It seems to me there are a couple of issues here. I don't think a shelter wants just any JoeBloe walking in one day to say "hey I'd like to help by walking your dogs". The shelter needs to know something about its volunteers though a criminal check might be a bit much. If someone has been volunteering at a shelter for some time so the staff knows them and now new policies are being put into effect, then the shelter should have some sort of informational meeting/handout for all its volunteers so they know what and why. And even when volunteers have been accepted, some mini-training should be included for handling dogs. Many shelter dogs have been abused so I wouldn't want a volunteer who grew up under the "old" system of training with spanking and collar yerking now handling a special needs dog. Actual certification for dog walkers - no - the government intrudes enough.
Click to give to shelter dogs
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Hi all-
A good friend of mine sent me this link…and I go to it and click on the button in the top right corner to give food to shelter animals each morning when I log on to my computer.
Hope some of you guys will do so as well
The site is:
http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/clickToGive/home.faces?siteId=3
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Yes! I've gone to that site for a number of years. A friend told me just the other day that she thinks that you can go back and click multiple times during the day. I've tried going back and each time it gave me the message that my click was being counted. Before I started going there and clicking, I verified with Snopes.com that it was a legitimate site and it says that it is true. Snopes lists a few other sites that participate in this way…including www.thehungersite.com which donates money for food for humans based on the number of clicks. It is a easy and CHEAP
way to give.Pat
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Pat,
Thanks for the link to the other site…I'll add that to my favorites and click on that one as well each morning.
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What a great new way to start my day! Thank you!
