Visit to Kentucky Humane Society

Today we took a field trip to the Kentucky Humane Society to deliver our donations and see the facility. We were able to donate about 20 handmade pet beds or blankets. Thanks to "Aunt Tessie" from New York for sending us the pet afghans! They will make such a difference!

The beds and blankets in the cages help the animals feel less stressed and their calmer demeanor makes them more adoptable. Along with the beds, we also dropped off supplies of paper towels, peanut butter, and a variety of pet supplies. We were able to make a monetary donation of over $280, raised during our Dance Dance Revolution Tournament and a Dress Down for a Cause day. Thanks to everyone who helped us help the animals.

Below are some pictures from our day. After we arrived, we listened to a brief presentation from the education director, Valerie Merrifield. We then toured the facility and interacted with the adult dogs and cats and kittens. Since the puppy room was closed for "deep cleaning," we were given the special treat of having a puppy to play with in the conference room and KHS t-shirts to take home. All in all, we had a wonderful time and felt good about our small contribution to this worthy cause.

We first toured the adult dog area. We were given treats to feed the dogs
and encouraged to ask them to "sit" first before rewarding them with the treat.

"Sit!" "Good boy!"

Many of the dogs were very excited and eager to interact.

More sitting...


Next we visited the cat area.
We were allowed to take out and hold the kittens.


This kitten's name was "Clueless."


Cuddling the kittens... We had to use hand sanitizer before touching
each animal to prevent the spread of germs between the animals.

The adult cats were not allowed out of the cage, but we could
open the doors and pet them if they acted interested.

Back in the conference room we got to meet "Cody."
He was a young 8 week old puppy.

The students formed a tight circle so Cody couldn't "escape."
He was allowed to run around the circle and be petted
by whomever happened to be close.

We had a great time at the Kentucky Humane Society and will continue to make projects to help the pets. The education director had a recipe for dog treats that we could have made, but we ran out of time and had to come back to school...darn!