Desoto County Animal Services - Arcadia Pet Shelter
Desoto County Animal Services is dedicated to enlisting and employing dedicated animal care personnel. Animal Services and complaint calls for domestic canine, feline and fowl for both the city of Arcadia and Desoto county encompass response to strays, unwanted pets, nuisance domestic animals, neglect/abuse investigations, animals at large & sick & injured animals. Adoptions of domestic pets and coordination with pet rescues serve to place these pets into safe, lasting homes.
We have both dogs and cats available to the public for adoption. All animals must be spayed or neutered when adopted. The cost at adoption is $47. This includes $10 adoption fee, $12 for a rabies shot, $25 towards spay/neuter. Our adopted pets are micro-chipped free of charge. Privately owned pets can be brought to the shelter and micro-chipped for $9.
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5 stars
Author
Alice Evans
Review date
2023-07-06 19:00:33
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5 stars
Author
Taylor
Review date
2022-06-11 18:37:46
I went to Desoto County I was going 2 adopt a white female genan shepard found in Sarasota but I saw this famel dog in Desoto County so sadi & everyone said she looks like she's dying inside. So I drove 2 Arcadia animal shelter she came in with a small dog hr was so happyc2 see me he wanted 2 go with me I was so said that I didn't take him but I knew what my husband would do if I came back with 2 dogs. The woman proceeded 2 take her out of the cage & when a dog so abused starved wouldn't pick up her head and her tail did not wag I knew she was is severe lock down in her brain my Taylor was only 28 pounds starved upon recognition. It's taken me over 4 & a half years 2 heal here but she is still has issues that I may not be able 2 ever cure. My Taylor is a happy healthy 38 pounds speaks 3 languages Enhlush,Spanish & German. My Taylor iscthe smartest dogbi have ever owned in my life that I want another 1 just like her. Taylor is better than my poodle-shitzu who is do spoiled she is very sick has a collapsed trachae.I have owned poodles 20 years of my life & never had this problem on my life. I will search for another Taylir hopefully the female or male will be an alpha as my Taylor as she is an omega b****. None of my more the 250+dogs compare 2 Taylor she is DNA tested. Taylor is a Belgian Malinos Terveran Shepard Kelpie mix 38lbs she has been attacked by pitbulls un my neighborhood by 2 my old hubby jumped on top of my Taylor 2 save her life 3 let those pit bulls attack him instead. If & whenvi leave this county I eill turn them in their r 4 of them in my area that have even attacked my old poodle them came at me I scooped her up the owners told me they were puppies yeah right 2 killer puppies. They rather same 2 pits that attacked my Taylor I went down there the man came out drunk no shirt own and his wife proceeded 2 fight either me & he told herv2 shut up. She told her kids 2 get in the house & they listened 2 her just their pitbulls do they stood therec2 listen. I believe they let their dogs out intentionally 2 see what they would do. I cannot walk down my own street 2 simply walk my dogs down that way 4 fear a 3rd incident will occur. Port Charlotte will turn out 2 be just like Miami Dade county were the pitbull is banished. This will happen here dogs will be destroyed duec2 their owners.I owned pitbulls they don't act like that I was involved with Shutzin training in Miami I took my mastiff female there 2 watch. The huge pitbulls every breed was being trained all my friends owned trained attack dogs
My point is and breed can be dangerous there is a perfect pitbull that lives behind me. I would consider him 2 be an intact male the most perfect pitbull I have ever seen in my life, I only wish I could find 1 like him that's the way the pitbull is suppose to be. Any breed in the wrong hands can be bad it is not the dog breed of dog can be vicious my boyfriend bought me a chiwawa it only loved me and proceeded 2 attack all my family members i had 2 keep it in my bathroom 4 fear it would attack my nana my little girl and anyone entering my massive bedroom with 2 rooms in it. I did not make that dog I tried my hardest 2 socialize that puppy I finally couldn't take the fact it was trying 2 attack my family so I met an old woman her old chiwawa was dying and she wanted my dog I sold 2 her 4 only $100 I went into her home do u have any idea what my little dog did 2 her he bite her at least 7 times was appalled by my littkr dogs behavior & do u know what the old woman said 2 me. While she proceeded 2 bleed & me running her kitchen 2 get paper towels and help her the old eomsn stated that's the way this breed of dog is she gave me the money omg I was crying she said never mind I'm fine go he will be good with me. I'm sure I have the name spelled wrong the small Mexican chiwawa is very dangerous breed.itvonly lives 1 person I don't know enough about them. My little tiny baby chiwawa was so beautiful I never dreamed he would turn out like that Patti. I'm sure I'll get a lot of bad feed back my Akita I bought when it was a rare breed in the 80's she helped my baby walk at 7 months she was not breeder quality I got a great male great Dane 2 be her friend she nearly killed him because he got 2 close 2 my baby that she protected with her life. She was poisoned so the criminals could break in and steal from my jouse. I live that breed & I want anotherv1 I'll have 2 get a male 4 fear the female Akita will hurt my Taylor, the most perfect intelligent dog I gave ever owned in my life Thank u Desoto County Animal shelter 4lettjn me adopt the best & smartest dog I have ever owned in my life, she puts her head on my lap so gentle it's amazing how she is Taylor fought off a young male bobcat who was following mother & 3 babie.Taylor went after the male there was a fight male bobcat got injured did not die she came back with 1 scratch on her nose in my life time I have never owned a dog that fought a bobcat and survived. I owned Nile Monitor once omh anything that has the word Nile in front of it beware my young son found in the everglades brought it home OMG the most vicious lizard I hadc2cdeal with
Canine Castaways, Inc. is a non-profit, all volunteer organization established in 2003. We are dedicated to rescuing dogs in need, rehabilitating if necessary, and then adopting to approved homes where they will be loved as part of a family while also encouraging responsible pet care and striving to increase awareness of the consequences of pet overpopulation through educational programs and mater
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