Petition Against Bradford County..LIES!!!!DO NOT SIGN! HERE IS THE TRUTH!

[Guest guest]

The petition against Bradford County Animal Control is untrue and

grossly exaggerated. . . Everybody who knows me knows that I stand

up for what's right and speak my mind and the truth. A yr ago I

stood up against the Putnam Co Sheriff's Dept and pound because dogs

are only held there 3-5 days and Bull breeds are given even less time

and are not allowed to be adopted out. Their kennels are sprayed out

with the dogs still remaining in the kennels getting wet, their food

getting wet and soggy. They have NO Vet on call there at all. Their

adoption time is only 2-4...pm...Monday through Friday. You also

have to be a 501 ©3 to pull from there.

Now let's take Bradford County.

You can adopt anytime there Monday through Friday that they are

open. They hold their dogs for 14 days.

When they clean their kennels, they protect the dogs by moving them

to a separate kennel so the dogs do not get cold or wet and so the

food stays intact. They allow you to adopt out Bull Breeds which

considering all the bad press they get makes a very huge statement on

their part. There is nobody that enjoys euthanasia but without it we

would be over-ridden with dogs and cats. If the pound gave you the

green light to take every single dog out of there, you'd be talking

5,000 dogs a year. I have personally worked with Tracy and have

never seen a cleaner pound or met anyone who cares as much as Tracy

does about the animals. When it " s cold she brings certain dogs or

puppies at risk into her office to keep them warm. We have

personally seen small dogs without much fur and Mamma dogs with small

babies crouding her office... . Is that someone who wants to kill

dogs? We cannot save them all. It's easy to be an armchair

quarterback and sit back and say you want to save all the sweet

faces, but the bottom line is we can't. There are people I know

right now that keep pulling dogs without having a place to even put

them. We have to look at pulling good, adoptable dogs and key on

adoption. I don't mean boarding dogs and moving them from place to

place. Not every dog is adoptable. I have not met the sheriff at

Bradford County but if I were him right now I'd be getting pretty

PO'd. He would have every right if he wanted to to make it a 5 day

holding and stop letting people save bullys like other counties. But

he obviously has a heart for these dogs for which we should be

grateful. Everybody says this is about the dogs and it's the dogs

who pay the price....so before you crusaders shoot yourself in the

foot, try going into most pounds and find out what their holding time

is and what they do with bullys and you will be thankful for the

policies of Bradford County.

Sincerely,

Michael Vermette

President: Mikes Dog House, Inc www.mikesdoghouse.org

386.328.7789 386.336.7070