MayHMF
Dog Kichi
Aug 4, 2006, 11:47 PM
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I am a new user in this forum. This has been on my mind for some time and its very disturbing. I would like to share this with you.
Sometime in the month of June this year, a male golden retriever, whom I named 'Love' was found loitering outside my house.It was about 3 years of age. It was probably attracted to my two dogs (one of which was adopted from SPCA) who were playing in the garden. It looked unkempt and like it was lost. So, I decided to take it in. That evening, the security guard and I walked around our area to look for the owner. However, nobody claimed the dog.
I kept it for 2 days and bathed, groomed, dewormed and fed it. It was a most wellbehaved dog and it could take simple instructions like sit or lie down. My family and I were already in love with it but unfortunately, we could not keep it because we already own two dogs. So I decided to give it to the SPCA. SPCA came immediately the next day (probably knowing that its a golden retriever). I made a call to SPCA a while later and spoke to Reeve, a very nice lady. She told me that the dog would not be put up for adoption until ten days later. This preiod of grace was to allow the owner to reclaim the dog.
Three days later, when a friend of mine told me that she would like to adopt Love, we went to the SPCA immediately. We saw Love who recognized me instantly. I then went to the office and spoke to Sally, a Chinese lady who's the counter staff. That was when I had my greatest shock. She told me rudely that the dog had been reserved by somebody else. She brushed me off and did not even care that I saved the dog from the streets. Then she rudely asked my friend what type of house she lived in. When my friend told her that it was a double storey-linked house, she bluntly said "This one has a bungalow". She did not even consider that my friend was going to keep the dog indoors. She also told me that since I signed the letter to give up the dog I had no further rights to the dog. She actually behaved as though SPCA and all its dogs belonged to her!
I was so shocked and saddened by her arrogant attitude that I left immediately.
These issues come to my mind:
1.) Does it mean that a person living in a bungalow would make a better dog owner than a person living in a terrace house? Furthermore, this will be an indoor dog, and so the issue of space should not be a question.
2.) Should a person who is rude and arrogant as Sally be allowed such a humanitarian responsibility? Did she not appreciate that we are all true dog lovers to want to adopt an SPCA dog?
3.) Why was the dog put up for adoption when its ten days period was not over? Can SPCA's words be trusted?
Now I know that in the future I will have second thoughts about sending any dog to SPCA. Please do not make the same mistake as I did. I should have re-homed the dog myself, at least I know who the owner is. This episode has left me with a bitter feeling about SPCA.
(This post was edited by MayHMF on Aug 4, 2006, 11:50 PM)
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