[DvlshAngel985]

I tried several times to adopt from city and county shelters in my area. From my experience, LA shelters are the worst of the worst and are extremely sleazy. I would call the shelter offices and they would let me know when I could go and apply for adoption, which was fine because I know they don't put holds on dogs, it's first come first serve so to speak. But when I received the ok from HQ, workers would give me the run around. Once they even put up the pups for silent auction which attracted many many people. When I inquired, there was no screening process, puppies went to the highest bidder. The shelter employee expressed how much she was against it, but since she was not management her hands were tied. Another time the lady at the front desk hid the puppy claiming no such dog was in the shelter. Again, I had already called HQ asking when he was going to be cleared for adoption and got background information on the little guy. I understand they are under pressure and overworked, but my experience goes above and beyond that.