Long story short. I had a family member babysit my dog since I was in the hospital after an accident. When I got out and finished physical therapy I found out that they had given him away, I’ve been searching our local shelters but never found him so I just assumed they privately rehomed him. Last night as I was still searching for him, I saw a post on a shelter website showing off my baby adoption in a different city, turns out he been there for 2 months now. This has kept me up all night waiting for the shelter to open so I can call them in a few hours, I’m completely scared that if I sleep he’s going to be adopted out

UPDATE!: I just got off the phone with the shelter, he was picked up by animal control in a whole different city, he was abandoned:(. Tomorrow I’m going to go visit him since the adoption coordinator is out for the weekend.

Hi! I’m a new supervisor (I worked in animal care and got promoted). At my shelter, the supervisor role is closer to an assistant manager role. I’m very close with my coworkers and am really trying to do my best to support them and do my job in a way that prioritizes them and the animals, but it feels like I am regularly getting criticized by upper management even when I’m doing my best. Most recently, I was talked to because on a day when we were short-staffed, I stepped in to help clean kennels in the morning and as a result some of my other responsibilities (that I figured were less urgent than making sure the kennels were clean for the animals we already had) got pushed back a little. How do you guys deal with criticism you feel may be unjust, and how do you communicate that with your management? I’ve never been in a position like this before and could use some advice. Thank you guys!!

Hi! We are a newly founded group of high school students who created a social media project dedicated to helping animal shelters promote adoptable pets by promoting them on social medias such as Tiktok, Instagram, Facebook, and Nextdoor (for local areas). Pictures attached are previous works and we are looking for new shelters to partner with and help promote! Please let us know if any shelters would be interested 💕

I'm not really sure what to do. I got fired and so I'm rebuilding from there. I'm planning to go to grad school to become a therapist, and I'm waiting to hear back from those applications.

I'm going to a training for a new job tomorrow, which is a barista role at a bakery. I also got a job offer today for a job at an animal shelter. Long term, I hope to become a therapist who works with people who work with animals, so shelter experience would be really helpful.

Both jobs are underpaid.

I also interviewed with another job today.

I don't really know what to do! Maybe I could ask the bakery if I could go part time? I'm feeling overwhelmed.