Leicester groomers that also offer daycare, boarding, walking or training

Most of the thirty-two groomers listed across Leicester, Braunstone, Glenfield, Syston, Birstall, Oadby, Wigston and Market Harborough offer grooming only. Five run at least one other regular pet-care service from the same business, which can matter if you're looking for one provider to cover more than a haircut.

Who offers what

WAGS Oadby has traded from purpose-built premises on Harbrough Road since 2016, run by Matt and Vici, and is the most multi-service business in this list: grooming sits alongside dog walking, doggy daycare, home boarding and raw food retail. Vici holds a City & Guilds Dog Grooming Level 3 qualification plus advanced certificates and a Level 3 Diploma in Canine Behaviour, and the business is open Monday to Friday 8:30am to 5pm and Saturday 9am to 2pm. Fresh as a Daisy Dog Services on Spa Lane, Wigston, founded by Jessica Buchanan Van Doorn, who holds a Dog Grooming Diploma and an Animal Welfare Diploma, combines dog grooming with dog boarding and dog sitting, and is open every day from 9am to 6pm. Pampered Pets, a purpose-built salon on Kings Drive, Wigston, run by a husband-and-wife team trading for over fifteen years, runs a dog walking round covering Wigston, Glen Parva, Blaby, Oadby, Knighton, Stoneygate, Burton Overy and Kibworth Harcourt alongside its grooming, nail care and footpad trimming. Betty Blair's Dog Groomers & Dog Training, on Avebury Avenue, combines grooming with dog training under one roof and is described as family-run. The Doggie Den Daycare & Grooming, a family-owned facility in Market Harborough holding local authority animal welfare licence AW125, with indoor and outdoor play areas, runs dog daycare alongside one-to-one luxury grooming, with particular stated experience with nervous dogs and dogs with disabilities.

Why this can be worth it

Using one provider for grooming and another regular service, rather than juggling a groomer, a dog walker and a boarding kennel separately, can mean the dog is looked after by people who already know it. WAGS Oadby's Vici, with a diploma in canine behaviour on top of her grooming qualification, and The Doggie Den's stated experience with nervous dogs and dogs with disabilities, are both examples of that crossover knowledge working in the dog's favour, not just the owner's convenience.

What to check before combining services

• Whether daycare or boarding has space before you commit, since the licensed capacity at a small operation like The Doggie Den or WAGS Oadby is limited by law and by the size of the premises.
• Whether the dog walking round, like Pampered Pets', actually reaches your address — ask for the exact list of streets or postcodes covered rather than assuming from the named areas.
• Whether training sessions at a combined business like Betty Blair's are one-to-one or group classes, since the two suit different dogs and budgets.
• Whether booking grooming alongside daycare or boarding, as at WAGS Oadby or Fresh as a Daisy, actually costs less overall than using separate providers, since none of the five publishes a combined rate.

None of the five publishes a combined price for grooming plus its other service, so ask for a specific quote covering everything you want when you call. See the Leicester dog grooming prices guide for what grooming alone costs where it's published, or browse the full list on the Leicester town page.