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As the proud owner of two shelter dogs, I have known the joy of unconditional love and the heartbreak of seeing what these animals have had to go through.

In this blog, I hope to discuss the pet adoption process, what services are provided, what you need to start and more information about how you can help adoption shelters.

Adopting animals from shelters saves lives. The pets that are adopted are offered a new life in a loving home instead of a crowded shelter. There are so many animals that deserve a new lease on life.

I myself know that going to an animal shelter is an overwhelming experience. You just want to take every animal you see back home with you.

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The hopeful faces of the animals that I passed by in cages made me sad. If I had it my way, I would have came home with about 20 more animals than my family could afford.

Although shelters do their best to provide all that they can for these animals, the sheer amount of animals coming in and supplies being used up daily proves to be too much sometimes.

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As a college student living in a dorm with limited supplies, I know there is not a whole lot I can do donation wise. I soon found a local adoption agency called Puppy Hill Farm that came to my local Petsmart and was looking for volunteers.

I started out just helping them walk the dogs around and playing with them to get them socialized and used to people. Seeing the amount of work that the agency had to do, made me wish I could do more. 

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