HUMANE SOCIETY OF CALVERT COUNTY

Outstanding staffing at this location. They genuinely seek the best interest of all of the pets in their care as it shows through the general demeanor of the animal. I was fortunate enough to have this staff rescue a family pet from another location from what appears to have been an impending demise of an otherwise perfectly good pet. We are very grateful to the organization and the their staff.

Horrible. A complete nightmare. I rescued a dog named Fiona from the Calvert County Humane Society (CCHS) on 6/26/23. Unbeknownst to me (they adopted her out to me without saying a word) she'd gotten pregnant while at their rescue facility because, according to an employee there named "Porter" they'd housed her with an unfixed male for at least two days. Brilliant. Prior to this she'd caught a severe case of kennel cough at CCHS which, according to their president, Tanya Gott, and Porter, almost killed her. Three weeks after I took her home on 7/15 at 0235 hours (2:30 am) Fiona, the only thing worthwhile to come out of my experience with this place, gave birth to 6 puppies in my bed. One was stillborn. Tanya Gott (the president of Calvert Humane Society) and the rest of the staff convinced me to turn over Fiona and the puppies to an "expert" named Kristy Isles that they knew, until the puppies were weaned, rather than raising them myself. They were extremely anxious about this and I realize now that they were less concerned with my dog's health and more concerned about covering up for their mistakes, as the next 6 weeks was a nightmare. They had agreed to allow me regular planned visits so that I could check on and stay bonded with Fiona at least twice a week. As she'd spent her entire life in shelters, and she finally got adopted just to be given away again, I knew this was important. (I've worked with dogs at rescues and privately for about 7 years since retiring from government, and I know the importance of providing stability and bonding with a new rescue). During my first agreed upon visit, a person I later learned was the husband of the "expert" Kristy Isles, ran from their house, charged at me and threatened me as I parked in their driveway. (He was a little fella, but it was still unsettling) I'd arrived exactly at the agreed upon time, which was noon. The husband claimed that he didn't know that I was coming over, and that his wife "heard someone speeding in the driveway" even though I'd just been in contact with Kristy who knew about my planned visit, and was home at the time. (This is all documented by text messages.) As an aside, my speed going up their driveway was 5 mph. He then proceeded to follow me into the house and continued to stand less than 2 feet behind me during the entire visit, which lasted only ten minutes as I was extremely uncomfortable. I had no idea of his health condition or vaccination status, and he was unmasked, in addition to appearing mentally unstable. CCHS had stated that I'd be able to visit regularly and that they'd send updates about the dogs. Instead, they fought me at every attempt to visit Fiona and sent almost no updates during the next 6 weeks. Fiona had also contracted a serious case of diarrhea that required a vet visit while there, which they neglected to share with me until I saw Fiona suffering after a rare visit with her. Dealing with these people was a nightmare, and when I finally got her back my dog was emaciated and much of her hair missing. (She's now doing great.) Funny thing about Calvert Humane Society: every person I told this story to from vets, to vet techs to people at dog parks knew what Tanya Gott was like and none were surprised by the lack of competence, specifically as it applied to Tanya. She manages a 6.5 million dollar budget there, and gets paid. She's not only incompetent, but quite possibly the most loathsome individual I've ever come across. She's one of these rare individuals whose as ugly on the inside as she is on the outside. Think Harvey Weinstin without the talent, and you'll be close. Hopefully they cut loose this wretched woman so that she may pursue a career in a field that doesn't require intelligence, compassion or common sense. These people are supposed to help with the surplus of unwanted dogs, but instead, they allowed 5 more to be born, which sadly pushed 5 adult dogs onto the back burner, as puppies almost always get adopted first. Shame on you Tanya Gott.

I have adopted a couple of dogs from The Humane Society and the staff has been wonderful. Years later and they still remember my dog Clover. I have never had a problem getting ahold of anyone, everyone is super friendly and very helpful. My babies have since past and everyone was so supportive and when the time is right I will be back to find my next family member.