Sandy Paws Animal Clinic is a full-service dog and cat hospital in Carlsbad's Poinsettia corridor, located on Avenida Encinas in the 92011 ZIP code. Dermatological findings from wellness exams—hotspots, sebaceous cysts, fungal infections—inform grooming recommendations that clients coordinate with nearby salons including Paw Purrfection on the same Avenida Encinas commercial strip. Dr. Judith McClure earned her DVM from the Atlantic Veterinary College in 1995 and spent her early career as an emergency veterinarian at a 24-hour critical care facility in Chicago before relocating to San Diego in 2004, where she also performed contract surgery for the San Diego Humane Society. Dr. Cobb, who holds a DVM from Oregon State University (2003), brings a clinical focus in internal medicine and feline-specific diagnostics. Families using structured socialization alongside veterinary wellness plans often pair exam schedules with supervised group play at Hot Dog On A Leash near Poinsettia Park. The practice performs soft-tissue surgery, dental prophylaxis with digital dental radiography, and fine-needle aspirate cytology for same-visit mass evaluation on suspected lipomas and mast-cell tumors.