Essential To Your Dog’s Health

Austin pet grooming, both at home and at our vet clinic, is essential to your pet’s health. Keep your pets looking and feeling their best with grooming care from Dessau Veterinary Clinic. Led by veterinarian Dr. Kellee K. Campbell, our Austin veterinary care team is committed to providing compassionate and loving care for your pets. Our groomer uses a gentle and loving touch to clean and care for your pet. Our cat and dog grooming services include bathing, nail clipping, coat brushing, and hair trimming.

Our Austin animal clinic staff can provide many tips for cat and dog grooming to pet owners. At-home pet grooming, such as brushing your pet’s coat, is a wonderful opportunity to bond with your pet. While cats naturally groom themselves, many long-haired breeds need a little human assistance to manage their coat. Regular brushing will remove stray hairs and reduce the risk of injury from hairballs.

Not every cat or dog wants to be groomed, however, and if your pet becomes stressed, upset or fights back to resist grooming, it’s easier to leave the care up to our pet grooming experts! Our groomer is fully experienced handling pets of all sizes and temperaments, and knows all the tricks for making each animal feel relaxed and comfortable during a pet grooming session.

We recommend routine grooming for all pets, although long-haired cats and dogs that are highly susceptible to matted hair may need more frequent care than their shorter-haired friends. When matted hair occurs, it is easiest to let our professional groomer correct the problem. Our groomer is fully experienced at removing matted hair without causing pain for your pet. In extreme cases, we may even trim away part of the matted hair to avoid hurting your pet. This is just one example of how our professional groomer provides an elevated level of service and care for your pets.

Cat and dog grooming is also an important opportunity to assess the health of your pet. Our professional groomer is specially trained to catch many of the signs of skin problems or other conditions that you may miss. If our groomer notices anything, a veterinarian is available to immediately evaluate your pet’s health and make recommendations for follow-up treatment. We also check for common health problems such as ticks and fleas.

During a grooming session, we will wash and bathe your pet. Because many pets have sensitive skin, we only use natural, hypo-allergenic bathing. We will trim your dog’s nails so they just touch the ground when walking. If your cat has not been declawed, we will also trim your cat’s claws. We can trim your pet’s hair and even provide a little styling, as desired. Our groomer can also clean your dog's ears as needed.

Our state-of-the-art facilities are cleaned and disinfected after each pet. We find that many pets, such as larger dogs, are more comfortable in our spacious grooming facilities than during at-home grooming.