King Charles Holistic Spaw - Mobile Dog Spa

08/21/2025

07/24/2025

This is no regular bath, this is safe for injured dogs that before were recommended to not have a bath due to infection risks, this bath stimulate healing and keeps wounds clean preventing infection and other issues

07/14/2025

I’M ON TESTOSTERONE REPLACEMENT!
🥜New Study Shows Testosterone Therapy May Help Neutered Dogs Feel Better🥜
A new veterinary study found that giving testosterone, Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT), to neutered male dogs may help correct health and behavior issues caused by hormone loss (not so shocking to doctors that practice functional wellbeing: lifelong hormones matter!).
NO ONE IS AGAINST STERILIZATION (please read that again, before you comment); it’s the updated surgical techniques that vets need to learn to sterilize AND preserve crucial hormones.
When males have their go**ds 🥜 cut off as puppies (vs. a sterilizing vasectomy) they lose their supply of lifelong testosterone, and then what happens?
“Spayed and neutered dogs have been reported to have a higher incidence of obesity, urinary incontinence, urinary calculi, atopic dermatitis, autoimmune hemolytic anemia, hypoadrenocorticism, diabetes mellitus, hypothyroidism, immune- mediated thrombocytopenia, inflammatory bowel disease, hip dysplasia, cranial cruciate ligament rupture, aggressive and fearful behavior, cognitive dysfunction syndrome, prostate adenocarcinoma and transitional cell adenocarcinoma. Musculoskeletal issues may be especially significant for large breed dogs gonadectomized before they have finished growing, as bone physeal closure is delayed,” says reproductive expert Dr. Michelle Kutzler, DVM, PhD, DACT, Professor of Theriogenology (all of her statments are backed by studies, of course, link to Dowoadable PDF of research also in comments).
This group of symptoms is sometimes called “spay-neuter syndrome,” and in this most recent study, researchers gave weekly testosterone injections to neutered male dogs for 90 days. They tested different doses and monitored the dogs closely.
What they found:
* The treatment was safe, even at high doses.
* Testosterone levels returned to normal, without side effects.
* Hormone imbalances improved, especially the levels of a hormone called LH, which rises after neutering and may be linked to certain cancers.
* The dogs’ general health, behavior, and lab values stayed stable or improved (like Homer’s!).
This is the first published safety study using HRT testosterone injections in neutered dogs. It gives veterinarians a starting point for helping dogs who may be struggling with life after desexing 🥳!
Why it matters: This research offers hope for dogs who suffer from hormone-related issues after being neutered. Hormone replacement—when done safely and under veterinary guidance—can improve quality of life in a way we haven’t been able to offer before— I know because I’m doing it for my neutered rescue dog, Homer (who, at 17, needed this therapy to bring him back to vigor 💥).
I advocate vets learn different sterilization surgical techniques for this very reason: vascetomy and hysterectomy remove reproductive potential without compromising endocrine balance, but until these newer techniques are taught in vet schools (hopefully y’all have signed my petition begging vet schools worldwide to teach these simpler alternatives, link in comments), we’re left with learning more about HRT for pets. I’m so grateful to the Parsemus Foundation for investing in this critical research (link to the study in comments); when we know more we can do better 🙏🏼. Read my comments about females, cats and vets that offer alternatives in the comments ⬇️.

07/11/2025

07/07/2025

**Why We Bathe Dogs Safely — Even with Skin Issues 🛁🐾**

Most vets say **don’t bathe dogs with wounds or skin infections** — and with regular shampoos, they’re right. Typical bathing can spread bacteria or slow healing.

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✅ Instead of risking infection, Thera-Clean actually **reduces it** by:

* Gently lifting out bacteria, allergens, and debris
* Flooding the skin with **oxygen-rich bubbles**, which help wounds heal faster
* Reducing inflammation, giving the body **less work to do**

**Even in the presence of skin wounds or infections, Thera-Clean is not only safe — it can be a valuable part of recovery by promoting a cleaner, oxygenated, and less inflamed environment for healing.**

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04/04/2025

03/05/2025

Thinking about getting a Doodle, Cockapoo or any Poodle mix? Have you been told they "don't need grooming until 1yrs old" or "coat maintenance is easy"?

*PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING piece written by a groomer..in the pic that's known as a pelted coat /Pelting. A dog’s fur gets so matted & tangled it will come off in one piece. It's outs tension on the skin, can damage the skin causing horrible infections and sometimes renders the dog helpless,unable to move and it can then cause fatality
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Poodle crosses (cockapoos, doodles, maltipoos etc.) are not "easy breeds" to maintain. The photo attached (shared from another groomer) shows how matting forms at the skin. By looking at this dog's top coat, you may not see the knots and you may not feel them as you would a knot on the ends of the fur but under that fluffy top layer this is going on. Once it starts its very difficult/ impossible to brush out... and even if you could it would be cruel to put the dog through it. Maintenance at home has to be more than a quick once over for these dogs if you want to keep them in that fluffy coat which was probably one of the reasons you chose a poodle cross in the first place. You really need to sit down with a brush and then a metal comb and make sure you can get it through the entire body at least 2 to 3 times a week.

I often feel like owners don't believe groomers when they say their dog has to be clipped very short. I always hear "I know he/she is matted, but leave as much as you can". You cannot clip through matting, you can only clip under it. As this photo shows, clipping under the matting means taking the coat back to the skin.
I promise you, your groomer really doesn't want to do this but they won't hurt your dog by putting it through dematting, they also don't want to hurt their reputation when the clients go around complaining about how the last groomer "scalped" their dog but there really is not any alternative. Instead of being angry with your groomer if they clip your dog very short please respect their commitment to do what is in your dog's best interest, accept responsibility for not having brushed your dog properly at home, and work with your groomer because, together, you can prevent this happening again. All groomers will be very happy to demonstrate a technique called line brushing which will help make your grooming at home more effective. Just ask! We all want owners to know how to do this

Poodle crosses are easily one of the highest maintenance dogs in reference to their coats. The combination of the soft coat they are mixing poodles with these days is a coat that is extremely prone to matting.

If you like a fluffy pup, you probably need to consider no more than 3-5 week intervals between grooming and set aside time for regular brushing AND combing at home.

Please know, if you bathe your poodle cross you really need to blow dry and brush out right after. Moisture, be it a bath, rain, swimming, snow etc are all going to make matting worse. If you know your dog is already matted-- bathing is only going to make it worse! Brush out before the bath.

Lastly "breeders" who say these dogs can't or shouldnt be clipped and not to give them a hair cut until they are one year old are misleading potential owners in order to sell$$$$ puppies and setting them up for a sad day when they finally take their pup to the groomer!!!

If this hasn't put you off buying one please schedule your puppy's first groom immediately after they've had their vaccinations and then be prepared to do the maintenance at home between regular professional grooms.

02/25/2025

We’ve got a secret we can’t keep to ourselves!

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