Little bit of a rant about shelter

[Baymule]

I never have anything to do with SPCA or animal rescues. Not for dogs, cats horses or anything. I know some really try to do a good job, but there are enough wackos that I just won't mess with 'em. In Texas if the SPCA seizes an animal, there is no recourse. The animal is gone forever, no matter what the owner does to make amends. True, some owners don't ever deserve to get their animals back, but sometimes animals really aren't that bad off, someone has an axe to grind and screams animal cruelty. Then there are the rescues that "own" the animal and will take it back if you don't live up to the stipulations in their contract.

There are lots of animals of all kinds that need homes with out me having to go through the hassle or favoritism described by the OP. Sorry if I ruffle any feathers, that's just what I think.

 

[Ema]

I refuse to deal with the shelter here in my little town, won't have anything to do with them at all.

When we first moved here they ran an add in the paper stating they needed urgent foster homes. I called and they told us how no one would volunteer and they were happy to have our help. Anyhow an hour later they show up at my door with a crate and 6 kittens in it. they go through the house, check out our animals and they agree this was a suitable home. they proceed to tell us how fostering with them works. we provide the space and they provide all the items the pets require. litter, food, treats, and medications if needed. They told us how they had a lot of dedicated people who would make large donations of foods etc at the vet clinic for them.

Anyhow they left the kittens, the cat pan, a food dish, some littler and a small box of food. These kittens were super tiny, there was no way they could manage eating the dry food they were expecting them to eat, so I went out and bought kitten wet food and dry food. Well a month goes by, no word from them, I sent them an email, no response. 2 months go by and yet nothing, I sent another email, I was now feeding the 6 kittens and my three cats and constantly cleaning cat litters and having to step cat fights galore. at the end fo the third month I called them and left a message. told them I wanted to know what was happening and they needed to call me back.

they showed up at my door 2 days later, they took the cats, gave them a dewormer and placed them all in one crate, said nothing else, not even a thank you. SO they called me a week later and asked me if I wanted to foster again, and I said no. I had too much going on.

then the following summer some one dumped a dog where my dh was working, he called animal control but he was told to call the shelter instead, he did and they told him they couldn't come out right away and asked him if he could take it home and they would pick it up in a few hours. so DH brought it home.

as the weekend was ending, they finally showed up. 2 days later they called back and asked us if the dog had been originally our dog...WHAT?? my dh told them, where the dog was found, and that he had called them right away, well they went on saying someone had told them it was our dog etc...well it so happens my dh's coworkers had see n the dog too wondering about and they had all helped him get the dog. they didn't wan to deal with yet another dog and they were trying to pin it on us.

Adding to the shelter nightmare, the second bit happened a second time. as we were driving back home from the city cars were swerving to avoid hitting something....turned out to be this tiny little guy, at first I thought it was a shih tzy but turned out to be a mini poo. we couldn't keep it cause we had big dogs and we were afraid he would get hurt, on top of that the dog was filthy so we bathed it, and then realized this dog had sores on his back and his teeth were rotten and could not breath very well. so we called the shelter and guess what, they came out for the dog right away, but 2 days later they were saying the dog was ours and had made up the story and that they had found the original owners we got the dog from and that they had a description of my vehicle etc.

well I lost it I told them, go right ahead and prove your BS story and meanwhile you will be dealing with my lawyer for defamation of character. the funny part is that we caught them on camera driving by our house and stopping in front of our driveway and taking down our license plate number. something we forwarded to them via email and posted on facebook for everyone to see. they quickly sent us a reply and apologized. I told them that if they ever looked at me sideways they would find themselves in a heap of you know what.

As the years go by, I learn that they are all into the money nothing more, if the dog is not at the adoptable standards, where they can make money from it, they are just not interested. they charge nearly 200 to adopt a cat and a dog runs nearly 300 hundred. Now we certainly know why no one wants to foster for them. Even the local police dread dealing with them.

Ema

 

[justbugged]

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I have to agree with you. I have met too many nutty people that play at rescue. I do my own version of rescue. I will only do one dog at a time. That all the more I can manage right now.

 

[redhen]

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Wow!

 

[Baymule]

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All this for trying to do something good......wackos is what they are.

 

[Ema]

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Wow!

yup, now I just deal with my chickens. lol....I was told though by many people that this shelter tires this stuff with a lot of people, I learned my lesson the hard way, and I was just trying to be helpful. I couldn't understand why people would just post on facebook that there is a dog loose on such street etc...after that ordeal I KNEW!!

and RED....I haven't heard from you in a while, good to see you :-D then again I am barely on these days, working too much I guess

 

[debilorrah]

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That is beyond ridiculous!!!!! But, please, do not stop being the caring people you are. PLEASE!!!

 

[tsmith1499]

We must be VERY lucky as our local animal shelter is WONDERFUL!!!! They work with a lot of different rescues to place animals. They charge very reasonable prices for animals that you adopt, especially if they are senior animals. We have adopted 2 from this shekter and 1 from a private rescue and they have ALL been wonderful. Sorry to hear about all the others bad dealings and am thankful for our shelter.

 

[faerielady]

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I went to a breed rescue about rescuing a dog. She disqualified me from adopting because I have a dog door, said that I wasn't allowed to have one. The problem with that is that the dog door is on the outside door of the mudroom. There's a door *between* the house and the mudroom, then from the mudroom to the outside has a dog door. Reason being is if the dogs were outside and it unexpectedly started to storm (this IS oklahoma...) they could take shelter in the mudroom. So even though it wasn't actually free access to the outside, it was still a disqualification.

So I put my partner on a breeder's list and bought him a pureblood high quality rottweiler instead of getting a rottie through a breed rescue. Backfired on them, James got the breed he'd always wanted, and the rottie is gorgeous and good tempered.

 

[Ema]

Its good to know there are still good shelters out there that do what they are supposed to do and more. Sadly in my little town and in the OP's case ours just suck.

Deb, since moving here we have taken in 4 dogs, a snake, 3 rabbits, 2 guinea pigs, a turtle and 2 fish on top of the pets we already had!! we also helped a friend who needed a warm place for her piggie for the winter. All but the piggie who went back home with the owner when she settled into their new home, have found permanent love with us. SPOILED ROTTEN THEY ARE!! I love animals...

OP, I constantly wish I could have a pitt they are beautiful animals, my oldest dog who is a 13 yr old boxer lab, sorta looked like one when he was younger. but to me all dogs are like children, beautiful!!