animals ranging from dogs and cats to the little furry ones like mice and and anything in between and we have staff members and about two hundred of volunteers who help make everything happen every day you talk a little bit about the volunteers that come in here what do they do our volunteer program is very active and we have volunteers doing everything from walking the dogs to office work that entry cleaning cages is one of our biggest needs and they also do fun things like taking on vox offsite and take the dog hiking in the woods or our volunteers go out to special events just to talk about our organization and what we do and recruit more volunteers and foster homes we do have an orientation that we asked volunteers to complete first just for safety protocol and find out how we do things here we hold that we're indication once a month on the second wednesday of each month that we have volunteer opportunities that are in the shelter as well as many options out of the shelter if you can't be around the animals for instance a lot of people love animals but they have allergies so we have a lot of options that you can help out with and then we also have ways that you can help that don't involve coming to the building or going through an orientation and you can just share our posts on facebook share exotic animal or pick an animal from our website have a view to your pet of the day on your face page or watch our facebook page for requests of donations and drop off items we need sometimes you know animals of the piggy die in we just need a bag of a certain type of food and that can be helpful as well great so how many dogs and any time we could have eighty to one hundred cats and small animals and how do animals come in directly from owners who can no longer care for them anymore and we also work with animal control agencies in the area to take in their stray animals that don't have owners come forward for we also work with other rescue organizations and animal shelters so sometimes one animal needs is just a change of pace and they need to see a different set of faces so we often transfer back and forth with other shelters that have animals that just need a new place to set up and so what is the process for being surrendered here so if someone needed to every home their pet you know we always recommend that people give us a call first because we can often help you find resources to allow you to keep your pet at home because that's really best for them and that's best for the family and the animal and if that's one less pet we have to re home it's all the better for i agree but if that isn't the case then we can talk you through the steps of bringing your pet  d whether it be waiting a few weeks because we're out of kennel space for a dog or it could be a referral to another organization that might be a better fit for your specific animals needs ok and what happens to the pets once they're here they spain it or give them all the shots that they need while they're here likely do you know everyone has stayed or neutered vaccinated and microchip before they leave and so what would be the process for someone who's looking to adopt we try to be as laid back as possible but we also obviously want to make the best match possible and that's what our goal is to find the best match for each animal rather than just getting them all out the door but we have a very simple application process we verify that you're allowed to have pat spite you are checking with your landlord or verify that you own your home if you have other pets we check to make sure they're currently up to date on their vaccines to protect everyone involved and then it just involved depending on the animal you may have the rest of the family come down to meet the pet or if you have another dog at home and have you come in for a playdate with a dog that you're interested in a crate and then you do sometimes work with fosters rights if people are interested in doing that oh yeah definitely get in touch with us we need fosters that can take animals of all types this year in particular have been guinea pig foster homes for some reason  that don't have other dogs are other pets at home we often have dogs that need a break from the shelter but they don't get along with other animals in the home so if you're someone they can't commit to a full time job but the idea of having a part time dog biscuits you definitely get in touch we pay for all the medical all the foods and the supplies that you need and all you really have to give the time and a lot of great require that your fosters have previous experience owning the pets at their fostering on us as our legal grounds are pending on the animals needs we can often give you the training volunteers and our staff and our board to all come together and enjoy an evening and all the success we've had throughout the year of finding the animals their new homes will have a great side show a video with some of updates on those big animals that we all paid attention to this year and we have a great auction lined up with amazing things that you can bet on and all the money goes right to the animals things start on our sponsors oh that's fantastic great and i'm assuming you guys have a website facebook where they can find information about all that oh yeah you can are quite large so we're hoping that their adopters will put them on a little bit of a diet for their own good but they're both very sweet and affectionate cats mia's a little more affectionate and the baby is a little bit more independent but they're very very sweet and they they love people they love to be and sit with you and they left with other cats in the home so they could certainly go home with other cats as well we are hoping that because these two are so bonded that they can go home together ok i'm assuming that anyone who's interested in them would get information on the come in to take them on what kind of diet that you would put them on they would get kind of guidance from you guys yes we have right now they are very good either is that they don't really know but we just felt feed hell science diet here a shelter and we lounging i think if they lost a little weight i suspect they might be a little more outgoing and energetic and if they ever been around kids you know how they'd be with kids ok so there were some kids in the prior home that they did well with in the area i think the degree in the home with kids so he's here with us now trying to find a home i'll do best in a house without kids but older teenagers would be justify is pretty sensitive tell loud noises and lots of excitement so a home that understands that you know he doesn't want to be in a round of big parties or anything like that but he loves to go on outings he's out various places with us he goes out to farm stands with volunteers he goes hiking and he's a perfect gentleman he's not a big fan of other animals either just from living as an only pet for his whole life ok so he would best as the only pet in the house as well ok and you were saying that he really likes both yes use of both dogs so he loves to be on a speedboat are a pontoon he just really loves to be out on the open water oh great so and like swimming to out the good exercise for him something that you can do that it seems like they took really good care for him a care of him he seems like he's not a little bit training you know said yeah you have he's really smart they really loved him and did take great care of him and they check in often on him so he's a wonderful dog and helping a really great companion for someone and then any tips that you would give to someone who maybe has a baby coming that they can prepare their dog yeah definitely there's a great website called family pods that you can check out and they have all sorts of resources whether you're going to have a baby or you already have a little one in the house and they also have great tips for families with kids who are getting a new dog that will help you figure out you know how to get the house in the kids ready for taking care of that and really understanding that pets need their own space and you have to learn how to read their body language and there's a lot of resources right on that website for you so he's very friendly and seems like a really great dog as well taking care of came into office because the family had young children in the home and he did great with the kids but he would escape every opportunity he had and with the young kids in the house it was a call for them they would forget and leave a gate open or i would quite close the front door and he had quite the time exploring the neighborhood and everyone in town knew who he was and control was very familiar with him so the family decided that for his own safety because he had been hit by a car once  that it probably was best for him to be re homes with a family that could make sure that this little escape artist wouldn't continue having that same problem so is there a certain kind of home that you would recommend that you go to so you're not able to yeah i would say you know a family that maybe is used to having a dog that was an escape artist or a family with older kids you know that i think the kids often would just think that he wanted to go out so they would let him out and you know they just didn't quite understand so i think you know older kids are teenagers probably wouldn't be a great match for something and does he try to choose like cars or people on bikes or is that what it is or he just wants you know he just likes to roam and he's neutered he was already new nerd so it's not that that's causing him to roam he's just a very adventurous little boy so i think somebody that could take a you know he has a lot of energy so someone that would take him out for lots of walks and maybe hikes he would really enjoy that he's a pretty active little dude you say he was hit by a car or did anything serious randy check him out right now he was diabetic and he was in need of insulin we got him into one of our very experienced foster homes and she has been able to break his habit and get him off the juice as they say i'm no longer insulin dependent he just needs special diet fed twice a day and it's not any sort of special medical diet you can get it right at the supermarket aisle ground canned food and eventually he may end up needing insulin again but at this point he does not need it at all and he's doing quite well without it is there any kind of special like that visits that he has to do to keep an eye on them or is it will that's when they'll catch when he does this we're going to hell definitely we would recommend probably going to ice a year versus once a year ago and he should have someone who's comfortable checking his blood glucose just like a human diabetic you just do a quick pinprick to get that test to him and so someone that would be comfortable with that would have a good relationship with their vet to communicate and you know find out what needs to be changed whether they need to adjust the food or if down the line he did need to go back on insulin someone that's comfortable doing those injections and has a pretty good about having those done to him are very good for he's a sweet boy he lived in the foster home with several other cats and he did well so i think a home with other you say he's kind of chill oh yeah he's very outgoing a very sweet and affectionate loves attention and spends most of his day here because he's our office cat right now all sitting on my desk of the day to when he's not napping he's definitely right beside us he's also got lost or was left behind but he is an incredibly affectionate cat can see him that he loves to snuggle loves to go hunt bugs and just rub up against you for attention he's incredibly sweet and we don't have a history on him since he was found outside but i think he would probably do well with mellow cats and probably other mellow dogs as well if they didn't get right in this space and they let him and just well i think he would do fine and he would be great with kids as well and it's ok so are there any things that we should be conscious of with him yes so when he actually is a fib positive so that stands for feeling immunodeficiency virus and for him where he is a young healthy cat there's not a whole lot to worry about at the moment  it's with cast or anyone with an immune suppressed issue as they get older they can certainly be more susceptible disease to disease so it's important for him to be an indoor cat to her van ten from coming across anything he could contract and it's not something that's common with stray often see it with stray cats especially males they typically will get it when they're fighting you know over resources female cats things like that so i'm not too surprised to see it with a male outdoor cat he was intact when he came in to us he's been neutered since but they can live with other cats and not have a problem and you know you have to be careful that there's no fighting between the cats and that's really the only way they're going to pass it along is through a deep long as you have the northeast animal shelter ne hi hi everyone we're back at the northeast animal shelter here with just again today we're here with a link to win games two and a half years yes two and a half years old men looking for a home a forever home he's actually been returned twice because he is really bad separation anxiety bonds really well with his owner and when the owner leaves the house he can be destructive and he tries to escape from his crate and he can get a little talkative in the house too so he could definitely do well with an owner that maybe works from home it's also pretty good with other dogs we see some curiosity barks when he does pass other dogs but for the most part we get to play with them he friendly that actually maybe but he beneficial in the house if there's a house with another dog but that companionship that lincoln could learn from the other dog if it the owner was to leave the house and the dog in his own way can tell him it's ok you know he's going to be back  i think that's why he benefit from another dog too it seems like if you do bring another dog into that situation they wear each other out much that it takes a lot of the burden off the person and hopefully lincoln would be able to connect with another dog has at this time it says in this file that he's really strictly only connected to the person who's adopted him and even with a family member other family members around he would get party talkative start barking will get a little destructive you'll see the signs of right so we're back with max max is so max is a ten month old australian cattle dog mix and absolutely love the first time both of us have met magnus and he jumped in our arms like he didn't know he'd known us his entire life he's very friendly and really friendly with all humans that he's interacted with so max is one downfall he's a little reactive to other dogs but it's not always in a bad way and as i was walking to the kennels with him about to bring him out he didn't react at the cage of another dog but i said and he was easily corrected and he focused his eye contact was great as soon as i said i think that his issues with other dogs will be easily corrected it with just some patience training his puppy ways to be able to break out of having an e s l puppy and he is the puppy at ten months old very very active and probably do best with somebody who has a fenced in yard and would love to our yard and owner just throw a ball to him like all day long and play chase and just get that energy out if he's kept in a house all day long he's going to get a lot of pent up energy that could get destructive so definitely a fenced in yard family act is family somebody that has the time to dedicate to a little bit of training for him but what a sweet dog just absolutely loves water tons of attention to days off focused on with twenty five pounds now and doesn't look like he's going to grow much cattle dogs can stay small most of the time i would say probably met max out around forty forty five pounds maybe box up he's ten months old but time used to be full grown  super active somebody out there if you like going for runs you know and with like a run with you and a dog like that he would just absolutely love it so if you're looking for a higher energy dog like ma on your sleeve a little bit but he's sweet dog beautiful dog loves other dogs and all people and is super playful this pilot says he went to a local park and whether it was another dog or a seagull or  just the when he tried to play with it so he's very friendly going to take some training on leash and with the mouthing ok but it's for an owner that has had hounds in the past it may be easier for somebody that hasn't had a hound they're very vocal he can be vocal when he wants something from you whether it's street attention or your sleeve as they learn but that shouldn't deter you from wanting him he's a very good dog he clearly is skinny could use some extra care and meter food and how little you know he's a year and a half ok you know yeah he's definitely young that man has that puppy energy still he's going to be a big boy so it's not if you have that small dog in the past don't just transition to this guy something like i said some he's had shepherds and knows their demeanor and downs knows how vocal they can be in the file everything that's everything that we've seen from jordan around other dogs is positive unreactive as we just walked through the whole family and other dogs in the family need to be present when you adopt here in the northeast animal shelter so that all works itself out before it will grow as it was nobody else thinks so i just hope that he finds a good home he's been here for a little bit over a month like i said just he says going to be such a good companion for somebody with an active lifestyle and somebody that would like those breeds the hound breed in and shepherd breed because those dog owners they curly so he's like you said he's nine years old he had either frostbite on his ears or mites so bad that it's caused the fold and he's had a lot of his teeth extracted so he's going to return the sticks out  here if you can see she loves people loves people wants to curl up on her lap want to play with you wants you to sit with her and watch or eat she wants to sit with you and watch you eat maybe share some your food to she will but we'll just do best in a house with no other pets and it's really tough to bring cats into homes with other that's true because just because they're so territorial and then they warm up to their person so much and i'm so very playful with sr playing with their toys in here in michigan playing with my fingers to sleep in could put pack on some pounds you might end up being a little a big cat they can definitely be big cats and he looks like he's got some room to grow but he's going to be a fun loving cat and again he's absolutely beautiful in this coat is just something