Welcome to the Canine Club
Events
The Annual Doggie Dash
The 20th Annual Doggie Dash was held Saturday, April 2, 2011, at UGA's intramural fields.
Every year since 1992, the Club has held the Doggie Dash, a run/walk for dogs and their owners. This event is co-sponsored by Hill's Pet Nutrition.
This event is a fundraising effort to support the Nicky Fund. The Nicky Fund is dedicated to research in the field of canine cancer. All of the money raised at Doggie Dash goes solely towards canine cancer research in effort to find better therapies, medicine, and possibly a cure.
Doggie Dash also provides an entertaining way for the College of Veterinary Medicine to interact with the community. The event is held in the Spring at Lake Herrick, adjacent to UGA's intramural fields. The course is a 2km (1.3 mile) trail through the woods and around the lake.
All dogs must be leashed and have a current rabies vaccination.
Spay Day
Spay Day is a weekend-long event held each year in the Spring. The most recent Spay Day was held on Saturday, January 9, 2010. The dogs are provided by local animal shelters and the surgeries are provided free of charge. Our fundraisers throughout the year offset some of the cost for this event. Junior veterinary students perform the surgery, and sophomore and freshman veterinary students perform the role of anesthetists.
Approximately 65 students are involved each year. The students are overseen by several boarded surgeons and staff from the UGA College of Veterinary Medicine Teaching Hospital and veterinary technicians from Athens Technical College.
The surgeries are performed with the highest care and quality of medicine, and all the dogs are provided with pain relief medication.
While Spay Day is an excellent learning experience for the students involved, it also benefits the participating shelters by saving them money and making the dogs more adoptable.
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This page was last updated on April 14, 2011.
