This is long but please read this if you're thinking of surrendering ANY dog to this shelter. I'd rate this place negative 5 stars if I could. These guys have zero remorse or empathy. I surrendered my dog Praedyth on December 2nd after an apartment I was going to live in said they don't allow large breed dogs. The absolute fool I was I decided to give him up to this shelter thinking he'd adjust and be able to be adopted. Well, after just 2 days I called them on the status of his adoption and he was already deemed unadoptable! 2 days! He's never been in a shelter and was always free to roam the inside of the house and out! He has dogs around him Barking making him on edge of course he won't adjust or pass their test after this short amount of time. So after a whole 2 hour conversation my mom decided he can stay at her home. I cannot describe the joy I felt at this point. I was going to save my baby. I called them to let them know we can care for him. He can come to where he's comfortable and loved until I find an apartment that allows large dogs... Guess what their response to all this was? "NOPE! He's too dangerous we're gonna euthanize him anyway." Are you kidding me? You're going to kill him because he isn't use to being in a shelter surrounded by death and FILLED with anxiety? This is no monster. He's no menace to society. He's scared and for good reason: YOURE GOING TO KILL HIM! I got in touch with the director and he did not care for anything I had to say. This is a man who probably put down so many dogs he's numb to it, you can hear it in his voice. This is a business not a daycare for dogs and I get that but Jesus man have mercy on my boy. He saved my life when I attempted suicide. He sat on my chest and screamed so loud the neighbors heard and called the police. I would not be here if this "menace" didn't save me. He said on the phone that me and my mom would have to sign a liability waiver and said if he bites someone it's going to be automatically a FELONY for both of us. He also said we'd have to get a prepaid training receipt for aggression training. When I walk him on the Arbor Hills nature preserve trail he is not aggressive to other people and never has been. He has gotten loose twice and has never bit anyone. He even let someone knock on our door right next him to let us know he's outside trying to get back in. And the last and absolute worse is that he stated he needs to talk to my mother's landlord letting him know the dog is aggressive? He knows how that conversation would go. That goes for any landlord because then they'd have to get insurance that covers attack breeds or aggressive dogs. What landlord is going to walk out of that conversation saying "yes they can stay". Infact the director knew this so much that he said DONT do anything else until he talks to the landlord. Why? Because it would be a waste of effort. My dog is doomed. I should not have brought him to this shelter. He's 5 years old and would have spent his last 5 years being loved and cared for had I not brought him to this shelter and went with a rescue group. If you bring your dog here expecting them to be rehomed, don't bother. Either they'll fit right into the shelter and get adopted (hopefully) OR they'll be terrified of this place and be put down. No inbetween. They won't even let him lay on my lap one last time UPDATE: after finding a home of someone who is more than willing to take him AND is their own landlord the director himself shot the idea down. Effectively killing my dog. Again, this is not the actions of someone who has the animals well-being in mind and should be removed from his position. Any other shelter would have worked with me to bring him home but I brought him to the one shelter in Texas that prefers killing than saving. Do not bring your animals here. This is just a pound, not a shelter. read more