The Rest of the Dog-Drama Story

A follow-up to this BIG mess.

We dropped the kids drawings off at the animal shelter and I took time to speak with the director and told her we forgave her, we weren't after her job we just wanted to make sure that no other family pets were ever killed again.

She proceeded to tell me that my dogs were not dead, they were adopted.

(Something I was tipped off to by a friend that morning. I was there in all honesty to see if there was truth to that or not.)

The director told me that not only were my dogs not dead but she had never told me they were.

I relayed to her our conversation as I remembered it and she repeatedly told me "that conversation never happened."

I got upset and cried and asked if we could have them back.

I asked her if you didn't kill them why didn't you tell me I misunderstood?

She told me she did not realize I thought that. (My young children knew I thought they were dead while we still on the phone but she didn't pick up on that???)

Ok so if you didn't realize it why then when I called the board member and told him how upset I was over the fact my microchipped pets were put to sleep why did he not say, 'sorry ma'm I think you've gotten the wrong information, i'm not making any promises but I think they got adopted not killed, let me make some calls and lets get to the bottom of this?"

I was told it was because I went public splattering this all over the internet. Forget the fact that was something I did AFTER I HUNG UP THE PHONE with him.  I did that because I thought I was not being listened to. I was told a file was being documented with this information and that was all, that I could mail him a letter. Someone, anyone, could have called me and told me sorry for the misunderstanding.

No one did.

There was a lot of crying.

I was repeatedly told, "no, you will NEVER get them back," and eventually "get over it."

I ended up just walking out in tears. I was offered an opportunity to speak to the board in person but I feel like that would be a hostile environment and not do me any good.

It turned into a big ugly he-said she-said mess and really. I've got more important things in my life.

I love my dogs but now that I know they are safe and happy somewhere with a new family I can sleep at night. It's a lot easier of a pill to swallow.

I still believe the animal shelter should pay. I believe they stole. I believe they treated me rudely. But for my family's sake I am taking the higher road and walking away from this situation. I felt like I needed to publicly share the 'rest of the story.' Before I walked away from this for good.

I was advised by someone I trust with authority in this city about this situation to replace my family pet because that would heal the wounds my children feel through this situation and that they would "forget about the old dogs as soon as they see the new one."

I don't agree with this 100% since they still cry about missing Suzi (their first dog) when they randomly remember her or see a picture of her. But I do understand the sentiment behind the suggestion so we adopted a new dog. (Not through the animal shelter! From a local family who needed to re-home their two year old dog.) The children are thrilled and very very much in love with our new pet. She is not microchipped and I'm not sure that I will bother. She has tags with our phone number being made and she will never ever leave our sight. No matter what. Thankfully she hates the cold and stays away from the door. She doesn't have a lot of hair. Maybe she will hate the heat to and be the perfect match for our crazy "always changing thanks to fostering" family.

To the families who have adopted our much loved Fluffy and Spunky. You have no idea how lucky you are. They were the absolute best dogs. Love them well.

I'm so sorry for splattering our dog drama all over the internets. It was not my intention. I truly thought our pets had been murdered and was sharing our story to protect your family pet. Please forgive me for all the drama.