I hope everyone who thinks it's OK to "just breed her once" or "just buy one dog" reads this all the

[MadHound]

8. I agree with the entire point being made in this post, but.

Whatever shelter this person is working at needs to be shut down, restructured and restaffed. Because the procedures and practices that they're using are barbaric, even by the standards in place thirty years ago when I worked at a Humane society.

First of all, how they are putting these poor animals down is criminally cruel, and it doesn't have to be. Yes, the dogs know what "the room" is, which is why you take them someplace else in the facility, give them a sedative and then take them to "the room". If the "pink stuff" they're using is causing defecating, spasming and gasping for air, then they need to switch to something else that is faster acting and more humane.

I don't care how short staffed you are, as a shelter worker you always take time to interact with the animals, that is your job. Not just a walk and a quick scritch when you're feeding them, I mean really take some time to pet, play and interact with the animal individually. That in and of itself will cut down on the crying, barking and depression.

And seventy two hours, really? That's it? Then as a manager you're not doing your job, developing a foster home network that allows you to take on special cases, take in overflow, and give the animal at least a solid week out there, if not more. Our local shelter sounds about the size of this one, and they've developed a foster network that gives virtually any animal a good two weeks or more, and that includes the bully breeds(though yes, they can be problematic, but now with some sensibility taking over concerning bully breeds, even they get a good shot).

Wherever this place is, whoever this manager is, they aren't doing their job. Since they hate it, that could very well be effecting the quality of their work, and it is time for them to move on.