Picture Perfect Pets

21/04/2026

Both Sarah and Riley want to introduce both our beautiful Standard Poodle litters. I know a lot of you have been patiently waiting for news!
Sarah's litter with Zali was born on the 3rd of April 2026 with a huge 12 happy babies. We have 10 boys and 2 girls.
Riley's litter was born yesterday the 20th of April. Astrid welcomed us with 7 happy babies, 4 boys and 3 girls.

While they wont be in the salon till after their 6 week vaccine and check up you can expect lots of puppies running around our feet soon!
Also if you would to follow our puppy growth or might be interested in a standard poodle as your next best friend I do encourage you to contact us. You all know how much we both love talking about our dogs 😍

14/12/2025

What a fantastic fun packed year we have had again this year!
We have welcomed two new groomers this year bringing the team to a total of 5, we have attended 8 seminars to keep polishing and learning our skills and we have seen 887 different dogs walk threw our doors all year with the most popular breed being the Cavoodle and closely followed by the Border Collie.

On to the hard buisness news, we do have to up our prices next year. I have crunched the numbers and scratched my head at all the different ways to cut costs that wont effect our high quality and still be able to pay my staff the wage they deserve. In reality the cost of living is just getting to all of us now and its showing.

Over the holiday break I will be changing up the booking, their will be more options available some more expensive and some more basic just depending on what you require and would like.
You will also probably notice that I have changed the online booking slightly.

First it will now ask for your suburb. This is to help combat those that are booking way to far away to attend their appointments and also give us a bit of an insite in where you are all coming from so if we can put you on a cancellation list we know how far you have to come 😀
Second the appointment isn't booked straight away. I have to manually approve it now. This allows greater communication between us before you get to your appointment time that way if your incorrectly booked we can get you on the right path before we are double booked or if your overbooked for a service you don't quite need. This has allowed us to open up a proper wait list for booked out periods like right now 😀

I have some pretty big goals for Picture Perfect Pets in 2026 that I should hopefully be able to sneak peak you into soon.

In the mean time there are very minimal appointments left for this year. Mostly only bathing appointments for short coat small dogs. If you can't find anything online you are more than welcome to call and see if anything has become available.
We will be closed from christmas day the 25th of December 2025 and reopening again on the 5th of January 2026 after a much enjoyed break. Ofcorse some of us will still be showing our own dogs so if you see our salon doors open we are prepping poodles 🤭 because we can't not groom dogs even when we're on holidays 🤪

We can't wait to see you in the new year and have a wonderful and safe christmas and new year!

26/11/2025

Good morning.
Unfortunately we have lost power to our shop today due to a fire in one of the local shops last night.

We will be closed today but hopefully back open again tomorrow the 28th of november.

All appointments today are being rescheduled and the shop will be shut

I still have the phone with me though so I can still make appointments

Thanks
Sarah

30/09/2025

Our tick season is severe this year already! There has all ready been a high number of paralisys tick cases at our local vets and I've pulled off 16 ticks off different dogs since mid august. I can't stress enough for you to make sure your on top of all your tick prevention. I have also started adding a bit of flea and tick shampoo into all washes (except sensitive skin and those who can't have it) please don't use this as your only preventative though as it only kills the fleas and ticks on them at the time.

🚨 Attention Dog Owners: Canine Ehrlichiosis Alert 🚨

Vets are warning that Canine Ehrlichiosis — a tick-borne disease that assaults a dog’s immune system — is now spreading across northern Australia and is considered endemic in those regions.

🐾 What you need to know:
The disease is transmitted when a brown dog tick infected with the Ehrlichia bacteria bites your dog. Symptoms can begin to show about two weeks after infection. There are three stages of the disease; early detection is crucial.

⚠️ How to protect your dog:
1) Use effective tick prevention products, especially if travelling or living in higher-risk areas.
2) Check your dog regularly for ticks — especially after being outdoors
3) Be vigilant for signs of illness (lethargy, fever, loss of appetite, bleeding or unusual bruising)
4) Seek veterinary help immediately if you suspect tick exposure or illness

As the disease becomes more established, ongoing care and awareness are essential. Let’s all stay alert and protect our dogs wherever they roam.

Find out more about this disease here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-29/canine-ehrlichiosis-endemic-spreads-across-northern-australia/105814976

27/07/2025

This is a fantastic read! This is an American breeder, in our case instead of akc or ukc we have dogsaustralia (previously known as ankc) And for health testing we generally use orivet instead of embark but embark is still a good choice

03/07/2025

It's that time of year where prices just have to go up.

We have avoided having to do a price rise this year and the last two years but in order to keep our prices as is we have to tighten up our policies including the main ones listed below.

Long coat baths for double coated breeds will automatically be booked as desheds from now on. This includes border collie, german shepherd dogs, huskies, Labrador, cattle dogs, etc
These breeds nearly always need a deshed rather than just a bath and its unfair on the dog and us as a business to let the dog leave with half the job done.

All cavaliers and cocker spaniel will be automatically booked as a hygiene instead of a short coat bath and extra time. The extra drying time these breeds need and the extra trimming does not add up to the time needed within the original booking. Which not only underpays us but makes us late for the next appointment

Hand strip prices will rise due to more time being needed, this will start being charged for per hour as some of our handstrip clients are leaving the appointments far to long in between

If you have left your dog here for a time longer than one hour after the pick up message/phone call has been made you will be charged a daycare fee of $14 per hour. Prior arrangements can be made but this will still incur a fee. Staff need to be paid to look after the dogs in the daycare space, and if your grooming dog is taking up that room in the daycare space it takes away from the other daycare clients

Unfortunately we have just been a bit slack and a bit too nice and now it's hurting the buisness
We hope you can understand and we strive to keep giving you all the high results we all know you love!

Thanks
Sarah and the team!

12/04/2025

Open hours and Easter updates!

As a lot of you already know, Sarah and Riley are off to Sydney next week for the Sydney royal show and the 2025 poodle national show while Allyssa and Tiffany hold down the fort while they are gone. So our bookings are limited from the 14th of April right up to the 27th of April.

We are closed Easter weekend (18th to the 21st of April) and then closed again on Wednesday the 23rd and Friday the 25th for ANZAC day

There is still a few appointments available but I do know they are going fast so if you are in need of an appointment before Easter your best to book online now.

We are super excited for the Sydney royal and poodle nationals and we can't wait to tell you all about it!

10/04/2025

Butter wouldn't melt in little Bentley's mouth 😍

08/04/2025

How cute is duggy! I just love his big puffy cheeks!

11/03/2025

How beautiful is little miss Willow after her hygiene groom. She had a few big knots under her armpits that we had to take care of and some very grinchy feet that were collecting all the dirt and mud.

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