Inaugural Solano SPCA dog walk a success

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VACAVILLE — The dogs were meeting and greeting each other with barks and tail wags on Saturday for the inaugural Solano SPCA Paws for a Cause Dog-Walk-a-Thon.

Matt Rubin of Fairfield came out with his Norwich terrier, Cash, to help support the SPCA. They come out to Lagoon Valley Park about twice a week for a nice hike around the lake.

“They do some wonderful stuff,” Rubin said. “So I wanted to come out and support the SPCA.”

He met with some friends and they walked the road around the lake.

Dennis Reed of Vacaville arrived with his girlfriend, Olga Dernova, along with his two goldendoodles, for the first time.

“I have not done a dog walk like this before,” he said. “It looked like a good way to support the SPCA.”

The SPCA Paws for a Cause Dog-Walk-aThon was looking to raise money for a new digital X-ray machine, according to SPCA veterinarian

Kelly Palm.

“The machine is about $35,000,” Palm said. “We have the old-school X-ray machine and table but we need the equipment for the digital part.”

A digital X-ray machine would allow them to do more extensive diagnostics on the animals that come in to the shelter without having to send them out to another vet.

“It gets expensive having to do that,” she said.

They get a lot of dogs or cats in with previous prob lems like bladder stones.

“We can do most things, but not X-ray them,” she said.

Her along with volun teers came out with their dogs for team Underdogs.

“The dogs on our team all have some issues like missing an eye, or only have three legs. They are underdogs,” she said.

As of Saturday morning the SPCA were very close to their goal with $29K raised.

Colette Nuno the volunteer coordinator for the event said that they had 160 people sign up for the walk.

“That was more than

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expected, actually we were not sure how many people were going to come out,” Nuno said.

This inaugural event was a chance to learn about doing walk-a-thons. They brought in about 9 vendors along with prizes for a raffle and held games for the dogs after the walk.

The Solano SPCA continues to welcome donations as they are an independent nonprofit organization that realize on the generosity of donors to help them with maintaining the facility and availability for pet adoptions. To make a donation go to https:// solanospca.com.