Rhea County Animal Shelter — Local services in Dayton

My visit started off well. I chose a dog and adopted him and THEN I was told he wasn't neutered or vaccinated for rabies. I also couldn't get a straight answer from them as to why he was there. I was told by one person that she thought he was an owner surrender, and then that same person told me after I brought him back (due to fear and aggression), that she told me he was a stray. I should have been told he was in the shelter for 5 months, instead I was led to believe he was new there. Also, after 5 months, why wasn't he vetted yet? (He is heartworm positive, however he was just tested a month ago- that's 4 other months that medical attention could have been given to him). I don't know how things work exactly at the shelter, but I do know that 4 months is a long time to have a dog around other dogs that hasn't been vetted (even the vet was surprised that he hasn't been in yet). Anyway, I wish I could say nice things about this place (other than some of their weekend volunteers being nice to me), but my experience was overall,...

Very disappointed in this shelter's staff. Had a bad experience with them today when they came to Chattanooga for a pet adoption day. I was completely ignored by the staff when I approached the pets and got very little acknowledgement, and answers when I asked questions. Very sad considering I was trying to get several of their pets adopted from others whom I know are looking for pets. THEN! It seemed they were judging me after I had mentioned that I recently adopted a 5-6wk old kitten and had 3 cats and couldnt take any more. Fortunately enough I have experience with this young of age kitten as my rescue cats before her were around that age when I took them in after being left in a box in the rain on the streets so....ya. also their furr babies appeared under feed, and putting a grate Dane in a small crate it cant even stand up and hardly fit to lay down in was sad to see. RHEA county people PLEASE take care of your shelters! These babies need help, and donations to your animal shelters...

I love the animals there. I adopted my second animal there, recently, but they would not let me enter where the cats were due to Covid! They had to bring cats to my car one at a time!

I believe that they have so much going on in the cat room, they just don't want customers to see that mess! How do you have 25 pages of cats listed on the website living in such a small place?!

Look on their website, find the 5 cats that interest you, and be ready to show them the ones that you want to meet when you arrive. The cats and kittens may smell like complete urine. Otherwise, you can't beat the price or service! Great animals!

6 months after getting our cat, we have had 2 calls following up on our cat. I was...