Dog-N-Jog Wichita

03/15/2022

We are working hard to make Dog-N-Jog 2022 a reality! While it will not be taking place this spring, we have some exciting ideas in the works, so please stay tuned! Thanks for your continued support! 🐾

07/31/2020

Please read and share! We need all animal supporters to voice their concerns over this proposed change!

To all of our FB friends, family and animal lovers-

WE NEED YOUR HELP!!

Wichita has a battle ahead and we need your voices, your heart and your persistence. The city council will be discussing an issue on Tuesday that impact everyone- pet owner or not.

The city has plans to cut $400,000 from the Animal Control budget. They are going to make that cut "no matter what." Their initial intention is to cut Animal Control Officer positions (at least 3), cut a Supervisor position, and decrease the facility/animal care cleaning staff by half. The end result and their "solution" to meet this budget need is to 1) stop picking up stray/feral cats and 2) stop allowing the public to drop off stray/lost animals they have found.

This means if your pet were found running by a good Samaritan, there would be no centralized location for that animal to be taken so you can locate it. These animals will be left to reunion attempts via social media, Craigslist or sent directly to rescues. The chances of you finding your pet will be quite low. Even vet clinics, like us, do not have the capacity to hold onto lost pets until owners are found!

Additionally, the public health consequences of this change are huge. Increases in animal bites, potential rabies exposures, parasitic diseases, and other zoonotic diseases are all likely outcomes.

When asked what they expect to happen, they stated they "hope the Kansas Humane Society and local rescues will just take them instead." So, a local non-profit who already adopts out over 13,000 animals a year (with over a 90% save rate), will now have to find the space, budget, medical care and additional staff, to bring in an additional 5,000-6,000 animals?! (Yes, Wichita Animal Shelter takes in over 5000 animals a year from the public -> which means over 5,000 animals found on the streets have no place to be taken).

There are MUCH better money saving measures WAS can take than to just stop being available for the Wichita community. Perhaps they limit the amount of time pets are held there for a reunion- microchipped or not, tagged by rescues or not. They can charge fees for rescues each time they pull a pet. Rescues put a lot into finding these animals homes and they charge fees to adopt them out, but this can't fall just on rescues! The city can accept previously offered proposals take over the care of the pets in their facility by outside organizations! Or, the city can just understand that this service is truly a priority for a safe community and figure out other areas of their budget that can be cut without the negative affects that this will have.

Please, contact your city council members and the mayor to express your concerns. This is unacceptable and a terrible way to save money. The veterinary community's voice will be heard at their meeting on Tuesday. Your voices can be heard every day until then.

Please help us and help our community.
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PS- not into writing your city leaders? Share this- hopefully someone who sees this will and the word will spread!

04/25/2020

Today would have been a perfect morning for our annual Dog-N-Jog event! We are so sad that we aren't all together- getting ready to start the 1.5 mile walk-n-wag, but we know we'll be together again!

In honor of today's event, we ask you to consider doing 3 things:

1. Take your dogs for a good walk/run.
2. Post a picture of them enjoying their time with you in the comments below.
3. Donate a small amount to the Kansas Humane Society today. Our event normally raises them $12,000 and it hurts us to know that our contribution isn't available for them this year!

Thank you, again, for your years of support and we'll figure out a make-up day to bring us all together again!

03/17/2020

With the current ban in Sedgwick County, no events larger than 50 people for 8 weeks, we have no choice but to postpone DNJ for April. If you have already registered we will be in contact with you. If you have sponsored we will be in contact with you. We are actively discussing and working out another date to hold our event for this year. We thank you for your support.

Nicole & Nikki
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03/14/2020

Good morning Dog•N•Jog friends and followers. We wanted to touch base with you on our event and the recent ban on events that have 250+ people. Our hope is that this ban will be lifted prior to Dog•N•Jog, which is scheduled for Saturday April 25th. We are still accepting registrations, sponsorships and donations.

If it comes down to it that we have to postpone, we will. We do have a back up plan for Dog•N•Jog 2020, there will be an event, just at a later date. If we are required to postpone we will reach out to all who have registered, sponsored & donated to our event.

Thank you to those who have already registered and sponsored our event.

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Skaer Veterinary Clinic Kansas Humane Society Tenderheart Vet - In-Home Pet Euthanasia Indian Hills Animal Clinic

02/18/2020

Are you interested in being a sponsor for Dog-N-Jog 2020? Are you a local veterinarian and want to join our committee? Well here is your chance! We are inviting you to be apart of our event. Please email us at [email protected] for more information.

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Kansas Humane Society Skaer Veterinary Clinic Tenderheart Vet - In-Home Pet Euthanasia Indian Hills Animal Clinic East Central Veterinary Hospital

02/14/2020

We are LIVE! Check out our ALL-NEW website at www.dognjogwichita.com and sign up for Dog-N-Jog 2020 🐶🏆 It's our 10 year anniversary, and we're hoping to have our biggest turnout yet! We can't wait to see you April 25th, 2020!

02/10/2020

We are working on getting our registration up & running. It will be live this week! Check back with us on Wednesday!

11/28/2019

11/15/2019

Update 11/19
Leah has been found safe and sound. She was dropped off at WAS and we are waiting for them to open.

Leah was spotted tonight by someone who lives in the Woodlands Mobile Home park off of Meridian and by US!! She appears to be hiding out in the wooded area by the trailer park & southwest boys club. She is scared and possibly hurt one of her back legs. She is alive and I am very hopeful we will get her. Please call if you see her, offer her gentle words and yummy treats! We will get her back please keep sharing!