Week 3 Day 2

This week at the shelter I have noticed that there is a good turn-over rate with the animals getting home but I have also noticed it depends on what kind of animal it is. I have noticed that the little critters like rabbits, hamsters, and other small animals like that find home pretty fast. When it comes to cats, the kittens find home right away before the adult cats do. Now with dogs it really depends on the breed of the dog or if it is a puppy. The puppies at the shelter hardly last a week before they are adopted but with the grown dogs it depends on the breed. For example if you have a Pitt Bull versus a Black Lab, the Lab will find a home before the Pitt Bull because of the Pitt Bull breed bad rep. Or if it is any breed of dog that has a bad rep it takes them a little longer than a "sweet" breed to get adopted. I do not think it is fair to the dogs to be judged by their breed and not their personality; the shelter does a great job at finding the "rougher" breeds a home and making sure people judge the dog on who the dog is not their breed. This week I counted about 8 news dogs in one of the dog rooms I was photographing in. It doesn't really surprise me that I saw that many new dogs because the shelter gets so many animals in a week. I actually find it sad that people are not more responsible with their animals and don't see them as nothing more than just property instead of a living thing that just like us needs love and care.

This is Lady ID# 71625. She is a 2 year old Blue Healer mix. She has been at the shelter since 5-17-2012 and has not found a home yet. One reason she could still be at the shelter is because she is not fixed yet or because lots of people come in to the shelter looking for puppies and over look all the wonderful adult dogs there are at the shelter. Lady is a very good and sweet dog, there really is not a good reason why she is still at the shelter. People just seem to over look great dogs because of the reason I stated earlier about everyone just wanting a puppy.