ONE DAY IN THE SHELTER

I´d like to share with you my daily routine in the Shelter.

I´m working everyday in Lesė 6 hours (to 9am till 3pm). It depends on the volunteers we have, some days we finish our tasks sooner or later. 

My routine starts at 7.30 when I wake up. I prepare all my stuff and I´m ready to see all those beautiful and little faces of my beloved animals.

The first image I see when I arrive is this:

And Meškis... :)

He is a special doggie, The volunteers who are working with him need to follow some special instructions to treat him. He follows the rules perfectly and he is educated. He lives always outside but he is going often for a long walks with his volunteer friends. Every morning Meškis is the first who takes our attention :)

After that, the first step is Mafia, they are 4 friends called Romeo, Bimas (those are brothers), Mėta and Dora, they are get on well each other and always together. Mafia is living free in the shelter during the night and sometimes when we arrive we find a big mess because they really like to play and investigate everything. So the next thing is to be ready to see Mafia´s job and clean everything to start properly our daily tasks.

I cannot forget to talk about Justas, he is screaming like a baby when we arrive because he´s very happy, The room where he lives is next to the exit door. He has an important disease and they estimate short life for him. Until now he has vitality, so for the moment it is a good signal.

After cleaning and greeting, Mafia is the first one to go for a walk or sometimes they really like playing together in the cage outside. 

This first tasks in the morning I usually do alone, and after that, one or few volunteers (if we have them) start to arrive. Many days we don´t have volunteers to go for a walk with the dogs so Rasa (my tutor and the responsible of the dogs in the morning)  and me keep the work going together. 

We start to go for a walk with all the dogs and to clean every cage. 

Mornings in the shelter are always very loud. Doggies are looking forward to go outside and to eat their food so until this moment they are really anxious.

When we are two, we take turns for cleaning and going for a walk.

When every single dog went for a walk it´s time to feed them, They exactly know this moment, They are really excited and barking very loud so we need to wait until they are in calm to feed them.

TIME TO EAT!

After this moment, they are completely relaxed. They satisfied their needes and they take a nap, 

Now is time for Kaktus, this beautiful cockatiel.

He is cowardly when we are next to him. Everyday after finish my job with the dogs, I clean his cage and I change the water and food. Sometimes he delight us singing ;)

Having done all this stuff, we have to clean the floor deeply.

It´s very important to keep clean and put everything in places.  

Afterwards, usually we have a little time before going home. I take advantage of this time brushing the dogs, going for a long walk or just playing or petting them. I also like spend some time with the cats.

THIS IS ONE OF MY DAYS IN THE SHELTER :)