PetfinderReviews of petfinder.com

Petfinder for 10+ years had offered a API for non profit organizations and shelters to list their adoptable animals on their website as well as on Petfinder. Petfinder recently decided to give 2 weeks notice to inform they would be deprecating their API in favor of a widget. You could reach out for more technical solutions in which I did to see if the current or new API could be leveraged to which I was told no. So their widget is in progress, offers no real solution for shelters who have been using their API for years to help find homes for animals and opted to give less than 2 weeks to find a solution which isn't feasible for so many given that they are volunteers. The widget is a terrible user experience, taking visitors from your shelter site and bringing them back to Petfinder then only to select a pet to adopt and bouncing you back to the website you started from. The whole process is a mess and the development team at Petfinder should be ashamed at the lack of notice, no real solution and lying about their "widget" being more user friendly which it's not. They effectively broke so many shelters adoption flows as a result and one can't help but think it's due to the Purina takeover and large corporate oversight. Our shelter is in the process of creating our own API system now as a result and won't be bothering to utilize their widget going forward as it offers a sub par experience.

Petfinder merged with Purina. What more needs to be said? Corporate plays on the emotions of potential adopters. While PF used to be a respected rescue site, it has now become just another commercial enterprise trying to source your data. You literally cannot even search for a pet w/o forking over all your demographics to Purina. When you try to log back into PF, there is a bombardment of Purina spam. It is absolutely nauseating. In addition, of all the corporations I will Never support, Purina is at the top of my list. The products are just horrible.

Why must they lie? I was looking for an elderly neglected dog in my hometown here in Maine to adopt and up came an 11 year old dog named 'Larry' listed as being only 6 miles away. I immediately applied just to find out he was in South Carolina. I stuck by Larry and they accepted my application, told me that he recently had surgery and will contact me as he makes progress. Patiently waiting and never heard back so I searched the internet. They listed him in November just to find out he was adopted in October. I am furious and will contact the Better Business Bureau. Also several humane societies from across the country told me that they don't even look at Petfinder applications. Don't use their site!!! Big mistake.

Not impressed with this app or the adoption process in general. After my dog of 16 years passed away I tried to find another companion through adoption as there are so many dogs in need of a home. I have had no success, no responses to any inquiries over the dogs I have been interested in.... so looks like I will have to go to a breeder after all.

This site has to be a scam or a front for something else. Nobody ever gets back to you about any animal. You end up waiting for weeks only to find you wasted your time. I think they only want to get your data to resell it of get you onto an email list of never ending next steps.

Saw a picture online of a puppy, called about the puppy and she said to apply now which I did. I supplied all the information and my vet information. I also called my vet to let them know petfinder was going to call. From what I was told, they had 75 applications which was a lot. I would definitely use petfinder again because of the care they took. My puppy was transported all the way from Texas to Virginia. Wishing all the best in your search!!

This place is worthless, I tried to get 3 different cats at different places..all responded with, they don't have that cat. Or you live too far away (I live 1 1/2 hour away.) Wad told to find a local shelter. Duh. I did and they don't have any cats. Worthless waist of time and Temu and purina adds in it..scam!

I do not believe Petfinder is a legitimate company. I have applied for several dogs that were listed, but I've always been denied. This for a period of over a year. I do not trust that the dogs listed are really available. Not satisfied with Petfinder and will purchase a dog from a breeder.