Through volunteering and various animal shelters in the Lehigh Valley, I have built a relationship with a woman named Maria who is a professional dog trainer and caretaker. She has worked at several animal shelters and had seen the conditions and behavior that the dogs are exposed to. Animal welfare is an obvious passion of hers and of mine as well so I thought getting her perspective on working in Shelters would be interesting and valuable.
I already reached out to her and will be filming her interview on Thursday. I set up the interview to be at the shelter she works at, which is about 25 minutes away from campus. I’m kind of nervous because since it is far, I feel pressured to get the interview done in one go, due to her busy schedule and mine.
I plan to get shots of her with dogs, the dogs at the shelter, with her maybe interacting with them through the gates. Ideally she would have a dog with her throughout the interview but I’m not sure how practicable that would be. I would love shots of her close up interacting with dogs and her body language as she talks about potentially controversial topics.
Potential Questions:
How long have you worked with dogs?
Did you always want this as a career?
What has influenced you to move between shelters?
Have you had a memorable experience with dog training you would like to share?
What drives your passion?
What is your opinion on the status of stray dogs and animal shelters in the lehigh valley?