I volunteered at the shelter in 2001 as a dog walker. I found the staff to be very rude, to volunteers and prospective adopters. You could tell these people considered themselves animal people, not people people. The smell of the place was horrendous on most days and this was in the dead of winter...imagine the summer time! But I gave them another chance when my beloved pet passed and it was time to adopt a new one. I went there first thinking things most surely would have changed in the 8 years since I was there last. Nope...still rude, still stinky and when I called back to check on a dog that I was interested in, the girl on the phone was rude and less than helpful. So I adopted my beloved new dog from the Midland Humane Society that uses foster care for their dogs and doesn't utilize the shelter mentality. Best decision of my life! What a different experience! I am all for adopting vs buying from a breeder but if HSHV really want to help their animals they need to make mo
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