What is a high volume, low cost, spay neuter clinic?

It is a clinic 100% focused on spay and neuter services. Their sole purpose of existence is to provide affordable spay neuter services to help control the unwanted pet population and reduce the number of shelter intakes and euthanasia's. These clinic, on average, schedule 35 surgeries per day, 4 days a week, 50 weeks a year. That is 7,000 surgeries per year!

Will you help with feral/community cats?

Absolutely! Once we are up and running we intend to put together a large network of community volunteers to help with trapping. Our hope is to systematically work our way through the county, addressing the larger areas of concern first.

Do you know what your pricing will be?

Not yet, but we are looking at the $60 range for house cats and $90 range for dogs. Community cats will have separate pricing. We want to keep our prices as low as possible, yet ensure that our budget is covered. We also don't want to have to turn around and raise prices soon after opening because of the constant rising costs of supplies.

Will you still offer financial assistance?

Yes, as long as we have grant funds to offer, financial assistance will be available.

Will there be volunteer opportunities?

Yes! Once we are open there will be daily volunteer opportunities. We'll need help with laundry, drop-off and pickup traffic flow and housekeeping.

Will you offer any other services?

Vaccines, heartworm testing and microchips will be available at the time of surgery. It is our hope to offer vaccine clinics on a regular basis once we are up and running, but won't be our initial focus. Our primary goal is to keep cats and dogs out of our animal shelters by preventing unwanted litters.

Why a specialized clinic? Why can’t our local vets provide these services?

Our local veterinarians absolutely can provide all of the services offered at a high volume, low cost spay neuter clinic. What they can not provide is affordability and high volume. They simply don’t have the time to perform the amount of surgeries needed to make an impact on our shelter intake. They must be prepared for a wide variety of situations and health problems which requires an enormous amount of equipment and resources, which makes it financially impossible to offer low cost services.

Why does Robertson County need a clinic? Will a clinic have a negative impact on our full service veterinarians?

Robertson County has zero affordable resources. Our shelters are full. We simply can not continue down our current path. A bigger animal shelter is not the answer. Offering an affordable way to control the pet population is the answer.

Studies have shown that in areas where affordable spay and neuter clinics have opened up, full service veterinary offices have an increase in clients. Why? Simply put, owners are no longer embarrassed about their pets lack of basic care. Once an animal is up to date on vaccines and on flea prevention, owners are more likely to visit a vet for bigger health concerns.

Does low cost equal low quality?

Absolutely not! Services will be provided by licensed veterinarians that have gone through specialized training to provide the most efficient and up to date surgical techniques. These veterinarians will perform an average of 35 surgeries a day, 4 days a week, allowing them to not only sharpen their surgical skills, but to become the best in their field.

Eye Opening Facts

Throughout Tennessee's 95 counties, there are approximately 25 affordable spay and neuter clinics, leaving 70 counties with little to no resources.

Every clinic, on average, is booked 6 weeks out.

Tennessee is home to approximately 2.6 million households, with an estimated 62% of them owning at least 1 pet.

An estimated 10% of the homeless population are pet owners.

Unaltered community/free roaming cats produce 80% of the kittens born in the US each year. An overwhelming amount of these litters are found and brought to local shelters by caring citizens.