Valley Humane Society — Attraction in Pleasanton

Today is one of the worst days of my life. I’m heartbroken writing this.

I recently had to relocate cross-country during an emergency with my autistic child. I’ve lost nearly everything, and I made the painful decision to leave my Yorkie, Buttons, with Valley Humane Society — not because I didn’t care, but because I did. I trusted that he’d be in the hands of people who understood difficult circumstances and loved animals.

Instead, I was told I had “abandoned” him, and they called animal control. No grace. No compassion. No humanity. Just protocol. I tried to explain. I tried to find him a foster home. I even tried letting him go off on his own but he refused to leave us. So I put him in a carrier called a Lyft and had a Lyft driver drop him off there while I took an Uber to the airport. I cried all morning before the driver dropped him off and I'm sitting in the airport upset now. I wish I had the money and paperwork to take him with me.

What they fail to understand is that sometimes life forces people to make impossible choices. I didn't abandon Buttons — I gave him up because I had no other option, and I hoped this would be a safe place for him to land.

They didn’t treat me with empathy. They didn’t even ask how they could help.

This was a situation that called for compassion, not punishment. I will never forget how I was treated in one of the hardest moments of my life.

If you're a person in crisis trying to do the right thing for your pet, please think twice before turning here.

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