Alarm Failure

This weekend was pretty chill, I spent more hours at the shelter than I did most of other more recent weekends.  Unfortunately, I made a rookie mistake when I set my alarm for PM instead of AM, so it was actually about 9:15 by the time I made it into the shelter on Saturday morning.  Natalie took a few of the dogs with her to a promotional event around ten o’clock, and was not set to return until half past three, at which point I was told there was no more work to be done and that I could leave.

Most of the people volunteering at the shelter are there on account of court ordered service hours they are required to fulfill.  One of the dogs actually jumped up on the desk in the office and ripped up one of the guy’s paperwork from the judge where Natalie signs off, confirming the number of hours he works each week.  I don’t want to tell any of the stories the people told me about why they got in trouble, as I feel this would violate their privacy and their trust in me.  I do have to say, however, that all of the stories I’ve heard thus far are REALLY interesting!

A bunch of people came in looking to adopt and foster dogs this weekend!  Pablo, the Chihuahua puppy that was confiscated from a dorm room on campus found a foster home, and I saw my first-semester Spanish TA when she came in with her roommate to get their puppy vaccinated, a black Dachshund which they got from Natalie’s Second Chance.  Two kids, probably about twelve or thirteen years old, were kicked off the premises because they were tormenting the dogs in their cages next door to the office.  Then, at the end of the day, a man who came in to look at dogs actually kicked one of the dogs.  I didn’t see it, but apparently one of the dogs ran towards him, very clearly wanting to play and greet him, and he apparently kicked it pretty forcefully.  Everybody freaked out, and the man left, and the dog seemed to be fine.  So, despite some unfortunate happenings, it was overall a very good weekend!