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February 2024 by Dennis Levine
The people are so nice and helpful.You should really consider adopting a pet through Save a Dog
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February 2024 by patrick
Normally I wouldn’t write a review. But this needed to be said. I’m a disabled vet and recently lost my wife. I’m trying to find companionship per my therapist recommendation. I found a dog, and fell in love with her. I reached out via email, only way to get in touch with them, and she denied me because I didn’t have a daycare. So I found a daycare. Then she denied me because I never owned a puppy before. I offered to provide pictures every weekend, offered to spite proof of vet records. I believe you fight for what you care about. I just wanted to meet the dog first. But now my emails are being ignored, and save a dog has all the power. Never experienced this before. Good luck to everyone else. I don’t wish this treatment on anybody.
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August 2023 by J B.
Terrible experience at Save a Dog. They have a "questionable" screening process if about the kindest way I could describe it. I am a lifelong pet parent, currently mom to two very friendly dogs who would love to add another member to their pack (we had a third dog who died). We have impeccable references, we feed a diet of a grade of dog food equal to if not better than what Save a Dog feeds. We work from home and someone is with our dogs all day long. They sleep with us, we take them on long walks/hikes every day, and otherwise they play safely in our fenced in yard. Our dogs are, to be corny, fur babies. We applied for a dog my daughter fell in love with while volunteering and were given a very irresponsible response that the dog had recently been neutered and it might negatively change his personality (??? are you kidding me? neutering a male dog has only positive effects on his personality!) so they wouldn't even let us do a meet and greet with our other dogs. The dog is clearly listed on their website (even after neutering) as dog friendly and a wonderful family pet. No mention of the dog needing to be an only dog or only good with female dogs. So the only conclusion I can draw is that their response to my application was a total lie and they made up excuses to rule our family out (without even contacting our references!). Why? No idea. If you were to call our pets vets they would tell you that any animal would be lucky to be part of our family because they aren't possessions to us, they are family members, loved and well-cared for as long as we are lucky to have them. The talk around Sudbury is the people at Save a Dog are not adoption friendly and have secret rules and will refuse adopters based on made up reasons. I didn't think that could be the case, but now I can confirm, sadly, that it is. The ironic thing is is that puppies and dogs are CONSTANTLY returned to this place quickly after adoption (monitor their website if you don't believe me, it's a revolving door over there), so they certainly can't claim that their screening process results in finding the right homes for their animals. We in fact had a neighbor a few years back who called Save a Dog and described their existing dog and SAD said "Oh, we have just the dog for you!" and they adopted out a completely unsuitable dog to our neighbors--their existing dog was absolutely miserable with the new dog who was not suited to her personality at all. Anyhow, I could go on and on, unfortunately, with tales of negative experiences with these people. I didn't believe it myself until it happened to me because who would think that a rescue, dedicated to finding unwanted and abandoned homes for animals would reject loving adoptive families without even checking references and without a solid basis. Sadly, the ones who suffer are the animals they have there, who all deserve to find their loving forever homes as quickly as possible. Nothing in this post is meant to negatively reflect on the animals at Save a Dog. But frankly I would never waste my time looking at an animal here because there is no rhyme, reason or consistency to their process.
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May 2023 by Ellen Carbaugh
We adopted the best dog there!He is such a love!All staff is very helpful and caring.A very nicely run rescue, they really care about the dogs and a good match for all.
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May 2023 by Jake Martin
My family has rescued multiple dogs from save a dog over the last 20 years. Shirley and her team, as well as the volunteers, are extremely thoughtful and truly care for each animal that comes through the shelter. If you're looking for a pet, rescue from Save A Dog!
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February 2023 by Stacy Gagas
5 years now with the perfect dog for us! Experience was seamless - A++
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January 2023 by Kim Stone
My experience with this shelter was very disappointing to say the least. I reached out about 2 weeks ago regarding one of their dogs, we have 2 pups and wanted to add one more to our family. After countless emails, jumping through their hoops, being told congratulations we are moving your application to next steps, sending all the required documentation etc. I reached out again after being ignored, asking if there’s anything else needed I would love to meet the pup, I had 5 days off of work and wanted to get the puppy acclimated to our home, I was told no sorry he was adopted by a guy who works from home, after I told them I am able to bring my dogs to work, and would be enrolling the puppy in doggy daycare. This was a big waist of time.
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January 2023 by Michael Bouchard
Read other low reviews. Our experience was very similar. Other than intitially "saving" the dog they do not seem to have the animals best interests at heart. Especially when it comes to finding them a home.
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December 2022 by Steve R
I could easily go lower than 3 stars, but I don’t want to give an extremely low rating to a group that tries to save dogs and cats. I just disagree with the approach. I found a 2 year old Beagle that my wife and I were interested in adopting. I filled out the lengthy application, had several of my friends write personal references, and provided pictures of my home and yard.After several days and a follow up call, we were invited to come meet Dolly and I was excited thinking we had a new family member after losing our dog of 15 years a few months earlier. At the last minute, they let someone else see the dog before us because we had a previous appointment and they were okay with it the previous day until they weren’t. I understand there are many dogs that needed rescuing, but why not tell me this up front?Fast forward several days and we see another dog named Sonny who seemed cute and might be a good fit. We asked about applying for him and they had an open house scheduled. I should mention that we live an hour away from them in Rhode Island, but we had no problem going there to pickup the right dog. They had told us finally they preferred to adopt to someone closer to them due to both dogs tendencies to escape. This is what I don’t get.. Both dogs would be microchipped, never let off leash. And we have no children at home who could carelessly let them get free.In the end we adopted a great dog from another agency and we are very happy with how that process went. I sincerely hope that Dolly and Sonny find great forever homes even though I think we could have provided that. Use caution when dealing with them or don’t get your hopes up until you are actually bringing a dog or cat home to avoid disappointment.
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August 2022 by Leigh Ramunni
Wonderful people doing the best for dogs that need a chance
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August 2022 by John Cokorogianis
Super friendly staff. They know their animals very well. They have fenced areas where you can meet a potential pet and even bring your current pet to meet the new one. We adopted Blue aka Kaia now and it was a great experience
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August 2022 by Alexandra
Anti-vaxxers that discourage giving your dogs vaccinations (right on their webpage under "holistic dog regimen"). That alone should discourage you from giving them your money.We also visited to see a puppy and they said we needed to bring our kids—who were in school and at their mother's house that week—back the same day before 4:00 PM to meet the puppy, otherwise they would give the dog away to someone else. We decided to not go back without much regret.
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May 2022 by Bill Monette
Adopted previously from Save a Dog. The first time I adopted three years ago from them was a great experience. This time not so much. Nine days to get an update just to be told the pup was adopted the previous week.. It's about time you stop using Covid as an excuse for poor communication. I would pick another rescue for your donations.
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May 2022 by Dotti Kelly
Through and professional!Took great pride in their passion!Definitely recommend them as a choice when looking to adopt!
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February 2022 by Jane L.
We had a wonderful experience adopting Obi (formerly Pierre) at Save a Dog. They were prompt in responding to us, kind, answered all of our questions when we met him and we were able to take him home the same day after hanging out with him for some time. I think approaching pet adoption right now with a certain mindset and level of expectations will help -- there's a ton of demand, Save a Dog is a non-profit, they're not going to be able to get back to everyone ASAP, are probably reserving their bandwidth for the most qualified applications because they're getting so many and they're going to try to find the best situations depending on the pets needs. And yes, they endorse a more holistic approach to pet care but at the end of the day, we're responsible for our pet's health and need to do what we think is right.