Service Learning Journal - Week Four

Once again, the weather was nice to go volunteer at the animal shelter. This week my friend J.J. went with me and helped me play with the dogs. I guess the weekend before the shelter took a lot of puppies over to Petsmart where many of them were adopted. So the puppy room was almost empty on Tuesday, which means that we had more time to spend with some of the bigger dogs too. Having J.J. there made the whole day more fun, and it helped a lot too since some of the dogs would not go back into their cages. However, I did learn an important lesson this week – just because it was February did not mean that the bugs hadn’t come out yet. I highly recommend to anyone else that volunteers at the humane society to go buy something to keep insects, and especially ticks off. This is because when I woke up on Wednesday, I found a tick on my shoulder. So for your own good – buy some Off!