Education

GETTING NEEDED EDUCATION AND RESOURCES TO THE PUBLIC	TAKIN' IT ON THE ROAD
Our teens are also involved in getting resources and educational materials into the community at large with the hope of helping to reduce the overpopulation problem. To that end they let people know how to get discount training and other services like low cost spay/neuter program. They give demonstrations of clicker training at adoption events as well as performances. This summer our teens will be performing with their trained foster dogs and sending this message: NO MORE VIOLENCE FOR KIDS AND DOGS They will also go to schools with this message and handouts.
THE UTAH COUNTY PET RESOURCE GUIDE Last summer Save a Dog & Kids Inc. was invited to 22 City Festivals, Parades and Rodeos. With the help of a small printing company that generously donated the printing, we were able to distribute 5,000 4-page Utah County Pet Resource Guides at these events. The Guides contained coupons for discounted spay/neuter, discounted dog training, educational information on dog training, State Pet Sterilization Legislation and other helpful data. According to Spay USA Network News, over the last five years many communities around the country have successfully reduced animal control costs amounting to millions of saved dollars with low-cost spay/neuter programs aimed at low income households. The mayor of our own city of 86,000 people has offered to have educational and discount vouchers printed on utility bills for each household. He has also invited us to go with him to classrooms to talk to the students about the responsible dog ownership. He was surprised to find that all the students raised their hands when asked if their families let their dogs run loose in the streets, many not neutered. Next Page of Press Kit Home