This is a fantasic Animal Rescue! They give all the animals love and caring. The facility is clean and well organized. They keep the animals until they are adopted. We choose a great dog. She's very loving and sweet. read more

Barc - Here's Minnie! We highly recommed BARQ Animal Rescue. - Animal Shelters Near Me - Cherry Valley, California

I adopted my 2 Chihuahuas from BARC that were being fostered by a lovely woman in Beaumont. We donate lots of food from Costco, treats and beds to the big dog kennel in Lucerne. Love them all, great job. United Aid for Animals, Inc Phyllis Dobbins read more

They accepted 2 cats from me that needed adopting. They gave each cat individualized care and placed the one that had a cold on antibiotics. They inspect the potential homes and follow up on each adoption. They do not ask for any payment, but I made a donation. read more

These people are absolutely abhorrent and a sorry excuse for a rescue. I contacted them as per their adoption contract if any animal of theirs ever needed to be returned. I recently had a baby (he's only 5 months and unable to bother any animal) and the stress of the life changes has really disturbed my sweet little Siamese that I adopted from them 12 years ago and wanting a better, less stressful life for her led me to contact barc to try to find her a new home with less commotion. I was met with judgement right off the bat by Alma. They don't keep records of their feline adoptions and I explained that I had been in an extremely abusive relationship where when I attempted to divorce the individual he destroyed all paperwork, my computer, even photos of my deceased parents (all thoroughly documented by law enforcement and a court ordered restraining order). Instead I was told 'there's no proof this is our cat'. I have personally worked in animal rescue for years until stepping back due to time commitments with other projects and I know the stress that rescues face. I never demanded they take her back. I offered to even foster her until we could find her another home. I purely asked for help in finding her a better life and was judged and shut down harshly. I love my pets so much. They are my first children. My vet can even verify my dedication to my pets so this wasn't a decision I took lightly or without great turmoil and barc treated me like garbage. These people are jerks read more

one of the most irresponsible and careless shelters. i have only had one experience with them and it is all i need to know it is a horrible place and do not care about their animals. i adopted a cat from barc that did not have its nails cut and were completely overgrown which in itself is a simple task of caring for an animal. but after taking the cat to the vet because it looked like he had a ton of ear wax build up, they come back with two hard balls the size of dimes, what they called dry blood and build up and dirt and continue to say it is the worst they have ever seen and must have been this way for a long time. they also mention he has ear mites and they are highly contagious. barc and petco kept this cat in a cage with other kittens. i'm glad we got him to take care of him because obviously they don't. i would hate to see their other animals as well read more

Not getting a positive rating after the phone conversation I had with the woman in charge. My wife and I found a kitten available at a Petco, had a beautiful time interacting with the kitten and the Petco representative. Filled out the application and awaited to be contacted. When the owner/employee of BARC called, she asked several questions, which was fine, but in the end was denied adoption because "I would allow the cat to go outside, regardless if it was leashed, tethered, or caged." I have an elder cat and a very young toy poodle and they go outside with supervision, and even walks around the neighborhood (which is in the mountains) with me and my wife. The owner/employee stated she didn't want the animals outside, at all. She said once they get outside, it becomes a problem with them wanting to go outside. As if open windows, screen doors, and sunlight didn't already do this for the little fur babies. My wife was very disappointed, as was I, because my fenced in large front an rear yard and 4 bedroom house wasn't good enough for a beautiful creature who was once feral, outside probably, neglected, and currently stuck in a box with a window in a store. I have no doubts this kitten will eventually find a home, but I will not support, donate, or do business with this company, and neither should anyone else for that matter. She told me to reach out to a shelter instead, and that's when I asked her which company she represents. I see they already have a low standing, shame really, but not surprising. Hope this helps people in search of companionship. read more

We got our wonderful and amazing LouLou at BARC and we will be eternally grateful to them for it. Yes, it is a large, volunteer run organization and somewhat unwieldy, but get over it -- it's about the dogs. BARC does the good work of actually rescuing lots of dogs in an area with huge stray and unwanted dog populations issues. They do have a return policy, so if the dog you take home is not a good fit, you have plenty of options. Thank you BARC, LouLou enriches our lives every single day. read more

One star given for their poor customer service, I feel totally bad for the dogs in this group. It seems they only adopt to friends or family

I actually was really bummed with how i saw the animals at this shelter. It's really hot and humid, and the back room of the warehouse they're in, was maybe 5 degrees cooler than outside; its 104 degrees. The dogs had fans on them, but still. The kennels are stacked and not much room to walk. I'm not giving this place 3 stars because of the great and special area they live in; I'm giving it 3 because there are innocent animals that are being kept here, which is better than cruel mistreatment or worse. And also, 3 stars for the people running this organization; its not for everyone, and they have kind hearts for wanting to do it. I actually didn't come in contact with anyone mean or unfriendly. It was just too hot and over whelming for me to be in, so I left. read more

Recently my husband and I wanted to adopt a larger dog because we have the perfect area for one, so we went to Petco on a Saturday in an attempt to find a new family member. Right away this sweet puppy caught both of our eyes. So we asked the lady with the Accent if we could have more information and this chick tells me "no" and proceeded to ignore me. Okay? Maybe she's just busy, so we went to lunch came back and they had slowed down quite a bit. I asked the other lady (the blonde lady) how we can adopt, she said fill out an application (which I did) then she directed me to the other rude lady with the accent. This lady asked me if we owned our house or rented. I told her we rented from my sister (Kristina) and she wanted to SPEAK TO MY SISTER (who for the record told us she also wanted the puppy). Okay, no prob. So I dialed my sister and had her on the phone and waited while this lady completely ignored me to help another couple. After about 15 minutes she finally came back and took my phone to speak to Kristina. After the conversation she comes back and tells us to fill out an application, "We already have" Lady: "well the adoption works off a first come first serve basis, and there was already another couple who wanted this puppy and they were going to go home and think about it so I will wait for them if they don't want him THEN I'll give you a call" OKAY SO- I know how 'first come first serve' works. They are going to think about it? We, on the other hand, were prepared to pay and had the money in hand. So wouldn't we technically be first? But! No problem, that's fine. BUT WAIT! She keeps going! She then started ranting about pit bulls and the fact the we could be evicted next week and then said that we would end up just bringing the dog back to her. My husband: "what difference does it make if we move out when anyone can loose their house at any moment? The future is irrelevant because we just don't know" She of course completely ignored my husband (which made him pretty mad). Then I simply told her, "My sister loves the dog, you just spoke to her on the phone, if we for some reason had to move out to a place we couldn't take him she would love to keep the dog until we figured it out" The lady then said "well then your sister has to come down and fill out an application" "She's out of town" "Well when she gets back..." Blah blah I stopped listening at this point because I was so angry and this woman would not shut up. So I had to interrupt her "-- look it's okay, just give us a call if they don't want him okay?" And her reply was "no I'm not going to call you" Then we left super sad. These people are horrible, they judged us right away and from the beginning she didn't want to let us have the puppy, Jerks. read more

please don't go here to adopted they are so judgmental they offered to help my mother in laws dog she was pregnant by a big dog and we worried they said they take her help her deliver and have her fix get her shots and have her groomer. And after the puppies were 8 weeks they would return her. 3 days after having puppies they called and said the foster mom had fallen in love with her and would not be returning her. .i call elder abuse and now we are taking them to court. if there anyone out there that would like to be a witness to how bad these people are email me ourfaith2006@hotmail.com read more

I have heard about BARC all over in the area. I know they rescue a lot of dogs. I couldn't believe it when I went to the facility to check out the dogs. It's a back of a warehouse with kennels just stacked on top of each other. The volunteers are so busy running around and trying to feed and walk each one that they don't take the one on one time to answer questions. We did end up getting a dog from them and I asked a number of times about her cough (should have been a HUGE red flag). She said she had been treated. WE took her home and that night was awful, she is a really sick dog. I wasted no time and took her to the vet first thing when they opened the next day. Paid good money for 2 emergency shots of antibiotics and tummy meds and got sent home with 2 more meds. I called the rescue after we got home to discuss her health and they informed me the adoption contract stats we are to call the rescue if they are sick not the vet. They would NOT be willing to pay me for any of the vet bills. All I could do is return the dog under their 1 week return policy and they refund her cost but I would still be out the vet bills. Why in the world would I ever do that?!?! So you can put a sick dog right back into that room with all the others and her never get better?!? She is my dog now and I will get her better, but not even a discount is AWFUL customer service! Especially because they knew she was sick! read more

We adopted Lily from BARC last July. We were treated with kindness and respect. Our Lily is a beautiful, happy girl. BARC is about the animals. read more

About a week ago, my father and I went to turn in an application. When hearing that our current dogs are outside the owner proceeded to stereotype us saying that outside dogs are neglected, become aggressive and are not part of the family. She refused to allow us to adopt the dog despite our want to train the new puppy to be inside and outside. And said that the dog we were interested in is already gone (when we were told 5 min earlier by an employee that we could meet her because she was there). We have never been treated with so much aggression or judgment and I felt horrible for leading my father into a place that would treat him that way. I hope the puppy finds a nice home but I will never return to or recommend that shelter for the simple fact that they did not even take the time to learn about my family or look at our application before telling us that we were underqualified and essential uncapable because of our current pets situation. On a side note, my dad has 30 years experience with the type of dog we wanted to adopt. How can you run an establishment like that with such a horrible, unloving, uncaring, rude personality. I feel horrible for the dogs that can't find a home simply because you treat people that way. read more

I sadly have to agree with the other reviewers about the lady who runs this place. I could not believe her lack of social skills and her aggression when I asked her a simple question if they were no kill. She yelled at me telling me I was insulting her with that question and asked "How could I?" while screaming at me. I honestly have never spoken to someone so rude and that has treated me like such crap for asking a simple question. Sad thing is I was a monetary supporter for years until I actually talked to her and then I stopped donating. I truthfully feel like an idiot for giving this place money for so many years the way I was treated. I know these people get burnt with the daily horror of animal rescue but they need to realize not to bite the hands that feed them. I hope she is not so intolerant with the animals. I know they do a lot of good and for that they get two stars but they will never get my money or support again. read more