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GPSPCA review: Unfairness 5

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At the beginning of April, my dog had gone missing, my kids had let her out without tying her up but because she always came home and never strayed far from it, i never thought much about it until she didnt come home that night, i waited a few days first to make sure she just didnt get lost and i hoped she would just show up but when she didnt i started putting up signs around town looking for her, a week later i was told by a friend that i can post online at the SPCA site as they ussually get info in on ppl finding dogs, well my AD was up on thier site for 3 days when they finally called me, saying that she had been there the entire time!
with that, i had mentioned that i dont drive and live in the next town over from where the SPCA is situated and would have to wait till friday when my hubby has a day off in order to get there before they close at 6, this was on a monday and on wednesday, 2 days before i said i would come and get my dog, they put her up for adoption on thier site!
My hubby ended up not getting a day off till early the next week however so we were gonna go in and get her then but when i went to make sure she was still online, determining whether or not she got adopted out, her picture had indeed been taken down...my hubby then called to inquire about her to see if she got adopted and they said she did not but was very very sick with puking and pooping out BLOOD!
well im no expert but that sure didnt sound good and with her being an older dog, 12 years old in fact, i was ready to think the worst, my hubby had told them, that is our dog and please just keep us informed as to how shes doing and if she survives, as if she didnt i would rather not know the gruesome details of her death, especially with the quilt of me not being there for her was starting to take over..
after over a week of hearing nothing from them and seeing her picture unreturned to the adoption site, i was ready to think she must of passed on :(
then at the beginning of MAY, while cruising the SPCA site, her picture was back up!
lucky to have my hubby home, we put the kids in the car and started to head to the city and finally get my dear pet back..while driving past a PetSmart on the way to the SPCA, i seen some lady holding my dog so the car was stopped and parked and i continued over to this lady to get the info from her as she appeared to work with the SPCA, with telling her my story and what all went on, she told me that she would call them ahead to let them know i was on my way and that once the forms were filled out, i could either pick her up at PetSmart or she would drive her over to the SPCA for me to take home..
As i got to the SPCA, i told them which dog i was there for and hoped that with them understanding my situation and all that went on that maybe they would be flexiable with the cost and just allow me to take my dog home..
well that didnt happen, they wanted me to not only pay for her vet bills from when she was sick to also having to pay for the time that she was there for, which was over 30 days! and at almost $20 a day, there was NO WAY i could afford to get my dog back...
I asked why i could not just pay for the amount it costs to adopt a dog from there which was $180 and they replied with a NO and that it was my fault for not calling them everyday to ensure she didnt get put up for adoption and my fault for not calling them after she got sick to see whether of not she made it, even though they told me that would be the ones who would be calling me after...
I found it completly UNFAIR that i could get any dog from there for only $180 but i couldnt get my own dog back for $180 but yet any other person who came in and wanted my dog for $180 could get her for that price while i still couldnt...These people are supossed to be all about finding homes for animals without one and yet they had a dog that had a home and had the same home for the past 12 years and they wouldnt give that dog back to that home..
its saddens me that i was there for my dogs beggining when she was 8 weeks old but im not allowed to be there for her ending at 12 years old and instead she is gonna go to a new home where she wont be for long before her time in this world is up...
the next week however they did call me and say that would lower the price to get her back and bring it down to $380 BUT i only had till the end of the next day to pick her up or she would go up for adoption AGAIN, well my hubby had his days off the day we went to go get her and now with him back to work i was once again without a way to pick her up but not that, that mattered anyway as before the end of the next day when i called to talk to them, they told me that she had just been adopted that morning!...not sure if that was the truth or not, as the time they gave me wasnt even up yet but i was tired of the drama, so i gave them all her info, her real name, her age and real breed, as both were very wrong guesses on thier part and i let them know what she liked and what she doesnt like, just to insure on my part that at least if they give her to a new home, they give her to the right home, one that fits the type of dog she is...
I MISS MY DOG BUT WHAT ELSE COULD I HAVE DONE?
THE SPCA SCREWED ME OVER AND TOOK MY DOG!

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slynn1
Orange, US
Jul 12, 2013 12:47 am EDT
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Dogs get out accidently all the time, and any animal shelter should try to unite the dog with her family. Many times, I have seen families forced to give up their animals because of shelters want to charge the owners higher prices than of people adopting! My family and I use one car, and sometimes I do not have a ride. When a dog is found they are forced to pay licensing, spay or neutered, fines and cost of boarding. The shelter did not update the family of what was happening to the dog, most people are not going to adopt an elderly dog that age. Not to mention if the shelter disinfected the kennels the dog would not have been that I'll in the first place! I am not a fan of the ASPCA anyway. This organization makes adoptions hard, only show cute adoptable dogs, while often times not putting bully breeds not even a chance of adoption. The adoption fees are way to high and they do not disinfect kennels like they should. My friend rescued a dog from the ASPCA in Long Beach, CA and the dog contacted a infectious disease that she was forced to treat by her vet. He was in a kennel alone, and if they had properly disinfected the kennels that would not have happened. Maybe if shelters worked with the owner with a payment plan, or discount on low income families. I have seen dogs that were given up because of high licensing fees! I doubt the dog was adoptable because of her age. Come summer time, I am pretty sure she was euthanized. A dog is better off in a home with a family than in an animal shelter. Dogs are stressed out and unhappy at any shelter. I have talked to many employees and the ASPCA does not even pay their employees well! Just like most animal shelter the ###s use donations to line their own pockets, just like the city ghetto shelter I worked at.

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Trixam
, CA
Jul 10, 2011 5:37 pm EDT

In my opinion the SPCA did the right thing for this dog. The dog obviously needed to be placed with someone who could afford to take care of her for the last years of her life. Not someone that just left her at the SPCA and let the SPCA pay all her bills. I am sure the poster has friends that she could have asked to drive her.

I am also sure that this family is hurt that they have lost their dog, and I am sure they feel wronged but in a situation like this it is better to accept that the animal is better off with someone else. I had to rehome my lab that I had for 6 years, she was my baby and she was raised with my kids. BUT I was working fulltime, and she was a digger so she had to be tied all the time, that is not fair to any dog. I found her a wonderful home with people who could take her to work with them and take her camping on weekends, I bawled for days over her leaving. But in the end it was better for her.

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lilvixen69
Sometown, CA
May 18, 2011 3:06 pm EDT

I agree and don't agree with Anna. The dog would have been more comfortable in the home they've known all their life--but that's also the home that lets the dog escape outside several times and puts the dog in danger of wildlife and being hit by cars. I'm sure the dog would much rather be alive and in a different home than in the home they've always known but struck by some car because the owners let it escape, again.

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Anna_B
Grande Prairie, CA
May 18, 2011 1:37 am EDT
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You people are ridiciously judgemental. I'm sure that dog would of much rather went to the home its had for all its life then have been in the SPCA that long. The SPCA really needs to think of the well being of its animals. For an older dog thats only known that home, it would have been much better for her to have gone back to her home, espically if the owners wanted her back. Your comments are horriably insensitive. A true animal lover would have just looked at what was best for that dog, and it would have been to go to the only home its ever known. The SPCA should have seen that and done everything they could to return the dog to her home.

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lilvixen69
Sometown, CA
May 09, 2011 8:12 pm EDT

If this was your "dear pet" I think you would have been on the phone every day asking how her health was. I know, if that were my pet, I sure as heck wouldn't be waiting to find out whether or not my dog had lived! In addition, you let your children neglect to tie your dog up on several occasions--what if your pet had been hit by a car on one of those several occasions?