Dr. Erica Smith
Dr. Erica Smith earned her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, in 2007
News
News
Expansion
PEP recently purchased the empty lot adjoining our property to the
east. The property was sold at the
Gasconade Court House at a tax bid estate sale.
Our vision is to have and additional parking lot for the increase of
customers. A lot of work needs to be
done. Dead trees removed, land
excavation, and lots of rock. We hope to
have our project completed by the end of this year.
Newsletters
Starting in 2020, we will be putting out the newsletter 3 times a year
in April, August, and December.
Donations
Fundraising,
Donations, & Grants
This year’s fundraising was
rummage sales and swap meets. We raised
a good amount in sales and promoted our clinic at the same time. We continue to receive generous donations, whether
small or large, every cent counts. We
continue to submit grant applications with the hopes of being rewarded
additional funds.
This extra money has provided us
with a new washer and dryer.
Additionally we covered the increase in cost of medication that we use
on a daily basis. This means we haven’t
had to increase our prices to our clients.
Changes
Bad Checks lead to credit
card/cash payments. Unfortunately PEP has been given checks with insufficient
funds or closed account. PEP was donated
an Ipad and we signed up for a Square Credit Card Reader. We now accept cash, credit or debit cards,
and are phasing out checks to protect our clinic. We feel it is morally wrong to intentionally
destroy a service that means so much to the community.
Closing of our 9th Year
Demands of Spay and Neuter Increase
Protect Every Pet continues to stay busy with a constant flow of dogs and cats scheduled for spay and neuter. Within the past few months, we have had a lengthy wait but have managed to accommodate those who want to use our services. We recommend taking advantage of our slower months, December through February, to shorten the wait to get an appointment. Recently several people have called in a panic that their pets are in heat or has been bred. With our demanding schedule, time critical.
Staff
We Appreciate
Established in November 2010
Protect Every Pet will be entering our 10th year. When we see the rescues assisting hoarded
animal situations, we realize we have to continue working on the root of the
problem. Our vision keeps us focused on
the solution of spay and neuter. We
would like to thank everyone who continually supports PEP and together we will
reduce the over population of dogs and cats.
We are proud of our accomplishments and look forward to another
successful year.
Protect Every Pet continues to stay busy with a constant flow of dogs and cats scheduled for spay and neuter. Within the past few months, we have had a lengthy wait but have managed to accommodate those who want to use our services. We recommend taking advantage of our slower months, December through February, to shorten the wait to get an appointment. Recently several people have called in a panic that their pets are in heat or has been bred. With our demanding schedule, time critical.
Staff
This year we said goodbye to our veterinarian, Dr. Connie Medling, who
left PEP to pursue her dream of a Mobile Veterinarian Clinic. We still have two outstanding Veterinarians,
Dr. Sherri Moellinger and Dr. Diana Krenning who have been keeping a steady pace
with a full schedule.
We are in search of a Veterinarian who is looking for some relief work,
additionally we are looking for mature volunteers to work one or two days a
week. No experience necessary, we
provide on the job training. Our work
environment is serious however you’re guaranteed to enjoy the work and learn
something new each day.
We
appreciate those who support PEP both financially and with donated cleaning and
office supplies. We also appreciate the
compliments we read on the PEP Facebook page.
Comments such as Highly Recommended, Very Efficient, Reasonably Priced,
Kindest Staff, and Very Professional are flattering, motivate us, and keep our
spirits high. We read all the comments,
we appreciate the positive ones, the funny ones entertain us, and the serious
ones we take action on.