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A dog with loving owner was placed in Hope Shelter and the shelter refuses to give up the dog. That's what happened to me. I want to know how a shelter can accept a dog from anyone other than the owner of the dog and put it up for adoption. There is something deeply disturbing about pet ownership laws if a stranger can dump an animal that isn't even owned by them in a shelter without the consent of the owner. Our dog is a little over a year. His name is Dutch. He's a beautiful Shar Pei/Chow mix, a beautiful, sweet, happy dog that is now posted on this website, waiting in this shelter for adoption. My son who suffers from combat PTSD had his girlfriend drive from Arizona to Texas to take Dutch from the only family he's ever known. They drove the dog out of state and kept the dog for a little over two weeks before deciding that it was "too much" to look after him. My son who was having a difficult time had to stay at the VA Hospital. In his absence his girlfriend took the dog to Hope Animal Shelter without my son's consent. I searched for Dutch posted pics on Facebook and learned that Dutch was at this shelter and a picture of him was up on their site. He was up for adoption. I was elated that it was a No-Kill shelter and called telling the woman who claimed to be the manager that they have my dog and I wanted to reclaim him. She flatly refused stating that the dog was theirs. I BEGGED her. Told them that there is an entire family here who have been desperate to get the dog back and that the dog was and is loved. She claimed the dog had been abused which isn't true. What abusive owner searches high and low for their dog who could be anywhere in a different state? This woman from the shelter then claimed the dog never had its shots. When the dog was purchased they told us that the dog did indeed have its shots. She then accused us of not having the dog neutered. Does every dog have to be neutered? We were planning on breeding Dutch. While I am grateful for No-Kill shelters I am shocked at the lack of compassion shown to me by this particular shelter. They would rather keep and adopt out an animal than re-uniting him to his original family/owner who did not give him up and worried sick over him. WE WANT DUTCH BACK HOME! DUTCH YOU ARE LOVED AND MISSED! AND YOU WERE NOT ABANDONED. YOU ARE BEING KEPT FROM US!

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A dog with loving owner was placed in Hope Shelter and the shelter refuses to give up the dog. That's what happened to me. I want to know how a shelter can accept a dog from anyone other than the owner of the dog and put it up for adoption. There is something deeply disturbing about pet ownership laws if a stranger can dump an animal that isn't even owned by them in a shelter without the consent of the owner. Our dog is a little over a year. His name is Dutch. He's a beautiful Shar Pei/Chow mix, a beautiful, sweet, happy dog that is now posted on this website, waiting in this shelter for adoption. My son who suffers from combat PTSD had his girlfriend drive from Arizona to Texas to take Dutch from the only family he's ever known. They drove the dog out of state and kept the dog for a little over two weeks before deciding that it was "too much" to look after him. My son who was having a difficult time had to stay at the VA Hospital. In his absence his girlfriend took the dog to Hope Animal Shelter without my son's consent. I searched for Dutch posted pics on Facebook and learned that Dutch was at this shelter and a picture of him was up on their site. He was up for adoption. I was elated that it was a No-Kill shelter and called telling the woman who claimed to be the manager that they have my dog and I wanted to reclaim him. She flatly refused stating that the dog was theirs. I BEGGED her. Told them that there is an entire family here who have been desperate to get the dog back and that the dog was and is loved. She claimed the dog had been abused which isn't true. What abusive owner searches high and low for their dog who could be anywhere in a different state? This woman from the shelter then claimed the dog never had its shots. When the dog was purchased they told us that the dog did indeed have its shots. She then accused us of not having the dog neutered. Does every dog have to be neutered? We were planning on breeding Dutch. While I am grateful for No-Kill shelters I am shocked at the lack of compassion shown to me by this particular shelter. They would rather keep and adopt out an animal than re-uniting him to his original family/owner who did not give him up and worried sick over him. WE WANT DUTCH BACK HOME! DUTCH YOU ARE LOVED AND MISSED! AND YOU WERE NOT ABANDONED. YOU ARE BEING KEPT FROM US!