Urban Furdo Pet Styling

14/11/2024

One of the hardest part about running social media as a dog groomer is choosing which clients to post! Love the fact we have so many gorgeous smiling pups to choose from 🥰

31/10/2024

A huge happy Halloween from the Urban Furdo team!

We love our annual “Howloween” photoshoot with Anita at and it’s always so wonderful that she donates a small portion to various charities during her seasonal shoots 😁

21/10/2024

Many of our clients and followers would know our team regularly competes in grooming comps to hone our skills and have some fun!
Michaela runs Groomfinity Grooming Competition each year in Dandenong with her good friend Chloe of Dressed to the Canines. This year the comp will be on November 17 and we have some fabulous open level groomers who want to compete but haven’t been able to find a suitable dog! These groomers are various levels of experienced but can all complete fabulous pet/ teddy grooms. We are hoping to link some of these groomers with owners of some very well behaved dogs for grooming who may be interested in a free grooming and building a relationship with an up and coming groomer! Please send us a message on Insta or via sms if you have a pooch you feel would cope well in a competition environment (numerous dogs on tables being groomed at once but they get lots of one on one attention and are supervised at all times and don’t need to mingle with other dogs. Dogs may need to hang out at the event for a few hours up to a full day). Groomers complete the wash and dry before the competition so dogs nervous for the dryer can go very slowly the day before on their prep work and if fine for the actual groom would be suitable for comp environment. We are looking for all breeds and mixes for this comp and future competitions for the Urban Furdo staff as well!

For this comp we would put you in contact with groomers not affiliated with urban Furdo who are needing dogs and you’d work out between yourselves the exact details for the day (eg some owners may prefer their pup to be picked up on Saturday and returned Sunday, others would rather bring them themselves on comp day)

13/10/2024

Another busy week at the shop getting ready for Halloween ❤️🥰

09/10/2024

Thankfully we have recovered after our flooding on Saturday and are so grateful for the understanding of the clients we had to reschedule! We can also announce we have begun the search for a new permanent premises as our pop up lease is coming to an end soon (and we want to avoid any future floods too!). It’s safe to say we have definitely loved the Elsternwick area and are planning on moving within 10 minutes drive of our current location. Ideally I would love to be in Elsternwick/ Caulfield south as that stays nice and close to our wonderful bayside clients, but brings us that 5-10 mins closer to our many Malvern and Oakleigh area clients! Our main goal is to find somewhere with a small yard to allow us to experiment with having a couple daycare dogs here and there/ host Bark Mitzvahs (and possibly a training yard for Michaela to explore her love of training again!) Everybody will be thrilled to hear we’re also looking for a property with significantly better parking availability!!

Again, I’m so thankful to everybody who continues to support our little business and I’m so excited our little shop is going to start its chapter two soon with a permanent home 🥰❤️

30/09/2024

had so much fun today coming to the city for a special commercial film shoot with a Melbourne company (will definitely be posting video once it’s all finished!)! After her hard work indoors we decided to have a little picnic in the Botanical gardens and get our own photos enjoying the gorgeous spring weather and paying our respects at the Shrine of Remembrance 🥰

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28/09/2024

Lots of smiling pups this week even a cavalier Mohawk 🥰❤️

26/09/2024

Spring is in the air, which means the desheds are too!
Spring can be a busy time for groomers with a combination of an increase in desheds, an increase of shave downs after winter hairdos get a bit out of hands and with more allergens in the air we tend to have more frequent visits for pups needing medicated shampoos or pollen washed off for their owner’s allergies. Reminder that we may be a little slower to respond to normal and you may need to book a little further ahead to avoid missing out 😊

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! 🥰❤️