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[ravena_kade]

Tonight I went on a tour of the new animal shelter. It's a 22 million dollar building that is full of small hallways and small rooms. It is like going to a medical building and all the halls look the same until you get to the cat area. That is really nice and thought out. The dog area was not.

We have a $22000000.00 building and only room for 8 dogs. The area is smaller than the old chain link kennels we have been using for 20 years. Each kennel has a built in bed area that will not fit a Rottie or any giant breed dog. To get the dogs out they are supposed to be coaxed through a guillotine type door that would be too small for any larger breed dog or fat dog. Even then on the dogs first moments there they would need to be training on using the small hatchway to get out. Many dogs will be afraid. Cats would not be afraid. Some attention seeking twit brought her adopted greyhound to the orientation and the door was way too short for her dog and it was too afraid to go through. I guess I am happy to not be walking dogs. I feel that this is too cramped and can lead to dangerous situations with reactive/scared dogs.

Speaking of Dangerous. There are no lights on the road at all. The city was deliberate saying that this would keep the public away at night. Umm..volunteers are the public and they deserve to be safe. Any fruit loop finding out that the place will only have older women up there after dark could easily hide and jump people going to their cars. Oh and there is NO CELL PHONE SIGNAL in the building. I do not feel safe in a maze of hallways at night with only 4 people in the building and we have no way to call for help.

So far I am the only one who is not continuing to volunteer because of the location. The director did ask me about it tonight, but there is no way I can hurry home, do the Dad care and run to the new location and not be stressed... and big aggressive dogs can tell when you are stressed. I said that I want to remain on the list and when things are settled from the move I may come up and be a greeter once a month. We shall see.

Comments

[guy_todd]

What the absolute fuck...22 mil? And it's unusable? :(

[ravena_kade]

It is beautiful for the cats. They have awesome spaces. Huge windows with trees right outside. Lots of sunlight. A real cat heaven. There is also a vet suite on premise so it is usable. It is just not great for dogs or dog walkers.

[fionaniconnor]

Well, that all seems like a ticking time bomb. I am glad you're retiring from that hot mess.

[chris_warrior]

the too-small doors made _me_ cringe, and NO CEL PHONE SERVICE? that's a no right there. not that i'd feel unsafe, but being able to call in an emergency is so important.

[ravena_kade]

They say that Verizon is supposed to put up a tower to boost the signal, but we dont know when.

[malterre]

Think you made the right choice

[ravena_kade]

I feel bad...but I can't walk dogs when things are like that. I may go up on weekends and help with cleaning or if they have events. Just nothing at night.

[disneydream06]

That deserves a big WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hugs, Jon

[brickhousewench]

How on earth did they spend so much on one building?!?! Those are Boston prices! The most expensive listing in your town on Zillow right now is $7.5 million and it's a 10,000 square foot house with a three car garage.