Dog grooming in Mermaid Waters

Mermaid Waters dogs get the best of both worlds and the coat problems of both worlds with it. Think canal swims, Pizzey Park laps and a beach ten minutes away. Pets Juicy is five to ten minutes away in Miami, with grooming, washing and daycare from Tuesday to Saturday.

How far from Mermaid Waters

It's about five to ten minutes across to the Gold Coast Highway and down to Mountain View Avenue, Miami. If you use the off-leash area at Pizzey, we're practically the next stop, which is why so many Mermaid Waters dogs arrive here already run out and easy to work with.

Pets Juicy, 1/22 Mountain View Avenue, Miami QLD 4220. Open Tuesday to Saturday, 8am to 4pm. You book online, which keeps the phone quiet and the room calm.

Check the grooming, washing and daycare pages for prices by size, then book from there.

Built for Mermaid Waters dogs

Mermaid Waters is canals, cul-de-sacs and back yards, which makes it a great suburb to own a dog in. There's Lake Hugh Muntz for the loop walk, Pizzey Park for the off-leash run, Q Super Centre for everything else, and a lot of homes where the water is at the end of the garden.

That last part is the bit that shows up on the grooming table. Canal water is brackish and it carries more silt than the surf does. Dogs that swim off a pontoon regularly come in with a coat that feels fine on top and is heavy and gritty underneath. It dulls the coat, it irritates skin that's already prone to it, and on anything with an undercoat it compacts.

The other Mermaid Waters pattern is the Pizzey Park dog: high energy, out every day, and carrying more grass seed and burr through spring and summer than the beach dogs do. We check pads, armpits and ears as standard, because that is where they hide and they don't work themselves out.

The breeds we see most from Mermaid Waters

Around Mermaid Waters we see a lot of Cavoodles, Groodles, Labradors, Golden Retrievers and Border Collies, with plenty of Staffies and a steady run of Spoodles and Moodles.

The double-coated and curly-coated dogs are the ones where regular booking really pays off, because both hide problems until they're expensive. Our breed notes go into it properly: Cavoodle grooming, Groodle grooming, Golden Retriever grooming, Border Collie grooming and the full breed library.

We don't offer hand stripping, so if your dog has a wire coat that really needs it, we'll tell you straight rather than clip it.

Pizzey Park, Lake Hugh Muntz and the water at the end of your garden

Mermaid Waters has the best off-leash setup in this part of the Coast, and it's worth knowing what it does to a coat.

Pizzey Park has an off-leash dog area, with a fenced agility course, on the Miami and Mermaid Waters border, and it's about two minutes from our studio. It's the single most useful dog asset in the suburb. Lake Hugh Muntz gives you the flatter, quieter loop when the park is busy.

Canal and lake swimming is where the coat work comes in. Unlike surf, brackish canal water leaves silt as well as salt, and it settles into the undercoat rather than sitting on top. A hose off at home moves the obvious stuff. Getting it out properly takes a warm wash and a real blow dry, which is also the point at which we find the grass seeds.

Heading further out for the day? Our checked guides cover dog friendly parks, dog friendly beaches and dog friendly walks.

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