Humane Society

On tuesday, I went to the humane society for two and a half hours. I took out a small jack russell terrier. It was so hyper and bouncing all around in his kennel, so I descided to let him out to run off some of his energy. He escaped his leash twice when I was taking him out of his kennel and his collar broke. The people working at the humane society said that dog was there because he is a sneaky, escape artist. We finally got a new collar that went under his front legs so we were sure he wasn't going to escape again. Like most of the dogs there, he was not very easy to walk. He was really wild and fast so we were pretty much running with him around the building. We put him back in his kennel and took out another crazy puppy. I didn't think it was possible but this black lab was even wilder than the dog we just walked. This lab reminded me exactly of my dog when she was younger. This dog almost dragged me with her. She was just so curious when we got outside and was sniffing and playing with everything. When we went into a room, the dog went wild and jumped up on the counters and tables and was knocking stuff down all over. I went back again today for another three hours. We folded news pamphlets to send to everyone in the community. The pamphlets talked all about the society and the animals. It showed pictures of many of the animals so people would be more likely to adopt. The news letter also talked about the humane society walk where people in the community can donate money and walk for the animals at the center. Then we took out another black lab with white patches. This dog was also pretty hard to handle. You have to remain in control to try to handle these animals. By showing these animals that you are in control, they are more likely to listen and do what you want. The hardest part with controling the dogs is when you have to get them in and out of the kennel because all of the kennels are right next to one another. All of the dogs bark at you as you pass and sometimes grawl at the other dogs. I sometimes have a hard time showing the animals that I am in control but I am getting better at it each time I walk with the dogs.