The Carson shelter has preposterously taken 23 days to complete 1 simple temperament test. This was made official on 3/12, after someone working for this shelter finally brought themselves to take an initiative and do their job. Yes, this test was requested on 2/18. All the while this amazingly sweet boy named Freckles had been waiting to pass, so that he can then be let out of his kennel for a walk or some interaction in the play yard.

See, at the Carson shelter they state that any dog they themselves deem to be a “Pit Bull” is not allowed to leave its kennel, under any circumstances, until it receives and passes a temperament evaluation. This is their in-house BSL at work. This pays no mind to the fact that temperament tests are not automatically given to dogs, and when they are requested it routinely takes the staff over a week (or more, such as this case demonstrated) to do them. What happens to the Pit Bulls, amounting to most all of them, who never get a temperament test? They just never get out of their kennel until they are taken out to be killed.

Many times after the temperament test has finally been completed it’s the shelter manager’s next move to then give that dog 24 hours to find rescue, or it’s potentially targeted to be killed. This manager’s name is Gil Moreno and he’s about the last person that should be managing a shelter. The 23-day wait for the temperament test to be done is apparently being explained away because they are “under staffed,” yet they fire incredible volunteers (like Dianne), decline other volunteer applicants (like myself) and do a whopping 1 training class per year. I’m also just posting this story now, now that I know that Freckles is officially safe, because this shelter has been known to retaliate against dogs that I promote and kill them out of spite. Yes, this is the culture that we traverse.

Lastly, they graded submissive Freckles a “C” after he started playing with the rubber hand on the stick that they try and incite the dogs with, which they point into their food while they are eating. Really fair, huh?

Here’s a video that I shot on the morning of 3/7, again, just posted now because I didn’t want it floating around online and have them retaliate against me and kill Freckles in response.