Humane Society

This week, I went to the humane society with Vicki Bieschke. We spent an hour and a half at the center playing with the many animals. There were so many animals to play with including dogs, cats, rabbits, and even ferrits. We first played with the kittens because young animals need a lot of attention. I played with these fun and highly energized kittens by spinning a cat rope around and letting them chase it. I made sure all of the kittens were running around. Then, we went to the bunnies, and I held the white bunny for a little bit. After a while, it got a little scared, so I put it back in its cage. Next, we took out a few of the older cats and let them run around and play with one another. Lastly, we desided to walk the two black lab puppies. They were so cute and had a lot of energy from being locked in their cages for so long. It was hard to get a collar on both of the labs because they both ganged up on me in their cage. When we finally got them outside, the collar didn't fit one of the labs, and he almost escaped. Volunteering at the humane society was so fun, and I learned a lot about animals.

Humane Society Day One

Yesterday I went to the humane society with Lynnea Chelmo for my fist volunteer opportunity. We stayed for about an hour in a half. When we got there Lynnea and I did not know where to start. When we looked around there were so many animals that just looked like they needed some love. So what we did was we spent a little time with all the different types of animals they had. First we started with the kittens. We played with them and made sure to get them all moving. Lynnea played the with the wild one of the bunch as I held the lazy super cute one. The next thing we did was move onto the bunny. The bunny was a little skirmish so after a while we put him away because he seemed to want to go back into his cage. The cat cages are right by the bunny room so we hit that up next and let some cats out to play with they were all very social and nice. The last and most exciting adventure we went on was walking the two puppies they were so cute and innocent looking. But they were naughty Lynnea was practically wrestling with them in the cage trying to get there collars on which we never quite got and one of the dogs almost escaped. I learned a lot and enjoyed myself. I learned how to take care of these animals and just exactly how much attention these animals really need. I am looking forward to Thursday, which is the next time we will be going to the Humane Society.

Humane Association

For my service learning project I am going to work at the Humane Society. I am volunteering for the humane society because I believe that animals that don’t have home deserve the same attention as the animals that have a nice family to live with. Animals are like humans and deserve some where to live, eat, and someone to take care of them. I am going to go there with Vicki and Lynnea to work with the animals. When I am working with the animals I might have to feed them, walk them, or even pick up there waste. Some animals can even go to nursing homes to visit people who don’t have an animal to interact with. These animals can help keep people happy by playing with them and entertaining them. When I am working with the animals I hope to see how they can interact with me and other people. I hope to help the animals by interacting with them and also keeping them healthy. I want to know if different animals treat people the same way or if they only favor certain people. Also, a big part in this volunteering is to interact with the other employees. People are mammals too and have different ways to treat animals. It will be interesting to see the different techniques many people use.

Portage County Humane Society

I have not yet heard back from the Humane Society but I still plan on volunteering there. There are numerous opportunities that are available. But there are two types that i would like to partake in: Kennel/ quality time volunteers where I would take a dog for a walk or groom it or spend time with a cat/kitten; there is also a pet therapy opportunity where pets are taken to visit senior citizens or shut-in patients. What I am hoping to learn from this experience is behaviors of different animals and how they interact with people in their environment. I am also hoping that I can help to provide a better quality of life for these animals that need a home.

Humane Society

For the service learning project I will be going to the humane society to do some volunteer work. I am planning on helping out the animals there by feeding them or taking them for a walk or something. I have never volunteered for anything like this before so I am not sure what it is going to be like. The reason I am doing this is because for the service learning project that we have to do for this class this seemed like one of the things might be not that bad to do. I like animals so I am hoping it will be alright. I plan to go to the humane society for 2 hours every weekend while we are doing this assignment. I hope that my doing this assignment I will be able to learn some more things about animals and how I can help out by just giving a little of my time.

Humane Society

For my service learning project I will be volunteering at the Humane Society in Portage County with Vicki and Steph Wolf. We will be involved in socializing with cats and dogs and just giving these animals attention and care. We will be socializing with cats through personal contact and grooming. When working with the dogs, we will play with them, walk them, and wash them. I chose to help out here because it seems like it will be a lot of fun, and I love working with animals. I will get to play with animals while also helping the community. Through this service project, I hope to learn many new things about different animals and how they interact with one another. This experience will help me understand how animals' behaviors change depending on the people and the environment it is in. I hope to help the community and the animals at the Humane Society by volunteering. I can definitely see myself continuing to work at the Humane Society in the future.