Adopt A Pet

I would absolutely not trust anything on this website my mother was scammed. She was highly excited to purchase a golden retriever from her user on the site and was out over $850. The major red flag was the additional fees regarding the crate. Once you figure it out that it was a scam the user has not answered any phone calls emails or texts sense. I would not trust any of it and it should be deleted

I posted my purebred kitten Scottish breed on that website and received several applications. I started review and selecting the new family for the baby. Made an appointment with one lady, with name Megan Orr. She behaved suspicions, insane and inadequate. Looked at the kitten like it was something disgusting. I didn't like her questions. Instead of asking about the diet, supplies required and other questions which are normally asked by the responsible adopter she started blaming me that I could fake vaccination records and didn't do vet exam. I understood that this is the typical "Karen" and decided to leave and decline her application. She started texting me with her weird messages being rude. As far as I understand she complained about me this web site and they removed my account. Dear "Adopt A Pet" I will not give my kitten to mentally ill person. Better check your adopter for mental consistency. Сrazy people can be very convincing.

We were able to find and adopt our perfect dog in three weeks. I do not find that to be an unreasonable time. We are extremely happy with the process. Adopt A Pet provides information from many rescue organizations, and some respond quicker than others. I was amazed at all of these negative reviews since our experience was excellent.

Very happy with the communication from Adopt A Pet. They sent information frequently to me that closely matched my request. It was all up to me to decide. I waited and turned down until I decided which pet to adopt. The process was terrific. I'm extremely happy with the contact person who told me up front what to expect - slow at the beginning, training, observe, more training, etc. She came home so scared and timid, expected this at her age, it's all new and not what she was used to. I'm not a new pet owner so I went into this knowing my responsibilities. She's getting lots of cuddles, helpful happy training, and she's warming up quickly. You have to help them. I'm 100% happy with Adopt A Pet!

1. They do not get adoption inquiries and when you bring this to their attention they are dismissive and blame something on your end that is not true.
2. They are dismissive in general. They hold an attitude that they are always in the right.
3. Very difficult to manage and maneuver.
4. Takes a long time to load.

After showing interest in a kitten and filling out the paperwork I was told my application was still being looked at. I was told the kitten I was hoping to meet suffered an eye injury. In the meantime I got another kitten as it was my intent to have 2 I asked Jodie Mangeri the status of the kitten more than once if only to learn how she was. I got zero response.

This is clearly not a legitimate site. It's difficult to tell what their scam is, exactly, but as others have said, it could be to collect personal information for spamming or perhaps even identity theft (?). One person with whom I texted about a supposed gorgeous, purebred puppy immediately began pressuring me, saying there was someone else who wanted the puppy, and could I commit that instant, and should they tell the other person to forget it, and then they sent me supposed evidence that the other person was about to send $85. Since the adoption fee is $99, and no money is supposed to change hands between the person giving up the pet and the adopter, this all seemed extremely peculiar. When I pointed this out, the scammer said the money was for a delivery fee. The person then demanded again whether I was interested in adopting the puppy, who clearly didn't exist. At that point I stopped responding. There was no discussion of the puppy, her personality, needs, etc. It was all about money. L looked at the site again tonight and saw the same puppy listed with a different person's name as the guardian. I contacted another person who was advertising a puppy. His English was broken, but in a particular way that I have never seen before. A couple of exchanges went smoothly until I asked whether he would meet me one-third of the distance between where we each live, and at that point he became belligerent and said he would not meet me without money up front, and I stopped engaging. Tonight I went onto the site and saw the same pattern of broken English on the listing for another dog. Clearly another scam. I wrote to the supposed CEO of the company twice, informing her about these incidents and never got a response. If this site were simply ineffective, it would just be a waste of time, but because it is fraudulent, and it is unclear precisely what the scammers are up to, other than acquiring money, it is, in my opinion, dangerous. I would advise staying away from it at all costs. There are dozens of legitimate shelters and rescues from which one can adopt a pet, and that's where you should go.

I called over this adorable Siberian puppy listed as being 8 weeks old and was sent an "application" to fill out. After filling out several pages the questions they asked were very personal financial information, information that could be used to either drain one's bank account, tax one's credit line or steal one's identity. I spoke to someone on the phone about this and was assured they were perfectly legit and on the up-and-up. I decided to wait and do some research and found this scam report site as well as others. Still, I wanted to see for myself. Six week later I went online and sure enough, the same little adorable Siberian Husky was there, still only 8 weeks old. Amazing how they stopped time! Adopt a Pet is, in my opinion, likely nothing more than a scam to separate a person from their money. Don't try it.

You guys are a joke you just sent me the same pet that he is available for adopting. Your not interesting in helping people adopt you should be ashamed of yourself. Your doing a great job! Your nothing more than a scam to fleece people out of money!

Terry Hansen

Adopted a cat and feel in love but he got sick in 2 months with FIP and died. 2 vets said he had it when we got him and when you get a resume cat make sure you get blood work done as these animals continually come with this terrible TIP. I went through Donnas Kitchen and lost my pet and $600 adoption fee plus $1500 in vet fees. IF YOU ADOPT WITH THESE SITES GET BLOOD WORK DONE RIGHT AWAY

Sites like this help facilitate a "bait & switch" from local pet rescues. Like many of you, I have spent a lot of time completing adoption applications only to be told the pet is no longer available by the time it is approved. Each rescue has 20-30+ application questions, which are not standardized. Unfortunately, my references, local veterinarian, and I waste a lot of time with each application submitted.

If you get through to a pet rescue to ask about the status of your application and/or availability, you tend to get excuses like - already adopted, short staffed, all volunteer helpers, not enough resources, plenty of other pets available, popular vs. unpopular breeds, etc... But, in many situations, you had already selected a specific pet to adopt. These excuses only exacerbate the frustration and indignation of the adoption process.

There should be an industry standard to communicate whether a pet is (1) available, (2) under consideration or adoption is in progress, and (3) adopted. Several of you also suggested a rating system indicating whether the pet rescue center meets approved credentialing. I. e. Verify the 501 (c) (3) status

The pet rescue industry has many problems. Remember, many of these organizations are 501 (c) (3) exempt entities. They must follow State and Federal laws to stay in business. Report bad actors to the State Attorneys General and Better Business Bureau.

I have been trying to adopt a pet from this company for over a year! I filled out an application and was approved immediately but they Will Not let me adopt a dog! They don't care about Anything but Money!

I've been looking for a dog for 6+months. Adopt a pet.com is only one avenue of my searching, but the only avenue that seems to deal with scammers only. They obviously have no protocol for checking people/animals. Second time wasting my time with this site. Don't waste yours.

I listed my puppy & someone adopt him. However 2 weeks later i get a very nasty call that a lady paid the adoption fee n wanted the puppy. I said he's gone already n should have been removed n threatened she had cops involved n i was a scammer. So she sent copy of contact n it hady name n city i live in so it comes up on Google exactly where i live. N they are note returning calls or emails even through they put me in danger.

Won't call back. Address is a mail box inside a mailbox store. Total fraud, gives hours of operation what to the mail box store. Phone # is out of area, with no answer. Scam! Just feeding off funding, can't find anywhere or anyone around business that knows of them. Even shelters do not know them.

I agree with others who post about lack of response, having to give so much information, having to repeat the application process over and over, etc. But we were invited by a woman who claims to rescue dogs to meet a dog in Connecticut, an hour and 40 minute drive. She said we would be meeting with some guy who alleges, via a fancy website, to be a trainer. She had "an interview " and couldn't be there. We were to introduce our dog to the new one. We arrived at a house that looked like a shack and saw a guy who motioned to us and then disappeared. Several dogs were in a small fenced in area barking. When he reappeared, he yelled at them to shut up. I asked if I should bring my dog. The "rescue" woman had told us our dog would meet the new one in a "lovely ' yard and the dog loves other dogs and probably wouldnt even notice us... our dog likes other dogs too, but not aggressive ones... she is small, friendly and gentle. He opened the front door and two dogs tried to escape. He pushed them back with a broken tennis racket, went back inside and closed the door. We waited. He reemerged, ripped the leash off our dog and threw a plastic rope as a choke hold around her neck and dragged her in the house. What are you doing, I said, frightened now. You weren't coming in he said. We were in a small, dark and ugly livingroom where two dogs converged on ours, surrounding her. One of them was growling. And not playfully. Our dog put her tail between her legs and sunk down, cringing with her hair standing on end. She's afraid, I said---I must have still expected some "normal ' behavior out of him. Sbe's fine, he replied. I'll make the judgment for my own dog, I said. I replaced her leash and said for him to get that rope off her. Your dog isn't socialized with other dogs, said the person with the broken tennis racket and clearly no idea how to allow two dogs to meet... I repeat, two. I mentioned the lovely back yard and he said I have a back yard. Come on. We're out of here, I said and we beat it back to the car. We felt unsafe and concerned for the dogs. I was unable to find out who the house belongs to... the rescue lady referred to it as hers... but neither she nor Mr. Broken Tennis Racket are listed at that address. A BMW was parked in a sort of garage on the side... the fee was 650. I don't know what was going on, but this came through the Adopt a Pet site, which I will never again visit. I did report this to the site and ask them to contact me for details, but I have not yet heard from them.

We applied for 3 puppies in our area, got a call from one foster mom that was NOT in our area, she was 5 hours away, ONE WAY! It's been 2 months and never heard back about the other 2 pups that are supposedly in our area... Adoption fee is really high for this kind of customer service. It seems they had good intentions when creating the company but when I applied I got shuffled to several other places including a company owned by Bissell. Yes, Bissell the carpet cleaners. Don't we have enough corporate giants over reaching all aspects of life on this planet? NOT interested, I'm sure I'll find the perfect pup in my area without the help of this organization.