Our First Visit; From the perspective of Katrina :)

After a long time organising our volunteer work we finally were able to go! When we got there the kennels were being cleaned and Boyd showed us around,as we did not get an induction course. He showed us the yellow kennels (up for adoption) the blue kennels (boarding dogs) the cat condos and where the animals are assessed for behavioural and quarantine when they are given into adoption. As there were already many volunteers and workers cleaning the dog kennels we were off to the cat condos to help clean them out. They were cleaned with a special disinfectant and new bowls, water, food and beds were given. We played with some of the cats but had to be careful which ones we socialised with eachother because of the cat flu. Some weren't allowed to be taken out due to being re-assesed behaviourally. The cats we played with were adorable, Misty and Mia. However, just my luck the cat jumped on top of the condos, being out of our reach and sight. We went next door to the other side of the cat dorms and asked Bailey for help! She said it was normal for Mia to do that and we were finally able to get her down. We cleaned the kitty litter boxes out and filled them up. We talked to Bailey about the shelter and working there. When the cats were done we got to play with dogs! Sophie walked Peedy and I walked Jetson (little did we know he was going to be one of our favourites). Being careful of the path to bring them because of the kennel cough outbreak. We played with them for a bit and continued walking dogs. After our short break we folded some laudnry and we just had enough time before we left to go and "socialise" some more cats :P

Tired and still buzzing from the excitment we ended our first day of volunteering at the Animal Welfare League Shelter in Kemps Creek.

My Third Visit

Unfortunatley Katrina was sick so she could not attend the third day :(
It went along well however it was very wet from the previous day's rain so when it came to walking puppies it was extremely difficult to stay clean, not that i minded :) Although there were several new puppies that wanted to play we could not put them into the doggie runs as it was muddy and the grass would be torn up.
It had started to rain later in the day so i actually had to walk them around the kennels and once that was finnished I started to hang out with the cats/kittens which were conveniently indoors.
On a sadder note talking to one of the other volunteers i was informed that one of the dogs i had walked the week before had been put down.
'Jimmy' was thought to have not liked being caged and it drove him to get a bit nippy, leading to aggression which could not be tamed in the situation he was in. This gave me a perspective of what happens on a darker note when dogs do not get adopted and made the job that i do that much more important to me.
To conclude i shall add some photos of some of the new dogs arriving at the kemps creek shelter and ofcourse Jimmy, may he rest in peace <3
Soph.
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Oh and our little friend Misty was adopted!!!
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