MN SNAP memories of June 2013 clinic

This is just a sampling of the photos in the album "Red Lake Clinic June 2013" on the Facebook page for Minnesota Spay Neuter Assistance Program.

Teamwork! MN SNAP and Red Lake Rosie's Rescue

Beth, Heidi, Dr. Kim and Nikki on the shore of Red Lake

MN SNAP mobile surgical van and their first patient.

Mom and Pop of the Pug/Min Pin puppies. No more litters for these two!! Just more days of cuddling

Pug/Min Pin pups featured earlier this week on RLRR blog/Facebook. Looking for homes!

"Cat" didn't want to be bothered to stand up for his photo, he loved his pink blanket too much!

About a month ago a black lab named Big Boy had gone missing from his home. Today he came back, skinny and limping. He had gotten his front paw caught in a trap and had either broke or chewed off the first quarter of this leg to escape the trap. His bone was exposed about 3 inches while the skin and muscle tried to heal around it. He was rushed to MN SNAP and was given pain medication and IV fluids. A MN SNAP supporter, Brit Gage, had happened to stop by for the day and immediately made arrangements for him to be brought back to the cities for full medical attention. Please send your thoughts and prayers to Big Boy for a full recovery. He has been through an amazing ordeal, but the timing of his return could not have been better. Thank you to all the amazing people at Red Lake Rosie's Rescue and Karen Good for giving this guy a fighting chance.

Post-op recovery area.

The dogs presented for surgery today were crawling with literally hundreds of ticks. The skin was irritated and left with large scabs and bumps all over - luckily these dogs had ticks removed and were treated with Frontline Plus.

A small sample of the THOUSANDS of ticks removed from ourselves and the animals presented at the clinic this week! :0

A surprise visitor down the road at the sanitation station!

Amazing Art inspired by MN SNAP

MN SNAP (Minnesota Spay Neuter Assistance Program) is scheduled to do three spay/neuter clinics with Red Lake Rosie's Rescue in 2011. Check out the amazing art inspired by MN SNAP in this video (some pups from Red Lake Rosie's Rescue were helpers) and learn more about MN SNAP below.



Minnesota Spay Neuter Assistance Program's Mission:
It is our mission to end the suffering and death of homeless animals due to pet overpopulation by providing high-quality, affordable, and accessible spay and neuter services to Minnesota shelters, rescue organizations, and the companion animals of the low-income community.

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What is Minnesota Spay Neuter Assistance Program (MNSNAP)?

Minnesota Spay Neuter Assistance Program's fully equipped veterinary clinic on wheels delivers low-cost, high-quality spay and neuter surgeries for animals belonging to shelters, rescues and low-income pet owners in Minnesota. We reach pets in neighborhoods where cost, transportation, or the absence of veterinary services is an obstacle to obtaining animal health care and spay/neuter services.

MNSNAP was created by a licensed veterinarian and a group of animal advocates with a goal of reducing the death and suffering of homeless animals all across Minnesota. There are other spay/neuter programs in Minnesota that are designed to help animal shelters and rescue organizations have their dogs and cats altered before adoption; however, until MNSNAP, there hasn’t been any program for income-restricted Minnesotans to have affordable spay/neuter services come to them.

Our mobile surgical unit travels to a pre-scheduled destination for the day. Our staff admits each animal, collects fees, and performs pre-operative physical exams. During the day, all the patients will be cared for by MNSNAP’s highly-qualified, licensed veterinarian and her team of experienced and caring veterinary technicians; patients will be anesthetized and surgically sterilized using the most current anesthesia medications, equipment and surgical techniques. All animals are discharged to their owners/caretakers or back to their rescues or shelters the same day.

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Why Spay or Neuter?
Sterilized pets tend to live longer, healthier lives!
Pets are less likely to stray after being fixed.
Sterilization increases your pet's loyalty.
Sterilization decreases the risk of dog bites.
Fixed pets have fewer bad behavioral problems.
Sterilization saves on vet bills.
Spay surgery eliminates messy and annoying heat cycles.
Spay/neuter reduces the number of pets killed in shelters.
Breeding dogs and cats costs more than surgery to have your pet fixed.
Spay/neuter reduces your pet's risk for some cancers and infections.
Spay/neuter greatly reduces urine spraying and marking in cats.
Sterilization is safer than pregnancy and giving birth to puppies or kittens.
Spay/neuter reduces the overpopulation of unwanted and homeless animals.

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Your Gifts Keep on Giving A Few of the Pets Spayed or Neutered by MNSNAP
MNSNAP is a registered MN 501(c)3 non-profit charity. We rely entirely upon donations to provided our services. The more donations we receive, the more animals we can save. Please make a donation today.

Your gifts not only enable MNSNAP to fulfill its mission; you are also easing the burdens of animal rescues and shelters in Minnesota. Immediately, they will be able to save more animals because they will incur less expenses for spay and neuter services. Over time, as the overpopulation problem decreases, rescues and shelters will have less animals that they will be unable to save. Shelters will no longer have to turn animals away or euthanize them merely because they are already full.

Want to get involved? There are many ways you can help our furry friends in Minnesota.


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MN SNAP clinic

The animal clinic organized by Red Lake Rosie's Rescue in the last week of May was our first with a new group called MN SNAP. The following information is from their website:

Minnesota Spay Neuter Assistance Program's mission is to end the suffering and death of homeless animals due to pet overpopulation by providing high-quality, affordable, and accessible spay and neuter services to MN shelters, rescue organizations, and the low-income community.

MNSNAP was created by a licensed veterinarian and a group of animal advocates with a goal of reducing the death and suffering of homeless animals all across Minnesota.

Why Spay or Neuter?
Sterilized pets tend to live longer, healthier lives!
Pets are less likely to stray after spay/neuter.
Sterilization increases your pet's loyalty.
Sterilization decreases the risk of dog bites.
Sterilized pets have fewer bad behavioral problems.
Sterilization saves on vet bills.
Spay surgery eliminates messy and annoying heat cycles.
Spay/neuter reduces the number of pets killed in shelters.
Breeding dogs and cats costs more than spay/neuter surgery.
Spay/neuter reduces your pet's risk for some cancers and infections.
Spay/neuter greatly reduces urine spraying and marking in cats.
Sterilization is safer than pregnancy and giving birth to puppies or kittens.
Spay/neuter reduces the overpopulation of unwanted and homeless animals.

KAREN SAYS:
We neuter/spayed 89 animals and had one quill removal.

A special thanks to the Red Lake Rosie's foster program which was a major contributor toward the purchase of a new washer/dryer for the clinic and also contributed to funding the clinic.

All animals received vaccines, too, paid for by the RLRR foster group.

Dee Dee Welles coordinated the clinic. Volunteers included Nancy, Benay, Crystal, Dee Dee, Ellen, Laura, Barbara, Lauren & Mike and Lisa Jaster, the photographer who took these photos.

The volunteers from Chuck & Don's Pet Food Outlet stores were Jimmy Millard, mgr Mahtomedi store; Christine Stanton, mgr Elk River store, Nicole from the Wayzata store; and Daniel from the Bloomington store. Claudia made three delicious gourmet dinners along with desserts.

The MN Snap vet is Dr. Kim Culbertson and she was assisted by Nikki, Erin, and Jessica.

Karen
Photos are by Lisa Jaster of lmj originals
www.lmjoriginals.com