Patricia took the early registration shift on Tuesday and Chrystal on Wednesday.  The schedule was full both days.

    

Jen arrived ready for the day.  Kat and the lovely Miss Bessie were ready too.  Kat and Bessie are always happy to have the Spay Station in Mt. Vernon as they just roll out of bed are there in 5 minutes.  Everybody else moans and groans about the drive!!!!

  

Baby Girl, a six year-old Chihuahua, came to stay with her Mom for the weekend and never went home.  Her Mom saw the Spay Station flyer at a local pet store.  Homer, the year-old Pit Bull, waited in his car.  He was rescued from Seattle.  His family heard about the Spay Station from the Skagit Humane Society.

  

 

There were dogs of all sizes and shapes.  Among the gang was Thunder, the year-old Min Pin.  His Mom heard about the Spay Station at W.A.I.F.

 The Whidbey Animals' Improvement Foundation (WAIF) is a non-profit organization which was formed in 1990 in an effort to help Whidbey Island's homeless companion animals. WAIF is dedicated to provide food, shelter, veterinary care, and nurturing to displaced pets until loving homes can be found for them. WAIF operates two animal shelters in Coupeville and Oak Harbor and two off-site cat adoption centers in Oak Harbor and Freeland. These facilities provide safe refuge to Island County's homeless dogs and cats. http://www.waifanimals.org/

Five year-old Kiawanna waited with her Mom and Duke, the 5 year-old Lab/chow mix.  They were babies together!!!  He was from a friend’s dog’s litter and his family read about the Spay Station on Craig’s List. 

 

Brandy, the 2 ½ year-old brindle Pit Bull, and Sadie, the 2 ½ year-old Australian Healer, waited together.  Sadie’s family kept her when their son went away to college.  Her Dad said he heard about the Spay Station from his Aunt Joanie who runs SPOT. 

Mission Statement:
To provide the community of Skagit County and the surrounding area an alternative method of caring for and adopting out companion animals.

More About SPOT:
In the hopes of increasing the animal "adoption options" in Skagit County and beyond, a group of animal lovers got together in the Fall of 1999 and started a non profit alternative animal rescue and placement organization called Saving Pets One at a Time (SPOT). By increasing the options that people have, SPOT hopes that more companion animals will find loving and permanent homes. In addition, SPOT hopes to help reduce the number of homeless pets within Skagit County and beyond by insisting that all animals placed in their care are spayed or neutered.

 

Soon it was dog boarding time.

 

Rufus, the year-old Pug/Beagle mix, was rescued.  His Mom saw an ad in the newspaper.  He has “Cherry Eye” and the family didn’t want to keep him. “The dogs’ third eyelid is a piece of tissue that helps to protect the eye from injury. It also assists in tear production. If the eyelid prolapses, or pops out, it looks like a red cherry beside the eye.”

.http://petcare.suite101.com/article.cfm/cherry_eye#ixzz0IimTDFRC&D

Duke and Homer climbed onboard willingly

 

Kat got slobbery kisses from 2 hound sisters and then cat boarding started.

  

Jen helped load kitties including gorgeous Cali - “pretty in pink”.  Cali’s Mom also brought her kitty Mom and 3 more kitties on Wednesday.

 

Duke’s family also brought Slinky and Smokey.  Their responsible family has also brought another dog and 4 kitties to the Spay Station.

It was not clear at boarding time if this gorgeous kitty was a “Mister” or “Sister”.  The kitty has been rescued from a drug house where claws had been pulled from all 4 feet.  Casper, the six month-old Siamese/mix, and his kitty Mom were rescued.  His kitty Mom had her kittens by “C” Section on New Year’s Day.

 

Kitty boarding ended and the surgery day began......

Many thanks to Patricia and Chrystal for their early morning registrations.  The Spay Station stayed parked at WalMart  the whole week and a big thank you to them for hosting WeSNIP again.