On June 9th we hosted another Compton Dog Clinic where we offered free spay/neuter and vaccinations to the dog owners of Compton. Because Compton does not have a free spay/neuter program for low income dog owners like the City of Los Angeles, there is a HUGE pet over population problem. Many of the residents of Compton who own dogs would like to get their dogs sterilized, but they are unaware of the assistancce that is out there to help off set the cost. This is where the Downtown Rescue, Amanda Foundation, and Foster Elementary came together to help low-income dog owners in Compton.
Teacher Tara Schultz felt pretty helpless, as did her co-workers at Foster Elementary, seeing so many unwanted dogs, as well as listening to students tell her about new litters of puppies, dogs that ran away, got hit by cars, and just thrown away on the street. The only solution is to spay/neuter more dogs, and get information out to dog owners about caring for their dogs in the most humane way that they possible can. When we host the clinic, it is more than just sterilizing, and vaccinating the dog. All of the dogs are microchipped, flea treatment, and given free dog food. We let every dog owner know about our rescue, and ask them to call us if they need help in the future. The Amanda Foundation is also responsible for offering very reasonable prices at their stationary hosptial, so that we can offer to pay for medical issues that cannot be taken care of on the mobile clinic.
The Downtown Dog Rescue has taken many dogs into our rescue from Compton, but we can't take them all, so we began a quarterly program called "Compton Dog Days" where we contract the Amanda Foundation's mobile clinic for the day, and pay to get at least 35 dogs spayed and neutered at no charge. To date, we have done three clinics, and our plan is to continue to go to Compton every three months. In 2008, we hope to raise enough money for this project so that we can go to Compton once a month! We will be in Compton again with the mobile clinic in September. If you live in Compton or in the surrounding area, and need to get your dog spayed/neutered, please give us a call today.
Saturday, July 7, 2007
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
140 Dogs Spayed / Neutered at our Westcoast Dog Day in Watts!
Starting our day at 6:00 AM and ending at 10:30PM, with the Amanda Foundation's amazing team of vet techs and two doctors, we ended our weekend in Watts by spaying/neutering 140 dogs. The majority of the dogs were pit bulls, and other large breed dogs that the shelters are full of. We accepted dogs from all over the City of LA, as well as Compton, Inglewood, Carson, and Lynwood, just to name a few cities where we saw the dogs come in from.
Without the dedicated street team members, who helped get the word out about the event, by passing our 5000 flyers in Watts, South Central, Inglewood, and Compton, we would not have had the tremendous turn out! Critical to our outreach efforts was Tenesha Dorsey that supervised the youth from Yo Watts who passed out flyers over the course of two weekends. For the majority of our outreach teams, the flyer distribution provided short term jobs for them to work within their community. Jo barker, a proud pit bull owner supervised our South Central outreach efforts where many pit bulls who came to our clinic call home.
We also had some wonderful community partners who came out to support our day by painting murals of pit bulls, doing pit bull training demonstrations, and grooming, which was provided by Best Friends. About 1000 people came to our "block party" style event. Many had their dogs spayed/neutered, vaccinated, and microchipped, others came out to listen to the music, watch the painters, or check out George's Python and Chevy Impala. George rescues pitbulls, and his dogs can be viewed at www.ckc.petfinder.org All clients left with a collar, leash, dog food, dog treats, and other goodies all donated to our rescue to hand out as a way of saying thank you for being a responsible dog owner.
Without the Amanda Foundation's mobile clinic team and the dedicated volunteers who continue to support all of the Downtown Dog Rescue events, the day would never have happened. If you would like to view more photos of this event, please go to our events page, and click on the link below the flyer for Westcoast Dog. We are currently raising money to do another large scale spay/neuter event, and we are always accepting product donations for future events.
Without the dedicated street team members, who helped get the word out about the event, by passing our 5000 flyers in Watts, South Central, Inglewood, and Compton, we would not have had the tremendous turn out! Critical to our outreach efforts was Tenesha Dorsey that supervised the youth from Yo Watts who passed out flyers over the course of two weekends. For the majority of our outreach teams, the flyer distribution provided short term jobs for them to work within their community. Jo barker, a proud pit bull owner supervised our South Central outreach efforts where many pit bulls who came to our clinic call home.
We also had some wonderful community partners who came out to support our day by painting murals of pit bulls, doing pit bull training demonstrations, and grooming, which was provided by Best Friends. About 1000 people came to our "block party" style event. Many had their dogs spayed/neutered, vaccinated, and microchipped, others came out to listen to the music, watch the painters, or check out George's Python and Chevy Impala. George rescues pitbulls, and his dogs can be viewed at www.ckc.petfinder.org All clients left with a collar, leash, dog food, dog treats, and other goodies all donated to our rescue to hand out as a way of saying thank you for being a responsible dog owner.
Without the Amanda Foundation's mobile clinic team and the dedicated volunteers who continue to support all of the Downtown Dog Rescue events, the day would never have happened. If you would like to view more photos of this event, please go to our events page, and click on the link below the flyer for Westcoast Dog. We are currently raising money to do another large scale spay/neuter event, and we are always accepting product donations for future events.
Sunday, May 6, 2007
Westcoast Dog May 19th in Watts
On Saturday May 19th we are hosting a big spay/neuter event called "Westcoast Dog". We are fortunate to have "Big Dane" from Westcoast Customs back with us again for this event. Over 100 dogs will be sterilized, vaccinated, and microchiped through this event. Street outreach is being done throughout Watts, South Central, and down into Compton. Over 5000 flyers will be distributed to make dog owners in these communities aware that there is a mobile clinic, in operation 5 days a week, run by the Amanda Foundation. This is the 4th large scale spay/neuter event that our group has hosted (see our past events on our "Events" page).
Throughout the day, there will be dog training, and agility demonstrations, as well as volunteers passing out free dog food, collars + leashes, and many prized all donated to us for this event! We hope to see 1000 people during our day. Not only will there be lots of dog stuff, we will have several artists painting murals of dogs, a DJ playing music, BBQ with all home cooked food, and outreach booths where other artists, community partners including Kitten Rescue, an organization that helps pet cats, as well as feral cats. Best Friends has offered to send two mobile grooming trucks to wash and groom some of the dogs prior to surgery. Not only will the dogs go home healthier, they will also look good!
If you are interested in donating products for our event, we are still in need of anything that can be added to our gift bags that every client will receive as they pick up their dog after surgery. We also need donations so that we can take this type of event down to Compton on June 9th, where we will partner with County Animal Control by offering free spay/neuter at their annual vaccination clinic.
Outreach in areas like Watts that does not have an animal clinic, or dog parks like so many of the more affluent areas of Los Angeles, is the only way to go about making a significant difference in the pet overpopulation challenge. Please join us in our efforts by supporting us today by donating online on our "Donate" page.
Throughout the day, there will be dog training, and agility demonstrations, as well as volunteers passing out free dog food, collars + leashes, and many prized all donated to us for this event! We hope to see 1000 people during our day. Not only will there be lots of dog stuff, we will have several artists painting murals of dogs, a DJ playing music, BBQ with all home cooked food, and outreach booths where other artists, community partners including Kitten Rescue, an organization that helps pet cats, as well as feral cats. Best Friends has offered to send two mobile grooming trucks to wash and groom some of the dogs prior to surgery. Not only will the dogs go home healthier, they will also look good!
If you are interested in donating products for our event, we are still in need of anything that can be added to our gift bags that every client will receive as they pick up their dog after surgery. We also need donations so that we can take this type of event down to Compton on June 9th, where we will partner with County Animal Control by offering free spay/neuter at their annual vaccination clinic.
Outreach in areas like Watts that does not have an animal clinic, or dog parks like so many of the more affluent areas of Los Angeles, is the only way to go about making a significant difference in the pet overpopulation challenge. Please join us in our efforts by supporting us today by donating online on our "Donate" page.
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