PAWS

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• January 2024 by Deb Griner
  Very pleasant staff and efficient.
• January 2024 by Linda Anderson
  We toured the facility because we were thinking about getting a dog! Many options but we decided not to get one.
• January 2024 by Shekinah1313
  Our dog got a bacterial infection while at the shelter for spay surgery, ran high temp, lethargic, refused food. I would maybe have rated the shelter higher but no one has responded to my email notifying them about this. I hope other owners are being made aware of the problem, so they can watch their newly spayed/neutered animals for infection. It's probably not a good idea to have a spay/neuter surgery for healthy animals at the shelter full of animals with all kinds of illnesses. Our local vet said the same thing, when we took our dog in for antibiotics. It's a week post surgery, she's had IV & oral antibiotics, and still not ok, back at vet today, running temperature of 103° even after all the antibiotics. (And while the incision isn't infected, it looks like you turned a kindergartener loose with safety scissors and a staple gun. The vet there was rude about it too. She knows she didn't do a good job.) If we had it to do over again, we would definitely pay to go elsewhere for the surgery. The vet bills are adding up, but there was *no way* we were going to take her back to the shelter to get exposed to who knows what else!
• January 2024 by Christy Floyd
  POSTING FOR MY DAUGHTER who PAWS hired knowing she struggled with crippling social anxiety and fired her after 2 weeks for failing to replace the newspaper in a cat cage. After 2 years of therapy she wants to share her perspective and I want to make sure it’s shared.TLDR: I personally had a horrific experience here, I got fired after two weeks because of amiscommunication and not replacing the newspaper in an empty cage.So I worked here about two years ago…I got hired when I was 19 with zero experience in a shelter, a diagnosed severe anxiety disorder, and a giddiness to learn about working with animals. My job was cleaning up after the animals in the morning while helping out with random tasks throughout the afternoon. This is what I did for the entire two weeks I worked there until one morning I came to work and everyone was gathered in the front and staring at me. The manager in charge then tells me to follow her to her office where she proceeds to ask me odd questions that I didn't understand until eventually, she tells me that two other new girls reported that I told them to "go hide in the bathroom for hours" because "no one will notice" ... She then asks me if it's true, whether or not I've done this, and then cites how I didn’t put a newspaper in an empty cat cage I cleaned (keep in mind, its like 8 am and this is the first I've heard about any of this). At the time, I was not thinking clearly and I did not care about anything other than making the attention stop. I ended up just agreeing and of course I was immediately fired. I admit looking back on it, I had no business working there because I was the only person who wasn’t working on a career with animals and I didn’t even know how to work the laundry yet (I was not told I’d be doing that honestly and was open about my cluelessness before being hired). However I believe that they knew that when they hired me and never intended to have me work there long anyway. It looked like the decision was made before I got there and nothing I said could’ve made a difference. The truth was honestly is that I probably did say something like that but in a more “I thought it made them laugh and I had no friends at work yet” kinda way. I just didn’t realize it came off as something serious because who would take that seriously and conspire against a dumb 19 year old girl who didn’t know better. Funnily enough I even bought everyone snacks to refill the candy drawer that day because I felt bad that I wasn’t learning as fast as the other new girls .As a result of this gross mishandling of petty workplace gossip, I suffered from an intense episode of depression where I questioned my ability to work in society and communicate effectively. I was incredibly proud of working here as I seriously do love animals and was led to believe I was hired because I could be a valuable worker, not a quick hire for until they got someone better qualified to come. I worried I’d become a joke like the many jokes made about past employees they hired like one who “didn’t know how to use a broom”. So when I got fired it wasn’t hard for me to think that I was another joke hire to them who made a mistake they couldn’t understand. I even ended up learning I had Adhd on top of the anxiety and depression, as to offer more context for my actions. I'm in a much better place now than when I was made to feel like my voice didn’t matter, but I just want to warn any young girls who make awkward jokes and/or people with disabilities who struggle talking to make sure this job is your passion before applying. The animals themselves were a joy to work with and I would do it again but somewhere else since the people in charge here liked to preach “love and compassion” but only reserved it for the animals.
• January 2024 by Vanessa Kinsey
  Spaying and neuter is available on Tuesday and Thursday. Help to stop feral cats and dogs from inter breeding
• January 2024 by Catherine Timms
  Thank you for all you do for the care of animals
• January 2024 by Robert Murphy
  So caring of all animals, big and small.
• January 2024 by Elizabeth Sanders
  Great shelter and very clean.
• January 2024 by Kristal
  Very friendly, helpful, and clean. Animals looked happy
• January 2024 by A Selter
  I am from out of state and I found a puppy on the side of the road. I took the dog to paws and was told they can’t take it because they are full. I asked what I should do and they said I should not have picked her up and just left her on the side of the road. The women at the front counter were rude and of no help.
• January 2024 by Paige Coley
  Been a couple months since the first and last time I visited paws.(Detailed)We had the sweetest grey baby kitty whom was in need of care. An emergency if you will. Something had happened to her front leg which at first we thought was a sprain but later realized it was an infection of some sort. It got worse quickly as we were saving up for a vet visit. We were worried about time and talked to a few friends about it seeing if we could find a quicker solution and that's when we heard about paws. They had helped their dog for free. So we took our babygirl up there and they took her in and said she should be fine. We gave our email for contact reasons but they never answered back.(One girl slipped up it seemed, and admitted that she read them)Which means that they intentionally don't respond.No updates. Never answered the phone. Phone said to email them yet they never answered that. After a bit of not hearing anything and worrying especially after reading a review stating that this girl didn't hear back about her kitten until one day they finally called. Only to tell her that her cat was dead. We finally went up there just for them to say there more than likely gonna have to amputate her leg. That was the last time I got to see her, hear her sweet meow, and look into her eyes letting her hear me say "I love you" just one more time before having to go. She was sooo happy to see me. It was the most precious thing.I knew she wanted to come home more than anything.The last photo taken of her was of me and her cuddling the night before we took her up there.After that, days pass and on our anniversary we finally got a call from paws. Stating that our cat was dead. In that moment my heart dropped. I knew I should have listened to my gut feeling. Broke down for weeks. They said she died shortly after surgery. Apparently sometime in the middle of the night.Found her like that during the day.Keep in mind they told us at the beginning that they had to spay her before anything. So already she had surgery. To have a whole limb removed after? Her body couldn't handle that much loss.Also had to sign a consent paper so if anything were to happenen they wouldn't be at fault or get sued.Didn't expect what happened though.The people there gave us a careless vibe. We'd observe and see that it wasn't just us sensing this.They didn't even mention any of the services that the cremation place offered so we called and put an order in for paw prints and stuff.Almost missed that.Not to mention they wouldn't let us see her one last time before being sent off for cremation.Towards the end the main lady came up to us and tried guilt tripping us into donating "in our kittens memory". She really tried using our pain and loss for money. I noticed that's all they care about it seems. Seemed like she was rushing it too.I would be thankful for the time and antibiotics that was for her. In the moment I truly was. But in the end its hard to be thankful for the lack of communication and for something that went so wrong.Only 1 lady there was kind, understanding and sympathetic.She helped me through it.And by the looks of it, it seemed she didn't get noticed or get credit for probably being the best employee there.Incredibly thankful for her kind soul.I can't begin to explain the anger I felt leaving that place. I still feel it.Even now I still can't help but to feel as if she possibly felt like I had abandoned her to all that.To that place. And for what?...I just wanted our baby to be okay and to be able to come home.But all I got was an urn.First impression is broken trust.Never going back and I'll make sure everyone I know including social media (1K Instagram & 43K Tiktok)doesn't make the same mistake I did.Take your babys to a REAL trustworthy vet.‼?
• January 2024 by Jolene Gray
  They or wonderful and helpful I adopted a puppy from paws !!
• January 2024 by Sherry McMurray
  What PAWS does for the love of animals is amazing, the dedication and love they have for these animals. Thank you PAWS.
• January 2024 by Denise B
  I came to donate items for Paws. The staff was very polite and helpful. They were also, very busy when I was there.
• December 2023 by Jamie Cannon
  Dogs are kept in a clean living environment.