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Originally Posted by ytsirk27 I also think that there alot of dogs a=in shelters and its really sad but i have had my very bad experieces with shelters and i now just went to abreeder and got the dog i wanted. I got two dogs from the shelters and they both had Parvo and died......they were sick when i got them. Im not mad at the dogs but the shelters do not screen and do what needs to be done with these poor animals. I personally dont like seeing a dog lie there vomiting and haveing diarreah when you becaome soo close to it it about makes you want to go beat some A$$....I agree that there are alot of dogs out there that should be loved and taken home but with my experience i have found its too heartbreaking and so terrible, selfish as it may appear...i will not go throgh all that again. I may be shunned on this board but thats how it is!!!! |
This message is not directed at you personally but to educate people on what goes on in City Pounds.
I just wanted to clarify your statement on you feeling the shelter is responsible for taking care of the ill dogs. I am not sure what shelter you got your dogs at but in my city and almost any city the City Pound are employee's of the city paid
by your taxes. They have a budget set by the city (of which they are all under budgeted) for the mass number of dogs/cats and other animals they receive everyday. Most of the vets that work for the pounds are paid to make life and death decisions (which dogs lives and dies each day) and spay and neuter the animals. Most try to help ill animals but there is NEVER enough $$$ to do this and frankly it is not their job. Also, many cities have law on how long a dog can stay at the pound. If the animal is not adopted out within (xx) number of days/weeks then the animal is destroyed making room for the next animal given up by irresponsible people
. Even the Humane Society cannot take care of all the ill dogs and they have to make the same life and death decisions everyday, who lives and who dies. Again they do not have enough $$$ either. The City Pounds were set up to get animals off the street and to hide this country dirty secret of the hugh over population problems we have. Many city pound employee's and the vets do care about these animals but they have laws they have to abide by and they also know tomorrow will bring another hugh group of animals. Parvo is rampant at any of these City Pounds but go look at your pound and you can see why. They do the best they can do with the $$$ they are given. You can get a dog from the Humane Society with Parvo also. In our city the Humane Society's budget is 5x's the budget of the pound. This is sad. If you really wanted to find out your city's budget for the pound you can find it in their yearly report and it is published on-line or your library would have a copy of the city budget. I believe you can do the same for the Humane Society as they have to also publish a yearly report because they are non profit. I think you will be shocked at how little they really have to spend for the amount of animals they receive.
I guess if anyone is reading this I would hope if you adopt a shelter dog then you need to immediately go to your vet and get a full blood panel done on the animal. Yes, the initial adoption fee is low but if you don't go to the vet your animal will either die or you will have high vet bills down the road. There is no free lunch in this world but I commend ANYONE that wants to give a second chance at some poor animal that was loved (?) as a puppy.