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).

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George - dog

George

George, a Shiba Inu puppy, was given up for adoption by his owners when they realized that they could not afford medical care of the puppy’s deformed back left leg. The Fund was used to examine, x-ray and perform surgery to amputate George’s leg. Nicknamed Tripod, George was adopted by another volunteer professional photographer at AWLA! He’s now healthy, happy and a photography model!

Barney - cat

Barney

Barney came to AWLA from the Stafford County, VA Animal Shelter to receive specialized eye treatment. The Fund provided surgery to remove Barney’s eye. Barney, now named Wonder, made a speedy recovery and was quickly adopted into a home with two young boys who love him!

Johanna and Katniss - Bunnies

Johanna and Katniss

Johanna and Katniss, a bonded pair of Mini Rex, Mini Lop rabbits, came to AWLA after two stops at other shelters because there is a dedicated space for care of rabbits. Katniss required immediate surgery paid for by the Fund and after a month of recovery was bonded again with Johanna and both were adopted! The couple that adopted them report that the bunnies, each with their own personality quirks, have given back so much to their family that they can’t imagine their lives without them!