Pet Pal Animal Shelter

horrible experience! they treat thier animals good but thier customers like crap! i was called a disgust and they let my bf sign a release form and i did not sign it which was illegal because i was on the adoption form! i do not recommend them! go somewhere else to get a pet!

Place is crazy they put dogs on the cats side (defeating the purpose of having a cats entrance and dogs only entrance) and they dont let you go back with your animals as they check them out/​give them shots. Lady in the front has an attitude. The guy giving the shots was really nice though. I dont think ill be back. Nor tell anyone to come here

Great organization– and a no-​kill shelter. My family and I have adopted four animals from there. We attend a variety of fund raisers. Great shelter, adorable pets.

PetPal has facilitated the adoptions of both of my rescue pups! PetPal is a dog and animal RESCUE, they go and save dogs who are about to be euthanized in kill shelters. They are not a fancy dog shop, where everyone is smiling over their potential commission and trying desperately to rid themselves of their animals. PetPal is a rescue and treatment sanctuary for many animals who have been abandoned, abused, discarded and neglected. The people at PetPal are saviors and they are exposed to the many nasty sides of pet adoption and rescue that regular people never have to see… so if their requirements for adoption are strict, that’s why! All these predominantly volunteers do is rescue animals about to be killed and put them in foster homes long enough to find them a furever home. They are consistently re-​saving animals as well, who end up back in the shelter as owner surrenders. The negative and childish one star reviews on here make me sick and are so very unnecessary. To clarify, the kind souls at PetPal are looking out for the best interest and the long term happiness of the animal… not YOU! You may not be a fit due many reasons: work schedule, lack of pet ownership experience, a history of previous pet surrenders, no yard, too many animals already… whatever it is, all decisions are made in the best interest of the animal. They are not facilitators for people to «try out» pets and then dump them back at another shelter or post them on Craigslist or Facebook swap shops. What the negative reviewers need to understand is that animal rescue is a nasty and heart-​wrenching job and is not about YOU! Seeing theses butt hurt negative posts from people who did not get their way at the shelter exemplifies the reasons they were not a good match for adoption. PetPal is amazing and I’m grateful for everything they do for the animals in and around our community!

I adopted my Shitzu poodle from here in 2014. He was a year and a half at the time. He was up-​to-​date on his vaccinations and microchipped. I bought him a leash, a collar and a small bag of food at that time. Including his adoption fee my total was roughly $ 150. It was a quarter the price of most of the other poodle rescue’s around here. Justin FYI they do check references. They also called my apartment complex to verify that I could have the dog. I did witness them turn a guy away because not all members of his household were there. They care a lot about their animals and want to meet everyone in the house. They spent a lot of time with me and asked me questions about my lifestyle. They were okay with The fact that I work 12 hour shifts and the dog would be alone for that long. I told them what I would be wanting to do with the dog in the off time. I went there looking for a dog to take out to restaurants, walks, bike rides and nighttime
dog actually had Kennel Cough when I adopted them so they gave me a free script and follow up that appointment at their clinic. Everything went well. I love the clinic the first time I visited it. The vet was great and the people answered a lot of my questions. I will say though I don’t go to the clinic anymore because I had a hard time making an appointment and getting somebody to call me back when I needed a travel certificate for him. Yes I know my boy is very spoiled! I do from time to time volunteer at their events. I like the fact that there are no kill shelter. I also support their thrift store.

Caring, loving souls here in the burg

I went in to adopt a dog and fell in love with a puppy. They were rude and unfriendly and after doing everything to discourage me and my parents from adopting the puppy they said they were uncomfortable with us taking the dog. Apparently we did not look competent enough to care for a puppy. It was a awful experience and if looking for a dog or puppy try a kill shelter im sure they will be happy to have someone adopt their dogs.

My partner and I are from DC and relocated to St Pete just a month ago. We decided to adopt one of the eight adorable st Bernard puppies that they had. After I spend 35 minutes with the puppy playing and bonding with it my partner came to tell me that the rude adoption lady would not allow us to have the puppy because; ACCORDING TO HER, my partners dog, which is in VA at his parents, was not up to date on his shots (LIE) and also because a copy of our lease was not a legal enough of a document to adopt an animal there. I will NEVER recommend these people and I am reporting them to have them investigated.

I have not even gotten the chance to go into this establishment yet because I came on a Sunday but the lady nurse vet who let us know that the adoption hours were not available on Sundays was very rude. It honestly made me not want to return, I’ll try my luck at adopting a puppy elsewhere. They need to work on their customer service.