Sacramento County’s Bradshaw Animal Shelter is letting residents take adoptable dogs out for the day with the Barks and Recreation program.
From having dogs go on hiking trips, pup cup runs to playing in residents’ backyards, this new program seeks to reduce overcrowding rates within Bradshaw Animal Shelter, where, on average, the shelter has 200 adoptable dogs in a year, said Brittani Peterson, a spokesperson for the shelter. She said the program is a “win-win” for the shelter because it gives dogs a better chance at finding a forever home, she said.
“(Overcrowding) is a problem all shelters are suffering with right now. More dogs are coming into the shelters than are being adopted out,” Peterson said. “That’s why this program is so great, because not only does it get these dogs out, it gives them enrichment.”…