August 8th

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Tomorrow is Clear The Shelter day at the Animal shelter I volunteer at and it is all hands on deck! I signed up for the evening shift so I won't be there until a couple of hours before they close, so hopefully a bunch of dogs are adopted by then. I wanted to share some pictures of my favorites though before that happens.

First off we have Bigfoot! He really lives up to his namesake because he is really fucking big. He is the definition of a gentle giant though, just a total sweetheart. Right now he is in foster, but when I would take him out for walks he would get really excited once he got out of his kennel and just jump around. He loves being pet and just hanging out, and is very friendly with other dogs as well.

Second is my girl Maggie! She is an absolute sweetheart once she gets to know you, although that won't take long. She is very shy and doesn't like being around other dogs, except she puts up with her brother Biggie who is in the kennel next door. Sadly she moved up in behavior level and because I'm a new volunteer I can't walk her anymore. When I was able to walk her all she wanted to do was cuddle. I have videos where she would just climb up into my lap and not move. I still visit her every time I'm as the shelter though because she is housed right next to our last dog.

MANGO!!! This girl is not very photogenic, but she is the absolute sweetest!! I was at the shelter one of the first days she got here and she was so incredibly defensive and shy, to the point where she didn't want to leave her kennel. She didn't have a name when I first met her and the only other name option that was given at the time was Lasagna(girl what) and I just couldn't let them do my girl like that, but the only name that came to mind for me was Mango, so I'm the one that named her!!! I don't know much about her life before the shelter, but she was definitely a momma dog at some point. When I tried taking her out for a walk the first day, she refused to leave her kennel, so I just sat with her and pet her in her kennel. I was doing this for a couple of days before she got sick and had to go to the quarantine kennels. Once she was well enough to go out I started to take her out again and it was like she was a whole different dog! She is much more social with people now and I'm able to take her on long walks around the shelter campus and I'm so proud of her for getting out of her shell! She has my entire heart!!!

live, laugh, adopt!
-lyer