nine right here in the city of boston we currently have three locations here in the south end of boston one in dedham one on cape cod in burster so of course when you go for one hundred eighteen years a lot of things have changed but really the mission remains the same is that we safeguard animals and keep them healthy and happy and safe not only in their homes but in their habitats as well so are those locations specifically meant for people who are surrendering in that area are animals that come in that area do you kind of shift around all well i mean you can basically do we do we do intake so people can surrender animals at any one of the locations of so essentially the services are the same the matter where you go so each location is an animal care and adoption center so you can adopt you can surrender we can answer animal questions here in boston we also do have a veterinarian clinic right next door where the proceeds do benefit the animal rescue league of boston we also historic building in itself a lot of things have happened here over the years in our denim a location that's more of a more of an agriculture feel to it we have a barn we have plenty of livestock with roosters and goats and  that's where you'll find those sorts of animals who even had horses out there but the dental facility was recently updated in the last couple of years of the multimillion dollar project the state of the art shelter facility it's beautiful if you have been there it's certainly a wonderful place to go visit not only for the animals too for the environment itself in our facility in brewster on the cape we do have livestock there as well or the capacity to have livestock there it's also a great facility that opened up in the late  sixty s but we've been on cape cod since one nine hundred twenty one so almost one hundred years there and really that is just a very community driven facility down cape cod so a so really all three facilities for each of a ration is tailored for that individual animal so it's not just oh a once over for every animal each one is different so of course we have to tailor to their individual needs so we do try to ensure that  every animal is about as ready as they're going to be to get to go home and to be just a wonderful animal and i'm sure a lot of that work would be possible without a great staff and an awesome volunteers y certainly the backbone of what we do we have nearly five hundred fifty volunteers throughout the organization and all our three branches and really get that they are the backbone of what we do and they bring a specific and diverse skill set and really fulfill lot of the needs not just for our facilities but especially for the animals whether it's just spending time with them feeding them in the mornings in the afternoons or the evenings or you know just just kind of bonding with those animals and making them feel more comfortable here to see a familiar face and you know what they do we couldn't do what we do without our volunteers and i you guys are always looking for people to help out how can people learn we are over yeah fall into your opportunities come up quite often there on this show on your website and they wanted to come take a look at them and potentially adopt them served well our shelters are open all three of them from one to six thirty from tuesdays to sundays so we are closed mondays and holidays but our adoption process is a little different there's no formal paperwork it's more of an interview process because at the end of the day we know it not only wanted animals to go home but we want them to go home with the right owners so we really need to make that match and see if it fits you know the person's lifestyle kind of you know what their activity levels are how old are their children you know we really just want to please each animal to best suit their needs and to provide the owner with with a great animal for us great so do you require that people bring in all members of their family that kind of thing it depends on the situation certainly particularly when it comes to you know say for you know a dog it would certainly be helpful if the dog's a little skittish show fearful it would certainly help to have each and every family member there if there is another dog in the home we typically do want to have the to meet for right up an animal goes home just to make sure because the last time you want to is that animal come back for any reason are there any other requirements you did you require to do home visits or anything like that no you know we don't require to see you know people's copy of their lease or anything like that again it's more of an interview process ok you know we trust that if someone says i can have an animal in my building that they're telling the truth at least where you were hope they are but no we don't  n it's really informal but at the same time we want to get as much information from the person to make sure that that animal's right for them so most people are most people able to do same bad options when they come in or do is that normal process oh i know there are there are plenty of instances when it is so good all right and if there's anything medical or if the animal still needs to be spayed neutered that won't be the same bad option but typically you know if you're looking for a cat you can typically walk out with an animal that day well and what are your fee adoption fee would be five hundred fifty dollars which would cover the transport costs typically for a puppy it's four fifty and then the prices go down in age and the same applies for cats oh yeah it's really and but again i nice following the fifty thousand people on facebook so we have a lot of interaction with people you know once some buddy adopt an animal we love to see pictures of them and see how other adjusting to their new home so yeah we always encourage people to he's very sweet he loves this kind of sit around and you know she was your choice he can go along with other dogs he can be a little bit awkward and times with them at first and so he's learning to get along with you know some different dogs with those really well ok so we're back with linda linda yes she's a five year old should sue she was an owner surrender to us so her family had trouble with their landlord so they weren't able to keep her we know that she's had puppies in the past but now she's spayed so she can't have a new puppies it is great for her she's very sweet she just wants to be with people all the time has been friendly with everyone she meets she loves to play with other dogs  house puppy does that ever affect like their temperament and the usually more calm if they do or no kind of yet typically doesn't affect them in the future as far as temperament looking great silly little overcrowding our boarding situation so we live with many other dogs because of that he's a little bit skittish in new situations and new people he does love to play with certain dogs he's a little bit unsure about you know particular dog so you know just like people he needs to get to know you first and then and then he likes to play he's looking for a home with maybe older children artists adults who can work with them to overcome some of his fear but also be high energy maybe they go their temperament terms of like he's a little bit skittish yeah so if there's a lot of dogs obviously the people that were involved in the situation can't divide their attention knowing amongst everybody the same so they might not be as socialized says other do pretty long time he's one of our longer term residents here he is an american bulldog mix dukes a really really sweet guy he doesn't love other dogs and he definitely doesn't love cats so his best home would be probably an adult only home  he likes to go in mostly short walk he's not a big fan of the heat that's for sure the big guys of a guy but he's super playful he does love to play fat she loves toys one of his favorite things is just lying in his kennel on his comfortable he loves blankets on his warm up but he's a sweet sweet guy not what you guys are looking for someone might do say to him and take a look at his information a stray so he's a local dog would definitely do best in a home without small children kind of scare him a bit but older kids are probably be fine and no cats but pumpkin loves small dogs so he would love to have a home where can have a playmate and hang out with them he does also have a bit of separation anxiety so he would really prefer home or someone's home with him during the day he really needs that person there with him as well and if you like to play with or he is older he definitely loves toys he loves a good squeaky toy you give him that he does love to play ball and he used to be in a playgroup here with another small dog he's not a couch potato kind of guy but he's also not like that real young typical beagle that's go running around crazy either so it's kind of a good mix i think is part of perfect age for some great any health concerns with him not yet he does have a we do have made a special diet just for kids kidney is but he's not on any medications or anything it's just more the type of food be feed him just to protect him for is age group anything else we should know about pumpkins no i just i know people often are looking for a pair brad and they don't think of a shelter but we do have them we get them here pretty often so pumpkins a prime example of a pure beagle if you look want a little bit of to a lot of classes and he knows supposedly a ton of tricks we've definitely got sick going on and he knows pottery moore has to do is play dead roll over down all that good stuff he does not like cats and he definitely would do best in a home where there's no small dogs he can't really be around anything smaller than him would say he did used to go to daycare and had a great time but with the bigger dogs only and no babies or anything like that definitely older children  home for him he's really sweet he's supercut only he's definitely a super young dog and needs that exercise the kind of energy out but i think he's i mean he knows a ton if you want like a pretty well trained dog right off the bat and rogers definitely a a good rounded yeah all right so if you're interested in learning a bit more about roger check him out now buddy dog now for quite a long time has been like those handsome gray hairs around hair i can think of and he's definitely not your typical older dog those if you get the impression that an eight year old dog is not an active dougherty we'll put that rumor to rest because this guy will play fetch with you pretty much all day every day right on we've been here yeah he's not very with other dogs he's very very selective with other dogs so he's probably in a need to be the only dog in his home he has lived with cats and he lived with kids before if he's going to live with kids now we're probably say older kids for sure maybe teenagers and app just because he does it kind of protective of his people and that can be a problem sometimes when he's a little training in that area so just say for him to be around older people i would say yeah but he's housebroken you know health issues and awesome shape as you can see from all this running here so when when you guys have people who come in and they have a dog already but they're interested in the dog do you require they bring in we do have i have to do a meet and greet just to make sure because a lot of dogs are selective who they're going out with we want to make sure it's a good fit for the family that doesn't stress out their resident dog so it's definitely a requirement yeah great so super active dog has are looking for a guy who can just play