Dog Days: Going strong after decades of service
The shy dog in the back of the kennel wouldn’t budge. So Ginny Sargent sat on the concrete floor in its cage repeatedly in order to gain its trust. When they eventually became friends, Sargent hauled the dog to the bathtub in the back of the animal shelter for a bath. This is not an unusual scene. For more than 25 years, Sargent, of Hermosa Beach, has been washing dogs at the Carson Animal Shelter in Gardena. She started off with co-workers from TRW washing dogs on Saturdays, and though the co-workers have all fallen away, she’s still there. [scrollGallery id = 420] Sargent isn’t just one of the most dedicated people at Carson, an L.A. County animal shelter that serves more than 20 communities, including Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach and Palos Verdes. She’s also the one less-experienced volunteers seek out and learn from. I know. When I was a new volunteer in 2007, I myself sought out Sargent. She is one of a few volunteers at the shelter for two and a half decades. I found her in the grooming room, where she can usually be found, and she told me what I needed to hear at the time: that every little bit matters, that it’s better to go slow and steady than to burn out, that you just…
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