Dubois County Humane Society — Local services in Jasper

I applied to adopt a dog. Her pet profile stated she was good with cats. After speaking with "Shelby" I was informed that this pet had not actually been "cat tested", and so they were unsure if this pet was cat friendly or not. But they would test her in two days to see. I asked why then, would you indicate she was good with cats, if this was not true. Shelby said "When we input a dog into the computer we automatically check that they are good with all of the above until we know otherwise.  We would hate for a dog to be passed up because we aren't 100% sure on whether or not they are good with all of the above." Two days later I receive an email saying they did not cat test the pet, and didn't plan on doing it, unless they felt the need to. That they were going to look at " homes with other dogs".

To me, this meant I was being put aside as a last resort option. And I would not have had to go through the joyful thought of bringing this pet home; only then to have gone through that heartaching charade, if I was aware of the truth in the first place. I've pulled my application, worried of what else they are possibly lying about. And would never recommend adopting from the Dubois County...

You talk to them on a Friday and tell them you want the dog. They tell you have to use PayPal and you let them know you do not have PayPal and have to set one up and get it verified. That takes a couple of days on the weekend. Then on Sunday morning you get an email stating since they never heard from you and you had not paid yet they give the dog to someone else. They tell you they have been very patient with you. The thing is I talked to them on Friday and Sunday they gave her to someone else. We also drove there to see the puppy on Wednesday which was in foster we found out and told them then also we wanted the dog, but yet they say they never heard from you. Plus they said we could not meet her until she was spayed on the following friday. Stay away from this place all they care about is who can get them the money the fastest no matter if you are the first one to get the application in. Also this dog was pending adoption the week before to someone they said was willing to settle for her. They really didn't want her. So they do not care about who gets the animal as long as they get money as...

I put in an application to adopt a dog several weeks ago. I was given a call to inform me I was approved to adopt the dog, however, the dog was on a trial run adoption with another family at the time, which was no big deal. Except I was told that these usually last a week, then it was over two weeks, then when I checked back in they had extended this persons time again and it was approaching three weeks of this other family having the dog. By the end of the whole ordeal, I found that the dog was adopted out to someone else without communication to me, so I was waiting for a dog that wasn’t even available anymore. It was just a very disheartening experience.

In the midst of all this, I came in to look at other dogs and was told that one of their “dog friendly” dogs needs to be muzzled in the play yard with other dogs…so not dog friendly. I ended up going and getting a dog from a different Humane Society that seemed a bit more organized.

However, I can say that the dogs I see looked well cared for and seemed to get plenty of...