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With a little help Coco gets to stay home

With a little help Coco gets to stay home

By SNN Admin | 08.07.2022

Coco’s owner had to move and didn’t want to surrender Coco but did not have the money for the pet deposit. Her case was transferred to Dallas Pets Alive and they were able to provide her with the pet deposit she needed to keep Coco with her.

These are the happily-ever-after stories we hope to create for pets every day.

Our Pet Support & Resource Center is an award-winning partnership with the City of Dallas and Dallas Animal Services to provide alternatives to surrendering a pet to the city shelter. Through this program, Spay Neuter Network provides services and resources to keep pets in their homes; helps pet owners rehome their pets on their own if needed; or routes pets to our local rescue partners for quicker adoptions.

The importance of annual pet vaccines

The importance of annual pet vaccines

By SNN Admin | 24.06.2022

Thanks to the pandemic, routine things got out of whack these last few years, and getting back into the swing of things has been hard. One of those things, that has become apparent to animal welfare professionals, is basic routine care for our pets. It was difficult to get a vet appointment during the pandemic, and, if you did, most likely you had to do a drop-off or wait in your car. Vet clinics did the best they could, just like all of us, but we need to get back to pre-pandemic norms for annual pet vaccines!

The consequences of putting off vaccines are showing in our community shelters and local clinics where pets are coming in at higher than ever rates with preventable diseases like distemper, parvo, and panleukopenia. To prevent in-shelter spread, many of our community shelters are closing, or limiting intake, putting a hardship on the community members in most need of the shelter safety net.

Many people think these diseases will only impact puppies and kittens, and they may assume that the dog they brought home at the beginning of the pandemic is safe now that he is 2 years old. I will never forget a family I met in Austin nearly a decade ago who had to give up their pet to the shelter after 8 years because he had parvo. He was not a dog that went on adventures – he stayed home, lounged on the couch, hung out in the backyard, and was a loyal companion. They decided to take him out to a park, and about a week later he became lethargic and then started having diarrhea and vomiting. This family, like most, assumed their senior dog, who had gotten puppy shots, was adequately protected; however, they had to give him up in the end because the cost of care was beyond their means.

At Spay Neuter Network we are committed to making vaccinations more accessible so pets can get the care they need and return to pre-pandemic inoculation levels. We believe that, if we can provide low-cost vaccination options, we can keep people and pets together by preventing costly and life-threatening diseases. This Spring we partnered with Petco Love, Maddie’s Fund, Operation Kindness, Dallas Animal Services, and Dallas Pets Alive! to vaccinate more than 1,000 dogs and cats. We are offering additional discounts in June for the distemper/parvo vaccine and will be running a vaccination special for cats in July. Please do not wait to protect your pet!

Fort Worth resident helps community cats in her neighborhood

Fort Worth resident helps community cats in her neighborhood

By SNN Admin | 10.06.2022

Guadalupe Venegas says she “unintentionally” became the neighborhood cat lady in 2021. “People dump cats near my house all the time,” she said. “The cats just sort of wander onto my property, and I care about them, so I feed them. Since then, the cats seem to know where to come for help.”

Venegas knows where to go for help too. She doesn’t want the cats to have any more litters, so she traps them and takes them to SNN for their free spay/neuter surgeries, rabies vaccinations, and microchips, thanks to the generosity of the Saving Hope Foundation. In less than a year, she has trapped 12 felines that have wandered up to her door.

“I am grateful to have this kind of support in my neighborhood,” she says.

Eleanor gets the time she needs to show off her amazing self

Eleanor gets the time she needs to show off her amazing self

By SNN Admin | 04.05.2022

Eleanor’s owners called 311 to schedule an appointment to surrender their recently adopted dog back to the city shelter. They said Eleanor was being destructive in the home, and they didn’t know what to do about it. Our Pet Support & Resource Center staff assured them we could find help for Eleanor so they could keep their newly adopted dog. They were eager to try anything.

So, we referred them to Dallas Pets Alive and their PASS (Positive Alternatives to Shelter Surrender) program. Through them, they received free training resources and a virtual consultation with a trainer to help guide Eleanor on how to be a good canine. As a result, Eleanor’s owners are no longer thinking of giving her up. They say she loves training and seems to have loads of potential.

These are the happily-ever-after stories we hope to create for pets every day.

Our Pet Support & Resource Center is an award-winning partnership with the City of Dallas and Dallas Animal Services to provide alternatives to surrendering a pet to the city shelter. Through this program, Spay Neuter Network provides services and resources to keep pets in their homes; helps pet owners rehome their pets on their own if needed; or routes pets to our local rescue partners for quicker adoptions.

Luna’s pregnancies were too much for her owner, but we said we could fix that

Luna’s pregnancies were too much for her owner, but we said we could fix that

By SNN Admin | 04.05.2022

Margaret couldn’t handle her 2-year-old cat, Luna, getting pregnant anymore. Just when she would get one litter of kittens homed and out the door, Luna was giving birth to another litter who would require eight more weeks of Margaret’s time. While Margaret knew she needed to get Luna fixed, she didn’t have the money to do so. Sadly, like many other lower-income pet owners, she thought her only choice was to surrender Luna to the city shelter.

Through our Pet Support & Resource Center, we look for alternative pathways to keeping dogs and cats out of the city shelter and with their families. We spayed, vaccinated, and microchipped Luna – all for free, thanks to donations and generous grant funding for this project. These simple services kept Luna from being separated from the only family she had ever known. And, she won’t be contributing to the pet overpopulation problem anymore.

These are the happily-ever-after stories we hope to create for pets every day.

Our Pet Support & Resource Center is an award-winning partnership with the City of Dallas and Dallas Animal Services to provide alternatives to surrendering a pet to the city shelter. Through this program, Spay Neuter Network provides services and resources to keep pets in their homes; helps pet owners rehome their pets on their own if needed; or routes pets to our local rescue partners for quicker adoptions.

An alternative path to a new home found for “Milo”

An alternative path to a new home found for “Milo”

By SNN Admin | 04.05.2022

Milo’s owners called 311 and said they couldn’t afford to care for their dog anymore. We offered support with free vaccinations and spay/neuter, but they felt their only choice was to surrender this adorable dog to the city shelter. But that would put him at risk of euthanasia if a home could not be found in time.

Through our Pet Support & Resource Center, we strive to find alternative pathways for pets so they can bypass the city shelter entirely. We asked Milo’s family if they could hold onto him for a few more days, so we could transition him into foster care instead. They agreed. One of our partners, Dallas Pets Alive (DPA), quickly located a foster mom for Milo who could take care of him while we vaccinated and neutered him and readied him for adoption. Milo received a flurry of adoption applications, so it didn’t take long for him to find a new home. He now shares his life with a loving family who takes him for car rides (which he loves, they say) and an older dog named Sasha who loves to play tug-of-war.

These are the happily-ever-after stories we hope to create for pets every day.

Our Pet Support & Resource Center is an award-winning partnership with the City of Dallas and Dallas Animal Services to provide alternatives to surrendering a pet to the city shelter. Through this program, Spay Neuter Network provides services and resources to keep pets in their homes; helps pet owners rehome their pets on their own if needed; or routes pets to our local rescue partners for quicker adoptions.

Woman finds ways to keep her “Bless”

Woman finds ways to keep her “Bless”

By SNN Admin | 04.05.2022

When Dorothy took in a stray cat, she confessed she didn’t want a pet. But a few days later, she found herself head over heels in love with the tabby she named Bless. Dorothy knew Bless needed to be fixed and vaccinated, but she didn’t have the money to care for her. She decided Bless would be better off at the animal shelter where she could find a new home. But this would put Bless at risk of euthanasia if a home could not be found in time.

That’s where Spay Neuter Network can step in and help. Through our Pet Support & Resource Center, we spayed, vaccinated, and microchipped Bless for free, thanks to generous donations and grant funding for this project. Dorothy was delighted we could take care of Bless and that she could keep her in the family.

These are the happily-ever-after stories we hope to create for pets every day.

Our Pet Support & Resource Center is an award-winning partnership with the City of Dallas and Dallas Animal Services to provide alternatives to surrendering a pet to the city shelter. Through this program, Spay Neuter Network provides services and resources to keep pets in their homes; helps pet owners rehome their pets on their own if needed; or routes pets to our local rescue partners for quicker adoptions.

A free fix helped these puppies stay in their home

A free fix helped these puppies stay in their home

By SNN Admin | 28.04.2022

Your support helped these puppies stay in their home avoiding the shelter.

The Pet Support & Resource Center is an award-winning partnership program that addresses feral cat issues, provides resources to keep pets in their homes, helps pet owners rehome their pets, or routes pets directly to rescue groups for quicker adoptions.

Adriana kept receiving fines because her dogs were not fixed, but she couldn’t afford to pay for the surgeries. She was devastated that she had to surrender her dogs. She scheduled an appointment to surrender her 5 dogs (Melissa, Sandy, Snowy, Zoe, Max). While speaking with Spay Neuter Network’s Pet Support and Resource Center to confirm details, she learned that she lives in one of the 23 Save Dallas zip codes – meaning she could get her dogs fixed, vaccinated, and microchipped for free!

One of her dogs, Max, was too old to be fixed at Spay Neuter Network so he was referred to Dallas Pets Alive! PASS program for assistance. Max is scheduled for an appointment on March 14. Adriana is thrilled that she is able to keep her dogs!

Help more pets like Nova find a home

Help more pets like Nova find a home

By SNN Admin | 14.04.2022

Your support helps pets like Nova avoid the shelter and get on the fast track to adoption.

The Pet Support & Resource Center is an award-winning partnership program that addresses feral cat issues, provides resources to keep pets in their homes, helps pet owners rehome their pets, or routes pets directly to rescue groups for quicker adoptions.

Nova was rescued by a foster at Dallas Pets Alive through our Pet Support and Resource Center’s diversion program.

Nova had an appointment to be surrendered because she had wanted to play with the livestock. She had only been out of the shelter for a few weeks when a foster with Dallas Pets Alive stepped in to take her. She was in foster care for just a couple of short months before being adopted! Her new family is spoiling her rotten!