Pooses and Pups

Mary is dedicated to the pets you have discarded, you have adopted, or plan on adopting. It’s a wretched world out there for cats and dogs on the streets and Mary is well versed in the hardships these pets endure and how to place them in deserving homes.
She has a thorough interview and evaluation process to sort out the dum dums from the worthy. Her pricing for adoption is fair, as it includes first shots, spay/​neuter, micro chip, and her time.
Mary is pragmatic, loving, professional, knowledgable, sharp witted, sensible, and a miracle. I am very grateful she is a steward for animal rights.
Please take better care of your pets and stop abandoning them. Mary needs a vacation. Please drop by and donate pet food, bedding, carriers, litter, and $$ to Mary when ever possible. She is a rare breed and deserves all the support she can get.
So… Get your life in order and adopt!

Mary runs a great organization. We first started fostering and eventually fell in love with a couple of cats that are truly family. Mary not only helped me with their various ailments but became a good friend. She has passion about her cats/​kittens and getting them into loving homes. I’ve known Mary thru some tough times in my life but she’s always gotten a good laugh out of me. Shop local rescues friends and check Mary out!

This is not a review. This is an open message to Loran, Mary, Ellen, and Kayleigh:
This is Daniel and Brittany, Harry’s family. We are heartbroken and still reeling from tonight’s events. We never intended to cause any offense, or to imply that we weren’t willing to pay to formally adopt him.
In fact, we are more than happy to pay for him, and continue giving him a loving home. I think we can all agree, that our primary concern is what’s best for Harry.
Over the past three months, we have nursed Harry back to perfect health, and along the way, we absolutely fell in love with him. He is a part of our family. We always assumed that when the time came for formal adoption, we would be given first rights, considering not only the substantial financial investment we have made, but also the emotional investment, as well.
Please talk with us. We just want Harry back home.
Brittany & Daniel

A year ago today, I adopted the most wonderful cats from Mary at Pooses and Pups. I had just lost my previous cat after 16 years. I gave myself a couple of months to grieve and then got out there to search for a couple of new cats. I visited the shelter and a few adoption fairs over a couple week period with no luck. Then my boyfriend told me about Mary. I went and instantly fell in love with a couple of cats she had up for adoption. They were about a year old and being fostered in separate homes. I brought them home and they almost instantly adapted to their new environment and each other. They are great playmates for each other. I couldn’t have asked for more loving cats and so full of character!!!

I took in a cat for a trial period of a few days to see how he would get along with my cat. The cat that Mary gave me had FLEAS.
Be CAREFUL before you take a new cat into your space and make sure your cat doesn’t have fleas. This flea situation is costing me hundreds and hundreds of dollars and countless hours of aggravation and discomfort for me and my cat.
I didn’t end up keeping the cat, and I’m giving two stars because at the very least Mary gave me a free flea treatment for my cat. Unfortunately that treatment didn’t work or stave off the infestation of my apt.

We met Mary two years ago when we were thinking about getting a second cat. She asked a lot of questions about our first cat and about our home. She suggested the type of personality that would fit in best and matched us up with our wonderful Frankie. Mary also made a home visit to make sure that it was as described.
I wrote her several months after we adopted Frankie to thank her and she wrote back with the story of his rescue from the pound. I’m very grateful that Pooses and Pups went through so much effort to save him.

I adopted 2 cats (brother and sister) from Mary about 6 years ago, and the experience was great. Mary is a no-​nonsense kinda gal who has a huge heart and is a valiant activist for animal causes. I am glad there are folks like her in our world; she has helped countless creatures thru her rescue and other activities.

9+ years ago… we met Mary when I saw a dog for adoption on Pet Finders! Snow came with ISSUES! But Mary saw something in her… and helped us to adopt her and we put the time in and have a WONDERFUL family member for it! Snow got through her abandonment issues and found a loving FOREVER HOME! She would have been put down if Mary did not find her! ANd she has had a long wonderful life with us! Mary is a WONDERFUL and GIVING lady with a BIG HEART! You will be richer having met her! We HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend adopting with Mary! She TRULY cares about the animals and YOU!

Pooses and Pups is an amazing rescue/​adoption place to get your new pet. Mary is an angel who truly cares for the well being of animals and has gone out of her way to help cats get medical treatment to get adopted and be taken to a safe and loving home. I strongly recommend adopting from her, she is non-​profit organization and is doing this out of the goodness of her heart, She takes in the cats and kittens that are injured or in the kill zone in shelters and saves them! I got my kitty here and am very happy :)

Mary is a fantastic person who gives the very best love and care to her foster kittens and cats. I just adopted the most wonderful kitten from her. She doesn’t run a business; she spends her own time and money to save cats and I know the adoption fees don’t even cover half of her expenses. She won’t adopt to anyone who isn’t deserving, and there’s absolutely no reason for her to suffer fools and morons like jay s and Ashey M.

Mary is a very compassionate person who’s crusade to help foster kitties find the right home. Even though Mary charges a wee bit more than most… it all goes to a great cause. She comes to your home to make sure the environment is safe for the cats which I thought was great. I got my cat when he was 2 and sick and now he is going on 6 and healthy and super happy. So lucky to have found my wonderful kitty thanks to Mary.

We adopted a wonderful cat from Mary several years ago. She is a wonderful loving and caring person!!! She has a heart the size of the grand canyon!!!

Mary is not a politician. She is a savior, a down-​in-​the-​trenches warrior, for animals — and particularly cats. People too often pick an animal like a pretty little plaything and then when it gets inconvenient for them they decide to dump it. Mary is all about the heart and not about excuses. Last year, we fostered a little black kitty from Mary and then adopted her. We’ve adopted two other cats from different agencies, and believe me, Mary makes very little money compared to all other animal rescuers. This is a commitment, and so many people nowadays have forgotten what that word means.

Bravo! Trusted as one of LA’s longest running, vested, pet rescue nonprofits, Pooses and Pups helped me choose a cat with the right temperament for my household where I have young children. It turns out, this nonprofit pet rescue it is so caring, they have actually influenced and advocated for city legislation regarding responsible care and protection of shelter animals as well as rescue pets. I find them most weekends on Montana Avenue in Santa Monica. Thanks Mary!

Mary is a very helpful person. She has gone way out of her way to help me to save animals with no reward to herself. She’s allergic to bullshit but she’s a gem of a human being.

In response to Ashy M. The questions you were asked are pretty standard questions that any good rescue organization is going to ask you. Sure it is a cat… but not just a cat… it is a living breathing feeling being. The reason there are so many homeless pets out there is because people do not think of the long term financial commitment and what it will mean if the family/​couple breaks up. It is an adoption agency… and like an adoption agency for children… they are going to ask some personal questions. So if you are uncomfortable with this… and the adoption fee, you are always free to go to your local shelter.

Ashy M has no idea what she is talking about. I am a huge pet lover and have always had animals in my life. However, I never adopted a pet until about a year ago. I very much wanted to have a cat (not kitten) to keep my dog company and to also enjoy myself and to provide a happy home to. I met Mary one afternoon when she was set up on the corner of Montana Avenue and immediately saw a beautiful orange and white cat which is exactly what I had wished for. I spent a lot of time talking to her and making sure that this cat would be compatible with my dog and she was extremely helpful. She let me take «Mao Mao» home with me for the afternoon to see how they adjusted. She planned on coming by later that afternoon to check on us and see if it was working out and if not there were no strings attached and she would take the cat back. She came over to my apartment and thought that it would be a lovely place for the cat. I filled out pretty standard paperwork and the questions she asked were extremely valid seeing as her job is to ensure that her rescue animals have the best living situation possible. I am grateful to people like Mary who spend their lives dedicated to such worthy causes.
Needless to say Mao Mao is such an incredibly wonderful addition to my life and I truly feel that I have (with Mary’s help) given him the best home he could have ever wished for.
The only thing crazy is that someone would be so dead wrong about Pooses and Pups.
I would be happy to say without any reservations that this woman and her cause are amazing and trustworthy and genuinely the real deal when it comes to saving the lives of animals who may not otherwise have a place to call home!