Ongoing Projects & Initiatives

The clinic will be built to accommodate the veterinary care of the dogs living at the Sanctuary and will have an on-staff Veterinarian. It will have 3 surgical tables and 2 grooming tables. It will hold weekly spay and neuter clinics and accommodate visiting vets conducting spay and neuter programs. The clinic has a wrap around gallery and also a large bathroom area which will serve as a grooming parlour for pups and an outside shower to bathe the adult dogs.

Adjacent to the Clinic will be the main cattery. It is quite large (about 17″ x 24″) and is made to look natural and rustic. This space can accommodate up to 30 cats, 2 separate entrances, one from the clinic and the other entryway from the paddocked area of the Clinic. Cats will be brought in for spay and neuter and will be kept in the catterie before returning them to their homes. The Catterie has galvanized roofing and will also be covered with a Rangoon Creeper vine on all sides to provide maximum shade. A small fenced garden bordered by quarry stones around the area will also prevent dogs and pups coming too close.

Adjacent to the Catterie is the Puppy Park that can accommodate up to 30 pups. This is an open paddock area for pups to play in. At either end will be isolation units for pups when they are first picked up. We hope to fill the area with playthings for the pups, wading pond, sand pit, obstacle course and plenty of puppy pens.

Phase 2: 2023

The second phase will be the installation of the isolation unit which will accommodate up to 64 adult dogs. Dogs that are first picked up will be placed in here. It is a long stretch of 32 large concrete pens, 16 on either side with open fenced paddocked areas for dogs to run and play in after isolation. It will have galvanized roofing and the front of the building will have a stable-like appearance. At the side of the pens of the isolation area will be the shelter manager’s office and storage areas for food and crates, toys leashes, beds etc. One side will also be a sponsor’s wall to honor our valued sponsors. In between the Isolation Unit and the DACOA building is an open wooded area.

There will be an open wooded area between the Isolation Unit and the 2 story office building to e completed in Phase 3. Downstairs is a place for meetings, an open kitchen and living area, and a retail area where DACOA merchandise can be sold. Upstairs is a living/sleeping area to accomodate our visitors along with 2 bathrooms.

Attached to the DACOA office building will be a second catterie for boarding cats and a small area for boarding dogs. The primary designation of this area will be for boarding dogs to feel at home integrating with staff and guests.

At the backside of the Sanctuary, we plan to eventually have an open paddock area and stable so we are able to pick up sick horses as well as farming areas and an orchard.