Well, a week or two ago someone opened a thread asking whether we volunteered for our local shelter, and I shamefully said no. That same week a letter came out in our local paper asking for volunteers to walk dogs. Couldn't let coincidence pass, and I responded to the letter. So tomorrow I start walking dogs.
Our local animal shelter is in sort of a strange situation. The no-kill facility was torn down to build senior affordable housing. Instead of rebuilding the facility, the city was going to send all animals across the bridge to San Diego to kill shelters. Coronado citizens were enraged, so now all the animals are now being housed in the basement of the police department. No fresh air, no air conditioning, no windows, no natural light, no dog runs. So I'm pretty psyched about my new "job". Sounds like the dogs will really be needing those walks.