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This is a MAJOR WARNING for anyone who has a beloved family pet put in this shelter, for ANY REASON:
Our dog was put there for quarantine purposes-he ""bit"" our neighbor's child. He had an appt. THAT week for shots/neutering - he'd been displaying territorial/protective behavior recently, though he'd been loving and friendly always. Still is! However, he decided to ""protect"" me from the neighbor, by putting his mouth on his arm, and when I pulled him off(he was on a leash - the boy was in my yard, by the front door), it tore the skin. Due to the fact that he hadn't had his rabies shot - they insisted he be quarantined. I begged to have him do it in my home-because he wasn't vaccinated-but was told I couldn't do that, and they'd vaccinate him at the shelter anyway. I felt terrible for the boy-I still do. I am NOT blaming them in any way. I am blaming the SHELTER...my dog went in there a healthy, albeit 'needing neutered for increase in testosterone', loved family pet...he came out with a hacking dry cough, that within days turned to DISTEMPER!! Please people, it is the most EVIL illness I've ever witnessed. It is now 3 wks later - $170 to get him out of shelter(we paid to have him KILLED), $160 at vet for the visit I'd previously scheduled, but they couldn't do the surgery/shots because he was SICK, $220 at emerg vet, $150 in meds, and now $435 to KILL HIM AND HAVE HIS ASHES returned to us. Now I'm asking...WHY don't they separate the dogs??!! I thought he was being QUARANTINED???!!! Yet he caught a deadly communicable disease??!! That calls into question their cleanliness practices and ALL their practices, frankly. The other reviews called that into question as well. SO - this is a warning to anyone who is in similar situation, or lost their dog and finds out that it's in this KILLING ZONE-get them out ASAP!! And somehow, their STUPID policy of payment, regarding lost dogs, NEEDS TO BE CHANGED. A woman lost her dog-they picked it up-she couldn't pay the $500 bill to get him, and had to leave him there. Yet, they're trying to find HOMES for these animals??! Why not at least put her on a payment plan, or something??! It makes no sense - that seems to suggest that they care much more about MONEY then they do the ANIMALS. As does the level of care you can expect out of there. If they're having an outbreak of DISTEMPER in there - it needs to be KNOWN - and it needs ADDRESSED NOW
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