Shadow
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waaaay back my wife son daughter and I went to the Santa Clara Pound/shelter, we got there as soon as the doors opened, we looked at oh, 30-40 dogs, wrote a list of our top 5....went to get on line in the office area.....
it was exactly like the DMV and worse.
We waited from 920 till 1130 and then the processors all walked out for lunch in mass, to return at 1230. the time we they all got back to their desks and processing again it was 1330 and they quit at 1630....I looked at the wife and kids and we all said, screw this......we left.
on the way out I put my number down on one the desk and told the occupant they are killing dogs by making this process waaay to difficult ( to say nothing of price, approx. $200 in fees etc to get a dog for "free" from the pound, the lady looked at me and just shrugged.....
we went to PetCo the next Saturday, for those that don't know it, its the walmart of pet stores out here.
they let people who shelter dogs bring them in on Saturday and Sunday morning to show.
We got went and and we spotted a Rat Terrier we fell in love with, she was active, cute only 2 or 3 and she responded to us well....anyway, cost? zero ( but, I gave the lady 100 bucks anyway, well, just becasue she was a sweet old soul who sheltered dogs in her home and had 10 on hand )...
anyway, we have had her ever since, shes 15 now.
and goes to show, the gov. cannot even run a friggin dog pound to boot.......
No they cant. The pet rescue has had many issues with the pound about dogs due for release to them being "accidentally" terminated. It's maddening...you go to pick up a dog that you already have the papers of ownership on...only to find out they are now gone and no one has a clue how it happenend either.
Plus a lot of the employees have no idea about what animals are in their care or why at any given time...and really couldn't care less either... so don't even bother asking questions...more times than not you will just get the blank stare and shoulder shrug.