San Diego Humane Society Offers Community Veterinary Program

One of the greatest challenges facing pet families in San Diego is access to affordable veterinary care. Our Community Veterinary Program provides essential medical care for owned pets — including wellness exams, vaccines, pharmacy services and preventative care — at our San Diego Campus. Through these critical services, we help keep animals with their families and out of shelters.

One recent patient of our Community Veterinary Program was Akeles, an energetic pittie who was rescued by his owner after her neighbors abandoned him. She was initially worried about the challenges and financial responsibility of owning a dog, but she fell so in love with Akeles that she was determined to find a way to give him a happy home.

We gave Akeles standard vaccinations and flu medication, and he gave our team lots of wiggly kisses to show his thanks! Akeles got the care he needed and his mom got the peace of mind that her affectionate companion would be healthy and happy.

Our Community Veterinary Program is designed to support pet families in need, and there are no qualifications needed to access these services. Visit our website to find clinic appointments and upcoming community events. (New appointments are made available each Wednesday.)

Our Community Veterinary Program provides accessible veterinary care to the pet families and communities that need it the most. We offer:

• Clinics at our San Diego Campus.

• Mobile clinics that take our services directly into targeted and under-resourced communities.

• General medical veterinary care

— preventive and basic sick care.

• Wellness resources like vaccinations, flea medication and education.

• Pharmacy services.

Community Veterinary Program Price List

All Appointments start with a Wellness Exam - $35

Ear Cleaning $15- $35 (Requires Welness Exam)

Nail Trim Cat $10 - $20

Nail Trim Dog $15 - $30

Adult Bloodwork - $75

Senior Bloodwork - $120

Fecal $25

Flea Meds $15 - $94

Pet Parade

Walter

Walter is pet of the week at your Rancho Coastal Humane Society. He’s a 4-year-old, 17pound, male, Domestic Short Hair Cat with a Blue and White Tabby coat.

Walter was a stray in Riverside County. At a shelter they discovered he was mostly blind. Walter was transferred to Rancho Coastal Humane Society through FOCAS (Friends of County Animal Shelters.) He can navigate his kennel for food, water, and his litter box. He can play and jump.

The $100 adoption fee for Walter includes medical exam, neuter, up to date vaccinations, and registered microchip. For more information or to sponsor a pet visit Rancho Coastal Humane Society at 389 Requeza Street in Encinitas, call

760-753-6413, or log on to www. SDpets.org.

Open 11 to 4, Friday through Monday, and by appointment Wednesday and Thursday

Deworming $10 and up (Price determined by weight)

Vaccines $12-20

Clinic Locations

Campus Clinic

Days held: Thursdays and Fridays.

Location: San Diego Campus, 5525 Gaines St., San Diego, CA 92110

Mobile Clinics

Days held: Wednesdays and Saturdays.

Locations: Services are taken directly into focus communities. Locations vary monthly, and will be shown in the appointment scheduler. Our mobile clinic outreach efforts are focused on providing services to residents in the following zip codes: 92102, 92105, 92113, 92114 and 92154.

If you are in need of veterinary services, but live outside of one of the mentioned communities, please schedule yourself at one of our onsite clinics.

Who is eligible?

The services provided by the Community Veterinary Program are designed to serve pet families in need of support. However, we do not verify financial need or require qualifying documents, and stationary clinic appointments are open to the public.

Why is the Community Veterinary Program so important?

In the U.S., 70 percent of homes include pets. Even though pets are part of so many families, nearly 50 million pets in the U.S. cannot access even the most basic veterinary care. Due to cost and other barriers, pets in underresourced communities often do not receive essential veterinary services. As research continues to reveal the benefits of the humananimal bond, San Diego Humane Society is committed to connecting pet parents to the veterinary care their animals need, in order to keep them healthy and out of shelters.

San Diego Humane Society has helpful resources for our Community Veterinary Program that we encourage everyone to use and share with friends, family and neighbors.

Visit https://www.sdhumane.org/ for more information.

Community Pet Pantry

San Diego Humane Society is supporting families and their pets who need a little extra help.

Through the Community Pet Pantry, anyone can visit our campuses to pick up a bag of dog or cat food, and other supplies, as available.

No appointment is needed for this service. Hours are Tuesday-Sunday from 10am to 6pm.

The Computer Factory

845 W. San Marcos Blvd. 760-744-4315 thecomputerfactory.net

The three oldest living “generations” and their birth years are: “Greatest” 1901-1927, “Silent” 1928-1945, “Baby Boomer”19461964. The three youngest generations and their birth years are: “X Generation” 1965-1980, “Millennials” 1981-1996, and Z generation 1997- present. Social scientists love to assign characteristics to each generation and there are many ways to combine or separate different age groups based on their AIV index, (Attitudes Interests and Values). The AIV gap between “Silents” (born before 1946) and “Zs” (born after 1996) is far greater than that of adjacent generations like “Baby Boomers”and “X” generations. Another way of saying the same thing is that your AIV index is more likely to re-

OFs vs. YFs. Part I of III

semble that of your parents than your grandparents.

For the purpose of this discussion, we combined the three older generations into a single category called “OFs” (born between 1937-1964) then combined the younger three generations into a group called “YFs” (born between 1965-present). We divided these six generations into two groups to provide to simplify focus on the important differences in their AIV particularly as it relates to The Computer Factory’s major customer base, home and small business PC users.

The last twenty years have seen the PC evolve slowly from a standalone computing device into an Internet terminal. This time period also saw cell phones add broadband Internet to their voice communication capabilities. The OFs were present through the entire history and transition period for PCs and phones. OFs became accustomed to using PCs with large screens, keyboards, mice and peripherals in comfortably integrated workstations. As broadband Internet grew and standard applications moved to the Internet, it was natural for them to accept the newer applications on familiar devices like their PCs. OFs had been using cell phones as voice communication devices for decades and as phones added Internet connectivity they tended to keep using “smart hones” primarily as portable person to person communication devices. These older generations tend to selectively accept and adapt broadband In- ternet capabilities into their established patterns of living. They use it to communicate with friends and relatives, shop, conduct personal finance, file forms, seek information etc. For most OFs the Internet is used to support pre-existing lifestyles.

By contrast most YFs never knew a world without the Internet. They came to the Internet early in life. Their access device is typically a smart phone. For some, social media has become the center of their life. Many Millennials and Z gens spend vastly more time on social media than with their parents or teachers Internet relationships are antiseptic with no touch or feel and may seem safer than real life relationships to uncertain young minds. The Internet may in some way be contributing to an historic first ever decline in standard IQ test scores among the younger generations over the past decade. It is important to point out that characteristics or behaviors assigned to generations or groups are generalizations. Individuals react differently to common experiences and exceptions to these generalizations are rampant.

The Computer Factory’s home user customer base is over 75% OFs (folks over 59). As a group these folks have a different AIV index than YFs. We understand and tend to share AIV with our customers because we’ve lived through the same times. That doesn’t mean that we don’t love our children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, nor does it mean we harbor any antipathy toward younger generations, we don’t. It just means that we have a natural affinity with the people with which we’ve shared our lifetimes. Next week part II