Anyone else volunteering with DSPCA?

coco_lola

I have my volunteer orientation on Saturday. I volunteered with Animal Welfare in Limerick for a while and I'm really excited about it, I've been waiting ages to get in!

stop animal cruelty

hey how did you get on with the volunteering ? How did you get involved with it? I'd love to give it a go but dunno where to start

Maggie 2

Look up any Animal shelter in your area and give them a ring! They're always on the lookout for people to help with their work.

JasperKat

coco_lola wrote: »

I have my volunteer orientation on Saturday. I volunteered with Animal Welfare in Limerick for a while and I'm really excited about it, I've been waiting ages to get in!

I was just wondering how you got on? did you end up doing any volunteering? if so, I would be interested to hear how it's going????

I went to the recent orientation in Rathfarnham & was due to start volunteering but broke my wrist & because of that Im only now getting to book myself in to start... really looking forward to it.
Jasper

blatantrereg

I worked in the DSPCA shelter for a summer, though it was a good while ago now. I cleaned stables and kennels, and fed horses, dogs and cats, as well as maintenance work and looking after the odd less common animal (like a pot-bellied pig, and some goats).

A couple of things to be aware of are that some of the dogs are likely to be sick and need to be put down, and some of the animals might be in a pretty wretched state from mistreatment. There were a couple of horses while I was there that were in horrific condition - stinking wounds and malnourished, and one collapsed under his own weight at least once.

So while it's a rewarding place to work, and sometimes interesting, you might see some crap stuff. Also you might want to avoid bonding with animals in the kennels because of the risk that they'll be sick and need to be put down.

Best of luck with it; hope you enjoy it.

horsemaster

blatantrereg wrote: »

I worked in the DSPCA shelter for a summer, though it was a good while ago now. I cleaned stables and kennels, and fed horses, dogs and cats, as well as maintenance work and looking after the odd less common animal (like a pot-bellied pig, and some goats).

A couple of things to be aware of are that some of the dogs are likely to be sick and need to be put down, and some of the animals might be in a pretty wretched state from mistreatment. There were a couple of horses while I was there that were in horrific condition - stinking wounds and malnourished, and one collapsed under his own weight at least once.

So while it's a rewarding place to work, and sometimes interesting, you might see some crap stuff. Also you might want to avoid bonding with animals in the kennels because of the risk that they'll be sick and need to be put down.

Best of luck with it; hope you enjoy it.

Must have been tough for you and all the folks who worked and volunteered there. But places like these require need more help than some others in terms of volunteers. Kudos to you for helping there. Hope more people help out there and I sure it will be a dulfilling place to volunteer.

Jellybaby1

A friend of mine works in an animal shelter. She gets very emotional about the bad cases she sees. My advice to anyone thinking of doing this kind of work is just to prepare yourself for this.

JasperKat

went along on my first day & got on great, lovely bunch of people all very friendly & helpful, going back each week or so in the hope that I can help keep a young or not so young dog happy whilst s/he waits for their 'forever' home... :D:D