Dog Grooming at The Pet Store, Pickering

Dog Grooming at The Pet Store, Pickering City and Guilds Level 3 Qualified Dog Grooming. Fully Insured and Equipped
🎉12 Years in Business🎀

The scent of summer ☀️ ⛱️ 🏖 🌴 🍓 🍌 🫚 "Palm springs" is here to get us in the mood with its delicious mix of strawberry...
10/06/2026

The scent of summer ☀️ ⛱️ 🏖 🌴 🍓 🍌 🫚

"Palm springs" is here to get us in the mood with its delicious mix of strawberry, banana and ginger fragrances and its giving us all those summery feels.

Honestly, we don't think it smells like any one of the three but its still entirely worthy of you repeatedly inhaling your dog and getting those judgey "what are you doing?" eyes in response!

All our shampoos are palm free, cruelty free and vegan friendly.

06/06/2026

Brian wins best dad award.
Here he is outside grooming HQ with his baby 🥰

All smiles from this handsome little star ⭐️
04/06/2026

All smiles from this handsome little star ⭐️

You said you missed the bench.So we got you a new one. With cushions!You lucky things!
04/06/2026

You said you missed the bench.
So we got you a new one. With cushions!
You lucky things!

First visit (we think ever) and he absolutely smashed it.We left his ears fluffy to hold onto a bit of that character.We...
26/05/2026

First visit (we think ever) and he absolutely smashed it.
We left his ears fluffy to hold onto a bit of that character.

We're not entirely certain what this guy is made of but he's the coolest!

Any guesses? Pop them in the comments
(Winning guess gets absolutely nothing 😁)

24/05/2026

Edited - new guidance.
🌞 Hot weather information post 🔥
Bit hot innit'??
Tomorrow (Monday) is supposed to be a scorcher.

Dogs and UK heat don't mix well, They arent used to it and it can cause serious health implications and in extreme cases, death

So, heres what we need to do.
🔥 Walk your dogs super early. Evening temps are still incredibly warm so if you go on an evening instead, it needs to be much later into the evening. Keep to shaded areas (usually, one side of the road is shadier than the other!)
The pavements get HOT and your dog doesnt wear shoes so always check the temps before taking your dogs out and be sure you're leaving enough time to travel home before they heat up.
If in doubt, just miss the walk completely - it won't harm them.
🔥 Dont leave your dog in the car in this weather, even if the air con has been on or the windows are open. Your car turns into an oven incredibly fast.
🔥 Dont leave your dog unsupervised sunbathing in the garden for long. Dogs can get sunburn too!
🔥 If you dont have cool floors anywhere at home, Use items like cool mats as a way for them to find some relief. Alternatively you can pop a couple of towels in the freezer and rotate them so you always have one available to use.
🔥 Make sure theres always fresh cool water available.

🥵 If your dog is showing signs of heatstroke. ♨️
(heavy panting or laboured breathing, drooling excessively, bright red or dark gums, confusion, vomiting, unsteadiness, seizures)
Get your dog out of the sun and into a shaded, cool, well-ventilated area.
Try to cool them down, use cool, damp flannels placed in the armpits, groin and back areas. Do not cover your dog entirely in a wet towel as this can trap heat in.
Though last we heard, advice was not to submerge/cover dogs in cold water due to risk of shock, we're told the new guidance says this is now fine - though it appears not to be a one for all rule dependant on breed and size of the dog and your ability to hold the dog if submerging.
Call your vet for advice immediately.

Enjoy your bank holiday weekend. Be safe 🙏

21/05/2026

🌞 Sunshine Notice 🌞

🙏 Please think about pre booking your appointments as spring/summer approaches. We reccomend booking at least two appointments ahead during warmer months to ensure you get a convenient slot 📆 and we like our regulars to have their pick 🫵

📣 PRE-WARNING ‼️
There will be a pinch late July due to annual leave 🌅🏖 which is going to limit appointments further this summer so please think about your dogs grooming routine and when they will be due their do's and get them booked in ASAP! ✂️

🌞 Contact us 🌞

📲 Call / Text us on - 07527008240
(please note we cannot hear the phone ringing if the driers are running, so please leave a message and we'll get back to you as soon as we can.
If you text, this is usually much easier so we dont miss each other)

📩 Message us here on Facebook

🏡 Passing by? Come see us at Grooming HQ,
We are above/behind The Pet Store Pickering at the top of the market place - the grooming entrance is accessed via the church yard.

20/05/2026

It can be a little chaotic when first arriving at grooming HQ but these two girls are here to tell you its the most refreshing S'paw day.
Look how relaxed they are! Too relaxed in fact! 🤣🤣💤💤
And to top it off, when they're all freshened up they love nothing more than bedding down for a snooze to wait for mum, who they say can take as long as she wants 😆

13/05/2026

We've had a lot of enquiries about teeth cleaning recently so thought we'd post out some information.
(These are our personal views.)

First and foremost, we DO NOT offer a teeth cleaning service and let us explain why...

We did jump on the trend of the emmi pet teeth cleaning system marketed towards groomers a long time ago.
We invested in the system.
We did the training.
We took a course on canine oral health.
We did some free trials.

But something didn't feel right...

The toothbrush training looked promising but encouraged the use of wooden sticks to flick off the plaque after using the toothbrush.
So we're supposed to poke a sharp stick inside a moving dogs mouth..? Stabs, splinters, enamel damage. No thank you - we chucked those. We'll try the system without them.

The free trials - we selected some customers we thought could benefit from the service and offered it to them for free so we could truly get to know the service.
In order to remove the build up to start with, its recommended very regular visits to break down the plaque - Even though this was a completely free trail, our owners found after a while they could not commit to weekly or twice weekly visits, even for the short term for the purposes of the trail.
This got us thinking about going forward. Teeth cleaning needs to be done often, not once every 8 weeks... something to ponder on later we thought.
From the short trails we did manage, we found that it wasn't making as much of an impact as we'd hoped (lack of use of the sticks maybe? Still, we weren't prepared to use them)

Oral health training - Now im going to be very honest here. What I believe was probably only the basics in canine oral health actually frightened the bejesus out of me!!
There is so much that can go wrong inside a dogs mouth and it solidified the feeling that this isn't a service we should be offering.

We are qualified to advise you on many things grooming related but we are not qualified to tell you that your dogs mouth is healthy or unhealthy or to lead you to feel one way or the other.
We also feel this is similar to a doctors receptionist treating you at the doctors surgery. Yes they work within the health setting and they probably see, hear and know things - but that doesnt mean they can actually diagnose and treat you.

We might be able to get the visable plaque and tarter off and lead you into a false sense that your dogs teeth are now fine - they're clean right?
(Probably) Wrong.

We cant see what's going on below the gumline - cause what's under there is related to what's up top.
We cannot find tiny cracks or holes in the teeth that could become a big issue.
We can't diagnose dental disease.

So what can we do...
Refer you to your vet.
Yes its expensive but its the best option for your dog.
If we see something in your dogs mouth, we will check it out, get photos if we can and make you aware so you can make your own choice.

But one thing is for certain, We are not out to make money from things we cannot honestly say we believe in.

Apologies to those that we have dissapointed to hear we don't offer the service but we'd rather this than ruin our own reputation by performing service's we are not qualified to offer.

Thank you

13/05/2026

The diary is getting busier.
Please look to Pre-Book your appointments at least two ahead now to get the slots you want 📆😊

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