Visit from International School Eastern Seaboard
School visits are a big part of Care for Dogs. And on Tuesday, we were host to International School Eastern Seaboard all the way from Pattaya. Ms. Kristina Solheim arrived with 10 sophomores (10th graders) who had chosen to come and learn about the shelter and lend a helping hand as volunteers-for-a-day.
We began with a short lesson on pet overpopulation and the importance of sterilization. In this lesson, the students found out that just ONE unspayed (unsterilized) female dog can be responsible for over 90,000 offspring in the course of only 6 years! We discussed some misconceptions of sterilization and they learned that it is a quick and painless operation that could single-handedly solve the overpopulation dilemma. We all agreed that sterilizing one dog today is definitely preferable to caring for/dealing with 90,000 of her offspring later.
At the shelter, the children met dogs who had been abandoned, abused, neglected, injured or sick – many as a result of overpopulation. The groups of children and their chaperones spent the afternoon working as volunteers – bathing dogs with special skin conditions (such as mange), walking dogs that needed exercise, socializing dogs and puppies in order to prepare them for adoptive families and learning the ins and outs of everyday shelter life. Although there were some kids worried about the cleanliness of their designer sneakers, most of them dug themselves right into the work and got good and dirty.
We at Care for Dogs feel that the way to end the suffering of homeless dogs (and many owner dogs) is through education. We would like to thank Ms. Kristina Solheim and the young people from International School Eastern Seaboard in Pattaya for their interest, hard work and donations. We hope that they will pass on what they’ve learned from their visit so that in time the world may be a kinder place for all animals.
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Soraya " Since visiting Care for Dogs, I have learned that feeling sorry from a distance and wishing I could help them just wasn’t enough. I started coming just to play with the doggies here, walk them and talk to them. The dogs just loved my attention, hugs and scratches behind the ears even if I couldn’t take them home. [More]"
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