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No communication, long-time member account closed, without reason or support, no response when requesting clarification. Had a lot of issues with people on Petfinder being scammers and looking for cheap bait dogs for fighting groups. There is no verification of the people looking, only the people placing.
I adopted a dog from this site 17 years ago. I just had to put her down a couple of months ago. If I had made this review then, it would have been 5 stars. I went to a foster family to meet her. I don't even recognize this site now. HUGELY disappointing. I'll check my local rescues. Not interested in puppy mills. Shame on you.
Terrible organization!!! We were declined adoption of a puppy because we didn't have our indoor 16-year old blind and toothless Yorkie vaccinated up to the very end. They're really not a rescue organization anyway. They're "for profit" organization but masquerade as a virtuous one. We're going to a private breeder and will train and care for our dog as WE see fit. We don't want or need to be micromanaged by a third party anyway.
The one star rating of this review is not directed at Petfinder I rate Petfinder five stars for their excellent work in connecting people to the Adoption Agency that have the pet of their choice. However, it is the adoption agency that fails here. On March 25, 2024 I found Petfinder.com because I wanted to adopt a cat . I found a pretty kitten at an adoption agency close to me that advertised on Petfinder. I filled out the application to adopt the kitten I didn't receive any response from the agency , Stray Cat Relief Fund of Philadelphia. I submitted another application to no avail again I never got a response from Stray Cat Relief Fund. This agency posted an open house on Sunday, April 21, 2024 to meet my new pet on their Facebook page I went to the open house and I met my hopeful new pet, she was adorable . However, I was immediately told you "don't qualify , and to get something else". Upon my persistent request to adopt this kitten I was lied to when I was told that we need to call your Vet. To verify all up to date shots on my other cats. We will call you in a few days.I was also told they would be sending me a video about cats.I never got a response from Stray Cat Relief Fund. I believe I was the target of racial discrimination when trying to adopt a kitten. I am an African American woman and the volunteers and employees are Caucasians.THAT'S SAD!
They need to really check their rescue people. We wanted to adopt from Barbie Ferro in NJ and East Texas. She brought us 2 very skinny puppies with worms and wouldn't let us bring them to the vet. Then took them from us over a month later under false pretence. At that point, we had already dewormed them and they both were an awesome weight. They weren't the amasiated puppies we had gotten in the beginning. We also had them trained to go outside, walk on a leash and sit & stay. She is discussing and shouldn't be rescuing any animals. She admitted to my husband and I that she usually forgot to feed them or only fed them once a day. Discussing!
Wanted a cat one day, so I decided to go on Petfinder. Saw a beautiful cat that would’ve be perfect for our family. I messaged them about the cat only to never hear back from them at all. This was 3 weeks ago. I adopted from them before which was not a good idea, the cat they gave me before was suppose to be be good around kids, It kept attacking my kids, they would be laying down he would come over and scratch them. He scratched my oldest son ear so bad it wouldn’t stop bleeding. He was just laying down watching tv not even paying attention to the cat. I messaged them about the incident and they said he had a past issue of attacking other kids. They failed to tell me that the day I adopted him.Years later I thought I would give them another try, they failed me again. I wouldn’t recommend them.Instead we went to our local shelter and adopted a beautiful kid friendly cat. She’s perfect family cat.Again I don’t recommend petfinder at all!!!
Agencies on Petfiner do not adopt to senior citizens. After submitting several applications, filing out numerous questionnaires, and answering every questions they ask, it is clear they don't adopt healthy dogs to senior citizens. I agree there are many senior dogs needing placement, but not getting/adopting a similar dog to what you have had in the past is a waste of time on Petfinder. Purely the agencies discrimination against senior citizen adoptions. Even if the person wanting to adopt has ALWAYS had large dogs like; Labs, Golden Retrievers, and our etc.I agree with numerous postings that Petfinder's MI Aagencies are a waste of time if you are a senior citizen. And, I am sure there are numerous other types disciminations occurring with these agencies.
Looked up another reviews and decided to give one for Harrisburg PA. I choose the cat and everyone from family decided we would love to adopt him. Followed the required application etc, and received a call and emai from Jennifer Constance. She informed that my application is in prosess and request to wait.... Okay. 8 days later I am emailing her back about what is going on. She replied right back my boy has been just adopted!These people not just waisting your time, I am hart broken!!! Theire phone auto reply saying that their foster facilities overwhelmed and they are not excepting new pets!!!!!! Not sure how to follow this situation. Looks they stretching time on purpose with ridiculous questions like I am adopting a child!!!!! And after that still not letting you adopt a pet. Heartbroken!!!!!!
If you are looking to rescue a pet, FORGET ITIf you are looking to adopt a dog, BUY A PUPPY.I lost count of how many dogs I applied for.Most of the time you do not even get an answerWhen you do, they put you through answering a questionnaire that you feel you are adopting a human child.If you can survive the questionnaire and send it to them, they turn you down without even the courtesy of telling you why.Actually, one of the pets I applied for is still being showcased online months after I applied and submitted the questionnaire and follow-questionsIT IS A COMPLETE WASTE OF YOUR TIME
I applied to a couple of rescues on Petfinder…either I never received a reply from the rescues o received a reply which said if we don’t get back to you within a week you were not a good fit…I applied for an adult or senior toy poodle …I have had toy poodles my entire life and my fur babies all lived long beautiful lives…my last toy poodle , Jack, was almost 18 yrs old and died of kidney disease…I applied 2 times and was turned down each time… only after I inquired and then received one answer out of the two by email…what the heck…oh and I’m retired, home all day and have a fenced yard….ridiculous rescues…seems like they don’t want to let the poor dogs go and like no one is good enough…I still see the same dogs up for adoption after a month….
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