PetfinderReviews of petfinder.com

Ask to adopt a certain pet they refused saying I had to have a fenced yard didn't consider we have 5 acres for a pet to exercise on they are in California we luve in Tennessee what do they know about our property

several weeks ago, i discovered petfinder, a clearing house for rescue animals, under various private entity names. i have already written about one agency---"4 paws 4 life." in specifically looking for a small, older dog, i encountered about 6 more. these women representatives do not contact by phone, demand forever long forms including property tax records, drivers license photos, proof of a guardian should the adopter pass away. they seem to be thorough; rather, they are invasive and unnecessary. the forms are guided by the facilities' own preferences for a animal behavior and life style. this includes my financial commitment to a pet, and how much am i willing to spend on pet emergencies. the fees range up to $800 per rescue animal. these are not akc pets, but rescue animals. the shelters, nor the women representatives, do not return phone calls, generally. everything is in writing; pay in full up front; a pet can be adopted by another after the original payment in full has been made---but before the pet is picked up---a refund or an exchange pet may be available. there is clear understanding that once the pet leaves the premises, no further expense or responsibility is that of the seller---yet, these same forms demand all sorts of answers re: future financial, personal, and care data. often, the pets are sold unseen, by vendors who live in other cities---"the back end of the operation," as one girl put it. there is little or no contact between the pet-shelter caregivers, and the sellers. i found 1 pet pictured on 2 sites. another pet, still available, was removed from my personal search site---i was dropped after being offered the dog as a possibility. asking questions of a vendor is a clear signal to drop the potential customer. these women do not feel explanations are necessary for rejection; the same is the case for an entire pet site. "you are not a fit," is a standard rejection, if at all. one site dropped me because i did not list a guardian for my possible death---i called my neighbors, they said they would, i gave all data; the response was, i was still not a fit. no reason cited. the women themselves are younger, uppity, rude, and not terribly bright. theyre a type: entitled. this is important, as attitude is in play, throughout. men do not respond like this type of female. one site offered online meet and greet. i inquired how the aninal would respond online. the reply was that the animals did not matter. others do not have meet and greet at all: no place, the shelter claims. i have been dropped from several sites, without explanation. challenging the decision, asking why, goes nowhere. the phone numbers generally are not for return calls. several sites ask for photos of the home's interior, the yard, the fencing. the entire gauge is not about pet suitability, but money. crates, where the pet sleeps, where the pet stay in the home, are used as weapons re eligibility. several pets are bonded couples. i purchased 1 dog as an individual, for $695, who came in off a transport from new mexico. when the dog arrived, he had a partner: surprise. my choice was a refund, or add the other dog for half price. this, after waiting for the pet. several sites do not list the photos/names, of bonded pets as couples, or explain the circumstances. it either scams pet searchers, or abuses the animals by separating them. there is no way to reach petfinder. information is often skewed or missing. weights, ages, facts, are not infrequently in error. one girl told me a year old dog was an adult; even the petfinder site explains this discrepancy. lies are standard re: petfinder and its vendors. wherever i go, i ask about pefinders, and the responses are the same: crooks, scam, waste of time. the advice is to go to publicly/government funded facilities for pet adoption; stay away from online vendors; and to report them at once to the ftc, fbi, bbb, etc. these folks are crooks. petfinder vendors are typical of animal trafficking; petfinder, by not accrediting its vendors, is the same. i have the names, written applications, responses---if any ---of the individual shelters; the girls' names are on the written correspondences---if any. because i dealt with several petfinder entities that service the denver/colorado area, all of which were questionable, my concern is with petfinders as a whole. it is not reputable. it taunts purina, nestles, discovery communications as its ownerships. more's the pity. this site and its members need to be investigated; the site owners, and the customers of the entities who have been bullied and bamboozled by these women vendors.

I find Petfinders to be a total waste of time and, IMHO, is probably a sham. I cannot tell you how many pets I applied to adopt. None of which, i ever received a reply back from those who supposedly putting the dog up for adoption. And this is not the first time that this has happened. I tried once in 2020, again in 2021, and now in 2022. This is the last time I will ever use them. They are truly a total waste of time. I don't think they screen any of those putting poets up for adoption. They simply take their money for the listing and are done with them.

The service has you deal with people who make you fill out a mortgage application of insulting questions to determine your worth. The ridiculous process involved in even getting a response, then learning you were denied because you work ... is ridiculous. This isn't a service, it's a joke. Save yourself the torment of dealing with this garbage and go to a local shelter.

This site is a scam. You can send all the inquiries you want when you see an animal you wish to adopt. Not only is it questionable if they they convey your interest to the adopting agency, they never respond to your inquiries. However the agencies they work with aren't shy to ask for hundreds if not thousands of dollars to adopt one of their supposedly vulnerable animals. But when and if they ever get back to you the pet you are interested in has been miraculously already adopted even if they have been available for months. This site is a joke as all they do is spam you and never answer you back. Beware!

Have shown interest and sent an inquiry on four different dogs and have not heard back on any until weeks later when the animal shelter sends an email stating the dog has been adopted. Petfinder is a joke. Don't trust them to send your inquiry to anyone.

If you expect anyone to get back to you when you show interest in a dog, think again. I haven’t received ONE response in my dog search. I don’t know who is responsible for such horrible service. I expect the ads are never updated. The ratings pretty much speak for themselves. Barely one star. In their effort to help people find a pet, they lose miserably. Very disheartening and awful treatment of folks looking for a new little one. Preying on your emotions isn’t very nice.

NEVER heard back after sendings 3 requests. And now the dog we were interested in is no longer available. How frustrating and downright rude! I’m done with Petfinders. Will search for a reputable pet agency.