with a less competitive breed too!

15/09/2024

We may need to start just having posts for poodles with how many we’ve had the last couple weeks!
Reminder: spring is here and we’re starting to get busy! Please allow at least 3 weeks for an appointment, longer for larger dogs. We do our best where we can but planning ahead makes everybody’s lives much easier for grooms 😊 I thank everybody for their patience while we get back to sms messages and voicemails for new client bookings, we’ve been inundated this week and as we don’t have a dedicated receptionist the team takes on admin tasks between grooms where we can! We have a few competitions and events this month as well, so may have more delays than normal for replies. Please bear with us and you’re always welcome to book online too!

December is starting to get very busy, if you are wanting a spot in December we definitely recommending booking it in now especially if you have a preference for staff members! Clients on recurring schedules and who have already pre booked to the end of year are much appreciated and have your dates locked in ❤️

11/09/2024

Come in store to check out our range! Restocked and we’re now stocking additional lines including shark jerky, additional meal toppers and baked thins 🥰 these treats have been flying on the shelves so get in quick while stocks last!

04/09/2024

03/09/2024

27/08/2024

We’re so proud to be a member! In just under 12 months we’ve diverted a lot of waste from landfill to be repurposed, reused and recycled 🥰

Hair has very little weight, so that 3kg is the equivalent of approximately 1-2 large garbage bags a week of your pups’ hair being diverted from landfill! The salon doesn’t actually have council bins, each week we typically have only one bag of landfill rubbish that’s taken home and disposed of in our bin at home. We’re pretty proud of that achievement ❤️

16/08/2024

Photo dump from last few weeks! 🥰

13/07/2024

Reminder to make sure your pups are brushed out with the west weather to avoid tangles and knots!
Winter is the best for clean fluffy coats 🥰❤️

06/07/2024

What a huge couple weeks it’s been! We’re officially fully at our elsternwick salon, and will dearly miss our Malvern east client unable to follow me. It’s been such a pleasure and I’m so excited to see what’s next in the bayside area! 🥰❤️

22/06/2024

Check out our new range from ! We’re just a little obsessed, especially given the Treatery values sustainability and ethical transparent pet product sourcing as much as we do!

Our new range features chew treats including sustainably sourced shark skin chews, cow and kangaroo tracheas as well as a training treat range with an option for every pooch!
We have single protein treats including venison, goat, chicken, beef, kangaroo, emu, fish and more perfect for pooches with food allergies.

For pups that love lickimats and kongs we’re also now stocking pet friendly natural peanut butter with the option of h**p oil for overall health and anxiety and a prebiotics/ probiotics option for dogs struggling with gut health or skin issues.

19/06/2024

It’s with a heavy heart that I let everyone know my little Boo has grown her angel wings 😞

She was only with us a short while but we adored having her around and she fit in so seamlessly it felt like she’d always been with us! We were so excited to have her come and stay permanently with us after we had her for a month earlier in the year waiting for us to move house to take her full time. It’s absolutely devastating for us and her wonderful breeder to have lost such a well natured dog so young. Everybody who met her loved her and she had such a calm loving approach to life. She was from the same litter as Merlot but was returned to the breeder in Feb, and we were so blessed to get to spend time with and fall in love with her. Nobody expects to lose a pet so young, and it’s so painful knowing all the plans we had for adventuring and competing together can’t come to fruition x

The vets did everything they could to help her for a week but had to make the decision to put her down when she wasn’t improving after becoming very unwell unexpectedly ❤️

17/06/2024

Thank you so much to our wonderful clients for an incredible 3 years in the Stonnington area- 2 of which have been inside of the lovely ! We’ve loved getting to meet so many incredible people and more importantly, they’re very special pooches!

From July 2, Urban Furdo will be operating solely from our Elsternwick store at 8 Horne St, Elsternwick and we are in the process now of contacting all of our clients to check if wanting to come to the Elsternwick salon or would prefer a referral to one of the lovely local one on one groomers in the Malvern area. I’m happy to forward any grooming notes on for anybody who can’t follow me to allow for a seamless transition with your new groomer. Although this is an exciting time for me following my grooming dream and going full time to run our brick and mortar store, it’s bittersweet that there will inevitably be some sad goodbyes. It’s been a hard decision, but due to moving further away and having limited transport options plus some health issues, I’m just not able to keep up with the demands of having two salons at present and need to remind myself that health = wealth by cutting back 🥰

I am so grateful for all the positive support I’ve received already after the news of this hard decision and I’ll miss those who can’t follow me- I wish you all the best and hope to run into some of you when I’m taking my own pooches to progressive vets- after all they are the best vets in Melbourne! 😜❤️
Enjoy some photos of some of our clients we’ve looked after over the last couple years plus a pic of my CEOs (canine executive officers of course) enjoying their new home in Brighton!

14/06/2024

Introducing our new range at Urban Furdo! So obsessed with these handmade coat saver collars and show jackets!

Coat savers are a great option for longer haired dogs prone to matting around the neck such as poodles, doodles, Afghan hounds, bichons, Maltese, shih tzus, etc. They won’t entirely prevent matting and coat breakage but the satin lining and larger width help reduce friction dramatically. They’re also a great collar for finer necked dogs that distributes the pressure evenly to make walking far more comfortable! Every one of these is one of a kind and won’t last long, handmade with love in Queensland!

We also have a fabulous new coat range for the winter weather, these show coats are designed to reduce static and friction on the coat as well, whilst keeping dogs protected from the wind and reducing the risk of matting

07/06/2024

We are so excited to celebrate Pride month at Urban Furdo, especially as an LGBTQ+ owned business!

This June and July 100% of all walk in nail trim appointments and a small portion from every groom will be donated to two wonderful organisations who do incredible work in the LGBTQ+ community; BlaQ and Minus 18.

BlaQ is an Aboriginal community-controlled organisation, with a vision to achieve a society that nurtures, supports, affirms, and celebrates our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander LGBTQ+ community whilst promoting safety and inclusion for all. LGBTQ+ indigenous Australians face many complex challenges and the programs BlaQ runs are working towards removing the inequalities that unfortunately are still prominent in our society.

Minus 18 is an organisation that focuses on improvements for LGBTQ+ youth in our community. They do this through educational programs, safe space social events and advocating for young people’s rights. Sadly 66% of LGBTQ+ identifying youth report bullying due to their sexuality and 81% feel their schools do not do enough to prevent or address this targeted bullying, Minus 18 is working towards changing those statistics for the better!

This stunning Artwork is by Wiradjuri and Birpai man, Wayde Clark. Also known as Alejandro Lauren (Alejandro Lauren)

03/06/2024

Some of our lovely pups at Elsternwick recently 🥰

29/05/2024

The many faces of a Westie having a groom! lol, scruffy, wet, windswept and fabulous again 🥰

21/05/2024

Some of our Malvern East pups recently ❤️🥰

15/05/2024

We are trialling a card fee of 1.6% for card transactions at both locations. With the rising cost of operation, this is to help reduce some of our expenses while allowing customers to still pay using a fee free method such as cash or bank transfer. We are choosing to do this instead of an annual price rise to help reduce additional costs to customers by providing options for the groom price to remain the same. If anybody has any questions or queries, feel free to send us a text or an inbox

Cheers all,
The Urban Furdo Team

13/05/2024

Some of our Elsternwick grooms from last few weeks 🥰😍

07/05/2024

Appointments available this week and next at Elsternwick with our award winning team 🥰

With winter approaching, it’s extra important to stay on top of grooming to keep your pup clean, knot free and feeling their best! Nobody wants a mid winter shave down due to getting out of hand! 😅❤️
Book online now or send us an sms on 0435 111 543 to book!

15/04/2024

Our offical photos from the grooming comp on the weekend 🥰
Mairead with her beautiful poodle Sage, Taylah with the lovely Archie and myself with Merlot and Model Dog! 😊

14/04/2024

What a fabulous weekend for our little team at

Many more photos to come but here’s a few from my grooms for the weekend!

A huge thank you to the organisers, I can’t imagine what goes into arranging a comp of this volume! A huge thank you to .scissors for providing me with such wonderful equipment to groom! My model dog was completed entirely with their scissors, and a lot of my groom on Merlot was as well!

An awesome shoutout to some of the comp sponsors .au

Taylah
3rd place All Other Purebreds intermediate class

Mairead
2nd place entry freestyle class

Michaela
3rd place master freestyle class
3rd place live model dog

This comp was very exciting as it was our lovely Elsternwick manager Taylah’s first competition, she did a marvellous job earning a 3rd place in all other purebred intermediate class with my border collie, Archie 🥰
We also had our incredibly talented groomer Mairead win a 2nd place in entry level freestyle with her standard poodle Sage- also her first competition!

And I had the quivers entering master class in freestyle with my standard poodle Merlot, time was tricky and it didn’t come out exactly as planned but thrilled to have achieved a 3rd place ribbon and had a lot of fun doing colour and coat carving in the ring 🥰
Sunday it was just me competing in live model dog with some tough competition, and managed to win a 3rd place with my Portuguese water dog trim!

05/04/2024

Love being able to pamper my favourites again, but I do miss NZ! 😅😂
Malvern East pups from last 2 weeks 😍

23/03/2024

April 7 will be year 4 completing Adventure Dog to raise money for Animal Aid 🥰
Archie will be taking it gently with a sore back at the moment, but I’m hoping for a few more with him! Merlot will be completing the course for the first time and she is going to love the mud! Watch me cry as I groom her after as we have a grooming comp the week after so she’s in long coat 😂

We’ll be taking on this endeavour with the lovely Chloe from Dressed to the Canines and possibly extra friends too 😁

The course involves 4km of mud, obstacles, water & rugged terrain and is a tonne of fun!
Animal Aid is a wonderful shelter that helps reunite lost pets with their families & find loving homes for pets in need.

We’d love it if you could help us by donating as much or as little as you can to our fundraising effort to help Animal Aid continue their wonderful work. You can do this by clicking the link below.

https://adventure-dog-2024.raisely.com/t/groomergals?

If you’d like to find out more about Animal Aid or come join us on the Adventure Dog challenge (which I highly recommend, it’s so much fun!) you can learn more here:
https://animalaid.org.au/adventure-dog/

11/03/2024

REMINDER: Michaela is away March 10-25, for all enquiries including appointment changes please contact our Elsternwick store on 0402 391 118 if needing us to get back to you before March 26 😊

04/03/2024

Malvern east pooches from last few weeks 🥰
We also got to do some fabulous wash out colour for a breast cancer fundraiser with the lovely Fergus and Chilli!

03/03/2024

Are a group of poodles called a puddle, a party or a pack? 😜

All fluffed and ready for trouble again 🥰

02/03/2024

Some of our elsternwick pooches the last couple weeks 😁

20/02/2024

I have to share a very proud groomer moment about a special boy, Judge. Judge is a young groodle, and he is HUGE. When Judge first started coming, he had a history of anxiety around grooming and especially for his feet and the dryer.
Due to the large size, this can be dangerous as there’s a risk of flipping the table or other types of injury. To groom safely we must always be in control of the dog on our table for both our own and the pooch’s safety.

Judge’s mum is so committed to him and helping him feel better about grooming, she has him booked on a monthly schedule to make grooming more tolerable for him. Plus with his gorgeous long coat, the regular appointments make sure he doesn’t get matted which can add discomfort to visits.

Judge’s anxiety was quite bad the first visit and I wasn’t able to do his feet. He was on anxiety medication prescribed by his vet to assist in helping him learn grooming doesn’t have to be scary and as he improved the dose has lowered. After several months of building trust and predictability in his visits, Judge had his first groom last week unmedicated, and he was a champion!
Judge will likely never *enjoy* grooming. Truth be told, most dogs never will (think about it from their perspective- grooming is quite invasive for dogs and having somebody you don’t know well put water on you, use a loud machine to blow air on you and then a motorised device all over including between your toes would be frightening for most people especially if you only know a few words of their language!).

But the goal is to make grooming a non frightening experience. And most dogs can warm up to that especially if it involves some cuddles and treats from the person doing it. Trust takes time to build, and I feel so lucky that Judge trusts me enough to do his feet, and get him dry now! Well done Judge, and I look forward to watching you grow more and more on your grooming journey 😍❤️

17/02/2024

We have Merlot’s litter sibling staying with us for at least a few weeks… it might be permanent but we’ll see! 😂🥰❤️