Sandy Ludewig

Review of ACCT Philly

I got my pitbull from this shelter. It was a mixed...

I got my pitbull from this shelter. It was a mixed experience, and though I am extremely happy with my dog, I was very unhappy about the experience here.
Summary: They strung us around and made the process very difficult.

We had met the dog through a puppy group we were bringing our first dog to frequently. Our first and the new one loved each other, we loved the new dog. After about two weeks we decided to adopt him from his foster family. According to the rules, he had to be fixed before we could adopt him. He was an acct dog that was being fostered. So the fosters drop him off , and we are supposed to come later in the day, a Friday, to pick him up. We were told thay since he hasn't lived in the shelter much we should pick him up quickly because it could be stressful for him. We get a call Friday that we can't pick him up because they didn't do the surgery yet. So we wait til Saturday midday like we were told, and show up to pick him up. Once there we waited over 4 hours to be seen in a very short line. They were very understaffed. Once it was our turn and we fill all the paper work out, we go through the process and then last minute they say we need a written letter form our landlord saying we can have him. We were not told this before on the many phone calls we had with them. So we go home and have to come back the next day. Another 4+hour wait on Sunday and we get to the back to fill out paper work. They don't even want the landlord letter that stopped us from getting him the night before. Finally we can take him home. He had scratches all over his face from something and they had no idea what. We were very upset but took him home and he's been our baby every since.
I'm not saying don't adopt from here, because the dogs need homes, just defiently be ready for a long wait and the run around.
Finally, they are a kill shelter.