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Tier 06 · The Long Run

The long run: years of helping shelter dogs

The commitments measured in years: adopting a senior dog, becoming the volunteer who trains the volunteers, staying useful anyway.

A grey muzzled senior dog asleep on an orthopedic bed in a quiet living room while an older volunteer refills a water bowl

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  1. · The Long Run

    Adopt a senior dog and mean it

    Years, not decades: what adopting a senior dog really costs, what the first month asks, and what it gives back.

    A grey faced dog resting its head on an older adopter’s knee on a garden bench, an adoption folder beside them

  2. · The Long Run

    Grow from volunteer to coordinator

    The shift from doing the work to organising it: training new hands, keeping the roster full, staying honest.

    A coordinator pinning a weekly rota of time slots on a shelter noticeboard, two new volunteers watching the grid

On the stair below this tier: A Season. Above it: Ten Minutes. The whole stair is readable from the home page.