Arrival Delayed

Fresno dog arrival delayed due to inclement weather. The SOHS Saving Train is stranded in central California until I-5 in Mount Shasta is re-opened. Stay tuned for further announcements!

So it goes… weather has not exactly been our friend this trip. It is too windy to safely travel today with such precious cargo, so we will load up and head out tomorrow am. In addition, one of our team members is feeling “under the weather.” It is hard enough to drive 10 hours with vehicles full of animals when you are feeling great… it is another matter entirely when you are sick, so Thursday it will be. What this means is that all of the medical procedures and baths will have to take place on Friday, when we had expected to have everybody ready for adoption. Dogs may be placed on hold or adopted and medical will be completed later in the day. It is an enormous undertaking to vaccinate and microchip more than 80 animals so we will do the best that we can and hope everyone will be patient. These special dogs deserve every opportunity to find the perfect home. There are only a few dogs that are spayed and neutered so the majority will not be able to go home right away, or else they can go out on contract with a deposit which is returned after we spay and neuter them.

Truthfully, this experience has been both exhilarating and mentally exhausting. We have to keep everything in perspective and remember that we made a difference for more than 80 dogs. We need to also remember that we need to make time to sleep when we do a rescue. As I say that, we are making plans to leave shortly and look at a few more dogs. Fresno SPCA is the largest single- site animal shelter in California. That was our last stop yesterday and that visit only reinforced what we already know - animal overpopulation is a socio-economic problem as well as one of total human irresponsibility. The answer however is very clear. Massive spay/neuter and education efforts are needed to stem the tide of death for innocent animals.