Play Time

Well it's been an interesting week and unfortunately I don't want to post all of it on the internet, but I did get some overtime out of it! On Wednesday we had a news reporter come out and take a picture of all of the Animal Control Officers, including officers from other cities in the county. I guess this upcoming week is Animal Control Officer Appreciation Week so our picture will be featured in the local papers. I should get a copy tomorrow so I'll try and scan it or something to share with all of you. It's so local that they don't even distribute it where I live as it is being published today! Well that and some other events caused me and my trainer to get a late start on our calls , so we didn't even leave for the day until 10pm and we were supposed to be off at 7pm. We brought in 12 animals total and I even had to tranquilize a feral cat in a trap so we could get it out (safely) and into it's kennel at the shelter. Then on Thursday the other trainee and I drove out to San Manuel where our other shelter is. It took about 1 1/2 hours to get there, but it was neat getting to see how things work on the south east side of the county. There are two officers that work the entire east side of the county. It's a large area, but not as densely populated. It was neat seeing how they do things and how well they seem to know the neighborhoods, the people that live out there, and the history of the area. Of course one guy has been working out there for 19 years and the other 8 years, so they have had some experience in the field. Then came Friday… I'm learning that Fridays are pretty mellow days. We had two calls in the morning and that was it for the day. I did get some of the equipment I will need, so that is nice. Then I didn't have much to do so I figured I would say good bye to my little min pin for the weekend.
Well she came into the office for a little while and then I felt bad for the chihuahua so I got him out too. He had a huge engorged tick on him so I had to get that off, but then I took the two outside to play in the small yard at the shelter. I figured that both of them may have forgotten what grass is like being cooped up in the kennel all the time. Well they loved it! Tiki, the min pin, investigated every corner and would jump on my lap to get petted. The chihuahua just ran around, would jump on my lap, and loved getting belly rubs. Again, what a ruff job I have sometimes! We hung out for a little while, but I noticed a couple smaller ticks on each of them and I wanted to help them somehow. My trainer showed me how to spray them for ticks. The sad part was when I had to put them back in the kennel :( The picture is of me and Tiki, you can see her and the chihuahua in the picture below as well.