Ranting about stupid dog ownership

[smilingcat]

Best not to take your animal to the shelter even for a visit.

Carson shelter in Los Angeles area has a bad reputation. If you walk onto their facility with your dog. They can confiscate your dog. Their assumption is that you took your dog there for drop off. Never mind about your dog helping you out with finding his new bud.

And if the animal is dropped off by the owner, the animal doesn't even get a 72 hour reprieve. They are put down that DAY. I hope I'm wrong but I've heard it from several people who deal quite a bit with them. And their policy keeps changing ever so frequently so no one really seems to know.

And yes cats and dogs have very good memory of good and bad. We've had rescue dogs returned to us and they knew my house was their home. Their new owners didn't want them after 6 month or so in one case and in another case the new owner, against our instruction not to over feed, allowed the poor golden to become about 120 pounds. She couldn't play any more or go for a walk so she was returned.

And two of our kittens we recovered, when they came back to my house, you could see in their body language, sigh of relief. Then they went and greeted all the other cats in the house.

[Trek420]

Best not to take your animal to the shelter even for a visit.

Mae wasn't in the shelter, she stayed outside in the car while I ran in. She loves going anywhere with me in the car. Sometimes she jumps in the front seat when I leave. She knows dogs can't drive, she's supposed to be in the back seat but normally just lounges on the back seat on her blanket.

This time when I came back out she was cowered on the floor of the back seat.

Then I reflected there are things we don't hear or smell but dogs can. Even though I thought she was yards away from the building she may have known.

Now this is one errand I don't take her with me on.

[crazycanuck]

At the the doggie refuge(www.dogshome.org.au) we adopted Yukon from, they request you to bring in your present doggie to check compatibility with the potential new friend.

WHen we visit Shenton Park next weekend, we'll make it a doggie beach day as well

[OakLeaf]

I don't doubt that their memories are good, but they'd probably react the same way to an unfamiliar shelter just from smelling the pheromones of the animals inside.