My Story... after showing up daily in search of my...

My Story... after showing up daily in search of my dog I found her! I took her ticket to staff who chewed me a new one for taking it. Before i could spit out that this was my dog and would be back to claim her the following day. It being payday. I also called left a voicemail claiming my dog and emailed doing it once again. I was there at opening. Told to wait. As i'm waiting I see my dog walking out on someone else's leash! I went off! Then, the staff would not allow me to reimburse the person and just take my baby home! Oh no! They wanted their money. If it weren't for the kindness of strangers I'd not have gotten my baby that day. The saddest experience. The staff in lost found and surrendered pets are rather jaded and unsympathetic even to owners such as myself who were heartbroken to discover someone had let their baby escape. I understand that this job requires a special kind of person. Someone who has a true love of animals, that can detach emotionally, with an enormous amount of self control. The found/ surrendered animal section of the facility leaves much to be desired. The cages are far too small for even toy breeds.I can hardly bring myself to go. To sit waiting to be escorted thru the found dogs, i watch people trickle in to surrender pets. It's heartbreaking. My eyes well up with tears, my stomach tied in knots, as I grow sp angry I can hardly contain myself. These poor fur babies given up because stupid people think that puppies come trained, that a mastiff is meant to fit in a studio apartment, or they move where pets aren't allowed. I pet "ownership" in a completely different way. It's a lifetime commitment like child adoption. If a child were to ruin your sofa, and they do, you don't get rid of the child. Just as you don't live in a studio apartment with kids either. Shame on people who turn over guinea pigs. Who the heck says oh gee a Guinea pig is too much to handle?
The ADOPTION SECTION of the facility is much more accommodating and the staff very friendly. However, for the daily visit I made for 14 days there was not a single person that could answer my questions.