I am so upset right now. The commissioners in my county are such a bunch of fakes. They do everything in their power to LOOK like they care but they don’t! They are nothing more then nice to your face and when you turn around they say F-U.
I was at my county pound on Tuesday night and at a 17-year old high school girl and a friend were looking at a Husky as a possible addition to her family. The girl was speaking with the women behind the desk that she was going to have her parents come to the LCK to meet the Husky and asking if it was possible to bring her dog up to meet the Husky. She was complaining that her dog humps everything. I immediately spoke up and said, “neuter it.” To make a long story short the girl explained me how they were going to breed the dog because they paid a lot of money for the dog and wanted to make some money. I then began explaining to her why that isn’t a good idea.
I pointed out her that most of the dogs in the kennel were males because male dogs can smell a female in heat 50 miles away. Once they get that far from home they don’t remember how to get back. That 10,000 HUMAN babies are born in the US everyday but 70,000 cats and dogs are born in the US everyday so unless her and every member of her family plans on having 7 dogs each bring a grand total of 28 pets for a family of 4 she should probably re consider. I also explained to her that English Bull Dogs must be artificially inseminated, the mother must have a c-section which can cost up to ,000 not to mention how much it is so feed, care, vaccinate puppies. I also pointed out to her that she would have to get a vendors license and pay income tax on the sale of puppies (it is Ohio law and they are cracking down on it).
A worker at the pound spoke up and said he was all for breeding because he did it. He loves his dog so much and wanted her off spring. WHAT?? You have the kennel workers are telling people it is ok to breed!
The person behind the desk said to me “She is a 17 year old high school girl from Avon. It is her parents’ decision. There is no point in saying anything to her.” I pointed out to her that by educating her that maybe she will go back to her parents and tell them what I said and just maybe they will change their mind. She also stated she was shocked at the statistics I was telling the girl and did not know most of those statistics.
Then Wednesday morning a female PREGANENT Dachshund was put in the lottery (that is what they do if more then one person wants the dog) and sold to a woman in Elyria. The women could not get near the Dachshund to check her stomach so asked a rescue volunteer, who was there picking up some of the harder to place dogs, to look at the dog to confirm it if was pregnant. The volunteer did confirm it was pregnant, the women’s face light up and she was grinning ear to ear. One of the deputy wardens asked the women if she would like the rescue to take the dog since it was obviously pregnant and aggressive. “OH NO” declared the women.
What do you think is going to happen to that dog? The puppies? Should we start looking in the paper in a few weeks for Dachshund mix puppies for sale??? What do you think the chances are that Dachshund will end up right back at the pound after the babies are all sold?
There is absolutely NO REASON a pregnant dog (or an aggressive dog) should be sold to the general public. That dog should be given/sold to a rescue where the mother would get the proper medical care, will be fixed, placed in a home and the puppies will be given proper vaccinations, wormed, will be fixed and adopted to forever homes not just for now homes where in 1 or 2 years they end up back in the LCK.
Why is it we do NOTHING in Lorain County to prevent unwanted dogs? We are completely behind every county in Ohio except for those very rural counties and even those counties have caring workers who work with rescues and not against them. Those shelters who complain to me about how their Commissioners do not care, at least try to educate the public; they do not sell pregnant dogs to the general public and even GIVE dogs to rescue when the needs arises. Not Lorain County, we are too busy putting on a fake façade but we really do not do anything to prevent dogs from ending up at the LCK.
AND THEN TODAY! I receive a phone call from a women who got an Aussie mix from the pound in early December. It was an early Christmas present for the family. She called me asking if I could take the dog b/c they are having behavioral issues with the dog. Nothing that couldn’t have been avoided if only they would have known a little more about the breed at the time of adopting it. If only someone would have been able to inform them that a 5 year old and Aussie’s are usually a bad mix b/c Aussie’s have a herding instinct. AND the dog IS NOT FIXED!!!!!
I spoke with the women for about 10 minutes and I asked her if she wanted to work with the dog or just find it a new home. She came up with every excuse in the book as to why she can’t work with it.. I of course had a rebuttal for everything she said…. what she was complaining about is nothing that can’t be worked with / fixed.
If our pound would just have an application process I am SURE this would have totally been avoided. And can you believe that nearly 4 months after they got the dog SHE IS STILL NOT FIXED!!!!!
LCK hands out this stupid voucher that is good for 30 days that assists the adopter in the price of the surgery. I would LOVE to know how many of those are actually used but NON rescue people! I will bet you that less then 1/4 are actually used… and I bet you that the one that are used are by rescue folks.
Oh it just makes me so mad that my county have NOT stepped into reality or 2010
And they need to find a place to call home before Sunday. I really don’t want them to have surgery and come back here.. I really want them to heal at their forever home. Paws crossed tight!!
