{"id":3868,"date":"2019-03-18T10:25:40","date_gmt":"2019-03-18T17:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/napahumane.org\/?p=3868"},"modified":"2019-03-18T11:05:00","modified_gmt":"2019-03-18T18:05:00","slug":"huge-strides-for-wellness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/napahumane.org\/huge-strides-for-wellness\/","title":{"rendered":"Huge Strides for Wellness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3869\" src=\"https:\/\/napahumane.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/pup.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/napahumane.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/pup.jpg 650w, https:\/\/napahumane.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/pup-300x102.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Napa Humane\u2019s latest wellness clinic on March 3 saw a <strong>record-breaking 163 pets! <\/strong>More than 80% were from Napa County, with 15% from our neighbors in Solano County. We are proud to report that we scheduled approximately <strong>60 animals for spay\/neuter<\/strong> appointments during the weeks following the wellness clinic.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3870\" src=\"https:\/\/napahumane.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/The-Crowd.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/napahumane.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/The-Crowd.jpg 650w, https:\/\/napahumane.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/The-Crowd-300x102.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Our four volunteer doctors, including Dr. Bachman, Dr. Amanda Mamo, Dr. Kim Schmidt and Dr. Mary Whitehill, worked tirelessly to give <strong>much-needed medical direction and to dispense prescriptions \u2013 some of which will be life-changing for dogs that have been living for years with pretty serious eye, ear and skin conditions<\/strong>. We administered 99 rabies vaccines, and 120 other essential canine and feline vaccinations, all donated to us by Merck and Boehringer Ingelheim. \u00a0We microchipped 53 pets, applied 139 doses of flea medicine, and trimmed countless nails.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3872\" src=\"https:\/\/napahumane.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Dr.-Amanda-Resized-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/napahumane.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Dr.-Amanda-Resized-2.jpg 650w, https:\/\/napahumane.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Dr.-Amanda-Resized-2-300x111.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Registered vet techs, assistants, and administrative volunteers turned out from <strong>Cal Pet, Napa Small Animal Hospital, Silverado Veterinary Hospital, We Care and Napa Valley Holistic Veterinary Services.<\/strong> I am so proud of how we have brought together so many from such different parts of our veterinary community. We have a really strong core group of repeat volunteers who are so passionate about these clinics.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3871\" src=\"https:\/\/napahumane.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Bergan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/napahumane.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Bergan.jpg 650w, https:\/\/napahumane.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Bergan-300x102.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I had another special moment that day when I realized that <strong>we have truly reached our goal of becoming a trusted part of the Latino community in the Valley.<\/strong> I had a distinguished elderly gentleman come up to me after getting services for his dog, asking how his grandson could get his dog neutered even though he was not at the clinic that day. <strong>He told me he felt it was really important for his grandson to neuter his dog and he wanted to make sure that he got it done.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3873\" src=\"https:\/\/napahumane.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wellness.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/napahumane.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wellness.jpg 650w, https:\/\/napahumane.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wellness-300x102.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When we first started these clinics, we had to work so hard to convince people \u2013 especially older generations \u2013 that they should spay\/neuter their pets. It was such a challenge to a deeply ingrained belief. But now, everyone is seeking us out and it is really rare that we have to try to convince someone who is reluctant. (And yes, of course we signed his grandson up!)<\/p>\n<p><strong>I call that a day worth celebrating!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Enjoy the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/napahumane\/albums\/72157705821646881\/with\/46588221154\/\">photos<\/a> (by Sally Seymour)!\u00a0 Click <a href=\"https:\/\/napahumane.org\/volunteer-spotlight-photographer-sally-seymour\/?mc_cid=d8e0753858&amp;mc_eid=%5bUNIQID%5d\">here<\/a> to learn more about our amazing photographer, Sally Seymour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Napa Humane\u2019s latest wellness clinic on March 3 saw a record-breaking 163 pets! More than 80% were from Napa County, with 15% from our neighbors in Solano County. 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Our four volunteer doctors, including Dr.<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/napahumane.org\/huge-strides-for-wellness\/\">Keep Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,6,3,13,9],"tags":[77,78,79,23,76,35,33],"class_list":["post-3868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cats","category-clinic","category-dogs","category-education","category-volunteer","tag-free-clinic","tag-latino-outreach","tag-microchipping","tag-napa-humane","tag-pet-heath","tag-vaccinations","tag-wellness"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Huge Strides for Wellness - Napa Humane<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/napahumane.org\/huge-strides-for-wellness\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Huge Strides for Wellness - Napa Humane\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Napa Humane\u2019s latest wellness clinic on March 3 saw a record-breaking 163 pets! 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