Volunteer Pet Photography Helps Animals Get Adopted
My first Sheltie, Mickey – also known as Bright Eyes for his big, round playful brown eyes – and his excellent Sheltie dog companion, Woody, inspired me to volunteer with them as a pet photographer at my local animal shelter,
Back in the 1990s when Mickey and Woody were young and frisky pups, they were best friends. Together they became pet therapy dogs at the local Arlington, VA shelter visiting nursing homes to play with people living there. Although riding the elevators was a little tricky for them, they did love starting out in the community room where it rained tasty doughnuts upon their arrival!
When Mickey and Woody left this world in 2003, I co-founded The Woody & Mickey Healthy Pet Fund at AWLA to extend financial support to League animals for medical services to make animals more adoptable. The Fund has even purchased dental equipment to do dental work in-house. DONATE BELOW if you’d like to add your support!
Now I’m a volunteer pet photographer to help make shelter dogs and cats and rabbits more adoptable with professional photos. These include the Animal Welfare League of Arlington (AWLA – https://www.awla.org), and other non-profit animal rescue and training groups like Homeward Trails (http://www.homewardtrails.org), Lucky Dog Animal Rescue (https://luckydoganimalrescue.org) and Vets Moving Forward (http://www.vetsfwd.org).