The time I bathe over 1000 dogs

 A few months ago, my friend reached out to me and asked if I was interested in volunteering to bathe some dogs from H.O.P.E. animal shelter. H.O.P.E. animal shelter is a non-profit organisation for pet shelter that rescue and rehabilitate stray animals who have been starved to emaciation, beaten, confined in their own waste, shot, and struck by cars. This organisation has done a good job in reducing the incidence of cruelty and healing the wounds of cruelty. Since I am a dog lover, I agreed right away. On that day, my friend drove me to the shelter which is located on an empty piece of land in the centre of the oil palm plantation of Pekan Nenas, Johor Bahru. After driving past the rocky pathway, we finally reached the shelter. There were 20 other people who also volunteered to bathe the dogs. 

After everyone had gathered, the founder of the shelter greeted us and took us to the place where they kept the dogs. Imagine the feeling of hundreds of dogs running towards you. Yup, I felt that, not even exaggerating. There were hundreds of dogs in every dog field and there’s 6 dog fields in the shelter. I can’t even imagine how hard it must be to be the owner of the shelter. Ever since the lockdown occurred, there has been lack in man-power to bathe and take care of the strays. A critical situation like this caused them to be in extreme need of volunteers to help bathe, donate and adopt the strays.

We tried our best to bathe as many dogs as we could. After the bathing session, the founder very humbly thanked us and gave us keychains as a token of appreciation. It was a very tiring day, but I would do it all again in a heart beat.