Bath and blow-dry
Two shampoos matched to the coat, conditioner, blow-dry and brushed right through to the skin. The basis of every visit.
from £35depending on size
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Your dog goes home smart — and, more to the point, calm
A grooming room off Highgate in Kendal. Bathing, clipping, hand stripping and de-shedding — one dog in the salon at a time, no cages and no drying boxes. Book online and the price is worked out before you set off.
2016grooming here since
2,600+dogs groomed
40+breeds through the door
One dog, one groomerNo queue of dogs and no barking — just quiet to work in.
No cages, no boxes
Nothing gets shut in a drying box. Everything is dried by hand, with a dryer and a towel.
One dog at a time
There is only ever one dog in the room. Nervous dogs get as long as they need.
Products for sensitive skin
Shampoo picked for the coat and the skin, including options for puppies and for dogs that react to things.
A photo part-way through
On the longer appointments we send you a picture so you know the dog is fine.
What we do
Coat care from the nails to the nose
Prices depend on the size of the dog and the state of the coat. The booking form below works out the exact figure before you set off.
Full groom
Bath, dry and a clip to the breed standard, or exactly how you want it. Includes the head, the feet and the nails.
from £55depending on size
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Hand stripping
Dead coat pulled out by hand on the wire-haired breeds. Clippers wreck the texture, so we strip properly by hand.
from £70depending on size
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De-shedding treatment
For the double-coated breeds when they blow their coat. Bath and blow out the dead undercoat, so you are not hoovering for a fortnight.
from £45depending on size
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Nails and feet
Nails clipped and filed, and the hair trimmed out between the pads. Quick enough that you do not need to book ahead.
from £12depending on size
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Not sure what your dog needs?
There is a short guide here: how often to come in for each coat type, and what to do at home in between.
Book online
Pick what you need and we price it
The price and the time both change with the size of the dog. No “price on application” — what the summary says is what you pay.
How it goes
From booking to a clean dog
You book
Through the form above, or on the phone. You know the price before you come — it works itself out from the size and the service.
A quick chat first
We go through the coat and how the dog is with handling. For a clip, bring a photo so we both know what we are aiming at.
No rushing
Your dog is the only one in the room. On the longer jobs we send a photo part-way through so you are not sat wondering.
Handover
We show you what was done, what to do at home, and when to come back. Then you take a clean dog home.
About the salon
A room dogs are happy to come into
Fellside opened in 2016 with one rule: no dog waits in a cage here, and no dog is held down to get a job finished. If it needs a break, it gets one, and the appointment runs over.
We are as happy doing a poodle to the standard as a crossbreed where the brief is “just so he is not too hot”. Nervous dogs and puppies pay half price for a first visit that is only about getting used to the place.
10 letyears with scissors and a stripping knife
1 dogdog in the room at a time
No cagesnever have been, never will be
Fellside Dog Grooming, Kendalone room, one dog at a time
Our work
Before and after, honestly
A matted mess arrives and a smart dog leaves. A few recent ones — there are more of them on the gallery page.
Full groom
Standard poodle
Rosie — a sporting trim
An overgrown coat full of knots, taken back to a clean sporting trim with a rounded head and tidy feet.
De-shedding treatment
Border collie
Barney — blowing his coat
We blew and brushed enough undercoat out of Barney to make a second dog. His owners stopped hoovering twice a day.
Hand stripping
Giant schnauzer
Alfie — stripped by hand
No clippers: the dead coat pulled out by hand, eyebrows and beard shaped. The coat stays hard and dark the way it should.
Between visits
How often, by coat
4–6 wks
Poodles, bichons and doodle crosses. Curly coats mat against the skin faster than you would think, and once it is matted the only honest answer is to clip it short. Five minutes of brushing a day at home keeps you out of that.
8–12 wks
Terriers and schnauzers. Hand stripping runs on a longer cycle because the coat has to be ready to come away. Too early and you are pulling live hair; too late and the whole jacket is dead at once.
2–3× a year
Collies, huskies and retrievers. Double coats mainly need a de-shed when they blow, spring and autumn. What they do not need is clipping — it does not grow back the same and it stops doing its job.
Find us
Where to find us
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Address14 Highgate, Kendal LA9 4SX
(entrance is round the back, off the yard)
Opening times
| Monday | closed |
| Tuesday – Friday | 8:30–17:30 |
| Saturday | 9:00–13:00 |
| Sunday | closed |
Send us a message
Not sure which service, or has your dog got something particular going on? Describe them and we will tell you what we would do.