Part 3 of the Spay and neuter campaign - Valladolid, Yucatan

A group of us headed from Progreso off to Valladolid, a lovely little town between Cancun and Merida

on a combi

with our friends from previous campaigns

And the AFAD crew

Casa de la Hamacas and its owner, Denis, provided 4 lovely rooms to some of us to use during the campaign

Here's the group gearing up with a lovely breakfast

Romeo (a vet from Cancun) and his wife Patty also enjoyed the Casa de las Hamacas!

Another great campaign

More great people!

Lots of pet owners caring for their pets and their city

And some amazing little puppies

And bigger puppies too!

Final results for Valladolid - 619 cats and dogs in just 2 days!

A total for the 3 days of the campaign - 2,389 pets.

2 days in Progreso, 3 days in Merida and 2 days in Valladolid!

AMAZING!!!!

Deb's new hobby!

So Vic and I had the pleasure of meeting Edie and her husband Greg here in Progreso.

Edie is a professional artist from Saskatchewan, and the four of us hit it off right away!

After having gotten together socially a few times, Edie offered to teach me some tips about oil and watercolor painting and art itself.

Unfortunately, they were only here for 6 weeks, so sadly, they're gone back home.

But I have discovered a new passion, and have begun to paint for the sheer enjoyment!

Here is my first painting!

And as Edie didn't want to carry all her art supplies home, she sold me the lot!!

Water color, oil, brushes, paper, and everything it will take to get me off to a fantastic start!

Here are a few of my latest creations! I'm having a lot of fun and starting to believe I like abstract painting the best!

We'll see where it goes, but it's very enjoyable!! :)

Progreso Spay and Neuter Clinic

January 10th & 11th, the Yucatan spay and neuter clinic started!

Some very important people - the kitchen people! Yeah!

Oh, and below, the two other important people, the two major organizers for the campaign,

Cindy and Karen!

Here is where my job is - after the clients have registered their animals, gotten them weighed and are waiting their turn. My job is to keep everyone organized and ready to go when their turn comes up. Having everyone in their right places, not keeping the vets waiting at all, allows us to maximize everyone's time.

After Day 1, 311 cats and dogs have been taken out of the reproducing game - yeah!!

Kim and Vic's job is to help the dogs going under anasthesia to make sure they don't aspirate, keeping them safe to be tubed and then off to their surgeries.

A muscles man. Transport - the guys that take the dogs from tubing to surgery, or surgery to recovery.

And at the end of Day 2, Vic and I are pooped (and filthy), as we head home for a shower!

And our puppies greet us with great joy!

Xochitl has taken great care of the girls for the days we were away 10 hours at a time, and as she says, there are no missing eyes or limbs, and the house is still standing!

Progreso clinic done - on to Valladolid next weekend!!