If you own a Goldendoodle, Labradoodle, Bernedoodle, Aussiedoodle or any other poodle cross, you have already worked out that grooming is a standing item in the household budget rather than an occasional treat.
In North Texas, a doodle mix haircut at our Kontota location runs from $153.12 for a dog under 15 pounds up to $289.08 for the largest weight category, with most doodles landing between $165.48 and $227.28. The haircut price includes the bath.
Those figures are current Kontota Essentials estimates for our North Texas location, not guaranteed quotes. Kontota is a franchise, so pricing varies by location. If you are outside North Texas, check with your local franchise. Coat condition and any additional services needed on the day can also change what your appointment requires. For a figure based on your own dog, check the Kontota price estimator.
Doodle mix haircut prices by weight
| Doodle mix weight | Essentials haircut (includes bath) |
|---|---|
| 0–15 lbs | $153.12 |
| 16–25 lbs | $165.48 |
| 26–40 lbs | $177.84 |
| 41–60 lbs | $190.20 |
| 61–70 lbs | $202.56 |
| 71–80 lbs | $214.92 |
| 81–90 lbs | $227.28 |
| 91–100 lbs | $239.64 |
| 101–110 lbs | $252.00 |
Weight is a far better starting point than the breed name. If your Labradoodle weighs 65 pounds, the 61–70 pound category tells you more than any search for “Labradoodle grooming price” will.
Why there is no single “doodle price”
Telling a groomer you have a doodle narrows things down about as much as telling a mechanic you drive a truck.
Doodle mixes range from Cavapoos under 20 pounds to Bernedoodles past 90. Their coats run from loose waves that comb out in minutes to dense, tightly packed curls. A 22-pound Cavapoo with a maintained coat and a 75-pound Bernedoodle carrying three inches of curl are both poodle crosses and they are not remotely the same appointment.
So a useful estimate starts with four things about your actual dog: weight, coat type, the length you want to keep, and the condition the coat is in right now.
Why a larger doodle costs more
There is more dog, and every stage of the groom scales with it.
A 20-pound doodle and a 70-pound doodle may have near-identical curl, but the larger dog has considerably more surface area to shampoo, rinse, dry, brush and clip.
Drying is the stage owners underestimate most. A doodle coat has to be dried all the way to the skin before anything can be cut, because clipper blades and shears will not track evenly through hair that is still damp or compressed. On a large, dense coat that is not a slightly longer version of drying a small one, it is the single biggest block of time in the appointment. That work happens before the part you actually see.
Coat type matters nearly as much as size
Two 45-pound doodles can arrive at the same weight and need different amounts of work.
One has a maintained coat a comb slides through. The other has thick curl with tangles already forming underneath. Same number on the scale, different afternoon.
Even littermates differ. Coat texture in doodles is genuinely unpredictable, which is why the weight category sets your starting point and the coat decides where you land within it.
What a North Texas summer does to a doodle coat
Doodles are everywhere in the northern suburbs including Frisco, Prosper, McKinney, Celina and Little Elm have been filling with young families for a decade and the doodle has been the default family dog for most of it. This climate is harder on that coat than most.
Water is the main culprit. Backyard pools are standard here, and doodles are retriever-crossed dogs who will use them daily from May through September. Add weekend trips to Lake Lewisville or Lake Grapevine and you have a curly coat getting soaked several times a week. Water does not loosen a tangle, it tightens it. A doodle who swims and then dries off in the sun without being combed through is the most reliable way to produce a matted coat in this state, and pool chlorine leaves the hair drier and quicker to catch.
Pollen is the quieter one. North Texas runs a long calendar cedar through winter, oak and cedar elm in spring, ragweed into autumn. A tight curl holds airborne pollen the way a filter does, and that debris gives loose hair something to bind around. It is also why so many local doodles develop itchy skin in April.
Heat forces a useful decision. Doodles are single-coated, so unlike a Labrador or a Husky they genuinely can go shorter for the summer without damaging the coat. Most local doodle owners run a shorter length from May through September. In 100°F weather that is the sensible call, and it makes the brushing between appointments considerably easier.
Matting is the biggest variable in what you pay
keeping your dog’s coat free of mats is one of the best ways to keep grooming costs predictable.
Doodle coats hide tangles well. The surface stays fluffy while the hair near the skin knots together. The places to check are behind the ears, under the collar, the armpits, the legs and feet, and anywhere a harness rubs.
Once those tangles tighten into mats, a routine haircut becomes a more involved appointment. Significant dematting is charged as an additional service:
| Dog weight | Dematting fee, when needed |
|---|---|
| 0–40 lbs | $55 |
| 41–80 lbs | $65 |
| 81–110 lbs | $75 |
That fee is not applied because your dog is a doodle. It applies when the coat genuinely requires the extra work, and most doodle owners never pay it.
Can the groomer just brush the mats out?
Small tangles, usually yes. A heavily matted coat is a different question.
The tighter a mat becomes and the closer it sits to the skin, the harder it is to remove without pulling repeatedly on the skin underneath. Past a certain point there is no safe gap between the mat and the skin for a comb or blade to work through, and preserving the length stops being the practical option.
That is when a groomer will recommend going shorter. Pet parents sometimes hear that recommendation and assume the groomer simply doesn’t want to brush the dog. In reality, the condition of the coat determines what can reasonably be done.
If you want your doodle to stay fluffy, the work happens at home between appointments. It is much easier than rescuing a tangled coat on the day.
Does a shorter haircut cost less?
Not necessarily.
A shorter cut makes your doodle far easier to maintain between appointments, but the rest of the service does not shrink. The dog is still bathed, still dried, still prepared, and the body, legs, feet and face still need finishing. A badly overgrown coat can take more preparation before a short clip, not less.
So choose a shorter length because you like it, or because it matches the amount of brushing you will realistically do. Not because you expect it to cut the price.
How often should a doodle be groomed?
It depends on the length you want and the maintenance you do between visits.
For most doodle coats, four to six weeks is a practical interval. Longer, fluffier styles need the shorter end of that and real brushing at home. Through a North Texas summer, a swimming doodle sits nearer four weeks than six.
The common mistake is waiting until the dog looks like it needs a haircut. With a doodle, the coat goes wrong underneath long before the outside shows it.
Brushing between appointments
Do not brush only the top layer that is how a coat ends up looking groomed and matting at the same time.
Work in sections, lift the coat and brush from the skin outward. Then check with a metal comb.
The comb is the part that matters. If it travels from the skin through the ends without catching, that section is genuinely done. If it stops halfway, there is tangling underneath. Pay particular attention behind the ears, under the collar, around the legs, in the armpits and anywhere a harness sits.
Five minutes on those areas a few times a week beats an hour the night before the appointment.
Does a doodle need deshedding?
Some do. Not every doodle coat behaves the same way, and mixes that carry more of the non-poodle side can retain shedding characteristics that benefit from additional deshedding work.
Deshedding is listed at $19.99 for 15 minutes and $39.98 for 30 minutes and additional work when the coat calls for it, not a standard line on every doodle’s bill.
Why doodle owners choose mobile grooming
The obvious benefit is that the trip disappears. You are not loading the dog, driving across the metroplex, handling drop-off and making the return trip for pickup. A round trip that can cost you ninety minutes on a weekday here once you account for traffic on 380 or the Dallas North Tollway.
The less obvious benefits matter more for the dog.
It is one dog at a time. Your doodle is the only animal in the van for the appointment. There is no floor full of unfamiliar dogs, no barking, and no competing for the groomer’s attention.
There is no cage or kennel time. In a salon, the appointment slot and the time your dog is actually at the facility are often two different numbers dogs frequently wait before the groom and wait again afterwards for pickup. Mobile grooming has no waiting period at either end. The van arrives, the groom happens, your dog walks back inside.
The same groomer does the whole job. Bathing, drying, brushing and the haircut are handled by one person start to finish, rather than passing between a bather and a stylist.
The car ride is removed entirely. That matters for a big doodle who is awkward to lift, for a dog who travels badly, and in a North Texas July when a car interior reaches dangerous temperatures within minutes.
None of which makes mobile grooming automatically right for everyone. If the lowest possible price is your priority, compare the actual quotes. If the trip and your dog’s experience of it matter, put those in the comparison too.
You can see what a full appointment covers on our mobile dog grooming services page.
For the haircut itself what is included, how the coat is prepared and what the finish involves. See our dog haircut service page.
What to budget
Start with weight. A 16–25 pound doodle is $165.48, a 41–60 pound doodle is $190.20, a 61–70 pound doodle is $202.56, and an 81–90 pound doodle is $227.28.
Then look at the coat. If it is maintained and combs through cleanly, the weight-based figure is a good estimate. If it is heavily tangled or needs additional services, expect the appointment to differ.
Frequently asked questions
Is dematting charged on every doodle?
No. Small tangles are part of normal coat preparation. The fee applies when the volume of matting materially changes the work required.
Will my doodle have to be shaved if it is matted?
Not necessarily. Isolated tangles can often be worked through. It depends on how tight the matting is and how close it sits to the skin, and you will be told before anything is cut.
My doodle swims all summer. What should I do differently?
Rinse the chlorine or lake water out, dry the coat properly instead of letting it air-dry, and comb it through once dry. Wet curls left to dry on their own are where most summer matting begins.
Can I keep a long teddy-bear coat in Texas?
Yes, if you commit to the schedule. That length needs brushing several times a week, tighter appointment spacing and proper drying after every swim. The owners who struggle are the ones who picked the length without the routine.
What your doodle’s groom actually depends on
There is no doodle price because there is no doodle. There is your dog, at a weight you can check on a bathroom scale, with a coat in a condition only you can influence.
Weight is the fixed part. It puts you within a few dollars of the figure straight away, and the table above covers every category. That is the easy half.
Coat condition is the half that moves your bill, and it is decided in the weeks between appointments rather than on the day. A doodle combed through in sections two or three times a week arrives as a straightforward haircut. The same dog after a month of pool days and surface-brushing arrives as a different job, at a different price, and often leaves shorter than the owner wanted.
You cannot change how big your doodle is or what coat it inherited. You can change what condition that coat is in when the van pulls up and in a climate this hard on curly hair, between the pool, the pollen and the heat, that is where the whole thing is won or lost.
So weigh your dog, run a comb from the skin outward, and be honest about what it finds. Those two checks tell you more about your next bill than any price list. We bring the van to driveways across Dallas-Fort Worth, including Frisco, McKinney, Prosper, Denton, Aubrey, Carrollton, Flower Mound and Lewisville.
