I'm not sure if anyone here was really getting the point of the conversation. One is that there were no application forms, adoption forms, no speuter contracts, not even a "just call us and let us know how the dog is doing." Besides the website, there is not even an implication that the animals should be speutered.
Just a basic information contact information sheet so the shelter has a record of where the dogs went to. The shelter adopts to out of county, out of state, and apparently out of the country. There is not any way that the shelter can keep tabs on all those dogs.
You guys gotta realize that the shelter seems to be operating on bare necessities. There is only
one AC officer, and he and his wife operate the shelter on their own property, and are assisted by other volunteers. The animals appear well cared for, they all have indoor/outdoor kennels--padlocked and secure-- and none of them appear to be underfed or wormy or sickly, but I am sure that the county does not have the extra money to fund more than what it already does.
The shelter people are doing the absolute best job that they can do under the circumstances. Likely, the shelter does not have the funding to vaccinate or speuter the dogs before they leave, the funding to purchase forms, the funding to pay someone to assist processing the forms, and maybe not enough room to store all of the records and forms.
Chances are that if I send a copy of the neuter certificate to the shelter, the people are likely to have time to look at it a few months from now, and it will sit in a pile of papers that eventually get tossed into the trash--because it is not a necessary required record of the county's.
Now, when I get Jaws neutered, will Chazboard all agree that I have become the biggest person here?
BUT...you did know. I understand that some people might not have found out about the mandatory spay/neuter clause, but you did--and pretending you didn't and trying to justify your actions is just immature at best.
You took that dog knowing you were supposed to neuter him. Be the bigger person here, and go get your dogs fixed. Then tell the shelter they should add the clause to their adoption forms, to make their policies consistent
They'll probably appreciate the advice.