Local Teens Helping Animals
By Nicolle Taylor, Volunteer Coordinator Every Fall and Spring a new session of Junior Club begins. Junior Club allows teens ages 13-15 to gain hands-on experience in our shelter by volunteering their time to help make our animals’ lives a little brighter. One Saturday a month for 4 months, our Junior Volunteers meet to learn […]
Top 10 Reasons to Volunteer
By Nicolle Taylor, Volunteer Coordinator Whenever guests come through our shelter doors, or see us at an off-site event, we always hear “I could never volunteer at an animal shelter, it’s so sad and I’d want to take all the animals home.” But our animals are given the utmost care during their stay with us […]
Meet Volunteer Megan Oates
Meet Megan! She’s been a volunteer here at the Pet Alliance of Greater Orlando for more than a year. Having fostered animals, helped at offsite adoptions, special events, animal receiving, guest greeting, and many other areas of the organization, we consider her one of our superstars. Her first interaction with us was when she accompanied […]
Basic Dog Training Guide
To help with your pet’s training, we are providing some helpful tips on the techniques we use at the shelter. And, for consistency, always use the same commands and the same release word. A release word is the word you use when the dog is allowed to stop a behavior such as sitting or […]
Dog Safety for Children
Dogs are not little people in fur coats. They don’t think as we do. Our actions may not appear they way we intend them to. Not all dogs are friendly to children. Some of them may not be feeling well or simply do not want to be bothered. For the safety of your children and […]
Planning for a Pet
When most people think of a new pet they think of playing fetch, or cuddling, or enjoying long walks and cat naps. While these are all things that you will be doing with your pet, it’s important to consider all aspects of pet ownership before taking the plunge. Not everyone thinks of all the details […]
