Leo for Pasco

There are more concerns than ones you listed sir....I had the trifecta of inaccurate information with my last adoption from there

Why are you wanting volunteers without proper training being assigned to work with dogs that have serious behavioral issues? If volunteers received the right instruction and committed to following the behavior plans, that would be the first real step toward progress. And despite all the public support, yours included, for the two dogs that were transferred, there wasn’t a line of new volunteers, adopters, or fosters at Tcas this morning, which is truly disappointing. Spend a day in your local shelters to understand what the work actually looks like and how much effort goes into it. do better.

This feels like retaliation. What they may not realize is the information we received is not only from volunteers. Staff reached out to us too. These people have a passion for helping dogs and doing what’s in their best interest. They’re not seeking glory or credit or anything like that. The concerns should NOT be treated as attacks but as an opportunity to grow and change and work in unison with their community who they rely very much on to operate.

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The volunteers are the backbone of these organizations. They are the unpaid caregivers to shelter animals. They come fully equipped with empathy, compassion and love. They offer these abandoned animals freedom, touch and encouragement. Imagine what shelter/kennel life would look like without volunteers. That is a very bleak picture. These people deserve praise and thanks, not to mention barrels of gratitude. For them to show up to news they have been locked out of certain areas and the information board scrubbed clean is a slap in the face and it is in retaliation for helping save lives. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that out. Shame on whomever decided this was the way to treat these people who are a Godsend to our abandoned animal community. As a citizen of the Tri-Cities I apologize for the unnecessary unkindness. These changes should have been discussed with you, your input received and decisions made from there. In my opinion Pasco should resign from the animal control/shelter(?) business and go back to contracting it out to those who are competent and experienced. We were allowed one day to celebrate the rescue of Stanley and Rusty before another door was slammed (literally) at Tri-Cities Animal Services.

I think its wild that we think the average volunteers should even be allowed to interact with these dogs. It takes extensive training to understand body language and behavior, to protect not only the handler but the animal. Its getting kinda sickening that you all only step up when there is a risk of euthanasia but dont wanna help support shelter staff on the daily operations of cleaning kennels, doing laundry, helping with enrichment etc. If the community stepped up…the TRAINED individuals would have more time and resources to work on rehabilitation if appropriate. And if you cant physically help you can always put your money where your mouth is and send a check.

In regards to behavior dogs, they should ONLY be walked by staff who are trained to handle these behaviors!! If you look at most of the bite reports they are a result of these dogs being walked by volunteers. Allowing behavior dogs to be walked by numerous different people is setting them up for failure. They need routine, structure, and medication to help them in their time at the shelter.

One of the charges against Neo Nation is that of locking out the public from certain areas. So if Pasco is doing that maybe a lawsuit is in order to protect the rights of the citizens and preserve the sanity of the animals they are responsible for humanely caring for.

This is 100% retaliation for speaking out against tcas staff 🤬 those people need to be fired! They just want to kill animals without having witnesses 🤬🤬🤬