I adopted a dog from the Adirondack Save-A-Stray last October. Luckily we still have her but she cost us close to $7,000 in vet bills and it still continues.
They told me she had kennel cough and three days later I had her at the vet with pneumonia, worms, fleas, giardia and a partially collapsed lung.
It was a hideous time taking her back and forth to the vet hospital with her on oxygen every night. Not to mention signing the DNR every night we left her "just in case". We had to nebulize her 4 times a day...we finally purchased a nebulizer and put her in a rubbermaid box (with a hole in it)so she would get the most from the medicine. She slept on my chest for a while as she couldn't lie down and breathe at the same time. It was an awful, awful time for our whole family. We each took turns crying and wondering if she would make it.
When I called Ms. Friel she said she would put her "down" for me for "free" and give us another puppy. No thank you. There was no way I was bringing my dog back to this place. We had already fell in love with her (she was our first dog as a family and my son loved her). Ms. Friel said there were no "guarantees" and that she was "saving dogs lives". I, too, wondered why she was bringing puppies from other states and countries when there were enough her to go around. The answer in my opinion was to bring in the $200 per adorable puppy. I found our puppy on a website where I received a picture of about 10 puppies a day for adoption. This is the lure to bring in people to this terrible place.
I don't believe for a second she does this for free or the goodness of her heart. She does it for the money. The person we dealt with when we got out dog was very nice and tried to help when we called about our puppy being sick but it was obvious her hands were tied with the way this woman ran her business.
Dr. Brockett and his wife helped save our dog. They had seen other sick animals from Adirondack Save A Stray and I know of atleast 5 other people who have adopted very ill puppies from them. I even met someone TODAY who adopted a sick puppy from them.
To top things off, Ms. Friel, assuming our dog had passed, sent me a sympathy card in the loss of my dog! As far as I'm concerned, they should be shut down. I wish I had some recourse, I'd see it though to the end. What about small claims court?? Shame on these people!
Posted on June 17 at 11:37 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I adopted a dog from the Adirondack Save-A-Stray last October. Luckily we still have her but she cost us close to $7,000 in vet bills and it still continues.
They told me she had kennel cough and three days later I had her at the vet with pneumonia, worms, fleas, giardia and a partially collapsed lung.
It was a hideous time taking her back and forth to the vet hospital with her on oxygen every night. Not to mention signing the DNR every night we left her "just in case". We had to nebulize her 4 times a day...we finally purchased a nebulizer and put her in a rubbermaid box (with a hole in it)so she would get the most from the medicine. She slept on my chest for a while as she couldn't lie down and breathe at the same time. It was an awful, awful time for our whole family. We each took turns crying and wondering if she would make it.
When I called Ms. Friel she said she would put her "down" for me for "free" and give us another puppy. No thank you. There was no way I was bringing my dog back to this place. We had already fell in love with her (she was our first dog as a family and my son loved her). Ms. Friel said there were no "guarantees" and that she was "saving dogs lives". I, too, wondered why she was bringing puppies from other states and countries when there were enough her to go around. The answer in my opinion was to bring in the $200 per adorable puppy. I found our puppy on a website where I received a picture of about 10 puppies a day for adoption. This is the lure to bring in people to this terrible place.
I don't believe for a second she does this for free or the goodness of her heart. She does it for the money. The person we dealt with when we got out dog was very nice and tried to help when we called about our puppy being sick but it was obvious her hands were tied with the way this woman ran her business.
Dr. Brockett and his wife helped save our dog. They had seen other sick animals from Adirondack Save A Stray and I know of atleast 5 other people who have adopted very ill puppies from them. I even met someone TODAY who adopted a sick puppy from them.
To top things off, Ms. Friel, assuming our dog had passed, sent me a sympathy card in the loss of my dog! As far as I'm concerned, they should be shut down. I wish I had some recourse, I'd see it though to the end. What about small claims court?? Shame on these people!
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