THis facility claims to be a no end of life shelter but they recently put down a yellow lab who had some aggression issues towards other dogs. This dog was adopted by a young couple and they found the dog to be sweet, loving, and very well behaved. He did act aggressive towards other dogs when he saw them by pulling on his leash, barking, and growling but would stop and sit when commanded to do so by his owners. My 11 year old yorkie gets horribly aggressive towards other animals but has never attacked any of them .
The young couple took the dog back to the Hunane Society for advise on how to cope with the fact that they lived in a townhouse in a community surrounded by dogs and they were wondering if Sampson might do better in a home with more yard to run and less run in with other dogs. The Humane Society took Sampson from this couple with the false impression that they would be attemting to find him a ""better"" home . Four hours later this young couple decided they made a mistake and wanted their dog back but when they contacted the Humane Society in Westminster they were informed that the dog was ""their property"" and that they had made the decision to ""put him down"" due to him not being ""adoptable"" HOWEVER he was wanted by these two people who NEVER would have taken him to this horrid place had they know that there EVER would have been the possibility of him being put down. They refused to return the dog to this couple and only 4 short hours later they found out that the dog had been put down by this facility. No attempt was made to reconcile this family, no attempt was made to see if the aggression was such that warranted this decision, and at no time was the owners consulted at all about their findings regarding Sampson. He was just put down out of convenience of the center. They already got their money for him so why keep him???? Their comments were ""we do not have to justify our decisions to anyone"" and that ""he was their property"" to do with what they saw fit. HOW is it FIT to put down a dog who has two people who wanted to take him back to their home and give him another chance at LIFE.
DO NOT BELIEVE this facility and their lies about their commitment to the animals under their care. THEY ARE A shelter that will put down animals as they ""see fit"".
Unfortunately we had to learn the hard way that they do this and in doing so lost a dear, sweet lovable and well behaved/gentle yellow lab by the name of Sampson to the cold hearted people who run the Carroll County Humane Society on Littlestown Pike in Westminster, MD
PLEASE BOYCOTT THIS FACIILITY AND DO NOT MAKE MONETARY DONATIONS TO A NO PUT TO SLEEP SHELTER THAT DOES INDEED END THE LIVES OF ANIMALS!!!!!!!
Pros: LIES LIES AND MORE LIES
Cons: THEY PUT DOWN ANIMALS
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