Kitsap Humane Society

Just adopted an absolutely adorable, sweet and seemingly healthy 10 week old puppy on Friday, she started vomiting and having diarrhea on Saturday night, by Sunday she was completely lethargic. Was able to get her to the vet on Sunday where she tested positive for Parvovirus. Now she’ll be at the vet hooked up to an IV for at least the next 3 days at a cost of over $ 1000. We are so worried. We only had her for 48 hours and now she is struggling to survive. I know this is a somewhat common virus for shelter puppies who are too young to be fully vaccinated, so in hindsight, I wish that I would’ve taken her directly to the vet the DAY I adopted her to have her tested. Time is of the essence with parvo. If your puppy starts vomiting or has diarrhea, take them to the vet immediately, don’t wait to see blood in their stool (like it says to on many websites) — they can die from dehydration and sepsis within 48 hours of showing symptoms. I didn’t see any blood so I just hope we got her to the vet early enough to save her life. If she dies we will be totally devastated. I’m grateful that we don’t have any other dogs in our home who could’ve been exposed to parvo. Please be aware that adopting a puppy from this shelter, or any, comes with significant risks. I wish shelters would at the very least recommend that adopters test puppies at a vet for parvo before even bringing them home since this is so common, and because the virus is very difficult to get rid of once it’s in your house or yard and can kill your other dogs. Beware and good luck. Update: she survived and is doing well but only after an $ 1,800 week at the vet. I don’t mean to discourage anyone from adopting from the humane society or any other shelter. Just wanted to spread the word about Parvovirus so people can be prepared. The vet bill was a huge setback for my family but the puppy is worth it.

THIS SHELTER WILL SELL YOU SICK KITTIES.
The kittens all have something called «Feline Calicivirus» and the symptoms are a respiratory infection. It is a virus and is NOT feline herpes. Do not let the vet tell you it is. We wasted money on treatment for herpes when it wasn’t it. As long as the kittens can eat/​drink/​play and the symptoms are sneezing, wheezing, and runny nose, this is what they have. I promise. Just a heads up for others looking to get kitties here, you’ll need antibiotics. I recommend Alder Trail Animal Hospital.

Feeling anxious and misled. ⁵⁄₃₀ phone call about 3yofemale minipoo on website. Told KHS had just received 30 animals from «CA high-​kill shelter.» 5/​31drove 1hr
to meet «Daphne» and 2 – 3 other small dogs. Daphne was already at Petsmart. After
spending 20 mins with her and Jordan, another minipoo and reading Daphne’s info,
decided I liked Daphne but was not prepared to take a dog home that day. Told she
could not be held even 24 hrs even with a deposit. I am 76yo and live alone, needed
time to prepare house for dog .
I went ahead and adopted her for $ 250 plus over $ 80 for crate etc.
Daphne’s info from CA shelter and KSH: ⁵⁄₆ turned in to CA shelter as a stray.
3yr old spayed female, teeth with some tartar,
eyes clear except for brown tear staining on fur, vaccines current.
⁶⁄₂ Clipped fur away from eyes and am pretty sure I see a cataract in her eye.
⁶⁄₆ Vet check in Port Townsend: Daphne is probably more like 7yr old, has full blown
cataract in right eye, Stage 4 periodontal disease with 2 abcesses and a mammary
tumor which might be cancer plus an enlarged vulva which means she had many litters.
If a mammary tumor is found early enough the survival rate is good. Vet says spay scar is recent, whoevernspayed Daphne could have easily removed the tumor at that time.
If Daphne is diabetic-​cataracts and diabetes together is common– she will have to be
treated for that before she can have the dental work she needs and the tumor removed
and examined. Meanwhile the tumor may have already spread to her lungs.
I understand the policies of no refunds etc. but putting a dog up for adoption who is as potentially ill as Daphne may be seems wrong.

UPDATE: 6÷6÷15 Took the cat back to discuss with them about selling sick animals to customers and was quickly approach by a rude woman who says she monitor their Facebook page/​customer service. In the middle of telling her the issue concerning the cat, she walks off from me.
She says we are not refunding your money. This animal shelter, will sell you an animal under misleading guidelines that the animal is not sick, make you sign their contract and then not check out the animal if you have an issue.
Basically that is like you sold me a lemon car.
You tricked me out of my money, took the cat back and then will sell him to someone else. So you’re making money off of sick animals.
I am truly disgusted at this place. I went to adopt a male cat which when he got to my house and started peeing all over our house. The cat have been in my care for 24 hours and is throwing up, won’t eat, won’t drink water, and acting very strangely. The adoption papers basically is a kick in the gut cause they simply state, we will take the animal back but the animals problems are now yours but they lied about this cat health in the first place. I plan on taking some action about this.
Someone need to check into the business practice of this place and I suggest that others look further into these concerns.

The rules need to be followed by the staff there. We followed the rules to the letter, filled out the form completely, had all household members & dog present, but they held a puppy, that we wanted, for another family, who didn’t even fill out half of the application, didn’t have all family members present, until 45 mins later. The staff repeatedly stated that all members of the household, and other dogs in the household, had to be present to meet the puppy /​dog, and they repeatly stated that they didn’t hold puppies /​dogs for anyone. The family that meets all the requirements from the get-​go, should be first in line to meet the puppy /​dog. Very disappointed by the whole experience.

Thank you, KHS, for taking such good care of our new furever friend, who we decided to name «Chicken.» She’s been home now since Friday (about 5 days), and is adjusting nicely with us and our other pup, Oscar. This little gal received a clean bill of health from our veterinarian, and she is quickly learning basic commands. We already love her, and can’t wait to take her to the beach and to the woods in the summer, for some on-​leash hiking trips. Thanks again for the wonderful care you provided to Chicken, and as well as all the other animals that come through your shelter. Your professionalism, courtesy, knowledge, and love for non-​human beings is evident in everything you do. You rock, Kitsap Humane Society!!! :-)

My family adopted two cats. One, a kitten, came home with bloody diarrhea and a bleeding bottom. The other, an adult cat, had fleas and a sore on it’s back. I called KHS about the kitten and they told me they could not help but I could get the cat a free check up at a participating vet. I didn’t need a vet to tell me the cat was very sick and the free check up did nothing to help the cat. KHS passed the cost of the medical treatment on to me. I have always said that the Humane Society is a great organization because they pass on animals who have been spayed or neutered and who have been seen by a vet and are in the best possible health. My advice now would be to seek out any other animal rescue organization. You will pay only slightly more for the animal you receive and you could pay much less by avoiding a vet bill. Shame on you KHS.

We visited on a weekend and it was crowded and busy but we were able to look at all the dogs and puppies they had. The volunteers were friendly. We ended up leaving and going to Petsmart later to buy fish food and saw some more dogs being shown there frok the same shelter. Brian was great and let us walk a dog of our choice and filled us in with all the information we needed. We adopted our dog and are very happy with his health.

I had the best experience here. The staff was friendly, and if I could I would adopt all the animals! I got 2 cats from here 2 weeks ago, who were all up to date on vaccinations (they need 1 more), both were fixed, and pretty healthy looking. They gave me a pamphlet of a bunch of vets in the Kitsap area and it has coupons for a free first initial exams, etc. They even gave me 2 coupons and a sample of the type of food they eat! Which was awesome. Even though the cats were brother and sister and recommended they be adopted together, I still paid full price for both cats. I wish I would’ve gotten some kind of discount for adopting them together. Anyways, I understand! They have been amazing, and get along great with my other cat.
My experience here was wonderful. They were still on stray hold when me and my husband went up there looking for a new addition to our family, so we had to wait a couple days but I went in the morning when they were available and adopted them both, brought them home right after I filled out all the paper work, too! The only issues I had while here is I had to wait to do a meet and greet. I believe it was about 30 — 45 minutes of standing around waiting for one of the volunteers to help out. then again, it was really crowded. But I am very pleased and would recommend them to anyone!

Rescued a big old dog and was impressed by how caring the staff is! They do so much more than the «naysayers». If dissatisfied, I would encourage volunteering at the center to become useful, share ideas, help out where needed. (Always easier to be an armchair quarterback!)

Where to start with this place… first off they need to change their name to the kitsap inhumane society, adopting a dog out just a few short hours after surgery and forcing it awake from a deep sleep to do a meet and greet with its new family who had a pompous ass of a dad. They allowed 2 grown men to fight in the lobby over who was there first and the right to adopt such dog. One of them seemed to be a bit off and I caught him staring at my son for the few minutes we waited outside for the shelter to open, possibly a pedophile? Neither deserved to adopt the dog due to not having the application filled out if you ask me. That they allowed this commotion to even continue and go on instead of booting these 2 out and going to the next people in line is just asinine and unbelievable. It seems they encourage people to camp out for hours prior to opening the place up which is another big joke. Safe to say I will not be returning here ever again! Even giving this place a 1 star rating makes me sick, totally unprofessional of a shelter.

What a mixed bag — truly inconsistent and confusing.
First thoughts were that these folks really care about the animals, there is a lot of chaos and confusion with animal rescue and yet many of the animals were known by name and background. Some have been there for a year or more.
I adopted two cats, both had undergone life saving surgeries — each treated by a different vet. Love the cats, but can’t understand why one had no vaccinations and the other one only half. These cats were under care for months and the one that was vaccinated had been given them just a few days prior to adoption. Both had worms and are undergoing treatment now —
It’s one thing to rescue, save a life — but frankly I’m stupefied at what a mess this ended up being.
Rescue — Rehabilitate — rehome = = well they rescued them and rehomed them, but forgot a good chunk of rehab and basic care.

I have been here many times, it is a great place to adapt your favorite pet. Great support for many pets and owners. The staff member are some of the best one can find in this area. So if you can donate some time and/​or money.

i’ve adopted one dog and two cats and i hope to adopt more in the future.

I’ve been volunteering here off and on since 2004, and it has come so far since the first time I walked in the door. It has become a no-​kill shelter, and has adopted an approach to animal care that not only focuses on their physical health, but their mental health too. The new Executive Director, Sean, has made a world of difference to this place and all of the animals that have passed through here, I hope he can keep it up.

I’m very happy that Kitsap has a No-​Kill shelter with a wonderful well trained staff. We adopted our Staffie from here about 3 months ago and could not be happier. Adoption fees include Advantage, spaying or neutering, microchip, and a bag of pet food to get you started. While there’s a lot of sadness at any animal shelter just because it’s painful to see so many animals wanting love, the staff really seems to care about the animals and making sure they match with the owner. They also do plenty of phone call follow ups after adoption to make sure things are going well. They have also made great use of Facebook and Twitter feeds to show animals that are up for adoption and put together clever ways to show the animals that need adoption. Fantastic place. Cannot recommend them enough.

I’ve been to some number of animal shelters over the years, and this is one of the best I’ve seen. This is at least in part because, as I understand it from them, they are a «no kill» shelter! I.e., except for seriously ill and unredeemably vicious animals, they do NOT euthanize!
They have a large and well-​maintained facility, a large and seemingly effective group of volunteers (and can always use more), competent advisors, various free and low-​cost services (although state law prohibits them from providing after-​adoption vet services), and an experienced staff who seem uniformly cordial and patient.
And patience IS required on all sides. They have a careful but complex, multi-​step view-​visit-​consult-​adopt-​vet-​pay-​pick-​up process, an always-​crowded lobby-​office area, and although partly computerized, their adoption system has a glut of duplicitous and time-​consuming paperwork.
It’s GREAT to see such a well-​run (and no-​kill!) shelter, especially in these financially-​trying times.

We’ve gone here to adopt our two cats. They have a great staff that is knowledgeable and eager to help. The prices of the cats go from 25 – 125 I think. 25 is for full grown cats who have been there the longest and 125 is for the kittens. In the adoption fee you get a microchip included and spay/​neutering. This place is great, it’s sad to go there and see all of the animals but it’s a great place to volunteer and to go and get animals. The location is a bit odd like one review said, but it’s worth the trip out there.

A professional, well educated group of caring individuals doing an outstanding job in a thankless profession; Great job to all you Animal Control Officers!