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Our instructor, my members, and I went to ChangHua Stray Dog's Shelter , volunteered to take care of the stray dogs for one day.

The senior volunteer there and the vet told us how to take care of dogs. Before going there, I thought keeping dogs is a piece of cake. However, I found three important things that we should learn when the volunteers taught us: first, feed the dogs on time; second, be careful about the dogs' fitness; third, discipline the dogs.

I tidied the dogs' quilts that are used by them in winter. The senior volunteer told us the quilts will keep the dogs from getting cold. Knowing that, I decided to donate the dogs some clothes as their "quilts."

This is my second time to join the Taiwan School Cyberfair. Although I didn't get any prize, I still wanted to challenge again. To win the prize, our homeroom teacher and four new classmates joined our team.

In the beginning, our team was called "A House of Puppies." However, they would die after staying in the shelter for 12 days. So, we changed the inappropriate name. Because there are many stray animals in the shelter, and many of them are dogs and cats, we called our team "Cats & Dogs."

The most wonderful moment in my life is being a volunteer in the stray dogs' shelter for a day. After getting along with those dogs, I even want to say with them. I was surprised at their different characteristics.

If you want to keep a dog, please click the link on our web page to get more information. Adopt one, Save one's life!

I felt nervous about joining the Taiwan School Cyberfair. Thanks to our homeroom teacher, we could cooperate well to finish a lot of jobs. In the beginning, I was afraid to be a volunteer in the shelter. What if I was bitten by the dogs? Luckily, those dogs were tame. With the senior volunteer's tips, we could get along with them well.

I learned a lot after joining the team, such as taking courses in the shelter,washing the dog cage, tiding quilts, edited our web page, and so on. It's great to tell you my feelings and experiences!

As soon as we got to ChangHua Stray dogs' shelter, the senior volunteers greeted us joyfully and asked us if we would keep some of the dogs. Then, the senior volunteers showed us how to train dogs. After that, we helped them tidy dogs' quilts and clothes. On one hand, I was so happy when I saw the dogs watching and greeting us so excitedly; on the other hand, I would be very sad they will be killed after staying there for 12 days.

These dogs were abandoned because they were either noisy or sick. They were so poor that I even looked down on their keepers. Each keeper should be responsible for his pet all its life, no matter it is sick or noisy.

At first, my homeroom teacher "cheated" me that the Cyberfair was quite interesting. When doing jobs about our topic, I found it troubling and didn't feel it interesting at all. However, looking back on what I have done, I really felt these experiences were really unforgettable.

1. One-day volunteer in ChangHua stray dogs' shelter: Before being a volunteer, I was scared; after being a volunteer, I felt interested because they were so cute and friendly.
2. Interview: I was afraid to fail in finishing the interview with the senior volunteers, vets, teachers, parents, and classmates. It's surprising that most of them were glad to help us.
3. Questionnaires: Most parents were curious about the content of the questionnaires. After I explained what we did to them, theypraised us very much.

4. Troubles: Time flied and the jobs had to be finished by Chinese New Year. The jobs included the website setting, the animation making, the pictures refining, and reporting writing. By the way, I worked so hard that I didn't t take a nap at noon many times and couldn't concentrate in class in the afternoon.

5. Dos and Don'ts: adoption instead of buying; problems of stray dogs need solving better; be responsible for the pets; punishing illegal animal breeders; be prepared well for the cyberfiar.

Mom gave me a ride to the shelter to be a volunteer for one day. I was so scare because I even saw tombs and the sanitary landfill site.

We planned to walk the dogs on that day, but we changed our plan because of the rainy day. The senior volunteers taught us how to hold the rope, train, control, and take care of the dogs, …etc. We also tidy the quilts and clothes for the dogs.

I was very sad because they were abandoned by their owners, caught by people, and would be killed in 12 days. I wondered why the owners didn't take care of them for their whole life but abandoned them. I thought they should treat the dogs as their family.

I spent most of the time writing reflection, collecting information, refining pictures, an so on. I was poor at making webpage. Luckily, I could upload everything we needed for our topic to our website with our homeroom teacher' help .

It's also special experience to interview our principal and asked her to fill in the questionnaire.

When I first saw these dogs, I really wanted to take them home. Later, I found I had little time and money to keep them, so I gave up taking them home. If you love them, be sure to visit ChangHua Stray Dogs' Shelter.

Although adults told me to keep away from the stray dogs that may bite me, I still liked to feed them. When I fed them, they would be very happy.

As soon as I heard about adoption, I went to the shelter. Knowing those stray dogs would be killed in 12 days, I ….. I was angry that people spent much money buying them but abandoned them easily. In addition, the government had to spend money killing these dogs.

After being a volunteer in the shelter, I adopted a dog and a cat which were neutered and spayed. They would be very happy because I put on new clothes on them, gave them a ride often.

On our website, we provide people some links to know more about dogs. Take a look at the information and hope you can find a new dog friend.

As soon as I transferred to Yang Min Junior High School, my classmates invited me to join the team. Loving challenges, I promised to join the team immediately.

We did a lot of jobs about the topic, like volunteering for one day, the cage using, website setting, questionnaire filling in, …and so on. Being a volunteer impressed me most because I made friends with so many dogs and cats, learned skills to get along with and take care of them. I recommended that everyone can be a volunteer for the stray animals or save their life by adopting them.

Although we failed the cyberfair last year, our homeroom teacher encouraged us to prepare more for the game this year. I was inspired to join the game this year.

We learned much software, like Namo Webeditor, Swish Max, Gif, Photocap, and so on. Moreover, our homeroom teacher suggested us to make a team with ten people because there were a lot of jobs to share and to do, such as interview, questionnaire, picture taking, recording…and so on. After consulting many great works done by the previous teams, we finally finished the summary of our topic.

 Finally, I wanted to tell everybody, "adoption instead of buying, and caring about stray dogs."