Dog Shelter

I'm just back from my appointment at the dog shelter 

When I spoke to them on the phone the other day

They asked me to call in today 

To meet me

And to fill in some paperwork 

My Mum offered to drive

So I took her up on the offer

And we set off at about 10am

The shelter is about half an hour away

I haven't been there in ten years

When I picked up Honey

And brought her home

So I was really excited to go back

We arrived at the shelter just after 10 30am

Mum parked 

And I made my way to the office

The whole way down in the car I was thinking how I should take photos to show you all

But of course 

Once I was there 

I forgot to take any at all

I went through the gate marked 'Office'

And found myself face to face with a rather large Alsation

Beyond him I saw two little dogs

And beyond that two people

One of whom beckoned me in

The dogs gave me a great welcome

And as I sat down

The Alsation kept bringing me over a stick

Which I tried to throw for him

But was a bit difficult as we were in quite a small room

One of the ladies introduced herself as the owner of the shelter

And asked me how they could help me

I said I had been speaking to someone about volunteering 

At that point 

She produced an application form 

And asked me to fill it in

The form was the usual

Name 

Address

Etc 

At the end there was a question asking what type of work I wanted

It named things like dog walking

Cleaning

Laundry

I ticked them all

Except for garden maintenance

As I am no gardener 

I handed the form back

And the lady looked over it

All seemed fine 

The owner then asked one of the ladies working there to show me around

This was the fun part

Getting to meet all the dogs

The first dog I was shown was nothing short of freakin' adorable

The lady told me that he had been found abandoned in a shed

My mind boggles

As I don't know how anyone could do that to a living dog/cat/anything

I swear I wanted to bring that dog straight home with me

But I knew this would happen

I knew I would want to save them all

But I also know that my Mum would have a fit if I started bringing dogs home

So I will resist 

For now

The lady brought me around all the kennels

Introduced all the dogs to me

Some were giddy

Some were shaking with fear

Which broke my heart

Some had tried to climb out 

Some tried to eat me

But that's ok

I understand that some of them are not happy well adjusted dogs

But most of them just wanted attention

And I hope that I can do that

After the tour 

I went back to the office to thank them

The owner told me that I can ring them the day before I want to go down

Which is great 

As then it can be a different day each week if need be

All in all I am so looking forward to starting 

And all being well

I will start next week

Right

Must dash 

As have an appointment with Mary 

See you on the next post ...