Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter (SCCAS), in partnership with Johnny’s Harborside Restaurant and Coastal Dog Owners Group (C-DOG), will celebrate the grand opening of the new dog play/exercise yard at the shelter. The event will be on March 23, 2013 from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm at the Santa Cruz shelter location, 2200 7th Avenue, featuring an official ribbon cutting by County Supervisor John Leopold. The new dog play yard provides the shelter with an area for dogs to run and play with other dogs as well as receive obedience and agility training.
The event will also feature:
- FREE rabies vaccinations for Santa Cruz County resident dogs with purchase of a dog license ($29 for altered dog, $74 for unaltered dog)
- Positive reinforcement dog training and motivation of dogs with play and enrichment presentations by Sandi Pensinger from Living with Dogs, Lori Katz from Kindred Spirit Dog Training, Karen Phillippi from Click’Em Dog Training and Santa Cruz Dog Training Club.
- Mobile dog grooming Bailey’s Groom Service will offer $5 dog nail trims with proceeds donated to the Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter
- Renowned local artist Jen Raynes will create a live painting of a shelter dog. Jen is huge animal lover and a long time supporter of SCCAS who creates original artwork of animals, ocean and people. For any pet portrait ordered at this event, Jen will donate 50% to Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter
SCCAS thanks Johnny’s Harborside Restaurant and C-DOG for their monetary contributions to make this new dog play/exercise a reality.
For more information please visit www.scanimalshetler.org.
About Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter (SCCAS)
Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter (SCCAS) provides animal regulation and humane care that protects the health, public safety and welfare of people and animals in Santa Cruz County.
SCCAS currently rescues and assures safe, temporary shelter, veterinary and humane care for approximately 7,000 stray, unwanted, abandoned, mistreated and injured animals each year. SCCAS also provides 24 hour animal rescue service and is Santa Cruz County’s only full service, open-admission animal shelter. SCCAC provides two locations for owners to find and recover their lost pets and adopt new animal companions at 2200 7th Avenue in Live Oak, Santa Cruz, and 580 Airport Boulevard in Watsonville.
SCCAS is an organization charged with the responsibility of rescuing thousands of lost and homeless animals and animals suffering from cruelty, neglect and indifference.
Animal Care and Control facilities are often referred to derogatorily as “the pound”. They are often one of the most misunderstood organizations in any community. Although their mission is to save lives, their community’s irresponsible pet ownership requires them to euthanize animals, and then they are faulted for doing so. These organizations don’t have the luxury of shrinking from the life and death issues of animal welfare. They are the only animal welfare agency in any community that has to address the issue of pet euthanasia head on every minute of every day.
For more information, please call 831-454-7303 or visit our website www.scanimalshelter.org.
