Cheatham County Animal Control

Amelia Rousseau

Literal angels on Earth work at this place.

Chonta DillinghamDeals

I began as a volunteer here in July. The compassion and love shown to the animals by all the staff and volunteers is what kept me coming back. I have since joined the staff and get to love on the animals even more. I also adopted 3 cats from this facility. I know I am now probably biased, but it really is the best place for animals who are waiting to find their “FUR”ever homes. Don’t hesitate to come for a tour, join the volunteer group, or foster and/or adopt a fur baby. You won’t be disappointed!

Amy Schmid

The staff here treat the animal’s with love and excellent care. I decided to volunteer here yesterday!!)

Amber Blake

On April 11th our dog got out of the fence around 3pm. We called Animal Control Monday morning April 12th and started to give a detailed description of my dog then the lady on the phone said “a guy had called yesterday with a dog that had gotten hit by a car with the same description of him he took him to Nashville vet specialist but he didn’t make it”. I assumed it was because he got hit by the car so I called NVS and they said that they had no record of any dog with that description. I then called Animal Control back atheism lady said “ there’s no way he’s definitely there because yesterday when they (NVS) called us back to tell us his condition they had called him by his first name. Is his name scrappy?” I said “yes” and I drove to NVS. When I got there they still acted like they didn’t have any idea what I was talking about but finally got a hold of someone who did.I believe that unfortunately the only reason she knew what I was talking about is because she had just filled out the paperwork to get scrappy cremated. I asked her to shred that because we wanted to take him home. We talked for a minute then I got to go inside. I asked the lady what scrappys injuries were expecting to se a bad scene.... she then said “he had a broken leg and a broken pelvis” I asked “did he bleed out?” She said “no we actually left it up to Cheatham County Animal Control and they said since he was a stray they wanted to euthanize him” my moth dropped! This 70 pound dog that is well manicured and groomed was in no way shape or form a stray! I got to finally identify him and get his collar that included his tag the phone number on it!!! Why didn’t we get a single call? Even after the initial car accident or the day after they made that decision to euthanize.. we never got the option to say good bye or try to save our insured dog. This system failed us so badly. How many other dogs get labeled as “stray” and tossed in the trash!? I’m so disappointed in our animal control and the protocol we have for these situations needed to be revised. If I could leave zero stars I would!!