Christchurch groomers: price your menu, then let Fendalton and Merivale see the results
Approved Petme sitters with 6+ months of paid grooming can add it to their profile. In Christchurch you set the sessions, the prices and how far you travel, and the grooms you post reach owners in Riccarton or St Albans early.
Grooming has its own review on Petme: groomers in Christchurch apply from the app once their sitter profile is approved.
Christchurch owners see posts from their own suburb first
Share a groom from Papanui or Cashmere and the people near you see it before people across the city. The ones who like it can follow you and catch your next post.
Post the before and after
Share photos and short videos of the pets you groom in Christchurch: the same pet before and after, as in your application. Owners can like and comment on each post.
Local before distant
Owners in Christchurch scroll a home feed that puts posts from people around them first, and that includes the grooms you post.
From a post to your profile
An owner who likes a post can follow you, open your profile and see the grooming menu you offer in Christchurch.
Your grooming patch in Christchurch
Each session in Christchurch happens where you say: at your own place, at the owner's home within the radius you set, or both, with the owner choosing on each request. A short radius keeps you close to home; a longer one covers more of Christchurch.
At your place
Owners in Christchurch bring their pet to you. Your address is not shown on the request; you share it with the owner in the app chat.
At the owner's home
You travel with your kit inside a radius of 3, 5, 10 or 20 km from home, so a groomer based near Merivale chooses how much of Christchurch to cover.
Both
Offer both and your profile shows both options. Prices stay per session and dog size either way, and a custom offer adjusts one before payment.
Three sessions, two extras, every price yours
Petme sets no grooming rate in Christchurch. Switch on the sessions you offer, price each one per dog size, add a price for cats if you groom them, and choose whether the extras cost anything.
Full groom
Your price per session, for each dog size and for cats
Bath and brush
A lighter session, with its own price per dog size
Nails only
A short nail session at a price you choose
De-shedding (extra)
Priced per pet, or offered at no extra charge
Teeth brushing (extra)
Priced per pet, or included in the session
What owners pay for grooming in Christchurch
Typical prices at grooming salons in Christchurch, from the sources below. On Petme you set your own prices, so treat these as a reference point, not a promise of earnings.
Full groom, medium dog
$95 to $130
Bath and brush, medium dog
$75 to $90
Typical time for a full groom, medium dog
1.5 to 2 hours
Sources: Kuri, Everything Dog, Mutts Be Nice, Mackenzie Pet Care (duration), checked in October 2026.
Christchurch neighbourhoods you can cover
You can stay in your own corner of Christchurch or cover more of it. A 3 or 5 km radius keeps you close to Merivale; 10 or 20 km widens the area you travel to.
Made for professional groomers in Christchurch
Prices you set
Each session carries your own price per dog size. If a coat needs more work than the request suggested, you send a custom offer before the owner pays.
Hours you open
No shifts and no rota. Requests can only use the start times you open in the app, so grooming fits around a salon job, studies or other sitting work.
A reviewed standard
Every Petme groomer is an approved sitter who also passed the grooming review: paid experience, proof and before-and-after work.
How to start grooming on Petme in Christchurch
1. Become a Petme sitter
Download the Petme app, build your sitter profile with the Christchurch areas you cover and pass ID verification. You need to be 18 or over.
2. Open the grooming application
Start it from the grooming tile in your dashboard. Add your paid grooming experience, where you worked and at least one proof: a certificate or diploma, an employer reference, or a website or social link.
3. Show your work
Upload 3 to 6 before-and-after pairs of pets you groomed: the same pet, a similar angle and no filters. Confirm the 3 declarations and send it.
4. Set up and post
Once approved, choose where you groom, your home-visit radius, the pets you accept, your menu prices and your start times, then start posting your grooms.
Dog grooming jobs in Christchurch
Questions groomers in Christchurch ask before they apply.
Are dog grooming jobs hiring near me in Christchurch?
How much do dog groomers make in Christchurch on Petme?
Do I need experience to get a dog grooming job in Christchurch?
What dog grooming experience does Petme accept in Christchurch?
Does Petme have dog grooming assistant jobs in Christchurch?
How do I apply for dog groomer jobs on Petme in Christchurch?
How do I get dog grooming clients in Christchurch?
Dog grooming jobs elsewhere in New Zealand
The other cities with a grooming page, closest to Christchurch first. Each one lists the neighbourhoods you can cover there.
Bring your grooming to Petme in Christchurch
Become a Petme sitter, send the grooming application from the app with your proof and before-and-after pairs, then post your work for owners nearby.
