Basic Grooms (Bath & Tidy)
Bath and tidy grooms to keep your dog fresh between full grooms — one-on-one in Murrumba Downs, North Brisbane.
Simple Grooming, Care
A basic groom — our bath and tidy — is the perfect maintenance service between full grooms for dogs across Murrumba Downs and North Brisbane. Your dog gets a warm bath, a proper dry, nails, paw pads, a face tidy and sanitary areas freshened up, without a full body clip. It keeps them clean, comfortable and presentable, stretches the life of their last full groom, and keeps them used to regular, positive handling — which matters more than most owners realise.
Basic grooms are especially good for dogs on a 4–8 week full-groom cycle (book a bath and tidy at the halfway mark), for short-coated breeds that rarely need clipping, and for young or nervous dogs building up to bigger sessions in our calm, one-dog-at-a-time salon.
The problems we solve
- The scruffy "grown out" stage between full grooms
- Eyes hidden behind overgrown facial hair
- Hygiene issues — soiled sanitary areas and smelly coats
- Slippery, overgrown paw-pad hair on tiles and floorboards
- Full-groom stress for dogs that only needed a freshen-up
What we do / What's included
- Warm bath with shampoo and condition
- Towel and blow dry
- Nails clipped and filed
- Sanitary areas tidied and paw pads trimmed
- Face tidied so eyes are clear
- Finishing cologne
Do's and Don'ts
Do
- Book a bath and tidy between full grooms to hold the style
- Use it as a gentle first appointment for a nervous dog
- Keep short-coated breeds on regular tidies even though they don't need clips
- Ask us to check ears and coat condition while your dog is here
Don't
- Substitute tidies for full grooms forever on a clipping breed — the coat will win
- Skip the dry-off and brush-out at home after swims between visits
- Let nails go untouched between appointments if your dog is active on soft ground only
- Assume "basic" means rushed — the appointment is still fully one-on-one
Frequently Asked Questions
Bath, condition, dry, nails clipped and filed, paw pads, sanitary tidy, face tidy and cologne — everything except the body and head clip.
The tidy adds the detail work: face, paw pads and sanitary areas. A bath and blow dry is wash-and-dry only.
Small $65, medium $85, large $105, extra large $125 as a guide — condition and coat can affect time needed.
Most dogs do well with a bath and tidy at the midpoint between full grooms — roughly every 3–4 weeks.
Often, yes — many short coats never need clipping. Pair with de-shedding in moulting season.
Light knots, yes. Dematting is $20 per 15 minutes; heavy matting may need a different plan, which we'll discuss first.
It's one of the best starting points — shorter, gentler, and a great trust-builder in our quiet home salon.
Usually 1–1.5 hours, done in one continuous one-on-one session.
Yes — quality shampoos and conditioners, with a hydra spa senses upgrade available for $10.
We're in Murrumba Downs, handy to North Lakes, Kallangur, Griffin, Mango Hill, Petrie and the wider Moreton Bay area.