Morgan County Humane Society

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A Google User

Wonderful experience at the shelter! I applied to be a foster, but ended up keeping the little guy. You can tell everyone that works at the shelter cares a lot about all the animals. Highly recommend adopting from here :)

A Google User

Had the most wonderful experience fostering, then adopting our new puppy! She’s healthy and happy…and we are thrilled. The staff was wonderful; so helpful and accommodating. Highly recommend!

A Google User

We had the absolutely best experience with Morgan County Humane Society. Theresa and the rest of the staff we're compassionate with the animals and very helpful for us humans as well! We adopted a sweet girl in Leera and even with her aggression (because she was so scared) they never treated her like a bad girl and always knew she was wonderful! I would recommend adopting from them as they will make the whole experience easier! We had to foster first as she needed to be spayed and although Leera wasn't happy about it, the staff did everything to treat her well. I couldn't be more happy and thankful for their services!

A Google User

It's difficult to objectively rate this shelter because what they do is so vital.. but the experiences I've had with them are concerning for successful long term placement and what is in the best interest of both the animal and adoptive family... they either a) do not provide proper medical care or b) do not adequately disclose known medical information that is vital to decision making for adoption. I will clarify, i am NOT saying you shouldn't adopt here.. just be very mindful of what you may be getting yourself into because they do NOT inform their adoptive families of everything they know.. I have two stories but only enough characters to share one.. but neither speaks well for their big picture.. Our most recent experience(June 2021): We adopted a pit mix with no plans for multiple dogs.. we expressed an interest in a couple of dogs and they matched us with the one they felt was the best fit (supposedly)..we had 2 guinea pigs which we were very upfront about, and 4 children ages 3-16 (3 are special needs). Now, this dog is absolutely amazing.. but he had already been in the shelter more than 4 months after a different failed adoption(probably more than 1).. and had we been a less experienced dog family, had less resources, or more frequent visitors, this would have been yet another failed adoption for this dog (and I'm ashamed to say, we did consider it).. when we put him in the car to go to the vet the first time, you should have seen him deflate.. as though he'd only ever been in a car to go to a new home or back to the shelter.. The big failures this shelter made: 1)while they disclosed he did not get along with the animals at his previous home.. they did NOT give a true picture of just how reactive he was (and not JUST with animals).. he bit our neighbor's dog in the face (with significant injury) through a hole we didn't even know was there in the first 24 hours.. he has an extreme prey drive and we have to take a LOT of extra precautions for our guinea pigs.. AND he's anxious and reactive to strangers.. obviously poorly socialized and initially was terrified of darker skinned people responding with low growling and aggression.. in fact, he met our best friends and relaxed fairly quickly, but they have a mixed child they brought with them a week later and he was very difficult to reign in.. he was not only aggressive towards the child (17), but then also towards our friends as though he was upset with them for bringing him.. we had to use a muzzle and treats to work on desensitizing him.. but he still often gets very anxious around darker skinned people we don't know... I find it difficult to believe that the shelter was completely unaware of this.. even bikes and large crowds can prompt this anxiety.. he also resource guards chews from smaller children.. BUT.. this was the lesser of the issues we were not informed of.. Their biggest failure: 2) They brought him out to us limping.. told us their vet had examined him, and that it was just a strained muscle from playing too rough and he was on "kennel rest" .... At first, my family and I were so enamored with him we failed to notice the extreme muscle wasting and the way he shifted all his weight to the front because of the pain.. I had our vet evaluate it that first week and confirmed it was a cruciate ligament tear.. not only that, but x-rays indicate that both knees may be injured.. and it was very much a chronic injury.. the primary knee has already been surgically repaired (which ran us about $5k), and he is still in therapy trying to regain strength in that leg as we watch and wait to see if the opposite side will require surgery as well.. for now, it is stable enough and considering the lack of strength in the other leg we hope it can be avoided.. but he has been compensating so long we cannot tell if it is just inflamed due to that... At any rate, with an obvious pre-existing condition, no treatment for ANYTHING involving any of his legs will ever be covered by any pet insurance.. To me, this bordered on medical neglect..

A Google User

Went there hoping to be able to see the dogs so we could possibly add a new member to our family only to be told we can't actually see all of the dogs. It was a very disappointing experience my family doesn't choose just based off the pictures we like to see which one really chooses us. How are you supposed to do that looking through pictures in a binder? We will be choosing to adopt elsewhere so that we can actually see all that are available and thier personalities.

A Google User

Have to look through binder and then find a time to see them. No longer able to walk through available dogs to find that one that seems to bond with you. Pathetic strategy to find the majority of people who adopt. We don't need a binder to look at we see them online. Hope the county adopts the old rules that seemed to move more animals out the shelter. The new rules are for the workers there not the people wanting to adopt.

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Business Hours
Monday:12:00PM - 17:00PMTuesday:12:00PM - 17:00PMWednesday:ClosedThursday:12:00PM - 17:00PMFriday:12:00PM - 17:00PMSaturday:12:00PM - 17:00PMSunday:Closed

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible entrance
• Wheelchair accessible parking lot

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