C.A.S+community+service

=C.A.S community Service:=

** The Ark Animal Welfare Society Barbados! **
 * The Ark Animal Welfare Society was formed in October 1998 after a newspaper article highlighted the inhumane methods of destroying stray dogs at the Animal Control Centre. It was calculated that some 5,000 dogs were destroyed annually by gassing. The animals are now euthanized by injection instead of gas chamber. **
 * We are a multi-national group dedicated to animal rights and have associated status with The RSPCA INTERNATIONAL. **
 * Our aim is to make the public, especially children, aware of the responsibilities of owning any animal. Through education, knowledge . **
 * Caring passionately about the welfare of animals, we rescue, rehabilitate and re-home stray and unwanted dogs in Barbados. With a no kill policy, we care for them until new homes can be found, giving them shelter and the highest standards of kennelling and veterinary care. **
 * sOME DOGS THAT URGENTLY NEED TO BE ADOPTED ARE: **


 * zOE bEN FERGIE MARCEL KADERE SOPHIA **


 * __ C.A.S Project __**

__ Helping out with dogs __

Time started: 3:00 Time finished: 8:00 Date: Saturday September 24th 2011 __ What I did? __

For my community and service project I decided to help with dogs at the good hope dog kennel witch we own, we have 14 dogs and I decided to help out because it is a lot of work.

In Barbados the ministry of heath animal control centre clearly states if you have more then 6 dogs you must be registered as a kennel which we are.

I decided to help out by doing what needed to be done as the following:

- __ Cleaning ears __ With baby Johnson oil rubbing them with cotton balls and Qtips providing a deep clean from the ear wax leaving the dogs ears pink, clean and healthy.

- __ Checking for ticks __ Taking tweezers and a jar of alcohol and check for ticks from head to toe ticks are normally in the ears or behind the ears also in the neck and of course in between the paws and toes of a dog though they can possibly be anywhere.

- __ Disaffecting cuts __ Taking pure peroxide and rubbing with cotton balls on any open, infected or cut skin.( Jackrussels love to fight as a game and they hunt many things which causes wounds) - __ Washing __ Taking so fresh shampoo and sentry shampoo and then washing them well but then you have to make sure you rinse well or else it would create a skin inflammation because jack russels have a very sensitive skin. - __ Drying __ Take a towel and dry the dog properly so that it isn’t wet and wont catch a cold. - __ Brushing __ Taking a wire brush and brushing the coat of the dog from head to tail so you remove all the dead hair.

- __ Rubbing on Eucalyptus oil __ Taking eucalyptus oil and rub on them because it protects them from fleas and makes them smell fresh - __ Feeding __ Take small portions for the jack russels of a mixture of rice, meat and puppy chow plus left over food and for the 3 big German Shepard’s big portions and for the 6 puppy German Shepard’s small portions of puppy chow only puppy chow until they are old enough to chew other food. - __ Walking __ Go on a maximum 30 minute walk for the jack russels and for the baby German shepherd puppies about a 15 minute walk and then for the big German Shepard’s an hour maximum. - __ Giving a treat __ Once I have done all this if they have behaved well I give them a treat.

__ Materials I used were: __

- So fresh shampoo - Sentry shampoo - Baby Johnson oil - 25 cotton balls - Peroxide - Eucalyptus oil - Wire brush - Comb brush - Tweezers - Alcohol jar for ticks - BNT ointment - BNT powder - 2 towels - Paper towel roll - Qtips - 2 basins - Rubber gloves

Here are some pictures of the process: