Happy endings – Harper!

| By Candace Alexander
Categories: Happy Endings, Other, Volunteers
Many of our volunteers will fondly remember Harper, a Staffordshire Bull Terrier mix, who was at Marin Humane for many months. We hope you enjoy the following update from Harper’s adopters who simply adore her: “As everyone at Marin Humane seems to know, Harper is a an intelligent, perceptive and very sweet lady.  She was …

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It’s National Volunteer Appreciation Week!

| By Candace Alexander
Categories: Blog, Other, Volunteers
It’s National Volunteer Appreciation Week! And golly, do we ever appreciate our volunteers! Where would we be without our volunteers? Walking dogs, fostering kittens, taking photos of adoptable animals, bathing dogs, folding laundry, assisting with data entry, transporting animals to rescue, playing with our bunnies, supporting our behaviorists, cleaning litter pans, tending to the chickens, …

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Featured Volunteers – Dog Evaluation Volunteers

| By Kristin Herrera
Categories: Blog, Other, Volunteers
There are many steps in the process of getting a dog ready to go up for adoption, and one of those steps is their behavior evaluation. Marin Humane’s Dog Evaluation Volunteers (DEAs) play a crucial role in this important part of the process! In addition to getting the evaluation room ready and gathering the necessary …

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Some lucky dogs do time in San Quentin, and all benefit

| By Deborah Wagman
Categories: Blog, Other, Volunteers
What do you do with an exuberant, homeless pup that needs special attention? If it’s lucky enough to end up in Marin, you might send it to prison. Mack already had three strikes against him when he came to Marin Humane: he’s a pit bull, he was homeless and he’d never been taught socially acceptable …

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