Striving!!!
Pros: Great animals, great staff, great all around enviroment!!
Cons: Having to fix what previous employees didn't handle correctly!
Reviewed: 7 months ago -- Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Pet Service Reviewed by: kristin (Kris821)
Supporting Shelter: Francisvale Home for Smaller Animals
Supporting rescue: Animals in Crisis Inc
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Due to previous misguidance, Francisvale had to go into total revamp. Now with an excellent staff, board, volunteers, and trainers they are on the right track! The new direction is totally great for everyone most of all the animals. The animals are all healthy, eat high value food, the dogs are walked daily and take turns having play time in the runs. The cats have full run of their areas daily and along with the staff and volunteers that come to socialize the cats, get all the love and nurturing they need and want. I feel Francisvale is a wonderful place and their might be a lot of new and interesting things going on their but, its all for the good and wellbeing of the wonderful animals that call Francisvale home until that right person comes along to adopt them!!!
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[updated on 2008-09-21 02:10:08 GMT]:
I worked at Francisvale up until May 08. My time there was exhausting but, mostly beneficial. I had some of the best friends working there(the furry kind!) The whole time I was there their was turmoil with past employees and board members which I still can't understand. They all blame it on the new shelter director, Grace, but they still continued to take it out on the new staff, volunteers, and most of all the animals. Then they come on here and bash Francisvale for what you might ask>>>??? I ask myself the same question. They ramble on and on how dirty, mislead, and disgusting the shelter is but, in the same sentence try to say their doing everything for the animals! I would think if you really love animals including the ones at Francisvale you wouldn't bash where they live is all. Like I said I used to work there and I left to go back to school and be able to spend more time with my family not because of Grace, the board, or anyone else there. I miss it there more than you know and I just think all the hostility is directed completely wrong. I don't know what happened before I started volunteering(yes I started as a volunteer!) and I don't care! All I know is the place is clean adoption rates are excessive and all the animals are fed properly and taken care of in all aspects. Its funny how their is blog after blog about the adoption procedures too. I don't feel its too much its just extra careful and almost full proof that the animal will stay in its forever home and not be returned! The whole time I was employed there we must have gotten 4-5 dogs that were returned that were adopted out by the previous staff! What did the staff and Grace do??? Welcomed that poor animal back(unfortunately) regrouped and began the search for the RIGHT FURREVER HOME!! So before you put down people you don't even know, a place you no longer know, and animals you no longer or never knew, look in the mirror and ask yourself ... is it worth it? Who am I really hurting?? Then tell yourself, I am a real ass aren't I??????
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[updated on 2008-09-21 02:10:08 GMT]:
I worked at Francisvale up until May 08. My time there was exhausting but, mostly beneficial. I had some of the best friends working there(the furry kind!) The whole time I was there their was turmoil with past employees and board members which I still can't understand. They all blame it on the new shelter director, Grace, but they still continued to take it out on the new staff, volunteers, and most of all the animals. Then they come on here and bash Francisvale for what you might ask>>>??? I ask myself the same question. They ramble on and on how dirty, mislead, and disgusting the shelter is but, in the same sentence try to say their doing everything for the animals! I would think if you really love animals including the ones at Francisvale you wouldn't bash where they live is all. Like I said I used to work there and I left to go back to school and be able to spend more time with my family not because of Grace, the board, or anyone else there. I miss it there more than you know and I just think all the hostility is directed completely wrong. I don't know what happened before I started volunteering(yes I started as a volunteer!) and I don't care! All I know is the place is clean adoption rates are excessive and all the animals are fed properly and taken care of in all aspects. Its funny how their is blog after blog about the adoption procedures too. I don't feel its too much its just extra careful and almost full proof that the animal will stay in its forever home and not be returned! The whole time I was employed there we must have gotten 4-5 dogs that were returned that were adopted out by the previous staff! What did the staff and Grace do??? Welcomed that poor animal back(unfortunately) regrouped and began the search for the RIGHT FURREVER HOME!! So before you put down people you don't even know, a place you no longer know, and animals you no longer or never knew, look in the mirror and ask yourself ... is it worth it? Who am I really hurting?? Then tell yourself, I am a real ass aren't I??????
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A person I met not too long ago had a bad experience at this shelter. This person was told that a litter of kittens were available for adoption. The next day when this person went out, was told they all spoken for. Other kittens that were being kept upstairs at the shelter and were up for adoption were denied to be seen. This is not the first person to have claimed similar encounters about adopting pets from there. Do they really want them to have a home? Talk about misguided.
I never tried or am I now trying to cover for anyone including Grace. Since you obviously cannot read English, let me try to explain it slower for you! I left Francisvale to go to school which I previously stated and I only speak from my experiences/opinions! Unlike you or whoever else I don't rely on other people to get falsified info for me to shovel out because I have nothing better to do than live in the past and act like a toddler with this you said, she said crap! I wrote this long paragraph because they are my opinions of Francisvale and the animals who call it home not to fire you up or appeal to you in any way! Did you ever think Grace just didn't like you?? That is probably the case since your obviously psycho because she always treated me with the utmost respect and was always professional. My suggestion to would be counceling which based on all the time you spend on here you have the time for and a whole bunch of it!
Kristin, I find it quite amusing that you believe the people writing comments against Francisvale's current regime are "psycho" or acting like "toddlers," when it is YOUR comment that looks like it was written by an illiterate, rambling psychopath or some crazy juvenile. Furthermore, are you saying that Grace was justified in harassing and firing employees just because she "didn't like" them? I don't think the US Deparment of Labor would agree with as justification for job harassment and termination. And, the fact that GraceK would hire somebody like you -- a person with absolutely no communication skills -- for a position where you had to meet with the public is evidence itself of her incompetence and poor managerial ability.
Kristin, please reread the last sentence in the previous post. I'm certain that you & anyone else who've been involved in the day to day care of the animals have been deeply concerned with their welfare & adoption: So were ALL past employees, board members & volunteers. Your dear shelter director is manipulating & deceitful. She only tells you what she wants you to know (or make up). Before Grace was hired the shelter was (1) ALWAYS clean. (2) The adoption rates became "excessive" and climbing. (3) The idea & practice of rescuing out of state transport dogs was started & carried out by a past employee & a board member that current management hijacked & credited to herself. In fact they credited themselves with all the ideas that were provided by the very dedicated & caring people that had been there. Has anyone previously associated with the shelter ever been credited with anything? (4) The shelter manager with the blessings of the board manufactured bogus write ups for the sole purpose of eliminating ALL employees (5) The dogs were NEVER left out in bad weather; they were rotated in & out. (6) The animals were fed properly before too. Mac was diagnosed with malnutrition under shelter director's watch, speaking of which just "how" was he "put down". As for returned pets, there will ALWAYS be returned pets no matter how carefully adopters are screened. That's just the way it is. Want me to go on? I wish you the best & am happy you were there to make a difference for the animals. That's the reason ANYONE associates or works at an animal to begin with.
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