Volunteer work at a "No Kill" dog shelter

Today was my first visit to a "No Kill"  shelter, I was there as part of a volunteer group to tear down, clean up and build new kennels. Thankfully it was a great day for working outside. I was surprised to see that all the residents were Pit Bulls or a mix. I can understand them being hard to adopt out. We had a team of 35 people from the college I attend. I was amazed at how well things were organized and how hard every one was working. I had the job of taking pictures until they gave me a shovel and told me to dig weeds. Although most people there had pick up trucks, we were almost swallowed up in the pot holes in the parking lot so, for some reason, they put the girls on filling up the holes with gravel.
We all had a bit of instruction for a burley fellow. He showed us how to effectively toss a  shovel full of gravel into a hole filled with muddy water. Then he handed me a pick ax and taught me how to dig in a pile of gravel properly I was dreaming of being inside washing the dogs dishes. I didn't last long on the chain gang before I started getting dizzy and was off to wash dishes.
All in all, these folks do a wonderful job and you can see they believe strongly in helping these older, abandoned dogs. It is a good cause and a job quickly done with a team of Kingwood College students. I was glad to be a part. Laurie Claire Wells