Narrative Essay On Animal Service

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The process for deciding on a product was easy. I simply thought to myself, why not volunteer so that it could go on my resume and then also can count as an grade for my capstone. My capstone product is pretty simple. I volunteer at the St.Louis County Animal Care and Control, when ever I have the free time. So far I spent 12 hours there. It will be super easy for me to get 8 more hours. I don’t do much there which sucks because i’m about to get my vet assistant certification in a few months, which means I know way more about animals then probably the other volunteers do. A typical day volunteering at the animal shelter is I park my truck, sign in, and grab my name tag (now I don’t have one since I lost it and too scared to ask for another one). …show more content…

I scan the room to see what new dogs they have, then head to the large dog kennel room. To scan each cage all together usually takes me 7 minutes. While i’m greeting the dogs I usually pick out which dogs seem calm enough for me to take out outside. I then begin to pick the calmest dog/ the dog who didn't get taken out, grab a leash then mark the time I’m taking the dog out. As soon as I head to the dog cage and the other dogs begin to see me wrapping the dog head through the leash, other dogs begin to go crazy. When all 35 dogs are barking because they are jealous, the dog that I thought was so calm takes off and goes wild. I have to hold a tight grip on the dogs, simply because we are going through the small dog room, then the looby. When I walk dogs in the lobby I rather have them looking like they actually know how to walk on a leash. So therefore I simply make the dog walk side by side, reinforce the good behaviors and correct the bad behaviors. I walk the dogs until I feel like they been out for awhile, pick up the poop, then repeat this process over and over again, until I’m ready to go

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