The Vent - Part Trois

[ashenflowers 5]

I've always gotten my dogs from shelters. I don't know how many times myself, or someone in my family has gone to get one dog, and felt sorry for another dog because he was on his last day before euthenasia and took a second one home too. Mel had a little chihuahua that she brought down here and about 9 months ago, we decided to adopt another one. We went to a dog faire at a park and found one. It was actually from the county shelter that we adopted our dog peanut. She was very subdued and friendly and the shelter workers asured us that she was potty trained and 16-18 months old and in good health. So two days after we get her, we notice a cough and take her to the vet. Of course, it was kennel cough, which is common to shelters. Not only that, we discovered that she was a puppy, maybe 3-4 months old, and even worse, she was not even close to potty trained. We racked up about $350 in vet bills between her illness, and our other dog who got the cough from her. I was absolutely livid and called the county shelter to ask them why their personnel lied about every aspect of the dog. They are trained in this field and should have known better. Their only response was "well you can return the dog for a refund". ####### is that? It's a dog, a life, you don't throw it away because it's not exactly what you thought it was going to be. I'm still very very angry at the shelters, and other shelters. At this point, I would NOT go back to a shelter to get a dog.

Wow, I am shocked by this. I would definitely not paint all shelters with this brush though. I know many shelters would be appalled if one of their volunteers responded to your questions like that. Many no-kill shelters (which are the only ones I support) actually rescue dogs from the kill shelters that euthanize due to space issues. A lot of them would actually cover vet bills for the first couple of weeks too. They should have known that she had kennel cough. Did they provide you with a medical history of the dog when you adopted her? At 3-4 months was she even spayed? I mean, it's one thing for a shelter to get a dog randomly and not know the history of the dog, but most (all) reputable shelters will get the dog checked out, and most information about the dog, including age, will come from a vet, not just a shelter's guesstimate. It's one thing to not know a dog's exact breed/s, or not know if a dog is 2 yrs old or 3 yrs old, but the difference between 3-4 months and 16-18 months, I would think, is significant enough to know. I mean, mistakes happen, but the story you tell is just embarrassing for that shelter. Especially if they ALSO didn't know she wasn't potty trained. Geez.

I volunteer at a dog shelter here actually, and almost want to tell the folks there about that story...

[The_Dude 1,142]

Wow, I am shocked by this. I would definitely not paint all shelters with this brush though. I know many shelters would be appalled if one of their volunteers responded to your questions like that. Many no-kill shelters (which are the only ones I support) actually rescue dogs from the kill shelters that euthanize due to space issues. A lot of them would actually cover vet bills for the first couple of weeks too. They should have known that she had kennel cough. Did they provide you with a medical history of the dog when you adopted her? At 3-4 months was she even spayed? I mean, it's one thing for a shelter to get a dog randomly and not know the history of the dog, but most (all) reputable shelters will get the dog checked out, and most information about the dog, including age, will come from a vet, not just a shelter's guesstimate. It's one thing to not know a dog's exact breed/s, or not know if a dog is 2 yrs old or 3 yrs old, but the difference between 3-4 months and 16-18 months, I would think, is significant enough to know. I mean, mistakes happen, but the story you tell is just embarrassing for that shelter. Especially if they ALSO didn't know she wasn't potty trained. Geez.

I volunteer at a dog shelter here actually, and almost want to tell the folks there about that story...

We were given a sheet that documented the shots that she was given and a checkup. There were no notes made regarding any health issues. When I spoke with one of the county supervisors regarding this, her response was that it was a common occurence when you have many animals housed together.

Some of the rescue societies I find absolutely repugnant. I went to one several years ago and they wanted me to first sign up for a membership fee of $75 per month while they tried to place a dog with me. Ummm no, I want to pick the dog I want, not you. I went to another one that had a membership fee as well, but they would let you pick the dog that you wanted. However, they wanted to do a home inspection, a series of interviews, a background check, and a credit check. Come on now, that's over the top. I know they mean well, but that is absurd.

[OBX 51]

http://www.petfinder.com/petdetail/15072647?rvp=1

I think I'm in love. XD I'm going to ask my husband then inquire more about it. :B

More rants, sort of.

I kind of necro'd an old LGG thread, and she mentions an SRC number to check GC status. I'm completely lost. =[ HELP SOMEONE?

It's the receipt number on your welcome letter. It will allow you to check the status of your green card production on the USCIS site.

[Hugglebuggles 60]

http://www.petfinder.com/petdetail/15072647?rvp=1

I think I'm in love. XD I'm going to ask my husband then inquire more about it. :B

Awwww

I just came across this cutie: http://www.petfinder.com/petdetail/16252644

I just want to hug her! There's an adoption fair on Saturday and her and her brother from the same litter are suposed to be there. Maybe I can convince my husband... But that's pretty unlikely. I want a dog but he's full of excuses why we shouldn't get one for a while. I'm a live for the day kinda gal!

[SupportGeek 21]

It worked! Thanks so much. Now can you do something about my cats? They keep turning on my laptop and then surfing really inappropriate sites when I am not closely supervising them...

Teach them how to use incognito mode

[lgg 2]

Hey bern...

I answered you on FB, k? If you still have issues, PM okay?

G'luck...

http://www.petfinder.../15072647?rvp=1

I think I'm in love. XD I'm going to ask my husband then inquire more about it. :B

More rants, sort of.

I kind of necro'd an old LGG thread, and she mentions an SRC number to check GC status. I'm completely lost. =[ HELP SOMEONE?

[Sprailenes 47]

It's Friday. I'd be excited but I have to get up at 5:00 am tomorrow to drive my little eager boy to Atlantic City for a hockey game. I hate AC hockey parents, they're pretty much nuts. Rude, loud and obnoxious. News flash... none of our kids are going to make it to the NHL.. it's just a game.

[lgg 2]

So.... no 4 glasses of wine with me tonight?

It's Friday. I'd be excited but I have to get up at 5:00 am tomorrow to drive my little eager boy to Atlantic City for a hockey game. I hate AC hockey parents, they're pretty much nuts. Rude, loud and obnoxious. News flash... none of our kids are going to make it to the NHL.. it's just a game.

[Bern. 3]

Awwww

I just came across this cutie: http://www.petfinder.com/petdetail/16252644

I just want to hug her! There's an adoption fair on Saturday and her and her brother from the same litter are suposed to be there. Maybe I can convince my husband... But that's pretty unlikely. I want a dog but he's full of excuses why we shouldn't get one for a while. I'm a live for the day kinda gal!

I don't know if this will work with your husband but about 2 years ago, I talked to my mom about getting a puppy. She was very against having a dog of any sort mainly because she's scared. So what I did one day was bring home a puppy, my beloved german shepherd/alaskan malamute, who I named Aries.

She nearly killed me LOL but she got so attached to it and she loves how Aries barks when someone even sets foot on our lawn. And ever since I moved to the US, the dog has become my mom's best friend and even watchs her filipino shows on the chesterfield with her. x)

So my point is, sometimes randomly is the only way LOL

[Sprailenes 47]

So.... no 4 glasses of wine with me tonight?

No lets have a juice party instead!

[Ontarkie 14,221]

I am really started to hate my fridge its 1.5yrs old side by side. We haven't had any problems with it till now. Well it started about a month ago now and the repair guy has been out here 3 times now. First he thought it was this stupid plastic film that the manufactures put in the freezer that was causing us trouble, but nope it still didn't work right. Now here is the funny thing the fridge temperature gets warmer if the house gets warmer too. So we have to keep the AC going and a bit too cold for me. Then its OK for about a week then it goes through this cycle where it get so warm in there I have to get everything out and put it into coolers with ice. then after 2 days it gets cold again. Well the repair guy is at a lost he's called Samsung and they say its the sensor. Well we got the new sensor in it now and its been in for a few hours and it still doesn't even sound like its running I will give it a bit longer then I will call the guy again. BTW he didn't seem to think it was the sensor either, but he had to try I guess. I'm about ready to shove this fridge up Samsung's A$$.

I think I'm more ticked cause I really like this fridge, it had everything we wanted. I really need a big fridge with our family it has to be able to hold 4 jugs of milk and have plenty of space to put in large amounts of food. It took us awhile to find a fridge that fit us. I just want to scream I'm not ready to buy another fridge.

Danielle

[ashenflowers 5]

so.... i'm a little irritated. My husband and I joined netflix about a month or two ago... well, he thought it'd be funny to throw another movie (WHICH I HATE, and have NO interest in watching) into our queue at the last minute without telling me, so now they're sending us this STUPID freaken movie instead of the one I actually scheduled to watch next (I actually worked really hard on organizing our queue in order to make it fair for both of us)... so now, with the weekend, I'll probably have to wait until Wednesday or Thursday to get a movie we can BOTH watch. I'm just pissed. This is the only way I get to see movies I haven't seen. It just seems really selfish to me. He KNOWS I would NOT want to watch that movie.

Sorry, I know that's a lame thing to complain about, but he's already irritating me enough lately, due to the other things I've vented about.. lol BLAH

Edited May 21, 2010 by ashenflowers

[Ontarkie 14,221]

I hate that too, I want at least 1 movie I want to watch then the other one I don't care what it is for the most part. Lately it has just been the kids and I who watch the movies though.

And its not lame to complain about it, with all the things you have been dealing with its better to complain and get it off your chest that way you don't explode.

[Rhiannercakes 14]

My husband and I don't watch movies.

Are we weird?

[Sprailenes 47]

I think you're annoyed with your husband for the job thing so the small things don't seem too small anymore Ashen. It's okay.

I watch movies, I usually run up our cable bill by ordering on-demand... I should look into netflix. My husband isn't a big movie watcher... but thats okay. I usually watch all my movies on Mondays when I am home alone.