The start of another week of camp began today, and I’m becoming a professional at leading camp. Each week the dynamic of the group is different, and this week we even have kids from Costa Rica, China, and Russia. Managing the kids as well as the animals is always interesting, but also always very pure. It is easy to see the connection and benefits that friendships between children and animals have. The relationships are visibly therapeutic. While learning and growing to love each day at the PAWS camp, I decided to make a new Instagram account featuring the animals we meet and play with (as well as other pets around town). The account has become a great activity to share my experiences at the Humane Society! ( The account is titled: animal_amigos just for reference)

It’s always fun handling the variety of animals such as rabbits, hamsters, guinea pigs, dogs, and cats, but today was one of my favorite days so far. The in-shelter veterinarian requested my help in giving a heartworm injection in a female pit-bull. Being behind the scenes and helping out with some intense on-hand work was very exciting.

Tomorrow the K-9 unit officers and dogs come in as usual, and It is always interesting to see what kinds of questions the kids have for the officers. It is also incredible to see first hand the abilities of these very well trained dogs.

Fostering is an amazing gesture for families or people looking to care for animals without serious commitment. Every thursday the volunteers from My Angel With Paws come in to explain the service dogs and their trainers. Another type of short term care for a dog is training a service dog. I am considering this opportunity, and the more I learn about the amazing advantages to this volunteer program, the more likely I am to participate.