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    Big Bones Canine Rescue

    2.5 (80 reviews)

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    Our new pup, Teddy.
    Kelley D.

    We had,a wonderful experience with Big Bones. The people were so helpful. I explained what I was looking for and they found us the perfect companion. We couldn't be more pleased with how easy they made the process.

    Our baby girl about 5 months after adoption
    Liz D.

    My partner and I were set on adopting a Pomeranian or similar/mixed. We looked at all the rescues across Denver and northern Colorado and we found our baby girl at Big Bones. Our experience was very pleasant and quick. I made our application on their website and was approved right away. We found a Pomeranian puppy were contacted about a her almost immediately from her foster mom. The foster mom, Stef, has been amazing to work with. We were able to meet her right away with our 2 other dogs and we all fell in love with her immediately. We were able to adopt her that day and she's been a loved member of our family ever since! She is a Pomeranian mixed with chihuahua and Maltese and 100% adorable and good girl.

    5 month old, Sven
    Vicki A.

    I applied for one of their rescue pups living at one of their foster mom's homes. Big Bones responded to me the same day I submitted my application. The process was thorough and very streamlined, I was able to pick up my new baby, Sven within 4 days of applying. Laurie, the foster mom is who I communicated and worked with, she was wonderful, responsive and caring. I'm soooooo happy. Sven is adorable, loving and healthy. Enjoying his forever home. Xo

    Christen A.

    I am so sad to write a bad review for them. We had a home check where the volunteer said, "this all looks good, I'll send it over for approval." We set up a meet and fell crazy in love with a sweet dog. As we were about to take him home, they pulled him out of our hands and said, "your home check was denied, due to too much kid clutter." My kids were sobbing as was I, since this was not what they told me before we went out there. I called the home checker back, and she was very unapologetic about the fact that she had lied to me before we met our dog. We asked if we could clean up and call back, and she said yes. It took us all of about 8 minutes to pick up the clutter (which we were already planning on doing for a new dog). They never asked us. We called back and she was very condescending, said "well if it had looked like this before, I would have approved you." Then they denied us again out of pure meanness. All of my pleas and correspondence since then have been either ignored or beyond rude and condescending. I do not recommend working with these people at all, as they care more about their egos than the dogs. Some background about me - long time dog owner. Our Australian shepherd had just died of old age. We had plenty of puppy and dog experience, owned a 3600 sq ft house, had a large fenced in back yard. I can understand being concerned about clutter, but they absolutely were beyond rude and uncaring. They did not check references and were completely unwilling to let me make changes or work with me. I was so grateful to find another rescue to work with. We now have the sweetest 2 year old border collie rescue and she fits into our lives perfectly. I'm attaching some pictures of my home that they denied.

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