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.