RICKJOHNSON's Blog

They are not user friendly and force you to drop dogs off. The receptionists in the spay/neuter clinic, to put it nicely are very RUDE! The adoption rate is barely over 20%, due to the fact their hours are absurd! In order to drop a dog off you have to do it after 11 A.M and before 4 P.M Mon-Sat. So if you see a dog on your way to work and you want to save it, they simply say "sorry you have to come back at 11 A.M when most people have to be at work well before then and end up dropping the dog off on the side of the road, and by definition are deemed a criminal? When their intent was to do the right thing. Also if you get off  after 4P.M. you are too late and once again while trying to rescue a dog you are turned away rudely. It is also not free to turn in a dog, so what happens when your teenage child tries to rescue an animal and can't afford to pay the fee to turn it in? Sometimes they accept the animal anyways, but why should you have to pay for doing the right thing? If you talk someone on the staff they will tell you how they are overwhelmed with so many dogs, if you talk to someone with common sense, they will tell you they are a bunch of lazy bafoons. If you go into the spay/neuter clinic, it is almost impossible to leave there without a bad taste in your mouth, very unprofessional and reflects why the adoption rate is at a horrible low level. If they really wanted to protect animals, they would be user friendly and reform their hours witch are not user friendly. The poor attitudes turn away the people who are trying to do the right thing, and they are not willing to be accountable and consider reforming drop off hours? Sure it is not an easy fix, but that doesn't mean fear change and sit back and continue with the policy's implaced that are responsible for just over 20% of the animals adopted. They are closed to the public on Mondays to put animals to sleep that are not adopted, so are they really protecting the animals? With 2 or 3 out of ten being adopted, I find that hard to believe. If they really wanted to protect and save animals they would have hours that were realistic and people that knew what customer service means, not like the receptionist in the spay/neuter clinic.