Yesterday, I had the opportunity to volunteer my photography services to Cabarrus Pets Society, a great local animal shelter. These people are huge animal lovers and I couldn't think of anyone better to trust the care of these dogs to.
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| Bernard - Full of energy! Definitely a hassle to photograph lol |
While I was there, they seemed to be pretty busy. As it turns out, it was actually one of their slow days. Their kennels are usually packed on Saturdays, with everybody running around like crazy. All of the dogs are kept in foster homes during the week and brought in on Saturdays for their weekly Adoption Event, where they'll hopefully be paired up with a permanent home. Sadly, a lot of the full grown dogs don't get adopted, because everybody wants a puppy instead. So if you're looking for a dog and don't mind one that's already grown, pay these guys a visit. But they've got plenty of
puppies too!
puppies too!
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| JoJo - She's a great dog, very loving |
As I mentioned before, the volunteers here are great people and they enjoy what they do. They were great to work with during my time there, and I look forward to working with them again in the future. If you have any free-time yourself, you should consider volunteering a little bit of it here or at another local animal shelter. They can usually use the extra help. Or consider becoming a foster home for some poor animal, it keeps them out of a cage or worse until they can be put with a loving family.
If you're a photographer, you should really look at seeing if you can volunteer your skill set at your own local shelter as well. In the end, it does make a difference. I'm hoping to be back their on future weekends to photograph more of the dogs and new puppies. It's pretty exciting work!
Want to see the rest of the pictures? Click here Cabarrus Pets Society Shoot
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| Sam - Very light hearted and good natured boy. Loving and obedient. |
