Hound & Honey Grooming studio

Burlington, Vermont

Dog grooming in Burlingtonone dog at a time

Claire Beaumont has groomed dogs for eighteen years and trained in Fear Free handling. Appointments run about two hours, in a room where your dog is the only one being worked on.

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A golden retriever sitting on the grooming table with a freshly brushed coat.

Eighteen years, one dog in the room at a time

Claire works alone, so your dog has her hands and her attention for the whole appointment. Nobody waits in a crate and no dryer is left running.

Senior dogs, anxious dogs and dogs who have had a bad time being groomed before are all welcome. If you are not sure whether your dog will settle, say so when you book and the appointment gets more time.

  • Fear Free handling
  • Anxious and senior dogs
  • About two hours an appointment
  • Hand stripping for terriers
18years grooming
A groomer brushing the chest of a small scruffy terrier who is standing quietly.
A small dog standing in a warm bath with soapy water, a groomer's hands supporting its chest.

What happens in the two hours

Every appointment starts with a look at the coat and a few quiet minutes on the table so your dog can settle before anything gets wet. If they need to stop for a bit, they stop.

Baths

A warm bath with a shampoo picked for the coat. Oatmeal and medicated baths are here too when your dog's skin is sore or itchy, and the blowout runs at a temperature they can stand.

Haircuts

A breed cut, or something drawn up with you at the door. Scissor work on faces and feet, and Claire will tell you how the coat grows back and how long the shape will hold.

Hand stripping

Terrier coats are stripped by hand rather than clipped, which keeps the colour and the texture of the coat right. It takes longer, and it is what those coats are for.

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Baths, haircuts and paws

Three jobs come up most weeks, and each one is done the way the coat needs it.

A wet spaniel being wrapped in a towel on the grooming table.

Baths and blowouts

Warm water, a shampoo matched to the coat and a slow blowout by hand. Oatmeal and medicated baths for dogs with sore or itchy skin.

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A freshly clipped white poodle standing on the grooming table with scissors and a comb beside it.

Breed and custom haircuts

A poodle pattern, a schnauzer face or a short summer clip. You get a look at the shape before Claire starts, and she will say what the coat will do.

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A groomer trimming a small dog's nails while its paw rests on a folded towel.

Nails and paw care

Nails trimmed and filed, pads checked and the hair between the toes tidied. Dogs who hate having their feet touched are fine here.

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Every tenth groom is free. Ask Claire for a punch card at your first appointment.

Daycare while you run errands

Some dogs stay for a few hours after their groom while their person is in town. They are in the same quiet room, with the door open onto the yard, and there is a walk round the block when the weather is decent.

  • Play
  • Rest
  • Pick-up
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A border collie trotting across the grass in the yard.
An older dog with a grey muzzle asleep on a blanket with a hand resting on its shoulder.

Senior dogs and dogs who find this hard

Older dogs get as long as they need, a break whenever they ask for one, and a low table so nobody has to be lifted about. They can be booked for a morning, when the studio is quietest.

If your dog has been difficult to groom anywhere else, say so when you get in touch and Claire will talk through what happens here first. Handling is Fear Free, so nothing is forced. If your dog has had enough, the appointment stops and you hear about it.

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Dogs from the studio

A few of the coats and faces from recent weeks, groomed by Claire.

A grey muzzled dog resting on a blanket. A groomer working a stripping knife through a terrier's wiry coat. A fluffy cream doodle standing on the grooming table after a blowout. A small dog wrapped in a towel with only its head showing. A dog's freshly trimmed paws resting on a clean towel. Two dogs touching noses in the yard.

Which appointment does your dog need?

Three ways an appointment usually runs. Claire will tell you which one suits your dog's coat when you get in touch. Appointments take about two hours.

Appointment

Bath and tidy

  • Warm bath and shampoo
  • Blowout and brush out
  • Nails, ears and feet
  • Face tidied up

For a dog whose coat is brushed at home and just needs a bath and a tidy.

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Full groom

  • Bath and blowout
  • Breed cut or custom shape
  • Scissor work on face and feet
  • Nails, ears and paws

For a coat that keeps growing and needs cutting every few months.

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Hand stripping

  • Stripped by hand, not clipped
  • Keeps the colour and texture
  • Coat rolled through the year
  • For wire-haired terriers

Claire will say what the coat will do before she starts.

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Book your dog in

Tell Claire the breed, the coat and how your dog feels about clippers, and she will find you a time. It helps to know if this is their first groom.

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