Stressed shelter dogs return volunteers' love on day trips and weekend getaways
MADISON, N.J. — The place where Finlee lives is nice enough: It’s clean, they feed and care for him well and there are always people to pet and scratch him.Beyond its walls, however, is a big, wide, wonderful world full of unexplained, unexplored smells, piles of leaves to rummage around in, wet grass to cool the paws … and squirrels!
“People can take them on a hike, they can take them for a walk,” Sangree said. “Sometimes people take a dog to their home for a few hours and just let the dog relax.”The East Bay SPCA in Oakland, California, will send 350 dogs on day trips this year. Joseph Romero, a manager with the group, said many of the dogs who go on trips end up getting adopted into happier, more stable lives.Many shelters ask volunteers to fill out a brief report card on dogs that go on day trips.
St. Hubert’s in New Jersey has sent 500 dogs on day trips this year, with a goal of 1,000 by year’s end. They took Finlee out to a park near the shelter, where he sniffed everything within range of his wet, black nose. A droopy plant was of particular interest, but so too, seemingly, was every blade of grass along the walking path through the park.
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