Downtown Dog Diary

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.