Week 6: Day 2

My Name is Brittany Jaked, I am a Child Development Major with a Birth-Kindergarten Licensure, and plan to graduate in May of 2013.

I was interested in taking this course because I had to meet the arts and asthetics gen. ed. requirement, and the course description seemed really interesting to me when I read that we would be working with the Animal Shelter. I am glad I chose to take this course because it was exciting and I was able to learn MANY new things.

The most valuable part of this course for me was the volunteering at the animal shelter. This gave me the opportunity to connect with a local organization in Raleigh that I would be able to donate my time to and help out. Although learning how to use photoshop was valuable, I think the relationships that I was able to develop with the animals at the shelter and the shelter itself was more valuable for me!

I was not expecting to learn about the importance of altering your pets and raising awareness about how to prevent the spread of disease from animals. This came as a surprise to me because I never really thought about the importance of educating the community about the importance of cleaning up after your pet to prevent spreading sicknesses between animals.

Photography can have a large impact on animal overpopulation because you can post the photos of the animals avaible for adoption, and the photos make the animals appear more adoptable. Photos can be posted in many locations, and spread easily. Most people's hearts would melt when they see a picture of a cute animal who's eyes seem like they are popping out at you and their ears are perked up like they want to play.

Over this entire course, this photo that I took, on June 1st 2012, is the one that is my favorite and I am most proud of! This is Sam Taylor, he was a stray hold, the next time I returned to the shelter to find him he was gone, which either means his owner came back, or he got a new home! Sam Taylor was such a great dog!! He was about 3 years old and calm as could be, he knew the commands 'sit' and 'lay down' too!