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You don't get your money back and should not.

You went and got a messed up dog and just take it back, don't call just show up and tell them this dog is a nightmare situation you didn't do your job at disclosing all information to me about this dog and if you don't take this dog's leash and take it in right now I'm contacting an attorney.

SPCA adopts out problem dogs all the time, you cannot tell about a dog in a shelter you must foster the dog in a real home to see what the dog is all about.

Some dogs are ok from the spca buy many are not potty trained but they will tell you yes or rarely we don't know, some are aggressive but not in the shelter as dogs act differently in the shelter as they want anyone to pay attention to them as they don't like being behind bars.

Take the dog back asap and they won't refund your deposit.

Buy a puppy and raise it properly, potty train it yourself, and then you know your dog, the surprise packages from the SPCA as you have experienced can be a true nightmare.

The most common reasons given for turning in a dog is that

the owner is moving or divorcing and can't take Fido with him.

That may be true but begs the question of why didn't the

owner try to place the dog himself? If you paid $1000 for a

purebred or loved your dog, it's likely you'd try to find

a good home for him (if not resell him).

The dogs that wind up at shelters may be dogs that aren't

socialized or trained, and owners are too embarrassed

to admit their dog is out-of-control.

Some shelters claim they don't take puppy mill dogs, but

how could they possibly know the dog's background.

I got a dog from the spca 5 weeks ago and had to return it. I tried everything to get this dog to obay. I am a100 lb single woman. They told me the dog was well behaved. For the most part he was but ge is a saint barnard big dog and veey stubborn. He would decide he wasnt going to move and there was nothing I could do to move him I was stranded several times for long periods of time so i stopped walking him. He would do the same thing in the back yard snd if I left him alone he would dig a hole in 2minutes and wind up covered in mud. He ate everthing in site not chew ate. I became very nervous and unhappy and for my own health had to return him. My own family is now being mean to me and calling me names.

How about this one?

A friend and her family (two daughters aged about 10 and 12) "adopted" a very young puppy from a local ASPCA shelter. Next day it was obviously very sick and they rushed it to a vet. Parvo, left at vets, and 3 days later it was dead. Vet bill around $1500.

They were told by the shelter "Too bad, so sad".

Meddling person that I am, I called the main CA office for ASPCA and talked to a "supervisor". The reply I received was:

"They should have taken the pup directly to the shelter" (Taking it to vet was apparently the wrong decision) "They should feel very rewarded to have tried to save the puppy's life".

Guess what my feelings are?

Each one is different & has different policies in place. Look thru your adoption paperwork. As a general rule most places do not give refunds but give you the option to return pet at no cost for a limited time & adopt another pet instead. You will need to contact them for a definitive answer if not in the paperwork you received.

in case you canines had no tags or identity whilst picked up, the SPCA has each suited to euthanize(as unlucky because it could desire to be). maximum city shelters have a 5 day carry coverage, wherein they are able to place the animal up for adoption, or positioned them to sleep(depending on temperament) the reason they don't have the coverage of killing the canines that substitute into there the longest is by the fact it makes greater experience to euthanize the canines that are much less adoptable first. they'll want to maintain the canines that have a greater suitable risk of looking a house, than only protecting a canines based on the order they got here in. bigger, older, no longer as friendly canines are going to be positioned to sleep till now small, youthful, and enormously adoptable canines.

You should have received some sort of papers with the dog,I am sure that the info about returning it should be there-if not simply call the office on Monday and explain your situation.Also they may have a web site.

thefinalresult is correct. This is why i also avoid buying someone else problem.

they will take it back, but might not let you "adopt" buy from them in the future. No great loss though, you are much better off with a dog you raise and train. That way you know it hasnt been abused and doesnt have issues