The San Marcos Regional Animal Shelter began improvements to the facility in October that include repainting and re-proxying the kennels, aiming to further ensure a safe and healthy environment for the animals.
“These kennels get sprayed out with water every day, we use chemicals that kill diseases. Potentially in the kennels every day, the dogs are jumping on the paint every day with their toenails, you know,” said Christie Banduch, animal shelter supervisor. “It's normal wear and tear, this is just something we have to do every so many years to keep that surface in a good state.”
The improvements are being made throughout each wing of the shelter. “We have three dog kennel wings so we’re kind of doing those one at a time that way we're not, you know, shutting down a ton of kennels at a time,” Banduch said. “It takes us down about a third of our overall space at a time while each wing is being worked on.” Improvements began in the adoption wing, which is also the largest wing with 37 kennels. As of now, this is the only wing in the shelter that has been completed.
