Do the animals that come already have names? Or do the staff members named them, I thought Garfunkel was a really unusual name for a animal

Most of the time, the animals come with names; sometimes the staff members change them. One time a dog was named Camel when he came to Loving Heart! (They changed his name to Merlin; he's since been adopted.)
I think Simon and Garfunkel were popular singers.
When I go to volunteer, sometimes some jobs may have already been done. If these jobs haven't been done, I usually clean the cats' condos, let the dogs outside, and clean the dogs' cages. Other times, if there's another volunteer or some jobs have already been done, I'll ask one of the ladies there what needs to be done or I'll ask some questions about starting a shelter.

Which position on the Board of Directors (President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer) would you think you would be good at?
In that PDF file, they have bylaws that you can reproduce for your own purposes. Here are what the different positions on the Board responsible for:

 The president shall convene regularly scheduled board meetings, shall preside or arrange for other members of the Executive Committee to preside at each meeting in the following order: vice-president, secretary, treasurer.

 The vice-president shall chair committees on special subjects as designated by the board.

 The secretary shall be responsible for keeping records of board actions, including overseeing the taking of minutes at all board meetings, sending out meeting announcements, distributing copies of minutes and the agenda to each board member, and assuring that corporate records are maintained.

 The treasurer shall make a report at each board meeting. The treasurer shall chair the finance committee, assist in the preparation of the budget, help develop fundraising plans, and make financial information available to board members and the public.

Here is what an Executive Committee is:
Executive Committee: The four officers serve as the members of the Executive Committee. Except for the power to amend the articles of incorporation and bylaws, the Executive Committee shall have all the powers and authority of the board of directors in the intervals between meetings of the board of directors, and is subject to the direction and control of the full board.

Here is what the Financial Committee is:
Finance Committee: The treasurer is the chair of the Finance Committee, which includes three other board members. The Finance Committee is responsible for developing and reviewing fiscal procedures, fundraising plan, and annual budget with staff and other board members. The board must approve the budget and all expenditures must be within budget. Any major change in the budget must be approved by the board or the Executive Committee. The fiscal year shall be the calendar year. Annual reports are required to be submitted to the board showing income, expenditures, and pending income. The financial records of the organization are public information and shall be made available to board members and the public.

Know that I think about it, I think I heard of the singers before, do they have a song called The sound Of Silence? Do you have a fav animal at the shelter? I think I would just love them all! My grandpa has like, 350 goats, And the Kids are the cutest things ever!

I don't really know; I've never heard of Simon and Garfunkel before.

But every one of the animals is special in their own way. :)

No, None of us have ever gotten ringworm before, but every now and then we have to worm them. Is there a photo of Sawyer I could see? I agree! Paint is laid back to, but once he knows who is boss he backs of. Al ot of times when there is something new that frightens him, he gets skittish, But that is why I love the animals, not a single one is the same!

Who is Paint? Is he one of the goats?

If I do end up starting a shelter in the future, would you be at all interested in becoming a Board member or helping out some way?

That's a great answer. :)

Gee, 745 comments! Is this a record or something?

I know. Or we could just type the name of the article in the search box and continue commenting from there. :)

I didn't know you could do that lol actually thanks because I wanted to look for a few articles

AWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!! Sawyer, Simon and Garfunkel are all SO cute! :) By the way, Sawyer is a really cute name for a puppy.

So as it turns out, Garfunkel is the brown and white dog and Simon is the black and white dog--there was a bit of a name mix-up when I first met them!

You need a pr too. And also once you get stock like animal food or stuff like that you will need a supplies coordinator. And when I said I could help I mean financially to. I can do 25$ a week just give me your treasurers his/her address. I think that Rebecca would be good at vp and Gab (can i abbr. your name?) be President. BTW the secretary has a lot of paper work. The Treasurer needs to be someone you can trust since they are handling money. How old are you Rebecca and Gab?

Where did you get your dogs?
600 acres is a lot of land!

Simon and Garfunkel do have a song called Sound of Silence, sorry to jump in your conversation.

I'll take a look at that documentary. Knowing me, I'll probably cry. :)

Um, I'm a little embarrassed to say this but can you tell me where the search bar is for world teen? Or are you talking about the internet search bar? I know it may sound like a stupid question, but I seriously can't find it. Can you only see it when you use world teen on a laptop, cause I'm using my kindle

I understand--that's fine. :) I thought that maybe you had to renew your account or something like that.
Shelter update for yesterday:
Sammie and Sylvester the puppies have gone to their forever homes. Shelby's adopters dropped out at the last minute because they didn't want to housetrain her, but there are other approved applications for Shelby. I was supposed to go on a home visit with Shelby. I'm also supposed to be going on a home visit with Sawyer.
Harper the pit bull mix has had 3 or 4 surgeries for her cherry eye and nothing has really helped; she's a super sweet girl that loves people, but DOES NOT like other dogs or cats.
Loving Heart was supposed to get another kitten yesterday.
Hercules is doing well in his foster home, although he needs to gain more weight.
The puppies' mom, Sasha, is in a foster home and doing well. The staff at LHAS are hoping that the fosterer will fall in love.
Isaac the dog is back--remember him (he has the cute under bite)? His adopter returned him because they got a puppy even thought they knew Isaac didn't get along well with other dogs. All was going well until Isaac, for no apparent reason, attacked the puppy and bit the adopter's husband; I don't know if she was just all shocked at it and stretched the truth, but the adopter said that the puppy had to have emergency care. So now, Isaac is back and is SUPER stressed--turns out the adopters thought the puppy was more important. Here is a recent picture of Isaac:
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No, we haven't started a shelter yet, but we would like to.

Even though it would be cool to have our own facility when we first start a shelter, I don't think it would be all that possible. We would have to get lots of funds and find the right building for our purposes. That building would have to include a lobby, a cat quarantining area, a dog quarantining area, a cat area, a dog area, an office area, a storage area, a small kitchen, a place for the dogs to run outside and be trained, an office area, and a restroom. While custom-built would be wonderful, I just don't see how there would be enough money for that.