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FurKids helped us find two of our best babies. I appreciate that they do their due diligence in…read moremaking sure their rescues go to families that are responsible. I also volunteered here a ton in college, and it was very fun!

I'm a lifelong dog owner who has raised multiple dogs from puppyhood through the end of their…read morelives. With that experience in mind, I would strongly recommend avoiding this shelter before wasting your time and emotions. I found an Australian Shepherd mix puppy I wanted to adopt and submitted all the necessary paperwork. After more than a week of unanswered calls and messages, I finally reached Tina, who confirmed I was first in line. She explained the puppy had a slight limp and needed a vet check before we could meet him. She also expressed concerns about the breed being around my two young boys, ages 3 and 5, despite my experience raising dogs and my children having grown up around them. Another week and a half passed with virtually no communication. I had to repeatedly chase down updates and eventually schedule the meeting through another employee. I drove all the way to Cumming with my two excited boys, only to be brought into a small 10x10 room to meet the puppy. He was understandably cautious around strangers but was gentle, explored the room, and even gave us puppy kisses. The trainer immediately characterized his behavior as fear and said he was looking for an escape. We weren't allowed to walk him or interact in a more open environment. It felt like the decision had already been made before we even arrived. At the end of the meeting, we were told they weren't comfortable approving the adoption but would discuss it with the director and call the next day. That call never came. Instead, at 8:30 p.m., while I was putting my soon-to-be-disappointed children to bed, I received a TEXT rejecting our adoption. I understand shelters must make responsible placement decisions, but the lack of communication, questionable evaluation process, and failure to extend even the courtesy of a promised phone call were incredibly unprofessional. I have a fenced yard, work from home, and years of experience raising dogs. If my children's ages and the breed were dealbreakers, why put us through weeks of waiting and an emotional meet-and-greet? A frustrating and disappointing experience from start to finish. I won't be returning or recommending Furkids to anyone.

The 410 Bridge - This little fella was content with a stick and a plastic lid nailed to it kinda like a wheel.

The 410 Bridge

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I recently arrived back from a 10-day trip to Kenya, Africa with 5 members of my church, including…read morethe middle school pastor that was also my mission team leader in my previous review of Haiti. Everything that my trip to Haiti was not, my trip to Africa was & I am so happy I decided to give 410 Bridge a 2nd chance! --- I certainly want to share all about the wondrous things I saw, people I met, and all the details from the PAGES of journal notes that I took every day. I want you to know how friendly the people of the nation of Kenya are & how the children are so dang adorable everywhere you go! I want to describe how every child I passed (particularly in more rural country regions) had a smile that would melt your heart & were eager to greet you with genuine warmth! They didn't just wave EVERY TIME, but (if you waved back) they would ask 'how are you' with an awesome little British accent to their twang. I was blown away with their manners. Some of these children wearing mismatched clothes without shoes on their feet would shake your hand, sometimes performing a curtsy. BLEW ME AWAY! In my journal I wrote: "I have experienced many hours of driving through this nation; From the airport and our first/last nights stay in Nairobi, to our main accommodations in Nanyuki (4 hours away), to our 1 hour drive one way to the Maasai tribal village of Segera each morning. Through my window I saw the way mankind was meant to interact with one another. It was like living in the most awesome subdivision ever. The joy on the faces of locals as they walked and talked with each other made it almost appeared that everyone was good friends. Not once have I seen a argument, a heated conversation, a child disrespecting their parent or a parent beating their child. What I have seen, is people who care about each other." I want to share with you all the wonderful stories I experienced through bible camp each day not only with the children, but courageous stories of adults too. Like Dorcas, a 19 year old female who was almost sold as a wife 3 times @ ages 10, 12 & 14. But in each case someone stood up for her and challenged the sale. In the Maasai culture, you bring shame to your family by fighting a sale and often become outcast by the community and your own family. Add to the story the man whom risked his life challenging the father and took Dorcas in as a daughter even though he was not financially ready. Or the story of the 12 year old boy I met who's parents were killed a year ago and he currently is living in a tiny hut shared by his 14 & 17 year old brother who care for him. Or the story of Jenny, a 19 year old girl with three children whom was sold into marriage @ age 12 and the overwhelming load of responsibilities that a Maasai women must burden; Such as walking several miles one way to retrieve water in 20 liter containers sometimes more than once a day. Being responsible for the children, the home and in many cases even building the home and doing all needed repairs. --- Yes, I want so badly to go into great detail of all that I saw, and maybe I will write an update to detail the stories I encountered. Each one alone would take up the 5,001 characters allowed by yelp in a single review. But what I want I truly want to do is congratulate and promote the work being done by 410 Bridge in this area of Kenya!!! The Maasai culture is a ancient one, in which old tradition is set and there is no movement. Many of these traditions go against basic modern human rights and the people are not receptive to "new things." At one point the Kenyan government had to force leaders of the tribe to send children to school to be educated. However, only elementary school is free in Kenya. To attend high school you must pay. 410 bridge has stepped in the gap of cultural tradition and is making a way for students to fulfill their education. Great progress is being made to get girls into school and improve their test scores. Young girls were missing an average of 1 month of school per year because they simply didn't have sanitary napkins when their monthly cycle arrived, until 410 Bridge began providing them. For others it was the lure of free food that keeps children coming to school. Still for others it was dormitories build on campus to keep many from walking over 10 miles to get educated. Then there is the matter of clean drinking water for the community. Water wells have been erected and tanks that store treated river water have been brought into the communities allowing for better hygiene, shorter walks and even irrigation for farming... a hugely necessary requirement to maintain self-sustaining agriculture. 410 also provides business education to promote entrepreneurship. Something as simple as gathering goat dung for sale as fertilizer has provided a basic income for many! 410 Bridge, this isn't just an upgraded review, it is an apology for not truly understanding all that you do and how truly amazing you are! 2016/135

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