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16 NOVEMBER 2018 DOGGIERESCUE.COM MAGAZINE

• VOLUNTEERING A LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE By Ash Ball

Volunteering
at Monika’s
DoggieRescue

I might begin this by telling you
about the first time I ever came
to Monika’s DoggieRescue. My Gordon Airedale x Staffy
partner Shelby and I moved to 4yrs 17.3kgs Male Sponsor:
Sydney at the beginning of this The students at The Sydney
year, leaving behind us our life School of English
as we knew it in Melbourne.

A few weeks after the big move it
was my birthday, my first birthday
away from home. Because Shelby
knows just how much I love dogs
and the fact I was finding it weird
not to have a dog at home with us
anymore, she began searching “ I look forward to volunteering at Monika’s every week.
the internet to find a way for us to No matter what kind of week I’ve had, I will get dogs cuddles,
hang out with some new furry
”
friends. That’s when she stumbled meet new people and have a laugh with my new friends.
across Monika’s DoggieRescue.

Tara is a long
term girl who
loves attention

DOGGIERESCUE — FIRST VISIT
That day we drove from our new home in the inner west
of Sydney, over the bridge and found ourselves in leafy
DoggieRescue has a shelter where you could walk the
dogs that were waiting to be adopted. Naturally, once I Ingleside. We parked up outside the shelter, signed up
knew about that I couldn’t wait to go, I was way too in the office and waited eagerly at the top of the
excited and convinced her we should go that weekend. driveway for a kennel hand to bring a dog out to us.