Dear Humane Society,
You don’t know us. Actually, you do know us because ten years ago, we got our first dog from you. I guess at the time I had no idea how lucky we were to have found him so easily because this go-around, it’s like we’re in some sort of dog hunt from hell.
Obviously you had no idea when my kids and I walked into your shelter today that we’d already had run-ins with two crazy rescue organizations, one of which introduced us to cute puppies and then didn’t let us take any home. So that’s not on you.
What is on you is that I drove our asses all the way down to your place because my cousin (who doesn’t even live here but along with apparently all of my friends is now searching for a dog for us) sent me the link for a great dog that you had listed. And as it turns out, that dog (oops!) wasn’t “available for adoption.” But thanks for telling us that after we hung out with her, petted her, and sort of decided she was the bomb.
Also, thanks for rolling your eyes at me when I asked if we could get her out and visit with her. And then thanks for not even apologizing for your incredibly bad screw-up with the listing. Because the thing is, I understand screw-ups. I even understand eye rollings due to — I’m just giving you the benefit of the doubt here — having a really crappy day. Because I screw up, roll my eyes, and have crappy days quite often. What I don’t understand is at least having the decency to apologize.
So thanks. Thanks for being strike three in our dog search. And for wiping out ten years of warm and fuzzy feelings that we had about you in just fifteen seconds.
Tammy Soong is a writer, wife, and mom from Reno, Nevada. She takes an absurd amount of pain medication, but not enough to have actually named her children "Newt" and "Elfie." She spends most days stressing out over clutter, writing stuff for this place, and working on podcasts with her gal pals, the Blogging Betties.
What the heck?! So sorry for the clusterf*ck this has been! I think it is easier here in Central New York, but I think that is a bit of a haul for you!
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What – are you freaking kidding me??? Cancel my donation!
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Definitely a haul. But I'm starting to wonder what this is going to take!
I know. It's unnerving. I feel so strongly about adopting dogs that really need homes, so this whole experience has been so disappointing.
I've been reading about your crazy dog hunt and this seems to be a very unfortunate trend! I live near Nashville TN and my brother lives near Columbus, OH and it's the same thing both places. My brother's family finally adopted a wonderful German Shepherd directly from a family after numerous "encounters" with nutty rescue groups. Our latest adoptee came from Nashville Humane with absolutely no problems, but only after quite a few "encounters" of our own with over zealous rescue group volunteers and a situation like yours where we thought we had found our dog, went back to get her after calling to confirm she was still there, only to be told when we got there that she had been adopted out and they were coming to pick her up later. Good grief. It ended up being for the best because now we really did get the right dog so I'm hoping that will happen to you, too!
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It's gotten pretty ridiculous around here to adopt a rescue animal too….which makes absolutely no sense to me. I'm sorry. There is a dog out there somewhere for you. Hang in there.
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I keep trying to tell myself that it's better this way and our "real" dog is just waiting. But I'm kind of pissed now because the kids have been let down twice. In person.
It's like I've said — they're hoarders. Don't they already have a BRAVO show on this?
Have you checked on Craigs List? Anyway, i know it is cold comfort, esply for the kids but that worker makes like$8 an hour. So i wld complain. We just had two purebred pekingeses given to us. They are grown up and dont bother the chickens or thecats.
I'm so sorry! But maybe this is a good thing. I have three kids, two cats and a dog. I wish all of the four legged members of our family would disappear….
Oh my gosh! I am ready to beat my head against a wall, and I HAVE two dogs!! This is just stupid. All we hear is how many poor doggies need homes.
One sad thing was that I'm pretty sure it was a supervisor that I ultimately dealt with. Not exactly the best leadership skills.
You just need a week at the spa. Period.
I know. Ultimately it makes me more sad than mad.