The Hound Hub

31/10/2025

A few of our grooming buddies from the last few weeks! 🐾 Ted 🐾 Baxter 🐾 Apache 🐾 Brodie 🐾

I'd like to thank all our lovely clients for your patience during this super busy time, I know some of you have been waiting for appointments for a while. I promise I'm working flat out 😅 and I don't want to tempt fate but I'm working on getting another dog groomer on board, so watch this space! Currently there are only a couple of days left for appointments for the whole year, but hopefully this will change very soon and I'll be able to open up some more spots 🤞🐶🐾

28/10/2025

A spring clip for 🐾 Baxter the Border Terrier 🐾

22/10/2025

We're usually out there walking rain or shine, but now and again we have to implement our 'dangerous weather policy' for the safety of our walkers and dogs in our care.

We're keeping an eye on things throughout the day and will make the call to cancel walks as we see necessary. If the wind picks up again it's a no-go for us, especially after the recent tragedy in Wellington 😢

A bit of rain is not an issue, but rest assured we'll be staying away from the rivers and lake.

If you have a walk booked today please be prepared for a possible cancellation. If you'd prefer to make that call now, please let me know and nobody will be charged for a late cancellation.

Thanks for your understanding!

The Hound Hub team x

21/10/2025

🐾 Dates for your diary! 🐾

We have a few upcoming periods where The Hound Hub will be closed for various reasons. We've already closed our online booking calendar for these dates so we don't have to rebook anyone.

Monday 27th October (Labour Day)
Friday 7th & Monday 10th November
Monday 22nd December - Friday 16th January inclusive (our annual holiday closure)

Thanks so much for your understanding!

07/10/2025

Yesterday we had this beautiful pair in for a groom - 🐾Teddy the golden retriever and Piper the Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever 🐾

I love the natural look of a retriever, so usually a groom for them consists of a good brush out and de-shed to get rid of that all that loose shedding hair and trimming the paws and hocks.

Retrievers are notoriously stubborn (if you know you know 😂) so not always the easiest to groom, but definitely one of my favourites regardless! 🐶🐾

07/10/2025

Happy 9th birthday to our girl Luna!

Luna came to us at 8 weeks old and has been right here with us ever since... My soul dog 🥰🐶🐾

Here's a photo of her today with a stick in the lake, and a very similar one I found of her when she would have been about 3 months old... Nothing has changed 😂

05/10/2025

Some of the cuties who visited us for a groom last week 🥰
Ted 🐾 Chester 🐾 Tilley 🐾 Diesel 🐾

We are now booking into November with very few appointments left for 2025! Please make sure you book your appointment online, we'd hate for anyone to miss out. I'm currently working at capacity and have no room to squeeze any more in, once the appointments are gone, they are gone!

Please book online via our website or the link in our Instagram bio (I rarely get chance to answer the phone during the day, so booking online saves us both time and means you don't have to wait for me to return your call!).

Please also make sure to turn up to your appointment on time - otherwise at this stage you will need to wait for 5+ weeks for a new appointment 😣 Put it in your calendar, set an alarm, write it on the fridge.... We do send reminder texts but if you've input your number incorrectly when booking you won't receive this, and unfortunately there's only so much I can do to help you get here!

We do have a cancellation list but it's verrrrry long and we're not really making a dent, so please don't rely on this. Priority for cancellations goes to reliable regulars, friendly customers and those who already have a future appointment booked 😊🐶🐾

Thanks so much to our lovely loyal clients for your patience! We appreciate you so much 🙏

02/10/2025

Meet our new friend 🐾Chester the Spoodle🐾

Chester joined us for his trial session on Monday (which he aced) and has since been back for 2 more full days with us. He fits right in with The Hound Hub gang!

A half-day trial session with us is totally FREE of charge, we just ask that you choose a time where you're around and about just in case it's not working out. We recommend booking your trial well in advance of you needing us, then we'll be ready to go when you are! Just send us a message or an email if you'd like to book your dog in.

What do we assess during the trial session?

🐾 Sociability - we do require all daycare dogs to be already well socialised. We don't want to be throwing a fearful, anxious or reactive dog in the mix with a bunch of other dogs, this will just create more stress and overwhelm for them before they're ready. The dogs who enjoy a good play but also know when enough is enough (and know when it's time to back off if the other dogs are resting) are a great fit for daycare.

🐾 No separation anxiety - sometimes we do have dogs come for a trial who haven't spent a lot of time away from their owners, and it's so sad to see them sitting at the gate crying 😢 daycare is supposed to be a place where they come to have fun! (And of course with this particular issue, you may not even be aware it's a problem until you do leave them for their trial!)

🐾 No chewers, pee-markers or excessive barkers - for obvious reasons! Overall we're trying to keep our space a happy, clean and comfy one for all dogs in our care.

🐾 No fence jumpers or escape artists. We have multiple gates and fences before your dog can reach the front door, but we're not a maximum security prison 😂 our most important job is to keep your dogs safe and if we feel we can't do that, we're just not going to be the right fit.

If your dog does display any of the above behavioural issues we are more than happy to share our contacts for behaviourists and trainers in the area who will certainly be able to help! It's also worth noting we have a fairly small, indoor-only space. Still plenty of room for play, but not generally suited to working breeds or very high energy dogs.

30/09/2025

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Let's show them some support! 🙌

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