Grooming
Country K9 Pet Resort & Spa is your pet's personal spa! We offer a complete range of services for your Dog or Cat; from bathing and brushing to scissoring and grooming, even including pedicures and ear and dental hygiene.
The Country K9 spa adjoins onto a fenced in play yard where your pet can relieve him or herself and take a play break during the grooming process. This is especially helpful for stress reduction. A bath, ear cleaning, toenails, trimming, coat thinning and hand scissoring are part of the standard grooming process at the Country K9 Spa. Bathing and BrushingBathing at the Country K9 Spa is accomplished with the OPAWZ® bathing system. This reduces stress by requiring pets to stand in a minimal depth of water (typically only 1 inch) and at the same time allows the technician to wash and condition your pet's coat with the high flow and pressure required to ensure a deep, sub-dermal, therapeutic cleaning and removal of significant amounts of old undercoat and loose hair. We also use bathing gloves in conjunction with the bathing system to help deeply clean your pets skin and remove undercoat and loose hair. We carry a variety of shampoos and conditions, including hypo-allergenic and medicated. Ears are cleaned and toenails trimmed as part of the normal bathing process.
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Pedicure, Nails and DentalA pedicure is extremely important for your dog's health and safety. Long toenails affect your dog's gait, and excessive hair between the pads affects traction and can lead to matting. At the Country K9 Spa the hair between the pads is clipped, the nails are cut, and the feet are rounded during hand scissoring. Ears are cleaned with Pro Ear, a product which emulsifies hardened ear wax. Excessive hair in the ear canal is plucked when required by the breed standard.
DryingWe do not use heated dryer cages. We towel dry and use hand held forced air dryers to dry dogs by hand. We use air movers and box fans for dogs who do not tolerate forced air dryers to reduce stress. We will also use box fans after hand drying to make sure the dog is completely dry.
Mat Removal
A matted coat is very uncomfortable and can be dangerous for your pet (s) health. Matting can cut off blood supply to extremities, and deny regular air circulation. Skin denied fresh air and stimulation from regular brushing can become unhealthy. Skin can turn dark pink to red, and open sores are could for emitting foul odors. Severe mats, mats down to the skin, require shaving to be humanely removed and can cause problems after grooming such as clipper/brush irritation. Our policy is now to no longer remove mats without a signed grooming agreement which states the type of removal requested by the customer. There will be an extra charge for mat removal done by hand which will only be done when it is humanely possible.
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667 Walters Mill Lane, Stephenson, VA 22656 (540) 667-PETS