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Marilyn Harper - Volunteer, If I Were President
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Added: October 6th, 2008
Marilyn Harper, a volunteer for the Obama campaign, tells us what she would do if she were President of the United States of America.
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Beginning June 1, all five sites will be implementing a pilot program called ?Project Pit Bull?. As of June 1 backup software, pit bulls and pit bull mix dogs will be accepted at all five of our shelters and will be considered for placement into the adoption program. Having pit bulls available for adoption will not be new for the Woodbury and Buffalo facilities file recovery, but the education/adoption/support process that is part of this program is new.
More detailed literature will be available in the volunteer rooms of all sites for any of you who would like to review it. Here are important points of the program for all volunteers to be aware of search engine optimization:
* The Project Pit Bull program?s focus is to match exceptional dogs with exceptional owners. To counter the Pit?s bad reputation, and insure the success of the program, only the best representatives of the breed will be made available for adoption internet phone service. Pits will be evaluated with the standard behavior assessment as well as an extended behavior assessment, and will need to pass with flying colors. Pits and pit mixes available for adoption will be perfect ambassadors of the breed.
* Potential adopters will be required to review educational materials that will help them understand the special considerations for this breed, and will complete an additional application that addresses concerns such as insurance and liabilities. Our overall adoption philosophy is ?education and matchmaking? vs. ?restrictions and denials? and this process is a reflection of that.
* Pit bull adoption fees will be higher than other dogs due to the fact that the adoption will include an 8 week training pass to be used at our Woodbury, Coon Rapids or Golden Valley sites.
* Pit bulls and pit mixes usually take a longer period of time to place into a home; therefore they typically are spending more time in the shelter than the average dog. Unfortunately, Pit bulls tend to deteriorate more quickly in a shelter than other dogs; physically and mentally. We will be re-evaluating their behavior assessment on a weekly basis while in the shelter to ensure they are maintaining their adoptability.