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I live in a small community of 2,000. When I moved here 9 years ago, every spring we had a lot of stray kittens that usually disappeared by the middle of summer only for a new “batch” to follow. After several years of appealing to Sylvan Lake City Council, the City agreed to let me run a TNR (Trap and Release) program. While 37 will sound like a very small number to many of you (a day’s work for some!), trapping and sterilizing this number of cats has greatly reduced the number of kittens being born. Neighbors have been great, for the most part. A local vet and our county animal control have been providing vaccinations and spay/neuter. Neighbors and our local Pet Supplies Plus help with adoptions. I would be happy to share info on our program if anyone is interested.
Nooters Club was on hand June 27 to help Tiny Paws Rescue find homes for homeless rabbits at the Pet Supplies store in White Lake, Mich. I spoke with and pre-screened prospective adopters considering taking a bunny home. We also had our Nooters Club rabbit motif apparel items for sale with a part of the proceeds going to Tiny Paws Rescue. I continue to be amazed by the number of people who are shocked that you should get your rabbit fixed. When I mention that I have four, I usually hear something like, “I bet you are going to end up with a lot more, ha, ha.” Not if Nooters Club can help it!
Nooters Club is joining with two Michigan Hooters to launch spay and neuter events in Troy, Michigan and Grand Rapids, Michigan in September and October 2009. We are working with All About Animals Rescue in Warren, Michigan and C-Snip in Grand Rapids, Michigan, both high-quality, low-cost shelters that will pre-sell spay and/or neuter vouchers at the events. Watch for more information on this blog and in our NOOZLETTER which you can sign up to receive monthly at nootersclub.org.
If you are a camper, before you go out and buy all that fancy gear like collapsible doggie dishes and freeze-dried dog food, do the best thing possible for your pet. Get him or her fixed. A spayed or neutered dog is less likely to stray from the campsite. AND, you will not come home with a litter! Neither will your campground neighbor! Many pet guardians are amazed at how quickly the pet mating ritual can occur. Somewhere between the campfire songs and the s’ mores, you could come home with more little campers than you bargained for! So help us “Prevent Littering®” and see your veterinarian before you pack your tent.
Many pet supplies stores host pet adoptions, but the Pet Supplies Plus store in White Lake, Mich. is cranking things up. Owner Addy Shattuck always has about 10 cats for adoption in each of her three stores. Now, in collaboration with Oakland Pet Adoption Center in Auburn Hills Mich., she is bringing in a dozen or more from the Center for the weekends when the number of shoppers increases. Shattuck, a huge animal lover, says she will continue the program through the summer. For information call 248-889-4131.
Spay Alabama recently held a Hooters for Nooters fundraiser at the Trussville, Alabama Hooters featuring Nooters Club products. Head of Spay Alabama Donald Kendrick says that each year about 160,000 dogs and cats go into Alabama shelters and animal control facilities and about 120,000 of these are euthanized. Donald is committed to reducing pet overpopulation in his state and has been working with Nooters Club as one way to raise pet owner awareness. See coverage of the event on
CBS Channel 42 at nootersclub.org/news
We learned recently that the City of Laguna Woods, CA has become another city to pass a mandatory spay and neuter ordinance. We met the very nice Ron Beldner, member of the City's Animal Control Advisory Committee, out in California when we were there for America's Family Pet Expo. Ron indicated there was strong support from their city council. Nooters Club gave Ron a bunch of t-shirts to take back to council members. We hope they enjoy the shirts. If any of our readers know of any municipalities passing S/N ordinances, please let us know and we will send out more shirts!!
 Nooters Club continues to get a lot of requests for low-cost spay/neuter information. Out in Calif., over a three-day period, we must have gotten more than 100 requests. It seems that there are a lot of people out there who want to get their pets fixed, however cannot afford regular veterinary fees. Nooters Club continues to build the "Low-Cost Spay/Neuter Resources" area of our website. If your group offers low-cost S/N, please contact us with your information at Lindaw@nootersclub.org.
 Nooters Club just returned from America's Family Pet Expo in Orange County, Calif. We are happy to say that we are getting more questions about RABBIT spay and neuter. Our new RABBIT cartoons and products are getting some attention and more people are asking about, "Why a rabbit -- we didn't know you could fix a bunny!" As bunny people know, spayed and neutered pet rabbits have fewer behavior and health problems and live longer. We will keep spreading the word!!
We would like to set the record straight. Just about every week Nooters Club gets one or more emails from spay/neuter clinics or rescues telling us what a great job we are doing. We have created some cute cartoons and we put them on a bunch of fun stuff. And then we sell them and get to give a little money back to the folks helping the animals. IT IS YOU FOLKS WHO ARE DOING ALL THE AMAZING WORK - WE JUST WISH WE COULD HELP YOU MORE!! One day - when we grow - we will. But we want to say GOD BLESS YOU for all you do. You are truly amazing! -- Linda
Just about every time the topic of pet neutering comes up, I hear a lot of commnts about guys and their fear of getting male pets neutered. Yet I have never met one of these guys!! Guys - do you really have a fear? If so, I would like to know more. In fact, if anyone can explain this to me (In a way that makes sense!), I will send them a FREE Nooters Club t-shirt. We have sizes for the big guys too! -- Linda
If you ever meet Pat Schoen you will know this is a lady on a mission. The organization she runs, C-Snip, is western Mcihigan's biggest provider of high-quality, low-cost pet spay and neuter services. C-Snip will reach the impressive milestone of 50,000 pet spays and neuters in 2009. Just outside Grand Rapids, the C-Snip clinic is a model of a well-run, top-notch organization committed to making life better for pets and their owners. You will not find them any better than Pat. She is brilliant and tireless! Find more about what C-Snip is doing at www.csnip.org.
More states are adopting statewide programs to encourage residents to get help reduce the population of unwanted pets by getting their dogs and cats spayed and neutered. One of them is Spay Michigan. By calling a toll free hotline of 888-5SPAY-HELP, Michigan residents can find out about low-cost spay and neuter clinics around the state. These clinics are typically dedicated to high quality, high volume procedures and can save pet owners hundreds of dollars, especially if you have mutiple pets. You can help support Spay Michigan by buying a Spay Michigan/Nooters Club t-shirt for only $7. Go to www.nootersclub.org for info. 
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