Volunteer at a Animal Shelter

by Dave
(No. Michigan)

I volunteer at a local animal shelter.

It's pretty fun overall, although you do have to clean out the crates/kennels from time to time, and it can be sad if there is a dog or cat that is unadoptable and needs to be put down.

Overall it is fun to spend time with the animals though and definitely very worthwhile.

It was pretty easy to get this position I just called the local animal shelter and most of them are always looking for volunteers.

It usually takes a week or two to get used to the work and you must be able to lift a certain amount - maybe 50 lbs. or so.

You also should not do this type of work if you have allergies - the shelter I work at can be dusty, not to mention the pet hair, so be advised that this work environment is not for everyone.

You will however run into some very kind people - most non-profits have very nice people working for them.

The pets are very nice too - just be careful that you don't get too attached or else you will want to adopt every single animal!

I have had this problem but the two dogs we have are plenty for us.

The other good thing about our shelter is that it is obviously pet-friendly and I can bring one of my two dogs there.

They also "volunteer" there as well and we test the adoptable dogs with them to make sure that they will get along with the other dogs.