My Nonprofit Reviews

After volunteering and adopting at/from shelters in the Cincy area with great success, I found a pup at SAAP and adopted her 8/2015. To make a long story short, her "original" vet records were not accurate and info had been whited out re: her age, vaccinations, and important info, such as a culture for ringworm on her tail, were never disclosed. The foster mother also told me they believed she was a purebred Chow Chow, which she clearly was not. Now, one year later, I took the dog to my vet for what I believed was her 3rd UTI, which is unusual for a 1-yr. old.

As it turned out, my vet discovered she was not spayed, or not completely spayed, and was in heat. After contacting SAAP, they initially insisted there was no way she wasn't spayed. So, at my cost, I ok'd a blood test which showed she definitely was not spayed. Only then did the SAAP president return my call, but stated they had no money to help with the cost of the dogs spay surgery, which will be approx. $500 including estrogen test.

After I pointed out that spaying was something that was covered in the adoption agreement, he then said I could take the dog back to Pet Wow in Ky. to have her spayed (absolutely not, plus we live 4-5 hrs. away) or he would return my $160 adoption fee. Not very helpful considering the time, cost and the dog's health risk involved.

At no time did anyone from SAAP offer any sort of apology, only doubt and disbelief that the dog was intact. I see they have volunteers posting 5-star reviews, so I wanted to give a little insight from an adopter's point of view in hopes no one else or their pet has to go through this. I will not ever recommend this organization to others and will go elsewhere in the future.