Calso for pet groomers
Answers the phone while you've got a wet dog in the tub.
Calso is an AI phone answerer for Australian dog and pet groomers. When both hands are on a dog and the phone rings out, the call goes to Calso instead of voicemail. It answers questions about your services, prices and rules from your own website and Google listing, takes the booking request with the pet's details, and texts it to you straight away.
From $99 a month · 30-day money back from your first payment · You keep your number
The calls pet groomers miss
- Both hands are on a nervous cavoodle and the phone's ringing on the bench.
- Callers want a price for their dog, and the price depends on the breed, the size and the coat.
- People ring to book the weekend while you're closed for the night.
A missed call to your salon
Calso answeredThe text you get
Groom request: Kate, 0491 570 110. Charlie, large groodle, matted coat, full groom, any day next week.
Written example of a typical call, not a recording
What Calso does on those calls
- Answers questions about your services, prices (by size or breed, if you list them), vaccination rules and drop-off times.
- Takes booking requests with the pet's details: name, breed, size, coat condition, and when suits.
- Texts you each one straight away.
- Says it's an AI assistant if anyone asks. It never pretends to be a person.
What it won't do
- It can't see your bookings, so it doesn't promise a slot.
- It doesn't give health or behaviour advice about anyone's pet.
- It doesn't connect to grooming or booking software.
- It doesn't record calls, and it never guesses: what it doesn't know becomes a message for you.
How your salon gets set up
- 01
Calso reads what you've published
Sign up with your business name. Calso reads your website and Google listing for your hours, services, prices and policies.
- 02
A short setup interview
Typed, or by voice if you'd rather. It covers what your website doesn't say, and how you want messages and requests taken.
- 03
Forward the calls you miss
You get your Calso number and choose a plan. Then set your phone to forward the calls you don't answer. Customers keep ringing your usual number.
Setup usually takes under 15 minutes, because Calso reads your website and Google listing first. Nothing is charged until you choose a plan. To undo it, turn call forwarding off.
From the Calso Directory
Pet groomers in the Calso Directory
2,909
pet groomers listed, in 71 cities and towns
126 hrs
a week the typical one is closed, against about 43 open (91% list their hours)
62%
of 82 Google visits to pet groomers' pages came while the business was closed
The visit figure counts Google visits to business pages in the Calso Directory from Saturday 24 to Monday 26 October 2026, set against each business's listed hours in its own state's time. It was a weekend-heavy sample, so read it as a sign of when people look businesses up, not a rule for every week. Each of those visits was someone who might have called.
Where they're listed most: Melbourne (689), Sydney (509), Brisbane (307), Perth (247), Adelaide (150), Gold Coast (129). Listings and hours as published in the directory, October 2026.
Your directory listing needs no account. Calso, the phone answerer, is a separate paid service.
Which plan suits your salon
Starter is sized for about 100 answered calls a month, roughly three a day. Start there if the phone only rings out when you've got a dog on the table. Go over and calls are still answered, with nothing cut off or charged extra, and you can move to Pro, sized for about 500, any time.
Starter
Suggested for pet groomers$99 a month
Sized for about 100 answered calls a month.
Pro
$199 a month
or $1,980 a year ($165 a month)
Sized for about 500 answered calls a month.
Both plans are the same Calso. Go over and calls are still answered, with nothing cut off and nothing charged extra, and you can move to Pro any time. 30-day money back from your first payment. No lock-in, cancel any time.
Questions pet groomers ask
If your price list on your website or in the setup interview gives prices by size or breed, Calso uses them. If the price depends on seeing the dog, it says so and takes the details for you.
Yes, if they're on your website or you cover them in the setup interview. It explains them the way you've written them.
No. Calso doesn't connect to any booking software. It texts you the request and you book it in.
If they ask, yes. Calso says it's an AI assistant and never pretends to be you.
More answers on the FAQ page.
Calso for other businesses
Stop sending your salon's callers to voicemail.
Set it up on your own number, usually in under 15 minutes. Start with only the calls you already miss.
From $99 a month · 30-day money back from your first payment · Cancel any time