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Do you want to be a vendor at the 9th Annual Doggy Derby at the SPCA of Solano County?

Posted by SPCA of Solano County on July 14, 2016
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Do you want to be a vendor at our annual Doggy Derby event?

The important info :

Where:  SPCA of Solano County shelter, 2200 Peabody Rd in Vacaville next to CSP Solano

When: Saturday, October 15th, 2016 noon – 4:30 pm (rain or shine)

Why:  Promote responsible and active dog ownership and help raise funds for the SPCA.

If you are interested in being a vendor please complete this form and we will contact you!

 

please note:

  • vendors will be given a designated 10’x10′ space, to be assigned in order of confirmed registration
  • spaces will be located outdoors, either on paved lot, dirt lot/ground or grass
  • vendors must provide their own canopies* (pop up tents), (if desired), tables and chairs.  There is no electrical access. pop-up tents must be weighted and/or secured to the ground due to the likelihood of wind.
  • vendors are responsible for their own set-up, employees and products
  • vendors must arrive between 9:00 am and 10:30 am.  ALL VEHICLES MUST BE CLEARED OUT OF EVENT AREA no later than 11:00 am, and moved to designated vendor parking area.
  • vendors are expected to stay until the end of the event unless prior arrangements are approved.
  • spaces must be vacated and cleaned up no later than 5:30 pm
  • vendors will have their website listed on the SPCA website for 2 months before and after the event
  • The SPCA of Solano County will not be responsible for any damage caused to any vendor’s set-up and/or product.
  • Dog friendly, vaccinated dogs are welcome, but vendors must bring a crate or confinement for their pets (NO PETS MAY BE LEFT IN VEHICLES) when out of crate or pen dogs MUST be leashed at all times.
  • Space is limited.   Upon submission of this form and payment, reservation is completed
  • Once we receive your form you will be contacted within 7 days and will need to pay a non-refundable registration  fee of $50 to reserve your space.  Payment can be made by check, credit card or online.

***All canopies (pop up tents) must be weighted and/or secured to the ground due to the likelihood of wind***

Happy Birthday and my faith in humanity restored, for today.

Posted by SPCA of Solano County on April 18, 2014
Posted in: Good news, Happy Birthday, kids, Pets, Social Media. Tagged: , , , , , , , .

It never seems to fail that when I think everyone has lost their mind and their compassion for everyone and everything around them I get one of “those” phone calls. I know it is a bit melodramatic but there it is. Sometimes it just is.

We have seen an increase of kids having birthday parties and instead of gifts for themselves they ask for donations for the animals instead. I don’t know if the kids have the idea or if it is just the parents teaching their kids that they should help in the community and give to those who are in need. In this case homeless animals. For whatever the reason these kids are learning to think of others instead of just themselves.TuckerSPCAofSolanoCounty.jpg

I had the mother of one of these kids call today. It has been a rough couple of days for my morale here and I needed her call today. What a great thing for kids to learn. She wanted to know what were the priorities on our wish list. She wanted to be sure the other parents knew what we needed. She said the kids were excited to go shopping for the animals.

Faith in humanity restored, for today at least. One day at a time.

Who will be the first patient of the spay/neuter clinic?

Posted by SPCA of Solano County on August 10, 2013
Posted in: Contest, Pets, Social Media, spay/neuter. Tagged: , , , , , , , , , .

LolaThis is a huge thing to consider. Who will be the first pet to be spayed or neutered in the new clinic? This is not something to be taken lightly. We have decided that a contest is in order.

We want to hear your most moving rescue story and picture. We will post them on Facebook and the pet with the most moving story will get to be our first surgery. They winner will receive their spay/neuter surgery, vaccines, and a microchip at no cost.  Not to mention the honor of being the very first surgery at our spay/neuter clinic!

Who will we choose?

Of course the pet needs to not yet be spayed or neutered and the owner needs to be able to drop the pet off at the SPCA of Solano County Spay/neuter clinic and pick the pet up that afternoon. We will also feature your pet on advertising materials, website, etc.

The pet can be a dog, cat or rabbit.  To enter the contest you need to email a picture of your pet with their story to ddillon@solanospca.com  and we will post them on Facebook, the top five story/pictures with the most likes will be in the finals and the winner will be chosen from those.

Why a contest?

We feel that this clinic has been a community project and we want the community to be part of the opening.  It is our intention to reduce euthanasia rates in Solano County one spay (or neuter) at a time.

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SuperZoo 2013 :)

Posted by SPCA of Solano County on August 9, 2013
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The retail store at the SPCA has been doing well and expanding so it was time for our first trip to the show.

SO here we go.

SuperZoo is the national show for pet retailers. If you want an animal related product they had it. Large, small, exotics, horses, EVERYTHING!  The event attracted a record number of pet industry professionals and was held at the Mandalay Bay Event Center in Las Vegas. (That is where the vacation part came in) sort of.

I was completely overwhelmed with over 1000 exhibitors, grooming competitions, new  product contests, and the seminars there is no possible way to see everything.  We probably didn’t even see half of it.  We had a map of the people we wanted to talk to and I think we did actually talk to most of them.  This was our first SuperZoo and it won’t be the last.

The classes were fantastic.  I did learn that we don’t have a lot of the problems many stores have because we are a shelter as well.  The speakers had great ideas about promoting your business and partnering with local rescues (which is where we are different).  We are fortunate enough to have people that believe in what we are doing and want to help.

Many of the speakers discussed the new advertising strategies that are now primarily social media platforms such as Twitter, Pinterest, Facebook, etc.  It was interesting to see the group of people who fear all things technology and stick with the yellow pages.  I don’t even have a copy of the yellow pages.

We learned a lot and found a lot of great new items for the store.  The discussion for next year SuperZoo has already begun.  I’m not sure I will have recovered yet.

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