Pet Salon is an educational simulation game. The player learns how to clean and groom a cat and a dog. They also learn about common pet health and hygiene problems. When they do well at the end of each day, they can take a photo of one of their pets looking its best with a camera button.
The player faces one or more issues with at least one pet every day. For example, if they have a sick pet, they need to treat it with a syringe of medicine. A pet with long hair and claws needs a treatment with task-specific clippers.
If the pet has ticks, the player removes the parasitic arachnids with tweezers. If the pet's body is filthy, they must rinse away dirt with a shower sprayer, scrub its body with soap using a bath sponge, dry its fur with a blow dryer, and clean its ears with swabs.�
Pet Salon also gives the player options to improve their pet's appearance with standout accessories, such as a bow or pearl necklace. Since this is a fantasy game, the player can even change the eyes of one of their pets with contact lenses.
