Dog Essentials

Grooming your dog at home saves you a fortune, and once you have the right tools it takes minutes instead of an hour of wrestling.

Australian dogs shed hard. Double-coated breeds like huskies, border collies and golden retrievers blow their coat as the weather warms up, and short-haired breeds like staffies and kelpies drop fine hair year round that works its way into every couch cushion in the house. A proper deshedding brush pulls the loose undercoat out before it ends up on your floor, and our 2-in-1 brush switches between a fine side for detangling and a coarse side for breaking up matted patches.

For dogs that won't tolerate a brush, the silicone grooming glove is the gentler option. You groom with your hand, which most dogs read as a pat rather than a procedure, and it works while they're wet in the bath too.

After the walk and after the bath

If you walk anywhere near a beach, a creek or a muddy park, the paw cleaner cup does the job before your dog gets through the door. Fill it with a bit of water, dip each paw, twist. The soft silicone bristles get between the pads without scratching.

Our microfibre drying towel holds several times its own weight in water, so a wet dog goes from dripping to damp in one pass. It dries fast enough to reuse the same day and it's machine washable.

Which tools do I actually need?

If you're starting from nothing, the brush and the towel cover most situations. Add the paw cleaner if you walk somewhere muddy, and the glove if your dog dislikes being brushed. Everything on this page suits dogs and cats of all sizes.