Christmas can be a happier time for a number of dogs and their new households, due to a collaboration between the Texas Tech University School of Veterinary Medicine (TTUSVM) and the Amarillo Animal Management & Welfare division (AAMW).
Nine dogs have been primed and prepared for adoption on the second annual Paws for the Holidays occasion, held just lately at Contagion Athletics and sponsored by the 2 organizations. The pets have been a part of plenty of dogs chosen from the AAMW shelter originally of final semester by TTU vet college college students, with the aim to socialize, spay and neuter, vaccinate and current the dogs to the general public for good, without end properties towards the top of the semester.
The occasion went properly on Saturday, Dec. 2. Many individuals attended, and three dogs ended up with new properties. The hope is to present dogs a greater probability at being adopted by working with them, coaching them, instructing them manners and tips and making them household suitable. At final yr’s occasion, all of the dogs have been adopted finally.
After the occasion, as of Friday, there have been nonetheless 5 dogs prepared for adoption, and anybody can contact Trista Mills at [email protected] for extra data.
“We believe that by getting them used to people and interacting with different students, they will be more adoptable,” stated Mills, Assistant Professor of Veterinarian Practice at TTUSVM. The program is new, nevertheless it appears to be working properly, based on Mills.
AAMW was on the occasion to assist with adoption paperwork for the dogs.
At the start of every semester, the scholars will get a brand new group of round 20 dogs to work with, prepare, deal with and discover properties for.
It is a well known incontrovertible fact that the financial system has been onerous on households; many dogs have been surrendered and dumped as a result of excessive prices of sustaining a pet, in addition to caring for a household.
So far this month within the first week, as of the Dec. 6 daily report card from AAMW, the shelter has had a complete consumption of 81 dogs, and the canine kennels have been 107% full. The canine final result totals (adoption, return to proprietor and rescue / relocate) for December was at 45, with 24 of these being canine adoptions.
But when there’s a will, there’s a manner. There continues to be time to present a pet a home and enrich a household’s life.
For extra details about TTUSVM, go to .
For extra details about AAMW, go to or go to their Facebook web page.
