Tag Archives: Humane Society of West Michigan
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Michigan shelter pups get a burn-free dog run
by Doug, Petfinder.com Foundation program manager • Sep 10 , 2012
The Humane Society of West Michigan has wonderful, long, spacious dog runs. However, the runs were filled with pea gravel that was burning the dogs’ paw pads when it got hot outside. Our Rescue U volunteers fixed that. We took out five tons of gravel and leveled out the runs to get them ready to lay down AstroTurf. Thanks to …
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No more burned paws! Rescue U fixes up a Michigan shelter
by Doug, Petfinder.com Foundation program manager • Aug 24 , 2012
Rescue U volunteers have arrived at the Humane Society of West Michigan in Walker and begun a massive renovation project! We have a lot of work to do, and only a week to do it. Among our projects: AstroTurf to protect paws: There are some long dog runs in the back of the shelter that have a pea-gravel base. The gravel gets really …