Freshly bathed dachshund puppy in the tub, tongue out

Say hello to Buddy, your AI grooming coach.

How do I blend the neck into the chest?
Hand-drawn sketch of a doodle thinking, with a lightbulb

New breed on the table? Just ask Buddy.

Every salon has a dog-eared breed book by the front desk. Buddy answers at the table instead: the full plan, the tools, and the technique for the exact dog in front of you, grounded in a real school's curriculum.

Try Buddy free

Who is Buddy for?

  • Grooming students
  • New groomers, first two years
  • Mobile groomers working solo
  • Working groomers, any year
  • Grooming schools

The hardest part of grooming is the moment nobody is standing next to you. Buddy is for everyone in that stretch: students between check-ins, new groomers building speed, mobile groomers working solo. Or anyone with a question, because nobody remembers every breed.

Groom Buddy is made for the grooming table.

Helping grooming students and new groomers work with confidence.

A real school behind it
Answers come from a licensed grooming school’s curriculum, in an instructor’s voice, never generic internet advice.
Knows breeds and coats
A doodle’s matting and a Schnauzer’s skirt get different answers, tools, and blade lengths.
Safety first, always
Brush before blades, tiny tips on nails, hot-blade checks, baked into every plan.
Knows when you need a human
Tight matting, a stressed dog, anything medical: stop, get a person. It never replaces an instructor.
Julian drying a freshly bathed goldendoodle at the grooming table

Built by a groomer, not just an engineer.

I'm Julian. I've spent five years grooming and helping run a grooming business, and Buddy is trained the way I was, by a licensed grooming school. If Buddy ever tells you something an instructor wouldn't, that's a bug. Tell me and I'll fix it.

How it works

1
Tell Buddy about the dog
Breed, coat condition, the style the client asked for. Twenty seconds of taps.
2
Get the plan for that dog
A step-by-step plan in the school’s method: order, tools, blade lengths, what good looks like, and the one thing to watch on each step.
3
Ask as you go
Every step has its own chat. Send a photo and Buddy tells you what to fix, located on the dog. Voice input works with slippery hands.
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Who's on the table?
Breed
Goldendoodle
Poodle
Shih Tzu
Maltese
Schnauzer
Other / mixed
How's the coat?
A few tangles
Brushed out
Building Willow's plan…
Willow · Goldendoodle · medium teddy
1Nails, pads, and sanitary
2Bath and blow-dry
3Full brush-out and de-mat
4Clipper the body
5Tidy and clean the ears
6Scissor the face
Tidy and clean the ears
Step 5 of 9
1. Pluck loose inner-ear hair, a little at a time.
2. Wipe with ear cleaner on a cotton pad.
3. Scissor the edges to follow the ear's shape.
Pro tip: work with the ear resting flat in your palm, never mid-air.
How to scissor your dog's ears · Grooming By Rudy · plays from 0:23
Tidy and clean the ears · Ask Buddy
How do I tidy the edges without nicking the leather?
Comb the ear hair straight down and hold the ear so you can feel where the leather ends, that's your safety line. Thinning shears, parallel to the edge, small bites from base to tip, angled away from the leather so any slip goes into air, not skin.

Let's answer a few questions:

Why not just use ChatGPT?

A general chatbot has no method. Buddy is grounded in a licensed grooming school’s curriculum, knows the dog you’re working on, and answers the way an instructor teaches.

Does it replace my instructor?

No, and it will tell you so itself. Buddy coaches between instructors. Tight matting, a stressed dog, or anything medical gets one answer: stop and get a person.

Can it see my work?

Send a photo mid-groom and Buddy tells you what to fix, located on the dog, judged against the look you were going for.

What do I need to install?

Nothing. It runs in your phone’s browser. Drop in your email, add it to your home screen if you want, and start a groom.

Who built this?

A tiny team working alongside a state-licensed professional grooming school, whose students are piloting it right now. When an answer misses, you can tell us from inside the app.

Try it free. Keep it for $9 a month, forever.

Everything is free to try right now, no card, just your email. When you're ready to keep Buddy, the standard plan is $19 a month, and the first 5 members get the founding rate: $9 a month, locked for as long as you keep your subscription. Not an intro price. The price.

You'll get an email before every renewal, and cancelling takes two clicks. If Buddy isn't making your grooms better, we don't want your nine dollars.

Try Buddy free first
Founding member · 5 spots
$19$9/ month
Locked in for as long as you stay.
All of Buddy: plans, step chat, photo checks
An email before every renewal
Cancel anytime in two clicks
A direct line to the person who built it
Claim a founding spot
Secure checkout by Stripe. The founding discount applies automatically.

For grooming schools: your curriculum, your method, your brand

Your students already ask AI questions mid-groom, and today it answers with no method at all. Buddy lets your school own that moment: an instance branded to your school, grounded in your curriculum and video library, answering in your voice, with your safety rules. Your materials stay yours.

Talk to us about a pilot
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