Find the attached email that we sent to Furry Friends after being misled
Dear Furry Friends Network,
Unfortunately Im writing to you regarding a disappointing situation involving your network. Nearly a month ago I came across your website after researching local rescues in the Harrisburg area. My husband and I were looking at adopting a dog and were considering several rescues. We chose to apply to your rescue due to a no kill policy and the fact that all of the dogs were in foster care. We reviewed your adoption list several times and thought there were a couple dogs we would like to meet. On the top of our list was Zadie she was in a foster home for about a month with little information listed on the website. With knowledge of the breed and the fact that she meet all of the requirements for our property manager we applied for her. (1year old up to date on shots, neutered). The process of adoption with your agency is quite lengthy although some what justifiable due to issues with some owners. We filled out all appropriate paperwork, were approved by our property manager, passed references as well as a home visit. This process took almost three weeks with countless hours spent emailing, texting and on the phone just trying to find out our status. Although I do understand your network is strictly volunteer ran, the turn around time for the application process is lengthly. Im sure your well aware of the national humane society statistics that a dog or cat is euthanized ever eight seconds due to over crowding. Time in the world of rescues is precious when lives are on the line. Finally last week our application was approved by your board and the foster parents were to get in contact with us. Through email I began to correspond with Kara, Zadies Foster mom. She didn't have much information about Zadies history besides the fact that she was rescued from a shelter before she was put down. Kara provided me with observations about Zadie and a few pictures upon my request. It took days until we were able to actually find a time that worked with her schedule so I could finally met her. We met on neutral ground per the request of the adoption parents citing that their other dogs would steal the attention from Zadie. Upon arriving Zadie was allowed out of the car but they also brought the other dogs along anyways which stayed in the car. (Having years of experience with animals anytime you isolate a dog away from its pack they become skiddish especially when they know the other animals are close by). This was confusing to me since that was the main reason we had to meet outside. The foster parents have a clear love for animals but stated from the second I introduced myself that they loved Zadie. As a matter of fact I was told numerous times by Kara's spouse if he had a choice he'd keep her. They also told me several times that their friends knew they would never be able to give her up. They also kept telling me to take my time before I made the decision weather or not I wanted to adopt her. I expressed clear interest before leaving the meeting that I wanted to adopt Zaddie. Kara had no idea what to do next because her foster "buddy" who was spoused to be mentoring her was not clear on the follow up plan. I emailed Heather from the network upon leaving that we were interested in adopting Zaddie. I received little to no response for twenty four hours citing that they were waiting for paperwork . After waiting for over three weeks I found this frustrating because my husband and I have been preparing to receive a dog in our home and wanted to know when the adoption would take place. I never heard back from Kara and today only after sending an email do I get a response from Heather. "After discussion we do not feel your situation is the best match for Zadie". I appreciate all of the volunteers that take on the responsibility of caring for these creatures but I'm not sure fostering is a good idea when your emotionally attached easily. I feel like we could have adopted Zadie and the foster home could continue to accept new dogs that desperately needed foster care. Further more my husband and I have no children, have good jobs ( i work from home as a consultant), live in a brand new builiding with large condos, lead active lifestyles and have a passion for dogs. I challenge anyone to describe someone who would be more qualified to adopt a dog than us. We are sad to say that we were disappointed in our experience with your network, and will be forced to look else where. We encourage you to reexamine your business model, and dedicate a working plan that allows clearly qualified families to adopt dogs.
Sincerely,
The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.
This just happened to me a new a friend, trying to adopt a dog through furry friends Network in boiling springs pa. This agency is very unprofessional and I honestly think they just want donations and are not adopting out animals, I want to contact the right authories and turn them in, but not sure who to contact
I’ve had a similar situation to yours as well. We found Milo on Firry Friends through Petfinder, and were interested so we started filing for the adoption process. The process took weeks and everything went smoothly including the home inspection. However, when it was time to meet Milo’s foster mom Stephanie, it seemed like from the very beginning she did not want to give this dog away. After a week, she told me that she doesn’t think Milo would be the best fit for us, and her friend who was the sponsor told my husband and I that adopting a dog was a huge responsibility as it can be very expensive. My husband and I would have NEVER even look to adopt a dog if we knew that we couldn’t take financial responsibility for it. We strongly believe that Stephane wanted to keep Milo for herself, and our instincts were proven right when Milo suddenly disappeared from Petfinder a few weeks later. I just think that Milo should have never even been put on Petfinder if his foster mom wanted to keep him for herself this whole time, as it gives potential people who want to adopt him false hope. I understand that you guys want to find the perfect home for all your foster dogs, but please don’t waste people’s time if ultimately you are not going to give up the dog for adoption.