Mission-driven and dedicated to reducing the pet overpopulation and helping families keep their beloved animals healthy and at home, Fix’n Wag’n provides low-cost spay, neuter, vaccine and wellness services to residents that typically have a fixed income and cannot afford to go to full service pet clinics for their loving companions. The team works up to six days a week. What would normally cost $200 to $600 can be done for $90 through this program.

In an interview with Mobile Clinic Manager, Steven Pierce, he shared that when Paws Along the River Humane Society’s Executive Director, Jodi Streich-Hollabaugh reached out to him, she expressed the desperate need and asked if they would expand their reach to Warren.

The Fix’n Wag’n team has been coming once a month since last spring. The mobile clinic team of workers love the area and the Humane Society graciously sets the staff up for their time here in Warren. Pierce expressed his team’s experience in Warren as one of their favorite places to work.

Walking into the site, the place was buzzing with friendly and high energy people getting the job done.

Dr. Adam Brierton and student Kelly Scanlon performing surgery at the PAWS Along the River Humane Society.

Pierce said in a high stress job, it is nice to have a helpful staff to help the day go smoothly. The shelter staff and the mobile clinic team staff have built great relationships and it is apparent that everyone involved cares about what they do and have fun together getting it done. Pierce said, “Warren has been more than accommodating; it’s a super easy environment to work in. Working in a high-volume spay/neuter clinic is a high stress job. The experience here has been phenomenal – staff are super polite, super nice, helping out with everything needed.”

The largest need for this area has been the overpopulation of feral cats as well as veterinary care for those pets whose owners are not able to afford it. Every other day, people would come into PAWS Along the River to surrender kittens. Since this service has been coming to the area, the number of intakes has gone from several a week to a few per month. This drastic drop allows PAWS to now outreach to the community to be able to help more people since they now have the space available.

The service helps housecats, feral cats, and dogs. Dogs, up to 80 pounds, are more complicated so they need a pre-surgical exam and the dogs get scheduled for the next clinic. Vaccinations are available during their walk-in time of 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.. each time they visit.

The Fix’n Wag’n team of typically three to five employees travel for an all-day event of surgery, well checkups and the vaccine clinic. Able to see 80-100 cats every time they visit, they have seen that number of cats every single time over the past several months they’ve visited.

The universal sign for spayed or neutered cats is the removal of the tip of the ear or a V-shaped notch in the side of the ear, generally reserved for stray and feral cats so that it can be easily identified as spayed or neutered from a distance.This procedure involves removing about one centimeter of the tip of the left ear of female cats and the right ear of male cats during spay or neuter surgery.

For more information about the mobile clinic’s mission and team, visit www.fixnwagn.com

They can also be contacted by text at (724) 201-9413 or by email at contact@fixnwagn.com.

Paws Along the River Humane Society will welcome the Fix’n Wag’n mobile vet clinic again on Feb. 25. For more information, visit their facebook page or www.pawsalongtheriver.org or call (814) 726-1961