Teeth cleaning and deshedding add-ons in Northampton: who offers them and what they cost

A standard full groom covers a bath, dry and cut. A smaller number of businesses in this directory go further, offering a specific add-on treatment for a matting coat or a dog's teeth rather than folding it into the general groom. Five of the twenty-eight groomers listed for Northampton, Daventry and Towcester name one of these treatments directly.

Teeth cleaning

Happy Hounds Towcester publishes the only priced teeth-cleaning figure in this directory for Northampton: £20, alongside its £35 full groom, £28 puppy groom and £5 nail trim; the business is run by ex-police officer Amy Lovell alongside doggy day care and home boarding. Critterz Grooming in Kingsthorpe offers Emmi-Pet teeth cleaning, a specific ultrasonic system, run by Lisa, who holds a Level 3 City & Guilds qualification plus advanced cat and rabbit grooming certificates; no price is published, so ask when you call. Posh Pups Dog Grooming, trading from a business-park unit on the Northampton Road corridor towards Towcester, lists teeth cleaning alongside bathing, drying, nail trimming, ear cleaning and full grooms, again with no published price.

Deshedding

Rolos Dog Grooming Parlour near Towcester lists a deshed package alongside its bath-and-dry and puppy packages, aimed at breeds that blow their coat heavily rather than needing a full clip. Bluewolf Dog Grooming in Duston, working from an air-conditioned, no-crate unit run by groomer Shannon, lists a deshed package alongside its one-to-one grooming, bath and brush, and puppy grooming. Neither publishes a specific price for the deshed treatment on its own, so expect it to be quoted once the groomer has seen how heavily the dog's coat is shedding and how matted it has become.

Why these are usually separate from a full groom

A proper deshed treatment, using a specific tool and technique to pull out loose undercoat rather than just brushing the top layer, takes measurably longer than a standard brush-out, which is why groomers who offer it tend to price or package it apart from a routine full groom. The same logic applies to a dedicated teeth-cleaning treatment: it's a separate procedure on a separate part of the dog, priced or offered on top of the coat work rather than folded into it. Owners of double-coated breeds such as huskies, German shepherds and retrievers, or dogs prone to plaque build-up, are the ones most likely to be offered these as a worthwhile upsell, particularly around the spring and autumn coat-blow seasons when shedding is heaviest.

What to ask when you book

• Whether the deshed treatment is priced separately or included once your dog is booked in for a full groom.
• How long a deshed or teeth-cleaning session adds to the appointment, since both take longer than the equivalent basic service.
• Whether the teeth-cleaning method is a manual scale-and-polish or an ultrasonic system like Critterz Grooming's Emmi-Pet, since the two aren't the same procedure.
• How often your dog's coat or teeth actually need the treatment, rather than booking it as a matter of routine every visit.

For the full published price list across all of Northampton's groomers, see the Northampton dog grooming prices guide, or browse the complete directory on the Northampton town page.