Pet Food Gone Wild makes a big donation to help animals

RIO RANCHO — Sandoval County Animal Services Division received a large food donation from Pet Food Gone Wild Oct. 29 in Rio Rancho.

“We raised over 3,000 pounds of dog food for Sandoval County Animal Control,” owner Susana Vasquez said during the Facebook Live stream.

“It is an honor, and I am humbled that I am able to do this for our county but more than anything, because of them," she said while gesturing toward Titan, a dog present at the event.

Also in attendance for the donation were Jayme Espinoza, director of community services Sandoval County; Mark Webb, the kennel supervisor for Sandoval County; District 2 Commissioner Jay Block, with his dog, Titan.

“We very much appreciate Susana and everything that Susana and Pet Food Gone Wild has done for the community by donating and being involved in our community and helping out with our animal shelter. We have come so far in Sandoval County with our animal shelter from where we were four years ago, five years ago,” Block said during the Facebook Live stream.

Pet Food Gone Wild has been a staple in Rio Rancho for more than a decade and plans to make more donations in the future.

“Every animal that comes in we do vaccines, rabies, microchips, spay and neuter, so that all obviously adds up super fast. So, our budget and funds are always dwindling. Getting a donation like this is just amazing and such a relief so we can spend money on different things within the shelter to help these animals,” Espinoza said.

“We don’t get a lot. We have limited money on stuff we can spend, and it's stretched out because we are a small operation. So, this type of stuff is a huge help for the animals we have in our care,” said Webb.

If you would like to adopt, foster or make a donation, visit the Sandoval County Animal Services website.

Pet Food Gone Wild is located at 2415 Southern Blvd. SE #102. They are open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday.