Karen, no don't be discouraged, you may find another rescue group to help with. The guy that runs our Humane Soc is a total nutball in every sense of the word and I was so scared to go and get a dog from there but I did and the rest as they say is history.
(The guy is such a nutball I was afraid when Shai passed that they would want her body back, and I was gonna throw 3 shades of a fit, b/c she was in her final resting place and was not moving.
But they didn't make me)
Tigeress, sorry to hear about the aol I totally understand! Totally! Its cool tho!