Royal Paw Spa

04/02/2025

We have officially opened our books for new clients for 2025!
We are a small, low-volume salon, working with dogs of all ages and sizes, with an emphasis on dogs with skin problems, pain management and/or mobility issues due to age or injury, and dementia/canine cognitive dysfunction.
Our lower client volume enables us to provide a less stressful environment for your dog, with minimal crate time and extra attention.
We also offer specialized Thera-Clean Microbubble baths, ideal for dogs with:
Skin Conditions ● General Itchiness ● Allergies ● Ear Infections ● Dogs taking Apoquel or Cytopoint
Injuries ● Arthritis ● Old Dog Stiffness ● Aches and Pains
Please call or email us if you have any questions.
(831) 227 - 4738
[email protected]
(Note: Because our shop is cage-free, for the safety of our clients, we cannot accept dog-aggressive dogs at our salon.)

03/26/2024

This is Roxy's paw. Roxy is a very sweet 9 year old shih/poo who gets to go adventuring with her family. A couple of summers ago, Roxy came back from vacation with a seriously ouchie toe. Mom said she'd been licking the foot for a little while, but she was so hairy they couldn't see what was wrong.

I got her on the table and dug around. Roxy, being the sweet girl she is, allowed me to shave the spot so I could see what I was dealing with. I found a nicely inflamed, red toe, with a tiny scab on the top, and another one between the pads.

Into the Thera-clean went Roxy's paw. She was not too enthused about standing with one paw in a bucket as tall as her leg, but she made the best of it. Once we pulled her paw out of the bucket, and took another look, we found much less swelling, and the ends of the wound track had actually opened.

And low and behold, there was a tiny little pokey bit sticking out of one hole. I used my handy dandy tweezers to remove a whole foxtail from that tiny hole, and sent her to the vet for antibiotics and wound treatment.

Even a dreaded foxtail was no match for the drawing power of the thera-clean microbubbles! And we know how hard those are to find, let alone remove.

Before photos on top, after photos below.

03/12/2024

This is Jake. I met Jake in March 2018, when he was 10 or 11 year old. He told everyone he was a border collie mix (he was hush hush about his other breeds though).

He was introduced to me as a candidate for skin issue repair and pain relief. He had lots of environmental allergies and a serious ongoing skin condition that had nearly killed him in the past, as well as severe arthritis in the back end. He was like a low rider car, unable to stand up all the way, due to hind end weakness.

His parents thought they had maybe another 6 months with him before his pain got so unmanageable it wasn't fair to keep him around.

We celebrated the 6 month mark in September 2018...
We celebrated the 12 month mark in March 2019...
We celebrated the 24 month mark on March 11, 2020...

And we all know what happened immediately after.

Jake passed away at the end of April 2020, a full 18 months beyond what his parents thought they'd have with him. He was laid to rest because his hips finally gave out on him and he couldn't stand at all.

This is Jake in his first Thera-Clean microbubble bath thera-clean microbubble bath.

02/27/2024

A bit more in depth info: This was Daisy. She was a 12 year old shih tzu with environmental allergies, possibly food allergies and related secondary infections. Her skin was red, inflamed, sweaty feeling, smelly and covered in ye**ty flakes and black hyperpigmentation. She lost all elasticity in her skin from constantly scratching. Despite all this, she was the sweetest girl.

She was my very first test puppy for the Thera-Clean microbubble system, and when she walked in the door on day 12 and I held her up to see the condition, I literally fell back on my butt in shock. (Thankfully I was crouched down at her level, not standing with her in my arms.) I knew the system would do SOMETHING, but I had no idea it would make that much of a difference so quickly.

Unfortunately, after years of a stressed immune system and a body working hard against several ailments, Daisy was put to rest about 6 weeks after her first microbubble bath.

Her people told me that she spent the last 6 weeks of her life NOT ITCHING, for the first time in 6 years.

I'm glad I could give that to her.

02/21/2024

Dougan patiently waits for his turn in the tub. 100% best cuddle bug lap dog!

02/16/2024

I'm going to try to be better about posting this year.

Patrick, our office manager, happy at the end of a long day

02/10/2024

Royal Paw Spa in Rio Del Mar is accepting new clients for 2024!

We are a small, low-volume salon, specializing primarily in dogs with skin problems, pain management and/or mobility issues due to age or injury, and dementia/canine cognitive dysfunction.

Our lower client volume enables us to provide a less stressful environment for your dog, with minimal crate time and extra attention.

We also offer specialized Thera-Clean Microbubble baths, ideal for dogs with:

Skin Conditions ● Itchiness ● Allergies ● Ear Infections ● Dogs taking Apoquel or Cytopoint

Arthritis ● Old Dog Stiffness ● Aches and Pains ● Injuries

(Note: Because our shop is cage-free, for the safety of our clients, we cannot accept dog-aggressive dogs at our salon.)

01/04/2023

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Spread the word - if anyone you know might be a good fit!!
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