Pet Connect Rescue

Ah, I cannot say that I am not pleased to see that this organization got awful reviews. I can personally attest to how HORRIBLE they are and yes, like most of you had to deal with Kim.
My experience is from a fostering standpoint. I initially said I would foster an older dog whom they agreed upon. A quick change was made and they asked me to foster a young hound who they assured was potty trained and crate trained. Apparently,
he was pulled from the shelter a week prior and placed with a girl who had never owned a dog before and could not handle him. Talk about a red flag right there… why in god’s name would you pair her with a clearly rambunctious hound dog when she had no prior dog experience? They assured me he already had three applications in on him so it should only be a couple weeks fostering experience. Funny, never heard about any of those applications after that…
I felt like he was just thrown into my arms when I went to pick him up at the adoption event. I brought him home and could tell right away that no, he was not two, he was definitely still a puppy. Within, 10 minutes he was peeing all over the house and I mean all over. I have worked with dog’s for several years so needless to say, I have seen my fair share of crazy puppy antics but this was concerning. I was assured he was potty trained with the occasional accident but there is nothing «occasional» about every 15 minutes. I ended up expressing my concerns and brought him promptly to the vet who told me that his blood work and urinalysis are fine, he is just an 8 month old hound pup who clearly had never seen the inside of a house. Oh, and about the whole he is crate trained thing? Yeah, not a chance. He would howl the whole time he was in there and immediately poop and pee in the crate. Poor guy.
The next issue arose pretty soon as well. Turns out that yes, this guy is dog friendly but is severely food aggressive with other dogs. How did I found this out? How about he put a nice size hole in the top of my mother’s 8 lb dachshund’s head that required medical attention. Did I ask them to pay? Nope, because I was still being naïve and figured I would give them the benefit of the doubt. I immediately called and emailed to let them know of the incident, however, and I absolutely appalled to see that they were completely unapologetic and shooed it under the rug. At this point, I am starting to think what the f***?
Fast forward a couple months and I have decided to move out because he cannot live with other dogs. Yes, I completely changed my whole lifestyle for this dog that I initially was supposed to only have for a couple weeks. I eventually got past Kim and spoke with Catherine I believe. I basically gave them an ultimatum and said that if anything else happens, I cannot keep them. I felt like this is what I had to resort to to get attention. All of a sudden they went from unresponsive to telling me that they will take him and take them to their facility to train. Uh, what? This has been going on for months and we could of been doing conservative measures and now we have to jump to this?
By this time I was attached to him for obvious reasons. I had basically raised him from a pup and felt a connection. I also would of rather cut off my left arm then have given him back to the organization at this point. So, I agreed to adopt him. I was informed that I still had to pay the adoption fee but would get a great discount rate of 50 bucks. I was so enraged at this point that I simply had nothing to say and me and Goober moved on with our lives and tried to get past this horrible foster experience.
So here we are now… Kim has resurrected herself with her horrible grammar and informed me that I need to fill out an adoption application. Ok, cool it, I will but first I told them that I did not feel like I should have to pay the adoption fee at all. She was astounded at this! I wasn’t asking for money, she said!!! Weird, because I received an email a few months ago saying I would be paying the adoption fee. She berated me and told me that she did her best and distance was a problem (I am located in Warrenton, a whole 30 minutes from Manassas). Keep in mind I am trying to enjoy my vacation in Florida all the while trying to decipher her demeaning and frankly unprofessional texts.
I get back from Florida with plans to send in the adoption application sans the fee. Unfortunately, I re injured an old back injury and was bedridden for a week before I had to have emergency surgery. So here I am, hulled up in bed and receive another rude text from her asking for the application. Yes, I will send it and no, I am not giving you my new address because frankly I don’t want you to have it. I explained the situation about the delay and she replied, you never said you were having back surgery. Right, because that’s information I would share with you of all people.
Long story short, I thought Lucky Dog was bad but they take the cake.

My experience with Petconnect is similar to a number of other reviews posted. If you’re trying to adopt, it all depends on who you wind up talking to. Some adoption coordinators never respond. Some turn down applicants without providing a reason. For all animals, basic vetting is covered, but if a dog is heartworm positive or needs a surgery, PCR bails. Most rescues their size are 100% volunteer run. PCR is not. For me, that was the biggest red flag. I would urge people to check out
. There are 8 paid employees. Salaries in the last fiscal year reached 100K. Are all the people affiliated with PCR bad? Of course not. Some spend countless hours networking to save animals, all unpaid volunteers. It’s their ethics, or lack thereof, that drove me away.

I have volunteered as a foster for this organization for years and absolutely stand behind it.
PetConnect Rescue brings in adoptable animals to this area from overcrowded shelters. PCR thoroughly vets the dogs and cats they make available for adoption. They pay for medications, shots, spaying and neutering.
PCR gets some limited information about dog /​cat behavior from the staff at the shelters. Those staff members who often are overwhelmed by the sheer number of animals at the shelters and have limited time to spend with them.
Shelter behavior is different than what you will see in a home or apartments.
PCR fosters and volunteers deeply care for the welfare of the dogs and cats. Potential adopters are screened and references checked.
I truly appreciate all of the unpaid volunteers and professionals that make a difference in the lives of abandoned animals that are in overcrowded rural shelters.
Having had more than thirty foster dogs come in and out my house, finding the right home always feels is a reward in itself. That is what i do, give them time so they can join the right family and have a good healthy life.
There are hundreds of happy families out there who adopted from PCR. I keep in touch with quite a few who deeply value the choice they made.
They have stellar people organizing the adoptions. This is a fact because adopters tell me about their interactions with them.
PetConnect Rescue is one of those organizations that I have known for several years and would not volunteer for unless I agreed with all of the aspects I know about it.
It receives a FIVE STAR review for the work it does, will continue to do and for the more than ten years of saving hundreds of lives of dogs and cats.

Like many others here I have had an unprofessional experience with this organization and Kim in particular. Extremely rude (borderline hostile) and dishonest to potential adopters who would provide an amazing home. I won’t go into detail but they were non-​apologetic for mistakes they’ve made throughout the entire application process. Recommend you look anywhere but here as these are the kind of «rescuers» who drive people towards the breeder.

Horrible management and director!
My fiancée and I have spent a large amount of time and energy applying for a specific dog, which we have completely fallen in love with. We went and visited him at the foster’s, passed all backround checks, had a home visit and were told after the visit that we were approved and could pick him up later in the day. Less than an hour later, we received a call from Kim, saying that we had been denied the adoption. She was unwilling to provide any logical reasoning as to why we were denied by her. How can someone who claims to be doing best by an animal lie to and mislead people who are able to provide excellent homes for them? We were told over and over that we were at the top of the list and that we would be the ones who could provide this dog with an amazing life. Now suddenly, for absolutely no justifiable reason, that’s not the case?
We have sent out multiple emails and made many phone calls regarding the insanity of this day… And have gotten nothing in response. Before, whenever we had questions or concerns, a reply quickly followed. I can’t express how utterly disappointed and disgusted we are at this entire situation. Somehow, i feel as though we’ve been scammed. Instead of stealing our money, Kim and her «organization» have stolen our trust and broken our hearts.

Kim is the worst director ever! She screamed at our vet, never called references, made us put our current animals on chemicals the vet said they didn’t need… ONLY TO DECLINE US WITHOUT CALLING ONE REFERENCE OR DOING A HOME VISIT… gee? She knows MORE than our vet? Please contact me if you would like to join our civil suit against them as this lady has cost me and my household money and stress because she is burnt out on her job!

I have volunteered with Petconnect Rescue and you would be hardpressed to find an organization who cares more about the animals and their welfare. Not that are not any problems, animal rescue is a high demand, stressful environment where you have to depend on the kindness of volunteer foster homes. the amount needed are hard to come by. Some of the fosters may not be great on getting in touch; most have other responsibilities, but, they are savings lives with each dog or cat.

I wanted to give PetConnect 5 stars, but I had to take 2 off. Mike, an adoption coordinator, is amazing. He was incredibly helpful. Come to think of it, all of the adoption coordinators were great. Unfortunately, their web site is pretty bad. The dog descriptions are nothing like what the dog’s personality actually is.
We tried to adopt this handsome guy and was told to get in touch with his foster mom. We did, and she seemed nice and said she would get back to us as soon as she reviewed our application. Well, 3 or 4 days passed and I began to think, hmmm… this is interesting. After getting back in touch with an adoption coordinator, we were finally told the dog doesn’t do well in apartments and needs a home with another dog.
I don’t want to think about whether or not we would’ve ever heard if I didn’t pick up the phone myself.
Despite all this, we are still looking through them in the hopes we get a better foster situation!

I foster for petconnect and from my perspective they are a great organization! They really make an effort to pull dogs with good temperments that will do well in people’s homes. Once in a foster home, they support the foster’s and step in if there are issues or concerns to help.
From the adoption perspective, the organizations rules are reasonable and understandable. I have been involved with other rescues who’s rules were (in my opinion) unnecesarily strict and illogical. Pet Connect does phone screenings, asks you meet the dog before making up your mind, they do a home visit, and if you have other animals they try to find a way to test if the new dog/​cat will get along with your exisiting pets. We really make an effort to make sure each animal is a good fit into your home to minimize returns and stress/​heartache to everyone involved.
All the volunteers are here for the animals and really care.
We can only save as many animals as we can find foster homes, please if you’re interested in volunteering, let us know.

Pet Connect rescued our pup, and we couldn’t be happier. The vetting process let’s you know they truly care about this animals, and it’s refreshing to see in today’s world. Kim, who runs Pet Connect was responsive at every turn, and answered all questions that we had along the way. I will be volunteering with them every chance I get.

My wonderful pit bull mix would not have survived past 5 months if Petconnect hadn’t rescued him from a high kill shelter in Virginia. We’ve had him a year now and can’t imagine having a more loving dog. Every day I’m grateful that they saved his life and took the time to find him a home. I only wish there were more agencies like this one.

After two weeks of back and forth with the organization, I just gave up. It took days for them to review my application, and another week to let the foster person decide if she wanted to keep the dog or not. Then, they left it up to the foster person to call me arrange a visit with the dog. So, of course she didn’t call… Don’t bother adopting a dog from this organization!