Little Forgotten Friends

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  I have been getting many requests from you asking how you can volunteer!!!!  We are happy to have you come volunteer, I can tell you it ISNT light work!!!!  I recommend you dont wear anything that you dont mind getting pee, poo, puke, bleach or any other foreign object on you that we might not be able to identify!  Here's a list of things that are done here on a daily basis that we are MORE then happy to have you help us with....before you come, I will ask you if you if you have any experince or skills so that I can have you do things that you are knowledgeable in, of course we are always happy to teach you anything new that you are willing to learn!  I will also ask you WHO you are bringing, if hubby is coming along, I am more then happy to give him some "MAN DUTIES" which include heavy lifting or fixing, I can promise when we send him home with you, he will NEVER again complain about anything YOU ask him to do because from that day on, everything will seem like "light work".........(you ladies can thank me later for that one...lol)

To do list:

BATHING~  there are ALWAYS dogs/puppies here that need grooming

FEEDING~  many are hand fed because they are either to weak or simply to spoiled

CLEANING! ~ we are NEVER at a loss for pee and poo

SUBQ FLUIDS~  anybody with this sort of experience would be helpful

HYDROTHERAPY~  we have a few dogs that need 15 minutes each of theraputic bathing.

EAR CLEANING~  feel free to clean as many ears as possible

KENNEL CLEANING~ kennel is cleaned, hosed, disinfected, scrubbed and then hosed again (where are the men?)

BARN~  all food and water dishes are filled, wood chips either rotated or gutted, hay put up in the loft (looking for men again with this one!)

REPAIRS~ where there are animals, there are ALWAYS repairs, anybody who is handy would be a tremendous asset.....we will let you slide if you are Jewish...as my Jewish volunteer PROUDLY WARNED ME...."Im a Jew, we dont fix things"....lol.....

PUPPY ROOM~ on the arrival of new pups, we quarintine them in a seperate room,,,,THIS IS A DEADLY JOB!!!!!!  only the STRONG will survive the puppy room.....you can not imagine...TRUST ME!!! but boy those little stinkers are cute!!!!

LAWN MOWING~  we have a rider, feel free to go on a drive with it :O)

COOKING~  any woman with cooking skills are welcomed to make us a slamming lunch!!!  we have a nice sized kitchen that we are happy to have you use....just kidding....not really!...heeeee

_____________________________________________________________________________________             ~WHAT CAN YOU BRING~           

 many of you want to know what you can bring, here's some things we often use, just getting the time to get out, go to the store and lug it all back...well, sometimes there's too much going on here and WE JUST CANT GET TO THE STORE!!!!!

Laundry Detergant~ any kind so long as its liquid

Cleaning products~  any household cleaners.....fantastic, simple green, Lysol, mr. clean, white vinegar etc..............

Stage 4 diapers~ any kind for our crippled dogs

Baby food~  chicken flavors are best, stage 2 baby foods are what we need, anything with a higher number we cant get into a syringe for our puppies or terminally ill seniors.

Veggies~  any value packs of veggies...carrots, string beans, romaine lettuce, cauliflower,sprouts etc............

Meat~ We ALWAYS need chicken breasts...we cook it for our sick dogs and I also make baby food with it. 

Dairy~  We use yogurt in our food(plain or vanilla) we get the biggest containers we can find!!!  we also use cottage cheese

Towels~  we are always in need of towels, blankets and comforters..etc....they do not have to be NEW...feel free to clean out your linen closet and chuck whatever you dont use, there will always be a dog here happy to cuddle in it.

DOG FOOD~  althought we use raw meat, occasionally there is a need for dog food.  We use Merrick canned food(any flavor) California Natural and Innova dry puppy food( NOT ADULT)