It was a dog day

I volunteered for the PV SPCA today. It was a nice experierence that enabled me to meet a whole bunch of new people.

During my second week here, I asked Alfredo if he knew of any organizations that might need volunteers. I thought that volunteering would help me feel like a part of the community, enable me to contribute to the community, and be a fun way to meet new people. He told me that the local SPCA has an adoption event every Saturday from 10 am to 2 pm at the Los Mangos Library, and that I could volunteer there.

I went today, for the first time (for whatever reason, the event did not occur last Saturday). It was easy to get to, the library is in my neighbourhood, but in a part I had not explored yet.

The library itself is really nice. They have many types of activities there, including dance, drawing/art, and language classes, book sales, and the SPCA adoption event!

Today, there were 7 dogs for adoption and 4 cats. Three dogs and 3 cats were adopted, yeah! Before they come to the adoption event, each animal is examined by a vet, vaccined, de-wormed, de-flead (is that a word?) and neutered/spayed. When we arrived this morning at the library, 2 dogs were tied to the fence. People aren't supposed to drop off dogs at the adoption event, but I guess they sometimes do. They were so adorable a few people wanted to adopt these 2 dogs, but we couldn't let them because the vet has to do his thing. They will be available in 2 weeks.

Hanging out with the dogs today was pretty neat. But, it was also neat to meet some of the people that were there. Most of the volunteers were "expats" (Americans, Canadians, and 1 British lady) who are in PV for various amounts of time. Linette, from the UK, invited me to join her and her friends at the Vaca Grill next Friday. (You may recall that the ladies and I danced and drank there last week!). So that's neat, cause I'd like to go back and going alone is less interesting....The volunteer coordinator is Luz. She's the only Mexican volunteer. Turns out she lives on the same street as me and we met the other day when she was walking her dog. I remember cause the dog had a cute raincoat on! I also met Irene and her family. That was interesting because I had met Irene on a booze cruise/snorkelling trip here in PV 2 years ago. And I recognized her and remembered her name! (I remember her because I had taken photos of her on the booze cruise and emailed them to her.) It is a very small world, and PV is a fairly small city.

Pictures: Me and Canelo, a sweet dog that did not get adopted today. Two of the cats that were up for adoption, the all white one is with a new family now. Irene and her family on the booze cruise 2 years ago. Irene doin karaokee 2 years ago (The pole was only for stability, though she was kindof getting into it!)

Check this link out. I got it from a newslwetter for a small town called Sayulita, which is near PV

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfq_A8nXMsQ