Best Dog Groomers in Chicago

Bark Avenue Playcare is a Chicago-based grooming and pet care service provider. It offers several services such as dog boarding and daycare, bathing, and haircuts. Grooming services also include de-shedding treatments, flea treatments, and anal gland expression. Bark Avenue Playcare offers puppy training services that focus on obedience training and therapy. On-leash and off-leash private lessons are also available. In addition, the company actively helps homeless dogs and cooperates with local rescue organizations to take care of dogs until they find a loving owner.

Canine Social Club is a Chicago-based pet care facility. It offers a variety of spa packages for dog grooming which can include nail trim, ear cleaning, dog facial, and anal gland expression. Its team uses hypoallergenic shampoos if requested by owners. Boarding and daycare services are also available, wherein dogs can socialize with other guests at a temperature- and humidity-controlled indoor play park. The facility manages a retail store that offers grain-free food, treats, and homemade gourmet meals for dogs.

Dogaholics is a pet daycare and grooming facility that serves the pet owners of Chicago and surrounding areas. It offers pet grooming services such as bathing, handheld blow-drying, brush-outs, touch-up haircuts, and full haircuts. It also provides ear cleaning, nail trimming, and teeth brushing services. Additionally, clients' dogs are styled with bandanas after their grooming session. Dogaholics also offers daycare services, boarding services, and pet transportation. General manager Steve Carr has been working with dogs for almost 10 years.

Earth Pups focuses on providing pet grooming, overnight, and daycare options to smaller canine breeds in Chicago. Using natural products for its grooming services, it cuts, trims, and styles small dogs. It also performs nail trimming and teeth brushing services. With indoor and outdoor play areas and accommodation styled according to pets' needs, the grooming studio aims to provide an environment where dogs can enjoy the company of other dogs. It carries products from brands including Orijen, Fruitables, Bravo, and Real Meat.

Furtastik is a Chicago area dog care facility offering a full-range of services. Furtastik's certified groomers work with both dogs and cats, and their services include bath, brush, nail clipping, ear cleaning, tooth brushing, and paw treatments. Furtastik also offers cage-free doggie daycare and pet boarding as well as dog walking services in Lakeview, Bucktown, DePaul, Logan Square, Roscoe Village, Wicker Park, and Wrigleyville.

Love Fur Dogs, in Hubbard Woods on the Glencoe-Winnetka border, provides complete grooming services for dogs, cats and other small pets. Love Fur Dogs is owned and run by one of the nation’s most experienced actual CMGs (Certified Master Groomer) and was named Best Groomer in Chicagoland by the Tribune. Love Fur Dogs is the first salon in the area to become American Kennel Club (AKC) Safety Certified. Love Fur Dogs also offers therapeutic skin and coat services including the region’s first microbubble technology. Additional services include indoor doggie playcare, a pet taxi, and pet supplies. Love Fur Dogs specifically accommodates special needs and older pets as well as puppies.

Paws-a-tively provides dog grooming services to Chicago. It is owned by Robbie Beneventi and Lana Dentinger, who have over 20 years of experience in grooming services. They offer blowdrying, nailing trimming, brushing, and ear and pad cleaning services to help maintain the health and hygiene of dogs. They also give fur parents several bath options for their dogs, including whitening and hypoallergenic oatmeal products. Located near Lincoln Park, Paws-a-tively has gained its local customers from the word-of-mouth of its clients.

Pet-A-Cure is a dog grooming salon that has been serving Chicago since 2004. It offers full grooming sessions that include paw pad hair trimming, blueberry vanilla spa facial, nail trimming and filing, ear cleaning, anal sac expression, and aromatherapy and hydrotherapy bath. Additional services include de-shedding treatment, teeth brushing, and hot oil treatment. The owner of Pet-A-Cure, Jennifer Holzman, has been in the grooming business since 1993. She is a fur mom to two dogs, Ginny and Angie.

Chicago-based Temple of the Dog & Meow Lounge is a full-service dog and cat grooming salon and wellness spa. Its dog grooming services include bathing, breed-specific or specialty haircut, ear cleaning, and teeth brushing. Additionally, it provides personalized therapies for pets with coat and skin issues, and it works closely with clients' veterinarians when it comes to senior pets and those with special needs. The company uses all-natural bathing and grooming products, and its staff is certified in grooming, CPR, and pet nutrition.

The Barker Shop has been providing dog care services in Chicago for more than 12 years. Its dog grooming services include bathing, haircut, hairstyles, and hand stripping. It also provides walk-in services, including ear cleaning and teeth brushing. Additionally, it offers dog boarding, training, and daycare services as well as pet photography. The company also runs an animal charitable rescue group, Bark from the Heart Rescue, which helps the local community with pet emergencies and rehoming rescue dogs.

The Grooming Gallery is a pet grooming company established in 1999. It is currently located in a 1,600 feet facility in Chicago. The business offers a range of grooming services for dogs and cats, including bathing, brushing, nail filing and trimming, de-shedding, and ear cleaning. In addition, it provides teeth brushing and gland expression as well as bathing packages. The professional groomers at this company are members of the International Pet Groomers Association.

Tucker Pup's Pet Resort is a pet care facility based in Chicago with daycare, boarding, training, and grooming services. Its grooming services include haircut, bath, nail trimming, ear cleaning, and brush out. Additional services, such as blueberry facial, de-matting, sanitary trim, soft claw application, and flea treatment are also available. Clients can purchase various products at its retail-only stores, such as dog food, chews and treats, supplements, apparel, and household supplies.

Urban Canine Doggy Day Spa has been providing dog grooming and walking services in Chicago since 1995. Its grooming services involve the use of de-shedding brushes, blow dryers, and a wide selection of shampoos—including brightening, moisturizing, hypoallergenic oatmeal, and medicated formulas. The salon's groomers can accommodate various cuts and styles for any breed. For additional comfort, the salon supplies brushes, dryers, and towels. Urban Canine Doggy Day Spa also offers self-wash services in its multiple wash stations consisting of a collection of professional shampoos.

Urban Pooch is a pet grooming facility situated in Chicago. Pet groomers at Urban Pooch cater to the bathing and grooming needs of all sizes and breeds of dogs. The facility is equipped with tubs and K-9 hair dryers to accommodate pet owners who want to have a hands-on experience bathing their pets. The self-wash service includes a hypoallergenic or oatmeal shampoo, conditioner, standard towels, dryers, and brushes. Other services are pet training, cageless boarding, and daycare. Pet products are also available in the business.

VIP’s Hotel is a pet hotel in Chicago. It offers grooming and pet spa day experience services with extra pampering for dogs, cats, and small animals. It also has a pickup and drop-off service for grooming customers. The facility likewise provides pet boarding services, dog daycare, and dog training services. VIP’s Hotel’s groomers have over 25 years of professional experience in the grooming industry. In addition, its training staff also has over 25 years of experience in science-based animal behavior training.

Wags on Willow is a full-service pet salon that has been in service since 2011. It assists Chicago pet owners in several areas, including grooming which covers teeth brushing, a double wash, and nail trim. Its team also offers natural flea and de-skunking baths for dogs with specific needs, and coat treatments are also performed at the facility. Wags on Willow's founder, Mary Bowler, runs the business with her 8-year-old pug, Ernie, who has his own blog and Instagram account.