At the moment the rent is split between boarding and rescue depending on how many boarders there are actually in and how many of the kennels are being used for rescues. Today the boarding facilities has 2 boarding cats and the rest are completely full with the QAWS animals as the temporary shelter has been taken down. Seeing as QAWS has ruined the boarding kennel's business, it doesn't seem fair to charge them rent whilst we're using their facilities and stopping any business coming in. The boarding kennels has turned down thousands of riyals worth of bookings as QAWS has taken over both the kennel block and cattery. Before a couple of months ago the rent was split 50/50 along with the water, salaries and other joint expenditures. Once the new shelter is up and running in 3 1/2 weeks time (inshallah), the costs will be evenly split between the 2 seperate kennels again.
The monthly costs have gone through the roof with the sheer number of animals we currently have - QAWS has never had this many in at once. We've also had to change from the cheaper dog food we used to a higher grade food as some dogs were refusing to eat it and it was upsetting some of their stomachs.
We do reclaim back the animal's neutering & most recent vaccinations cost as the adoption fee but we still have the bills of all the animals sat in the shelter who are vaccinated & neutered and we also have to pay for any treatments, de-wormers, their tick collars, and any previous vaccinations. If a dog has sat at the shelter for 2 years then we can't charge 2 years worth of vet bill to a new owner.
At the moment the rent is split between boarding and rescue depending on how many boarders there are actually in and how many of the kennels are being used for rescues. Today the boarding facilities has 2 boarding cats and the rest are completely full with the QAWS animals as the temporary shelter has been taken down. Seeing as QAWS has ruined the boarding kennel's business, it doesn't seem fair to charge them rent whilst we're using their facilities and stopping any business coming in. The boarding kennels has turned down thousands of riyals worth of bookings as QAWS has taken over both the kennel block and cattery. Before a couple of months ago the rent was split 50/50 along with the water, salaries and other joint expenditures. Once the new shelter is up and running in 3 1/2 weeks time (inshallah), the costs will be evenly split between the 2 seperate kennels again.
The monthly costs have gone through the roof with the sheer number of animals we currently have - QAWS has never had this many in at once. We've also had to change from the cheaper dog food we used to a higher grade food as some dogs were refusing to eat it and it was upsetting some of their stomachs.
We do reclaim back the animal's neutering & most recent vaccinations cost as the adoption fee but we still have the bills of all the animals sat in the shelter who are vaccinated & neutered and we also have to pay for any treatments, de-wormers, their tick collars, and any previous vaccinations. If a dog has sat at the shelter for 2 years then we can't charge 2 years worth of vet bill to a new owner.