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I am so pleased to report that our attempt at the world record for largest vaccination clinic ended up doing 1,523 vaccinations! Wow! The volunteer vets, vet techs and volunteers did a fantastic job. Although we didn't break the record for largest clinic, which is held by a flu clinic vaccinating humans, this is still amazing. We are still pr… read more

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On March 29th we're going to be attempting the world record with a rabies clinic. Vaccines are only $5.00!! We are really getting excited about this. I hope we get a lot of pets at this event. The local media has promised to help us get out the word. Very exciting!!! read more

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I'm still amazed at how many people don't get their cat spayed until after they have a "first heat". Unfortunately, too many of these first heats become first pregnancies. Our shelter has taken in a lot of kittens from people that didn't realize that their cats could get pregnant when they were only a few months old. If you know someone that h… read more

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I woke this morning to the thermostat at -9 degrees outside! I hope that everyone remembers to take extra care when their pets are outside. This is the coldest I've seen it around here in years. I've seen pets come into the shelter in prior years with frostbite and it is awful. I hope people will use common sense and remember if it's too cold ou… read more

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I am stil amazed at how many people think that dogs and cats need to go through a heat before spay/neuter. That is simply not true. If you look into the statistics on pedicatir spay/neuter you can see that it has a lot of benefits. I think the most important benefit is that they recover faster and it eliminates any chance of an accidental preg… read more