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Persuasive Working With Animals

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As a child I have always loved working with animals and once I was the proper age I started volunteering at a nearby animal shelter. Volunteering has given me a better version of myself and new friends. Although volunteering will take up your time and money, you should start offering your services at your local animal shelter because it will let you help animals, gain experience, and bring new people into your life. Despite getting emotionally attached to these animals, finding homes for them is better is better than them staying at the shelter. My job at the shelter was to get the animals ready for adoption. Most of the animals were either abused or abandoned so getting them to trust people took time and effort. Knowing that around 1.5 million shelter animals get euthanized every year, I made it my personal goal to get every animal I worked with a better home. I always met that goal. A particular case is when a blue nosed pitbull walked through the door. I took care of him and personally named him Atticus. I loved that dog so much that one day I took home papers of adoption for my mom to sign. I was living in a two-bedroom apartment at the time so the situation of getting a dog was not in the picture. I was so heartbroken to know that I couldn’t take him home with me. Sooner or later a young couple took Atticus home with them and I haven’t seen him since. I was so in love with Atticus it hurt to see him go, but I knew he was going to be happy with his new family. Atticus was truly a dog I will never forget. I will never regret all the time and effort I spent on him to get him ready for his new home.
Although you do not earn money from volunteering at a shelter, you do gain experience for future jobs. I started volunteering so I could overcome my fear of socializing with strangers and have more job-like experiences. I had never worked with other people that were not my age and I did not want to throw myself into a job that made me do so. Volunteering at the shelter has now given a boost on my growing resume and given me many new skills, public speaking, people management, and strategic planning. Once, I was given the job to show a family different animals that they would want to adopt and when the family

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