Dandini's Dog Grooming

For more than 50 years Dandini's Dog Grooming has been grooming dogs and cats in the Portsmouth area. While our dog grooming business may be half a century old, our techniques are right up to date! That’s why Hampshire dog owners travel to Dandini’s - they want their dogs to be well-groomed, and well cared for, by professional groomers in relaxed surroundings. ​ While many of us Google ‘dog groomer near me’ when searching for a business that can take care of our matted dog or hair balled cat, what most of us want is for our pets to be happy as well as perfectly groomed. This is why not only do we strive to create the perfect haircut, but we also have created a free roaming salon which gives your dog a much more relaxed grooming experience. ​ We also have the years of experience to be able to provide more specialised services such as hand-stripping, creative grooming and cat grooming, so that any grooming service that you require can be provided at a good level of quality and expertise.

Our dog grooming courses are run for the complete beginner to those wishing to brush up (pun intended!) on their grooming skills. We aim to be as flexible as possible so that you can do anything from 1 day a week to 4 days a week allowing you to learn around your other commitments. ​ On any of our "Groom for a Living" courses the student will groom at least two dogs a day and gain a minimum of 240 hours (30 day course) or 360 hours (45 day course) of guided learning within the training room and salon, grooming dogs. A number of home study hours are required in addition to this. This allows a student trained at Dandini's to be knowledgeable, competent and ready for the work place before they leave. ​ Dog grooming is a skill that will take time to develop and we believe that the foundations of this skill need to be established correctly and thoroughly at the beginning of a students career and this takes time. This is why at Dandini's, apart from our groom your own dog day, we only offer 30 or 45 day courses and each days training is a full 8 hours.