Deseixing Day
12 December 2019
A few months ago, we were approached by Courtney Davis, Environs Manager at Te Roroa along with Kaitiaki Kiwi Waipoua, asking if we could help with desexing a number of dogs owned by residents of Waipoua.
Dargaville Veterinary Centre agreed immediately to send some of their team up there, and with a generous grant from The NZ Companion Animal Trust we held a spay and neuter day at the Waipoua Campground Hall on Thursday 17th October 2019.
We had kindly been offered the Kohanga Building at Pananawe Marae, but we had too many dogs booked to fit in there - How cool is that ?? Too many dogs booked!
16 Surgeries were done - 11 Dog Spays, 3 Dog Neuters and 2 Cat Spays.
A busy day, but some of us still managed to sneak away for an hour or so to visit Tane Mahuta!
Many thanks to everyone involved on the day, but also to Bay of Islands Animal Rescue - Never Ending Story for referring Courtney to us, Saving Hope Foundation and Hazel Impey for the loan of dog crates, to Coast Pet Care for bedding from their Op-Shop, to Barbara for her company, hard work and the use of her Tardis like Breakout Bus to help transport the pile of gear that was needed, and to Country Retreat Boarding Kennel & Cattery for taking good care of our own dogs so that we could overnight up there without worrying about them.