I have had a positive experience volunteering to walk dogs for my local humane society.
Dog adoption
San Diego Humane Society north campus I went to a volunteer orientation with the San Diego Humane Society. I toured the north campus, which only houses dogs, and I was impressed by the cleanliness and the elaborate systems the shelter has in place for evaluating, socializing and training. There were 15 people in my group, …
Is pitbull awareness month still necessary, or is it time to put an end to “team pitbull” and simply focus on all dogs as a whole? Setting a group of dogs aside and labeling them differently makes them seem different to adopters, and that’s not always a good thing.
When I first volunteered to walk rescue dogs I met the rescue’s founder on a Sunday morning. Together we took one of the pit mixes on a 15-minute stroll, then she handed me the leash and that was that. It was September 2007.
Is rescuing a dog the only “moral” way to obtain a dog? Do people adopt dogs for the right reasons?
How can shelters decrease barking? Animal shelters are crazy loud, right? The ASPCA’s webinar “Canine Behavior and Acoustics” focused on noisy shelter environments and how the noise affects the dogs. The webinar was presented by Dr. Patricia McConnell, a certified applied animal behaviorist. I was most interested in the section on how shelters can decrease …
Mutt Calendars will help Nevada Humane Society Ten percent of each sale from That Mutt’s 2014 Mutt Calendar will be donated to Nevada Humane Society. This includes all pre-orders. Nevada Humane Society is a no-kill shelter creating a no-kill community, according to its web site. In 2012, the shelter had a 94 percent save rate …
How to adopt a dog through Craigslist This post is about how to get a dog through Craigslist. Most of these tips will also apply if you’re adopting a dog directly from the previous owner, regardless of whether or not you found him through Craigslist. When looking for a dog to adopt on Craigslist, you …
It’s been a year since my sweet foster dog Dora got adopted.I haven’t had the heart to contact her owner to see how Dora is doing. Chances are, Dora is no longer with us.
Why do people give up their pets when they move?