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SleepyButch · 06-26-2012, 06:31 AM

I volunteered for a rescue for one day. Yes, that's right... one day. I wanted to go and walk the dogs and play with them. So I went to orientation and the woman was not very friendly at all. I've had dogs all of my life and worked for vets in the past so have a lot of dog experience. Well she treated me as if I was going to screw up from the minute I got there. I never went back.

Now I have two rescue dogs in my house by some weird fate. I do not volunteer for the rescue group. I answered an add on craigslist for someone needing a foster home for a few months while they got on their feet and they never did. They turned them over to the breed specific rescue and I am keeping them for a bit to see if we can find a home for them. One of them is 14!

Anyway, all that being said, just make sure your staff is friendly and welcoming to all even those people without animal experience. It's the volunteers who make rescue organizations function.

06-26-2012, 06:31 AM	#3
SleepyButch Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Dude Preferred Pronoun?: He, Him Relationship Status: Taken Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Hidden Valley Ranch Posts: 3,511 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 6,220 Thanked 11,248 Times in 2,754 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	I volunteered for a rescue for one day. Yes, that's right... one day. I wanted to go and walk the dogs and play with them. So I went to orientation and the woman was not very friendly at all. I've had dogs all of my life and worked for vets in the past so have a lot of dog experience. Well she treated me as if I was going to screw up from the minute I got there. I never went back. Now I have two rescue dogs in my house by some weird fate. I do not volunteer for the rescue group. I answered an add on craigslist for someone needing a foster home for a few months while they got on their feet and they never did. They turned them over to the breed specific rescue and I am keeping them for a bit to see if we can find a home for them. One of them is 14! Anyway, all that being said, just make sure your staff is friendly and welcoming to all even those people without animal experience. It's the volunteers who make rescue organizations function.