Animal Rescue Fund

Very unfortunate experience. I visited today with hopes of taking home a kitten. I fell in love within minutes! A little background on myself– I am an animal trainer. I have been working with animals for years, and love them very much. There is nothing I wouldn’t do for an animal, and this is why I chose adoption. After falling in love with a kitten, I filled out the adoption papers, and sat down with the coordinator. She was VERY rude, claiming that I rolled my eyes at her. I did not, but apologized anyway. After my apology she moved on, stating that the kitten has multiple health issues– this was my first time hearing of these issues, I feel I should have been told about them before filling out paperwork for adoption. After she tells me about this, she abruptly stops talking and says that she is uncomfortable doing adoption with me because I rolled my eyes. She was also very upset that I have «only lived here for a month» and already have a vet… I have lived here for 4 months, so I’m not sure where she got that from. I do not have a personal vet, as I don’t have animals at home, but I chose to use the vet that takes care of the animals at the facility in which I work. I’m not sure why this was a bad thing, but it seemed to make her very uncomfortable. I left this facility feeling sick to my stomach, and it felt like a serious stab to what I stand for and what I am passionate about. Clearly the animals up for adoption don’t need homes that desperately, or she wouldn’t have turned me away for «rolling my eyes.»

We’ve had two very good experiences. One rescuing a dog and a recent one rescuing a cat. At all times when we have visited we were always extremely impressed with how well they take care of the animals.

Got my pup from here. Beautiful facility, really caring people, and again, I love my pup more than words can say. Before you choose to buy a dog for a few thousand, consider going to ARF, where you can get a beautiful cat or dog that desperately needs a home for $ 100.

Full stars, because I got the most amazing cat in the world here.

Unfortunately, people would much rather pay thousands of dollars for a pedigree puppy than adopt one for a small donation. I admit, it can be a little scary when you go down to the cages where the keep the dogs and they’re all excited and barking at you, but you can look through either
or their book with pictures and descriptions of the dogs and choose a dog you’d like to get to know to possibly adopt. They let you walk the dogs through their lovely trails, even if you’re not looking to adopt, you just have to make sure you get there in time.
Personally, I haven’t adopted any dogs from ARF, but I have adopted 3 cats. I got my adorable kittens recently from one of their adoption events. They came spayed, microchipped, ultra socialized, well fed, litter trained, with all of their shots– what more could you ask for?
I really suggest checking this place out before you shell out big bucks to a pet store (many of which are really inhumane). At ARF, they’re completely up front about any medical problems the animal has because they really care and want the animals to be properly taken care of. Unfortunately, this is something a lot of pet stores aren’t willing to do in fear that it will compromise a sale. At least check to see if there’s a pet here you may be interested in at ARF before hitting up the pet stores or breeders because it’ll probably save you HUGE amounts of money in vet bills not only because of possible diseases your purchases pet could have and the cost of neutering/​spaying, but also some veterinarians give discounts if you can prove that you adopted your pet.