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June 21st, 2008 by PetGuru

You like your job at the animal shelter, there?s no two words about that, but at times it can get overwhelmingly hectic. And most of the time that?s an understatement, ?Hectic? is too calm a word to describe life at the animal shelter, especially when the heyday of summer sets in. During the winter months at least all you really need to do is look after the many inhabitants of the animal shelter and try to make them as comfortable as you possibly can.

If there are any sick or injured birds or animals you?ll need to look after them, and if you get a call from a hysterical person who?s sure there?s a family of bears hibernating in their barn, then you?ll need to go check that out. But really that?s about it. A few calls to take out some small, or big, animal that?s managed to get themselves trapped inside somewhere within your house or garden, perhaps a minor disaster or two to cope with, but overall only slight insanity will reign within the walls of the animal shelter.

That all changes however the minute springs blows in. From almost that point onward the animal shelter will gear up towards full blown insanity status in preparation for all the emergencies and disasters that all seem to befall the animal and bird population during these few months.

That?s when the calls starting rolling in and all our units at the animal shelter are kept constantly busy going back and forth between emergencies. They?re almost all the same type of calls year in and year out like, ?Help, there?s a large bird stuck in my flue?, or perhaps ?I?m sure there?s a family of beavers trying to nest in the crawlspace above me.?

One of the best calls that the animal shelter has gotten however was when one man called us frantically to say that a family of squirrels had taken over his wife?s underwear drawer and stolen each and every pair of expensive lingerie to line their nest. She was coming back home tomorrow and could we please get all the underwear back from the squirrels!

Rescue shelters do a very good work all over the world. Some shelters specialize in a certain type of animal or a certain breed of dog, such as a mastiff rescue shelter. Do what you can to support your local rescue shelter.

Sam

June 8th, 2008 by

Who would have thought that so many people would be pet-less and want to adopt a pet on today of all days. Granted it was adopt a pet day but this is bordering on the positively ridiculous. There’s a good chance that the pet store had never had so many customers in the few years since it had opened. Fits and starts of excited yapping intermingled with delighted little cries of joy were ringing through the air at regular intervals.

Two hours later and you can just about stick a finger in there. A little better but not by much, however you feel your hopes start to rise. You hadn’t found anything else that might constitute as a suitable replacement to your adopt a pet idea, and if the crowds were thinning then there was a good chance that you would be able find the right pet for your niece.

You find a nice little bench in front of the pet store and sit down to bide your time. As you sit there you watch in growing amazement at the sheer number of people who had come down to the pet store today to adopt a pet. It’s all well and good for the pets themselves but would there be any little pet left for you to adopt?

Finally you manage to wind your way through the length of the pet store and find yourself confronted by the cutest pair of eyes staring out at you from within its confinements. It’s still a puppy certainly, and it is cute, but whether you could call it small was slightly beyond you. You wanted to adopt a pet but this might be ridiculous.

However you can’t shake the sight of those beseeching eyes and find yourself with an armload of Saint Bernard, a bowl, leash, collar, and any other accoutrements that you deemed necessary to keep the wiggling little beast happy. Adopt a pet day at the pet store was a success, and your “adopt a pet” idea for your niece’s birthday was also a great success. Now if only your sister thought so too when she caught sight of the overgrown puppy in your hands!