I'm Leilani the proud owner of Blooming Grooms, a dog grooming salon located on the central Gold Coast in Bundall.

I've always had such a strong love and connection to animals, but especially dogs. In my working career I started as a kennel hand volunteering many years ago now at the local animal shelter, The Animal Welfare League of Queensland. There I learnt and grew my knowledge of dog behaviour and got daily hands on experience. I would usually come home with a dog or two and foster them until they were well enough to be adopted out into their own family.  Whilst working there I was fortunate enough to be offered a secondment role through the City of Gold Coast as an Animal Management officer, it was often heart breaking and eye opening dealing with lots of different situations whilst being out in the Gold Coast community.

My dog grooming journey began with my own two dogs, being Cavalier King Charles Spaniels they require a lot of grooming. I was dederminted to learn how to groom them myself especially when I added my new puppy Billie to our family. I searched for local dog grooming salons offering short courses in dog grooming, It was when I completed the short course I realised that my love for dog grooming began, so I naturally progressed to do further study to become a fully qualified dog groomer.

In 2024 I bought a mobile dog grooming van where I was servicing the local Gold Coast area’s, where I quickly grew my clientele. Grooming for me is an art and while I’m still learning everyday to become better, (I don’t think we ever stop learning) Being able to use my creative passion whilst grooming has been a real joy to combine. After a year of grooming on the road I decided to expand my business and move into a shopfront.

These days in my spare time I spend it with my husband, our two daughters and our two dogs, Sunny & Billie. We love traveling to new places where we can take our dogs along with us and they love it too.

I look forward to meeting you & your pooch in the salon soon!

Leilani