SERVICES & OUTREACH

SPAY/NEUTER

Spaying or neutering your pets helps prevent additional unwanted litters in our community. Schedule your animal for this service today.

RABIES VACCINATIONS Prevent your pet from contracting this fatal disease. Clinics are held on the first and third Sundays of every month from noon to 4PM.

SURRENDER YOUR PET Before surrendering your pet, explore every other alternative. Pets are a lifetime commitment.

LOST/FOUND Reclaim a lost pet if it has strayed and found its way to us. Please call us as soon as you realize your pet is missing so you can file a lost animal report.

CREMATION SERVICES With compassionate hearts, the staff at the SPCA will take your deceased companion and treat your pet with the utmost respect. HUMANE EDUCATION We teach principles of respect for all forms of life and believe encouraging the spirit of kindness toward animals is the starting point for empathy in kids.

OBEDIENCE TRAINING Using clicker training, our group classes teach skills to dogs and their people for real-life situations. Register online. COMMUNITY CATS We offer free spay/neuter services for community cats living in Albemarle County and Charlottesville.

PET FOOD PANTRY Pet owners in need of help feeding their pets can pick up cat and dog food at the shelter or at one of the local off-site pet food pantries. MICROCHIP CLINICS Reuniting lost pets with their owners is an important part of our mission. Clinics are held on the first and third Sundays of every month. COMPASSIONATE CARE CLINICS Clinics provide a wellness exam, rabies vaccinations and routine wellness care at reduced fees. Clinics are held the second and fourth Sundays of every month.

We sell lifetime city dog licenses for Charlottesville. Proof of a current rabies vaccination is all you need to bring with you.

CITY LICENSES

Hugo aka Meatloaf

Hugo came to the SPCA as an owner surrender with multiple significant health concerns. He had a loud heart murmur, enlarged lymph nodes all over his body, severe skin disease and ear infections. During treatment, our veterinarians discovered that Hugo also had severe cardiac disease.

Hugo spent time in several loving homes where his caregivers doted on him and helped administer lifesaving care. Hugo thrived in foster care, and his fosters became great advocates for him.

Hugo was referred to Virginia Veterinary Specialists for an echocardiogram and consultation with the cardiologist. He was diagnosed with patent ductus arteriosus and severe left-sided heart disease. Thanks to the funds raised by our amazing community, Hugo was able to have heart surgery!

Hugo was adopted by the McCoys on November 30, ten months after arriving in our care. There were some dark times when we wondered whether he would become a hospice case and what his longterm quality of life would look like. He exceeded expectations from top to bottom, and his new dad reports that he is still going strong! “We renamed Hugo Meatloaf, which he has really taken to! Since we’ve brought him into our home, he has settled in, almost like he has always been here, ” his new dad says.

“He and his new sister, Pepper, tend to play a few times a day and get daily hour-long walks. He makes friends with every dog he meets, and he gets along really well with our cat, Ollie. He hasn’t shown any signs of his medical condition slowing him down at all! We are so happy to have him and love his personality. He fits in very well with our family. ”