Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Life Lessons
Walking dogs at the SPCA teaches me valuable life lessons. Last Saturday, I was walking dogs in "healthy hold" and came across Jacob, a 10 month old Boxer mix. The first person to walk him wrote that he was so scared, they'd had to carry him out. I coaxed him out on his own and once he took care of business, I pet him. Though he was shaking with fear, he licked my face. This dog faced his fear and took a risk with me. It made me wonder why I don't take more risks when I'm in an uncomfortable situation (walking into a party where I don't know people or speaking in front of a group). So that's my life lesson for this week. Do other volunteers have life lessons to share?
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Welcome Leone!
It's great to have you as a new SPCA blog author. I'm glad that you're enjoying your volunteer work with the shelter. : )
Hi Leone,
Thank you for walking dogs and volunteering at the CASPCA. You have a very good story about life in general for all of us. We can learn so much from our 4-legged friends. Welcome to the CASPCA blog. I am so happy to see a new member.
Bonnie-volunteer cat lady
http://weblog.xanga.com/purrin_at_pantops
This is Jacob's picture and his notes. He is a handsome young dog.
Bonnie-volunteer
http://http://caspcapets.shelterbuddy.com/animal/animalDetails.asp?animalid=16802&result=7&statusID=3
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