Let it be known that I am a huge animal lover and ...

Let it be known that I am a huge animal lover and rescue supporter. But after my experience here I will no longer support this facility. To make a very long story short, my boyfriend and I were interested in a dog. We didn't adopt him right away because we were given barely any time to spend with him. So my boyfriend went three consecutive days to visit him and get to know him better. It is extremely important to us that our adoption is successful, and getting to know the dog's personality is a must.

After we felt we had gotten to know the dog better we filled out an application, due to some time restraints we couldn't adopt him that day. Which by the way as a former rescue volunteer I am very concerned about their same day adoption policy. They don't check vet or personal references to know if the animals being adopted will actually be taken care of. This also allows people to adopt on impulse, which puts these animals at risk of being brought back to a shelter or just being dumbed.

My boyfriend told the staff he would be back to adopt the dog. In the meantime the staff let someone else adopt him. We had already grown attached to this dog. The staff had all of our information from our adoption application. They could have at least contacted us to let us know someone else was interested in the same dog. We would have done anything to get there in time to adopt the dog ourselves. But because we wanted to get to know the dog, and make sure it would be a good match we never got a chance to take him home.

Our hope is that no one else goes through what we did, and that the Chester County SPCA performs more responsible adoptions in the future.