Sentences with phrase «while volunteering at shelters»

In order to pursue her dream of working with shelter dogs, Lindsey left San Francisco to spend a year studying dog behavior and animal learning while volunteering at shelters across the country.

Represent Metro Animal Services in a positive manner while volunteering at the shelter or special events

Not exact matches

(One is working as a teaching assistant while studying for a master's degree in math; the other volunteers at an animal shelter.)

I am passionate about animal welfare and try to volunteer somewhere once in a while at a shelter, I love going to sporting

Which is why childfree dating can be tricky to balance while you're out surfing, knitting, wine tasting, writing a novel, and volunteering at the local dog shelter.

While volunteering at the local animal shelter, she meets Claire, known as Peekay (preacher's kid), who becomes her first friend, and as a result, Alex begins to participate in senior - year activities.

In addition, a volunteer might be asked to perform a temperment test on an ACD while at the shelter to provide more information to potential foster homes about the dog's personality, needs and adoptability.

This portion of our Cat Training Program provides you the opportunity to observe and interact with cats while volunteering a minimum of 25 hours at a local shelter, humane society or rescue group near you.

Lola's guardian angel appeared in the form of one of the dedicated volunteers of the Frontier Animal Society, Caroline Kemp, who graciously agreed to house Lola at their shelter while awaiting transport to a rescue group in Nova Scotia.

I volunteered at a horrific» shelter» where I lost my mind for a short while in the 90's... and I co directed Rosie Animal Adoption for it's first five years of existence for which I am forever thankful.

For a while, Robin volunteered at and donated to the local animal shelter.

Volunteers get hands - on training and an opportunity to make a difference, while shelter dogs receive personalized attention, mental stimulation, and instruction in basic manners − all of which helps lower their stress while at the shelter.

Our network of foster volunteers allows us to provide specialized care to more animals in need while also opening space at the shelter for more homeless pets.

Animal welfare has always been a passion of hers, from rescuing the family pets at local animal shelters and volunteering for welfare agencies while growing up in Rhode Island.

While here at our national headquarters in Richmond, California, we handle the overall needs of the organization - producing the J o u r n a l, keeping national statistics, maintaining the website, taking care of fi - nances, and keeping in touch with our members from around the world - as well as run our local shelter, most of the fostering and educational work of House Rabbit Society is handled «on the ground,» through our volunteer educators, fosterers and chapter managers around the world.

While in school, she spent her spare time working as a veterinary technician, volunteering at animal shelters and caring for the pets of the homeless.

Some rescue organizations also have foster homes that pets stay at while they wait for their forever homes, and shelters have teams of awesome staff and volunteers who spend lots of time with the animals.

While in veterinary school Dr. Schwartz spent her free time volunteering at her local shelter.

I only bring this up to share a small sample of how the staff, volunteers and I can relate to your relationships with the special pets in your life, and how we here at the Charlevoix Area Humane Society value; the sanctity and potential of each of the special animals that come to our shelter, along with the potential, the love, the positive effects and joy the animals we see who could bring quality and significance while sharing in a child or adult's life.

The dedicated volunteers and staff at shelters work day in and day out to create an enriching environment for shelter dogs so that they can be happier and more cognitively and physically stimulated while awaiting their forever home.

Her interest in animal welfare and veterinary medicine began in 2008 when she began volunteering at the local dog shelter while attending University of California, Santa Barbara.

Our staff and volunteers can come to your location for a visit * with animals (typically 1 - 2 small animals, and a cat or kittens — depending on what animals are in - shelter at time of event), and kids / residents can interact with them while learning about animal care.

Dr. Gerardi grew up on Long Island, New York where her love for animals began at a young age while volunteering at her local shelter.

She started volunteering at her local animal shelter, where she hoped she to gain insight into Enzo's mind while helping homeless pets in her community at the same time.

My ABSOLUTE FAVORITE moment while volunteering for Best Friends was at our last Bow Wows and Meows event when Midas, a beautiful, soulful, and stubborn dog who had been in the shelter system for nearly three years, finally found his forever home.

Phase two: time well spent in high school volunteering at an animal shelter, then on to full time work with a veterinary hospital, all the while helping to pull and re-home dogs from high - kill shelters in southern California.

You could even suggest she volunteer at the local animal shelter for a while to see animal homelessness firsthand.

Our dedicated staff and volunteers strive to provide the best care possible while the animals are at our shelter awaiting safe and permanent homes.

Before finding his true calling in veterinary medicine while volunteering at the MSPCA Animal Shelter, he earned a Bachelor's of Architecture at Syracuse University in 1999 and was a licensed architect in Boston.

My one bad experience while volunteering at an animal shelter was a dog attacked me to get treats, which totally shook me up, though not enough to stop me from volunteering.

Everyone enjoys hearing the updates, and seeing the wonderful pictures we receive from our volunteers while they have foster animals in their homes, then witnessing the wonderful adoptions at the shelter, right?

The 3 Second Rule One of the greatest lessons I learned in Trish King's Canine Behavior Academy and working as a volunteer for both the Sonoma and Marin Humane Societies is the 3 Second Rule, which Trish learned about at Wolf Park, a renowned wolf sanctuary, and later recommended shelter volunteers to put it in practice while working with shelter dogs.

I'm not asking you to unload your wallet (although feel free to do that at your local animal shelter, rescue group or animal sanctuary at any point while reading this); I'm not asking you to quit your job and spend your life volunteering to help animals in need (unless you are independently wealthy and want to do that, to which I say GO FOR IT!)

Since joining CPA as a volunteer, Toni has transported animals from the county shelter, stayed with them while at the vet's office, socialized and walked dogs, helped with adoption events and even transported to foster or forever homes.

a group of volunteers dedicated to providing quality time to animals while they are at the Valdez Shelter and to increasing adoptions.

While at the shelter she spends most of her volunteer time with the shy, scared, or older dogs that need a little extra care.

Our volunteer noticed him cowering in a corner of his run at that shelter while there picking up another dog.

While working in the heavy equipment industry, Rick began volunteering at various animal shelters and rescues.

While volunteering at local rescues after moving to LA, Lesley quickly became aware of the devastating number of healthy, family - friendly dogs that were being euthanized in the shelters due to lack of space.

In addition, these minimal adoption fees cover only part of the each animal's stay at our shelter - please help us keep adoption fees low while maintaining the high quality of care for the animals in our charge by donating and / or volunteering.

A few years ago while volunteering at the local animal shelter I noticed that Pit Bulls were among the only breed not going out to local breed specific rescues in the area.

If your company is looking for a rewarding volunteering opportunity that will help our animals while boosting employee morale, ask us about taking part in a corporate service day at one of our shelters.

«Staff and volunteers socialize the cats before they get adopted,» says Gentles, so a cat that has been at the shelter for a while will already have basic social skills.

Cat Town was founded by Ann Dunn while she was a volunteer at Oakland Animal Services, Oakland's municipal shelter.

In 2017, we expanded our adoption center and opened The Studios at Cat Town, where Oakland's most difficult to place shelter cats can get dedicated attention from our staff and volunteers, while being afforded greater opportunities for adoption.

Kuzminski, herself, started spending one day at a week at the shelter, providing vet care, while other SFSPCA staff and volunteers worked with overburdened Stockton staff to isolate animals who needed to be quarantined and to ramp up vaccination efforts.

I look at it this way, for that little while I was everything to that dog and with out me and the other Beagle Buddy volunteers there wouldn't be cute beagles to look at they'd be behind bars in shelters.

While the cats here are of the smaller variety, Vanessa believes that all animals deserve an enriched life while at the shelter and it's truly our volunteers that help HSP go above and beWhile the cats here are of the smaller variety, Vanessa believes that all animals deserve an enriched life while at the shelter and it's truly our volunteers that help HSP go above and bewhile at the shelter and it's truly our volunteers that help HSP go above and beyond!

Go ahead and whip out your business card and try to talk about how you can «add value» to someone else's business while volunteering at the homeless shelter or watching Monday Night Football with your college friends.