My daughter adopted an 11 month old puppy on mothe...

My daughter adopted an 11 month old puppy on mothers day this year. The cost was $250 not to mention everything else the dog needed. However this was something she signed up for so she knew the potential cost the dog is a beautiful Collie mix who traveled overseas and has been thru hell. But even with all that she is an amazing intelligent animal with a loving and gentle personality. After a day or so we noticed the dog had diarrhea. When I called the clinic they suggested it was her nerves and we should give her rice and boiled chicken which we did because we knew she had her first appt in Malvern that week. What my daughter found out is that the dog has giardia. We have been treating her for 5 days with no improvement. What is even more discouraging is reading the posts regarding the fact that these poor animals are left in their areas and are not taken out when they should be. Also the fact that this particular shelter is more concerned with thier bottom line and thier numbers rather then the well being of these animals. Is it really that must of an expense to this so called non profit shelter to test any animal for this particular parasite before adoption?! My daughter wanted to do a good thing and loves animals with all of her heart but unfortunately we are not the type of family with a bottomless bank account and I say that because the clinic in Malvern now wants us to bring the dog back for more tests in 2 weeks if things do not improve but made it very clear that it will not be cheap. Thankfully we have a wonderful vet who will be treating Lady for this awful thing she has to endure. I just want to know when it became more about money then about taking care of these animals. So just a word of warning to anyone who is thinking if adopting from here, you may get an animal with a dreadful parasite that will cost you anywhere from $300 to $600. I just feel as if they charge so much to just simply adopt and that's why more people do not because they simply can't afford to rescue an animal from there. I know a number of people like us who would love to open up thier homes but cannot afford the outrageous amount the SPCA charges. I understand they need to charge something but when I hear the CEO of this shelter receives $200,000 for an annual salary it's very disheartening. We will do everything we can for this beautiful animal to get her back to a healthy being so she can live a long happy life but I just do not want another family to go through what we are now. So if you decide to adopt from here I would make sure the animal does not have giardia. Oh and they also do not disinfect thier play yard either. My daughter took her 2 year old fox terrier to meet Lady and a week later he had kennel cough which we later learned he got it from being in thier yard. Thankfully he's been treated and is doing fine but if they would treat their play yard once and a while then these dogs would have a better chance of not picking anything up but I suppose that may be too expensive for them to do. This truly breaks my heart and I really hope that there are a few there that care more about what happens to those animals and not the "bottom line$$$"