We adopted from CPR in November and couldn't be happier with our 11 year old Pug named Buster. Jean at CPR was very helpful and explained to us what to expect as Buster is deaf and he doesn't lift his rear paws up when he walks (hence the booties!). Buster is now part of our grumble of 3 pugs all older then Buster. He is my shadow and has enlightened our home with his curious and playful character. Thank you CPR for giving us the opportunity to be Buster's furever home and we will always support your good cause. read more

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My husband and I recently adopted a dog from Colorado Furbabies Rescue. This rescue is independently run by Susan, who is not paid for her countless hours saving animals in need. Their adoption fees are $150 to $175 and they cover the neutering and care the pet has received. They are not operating to make money. Susan and her volunteers travel all over to rescue animals who are at risk for being put down. Susan even travels to Mexico to pick up unwanted pets. The animals stay with Susan and volunteer foster families. It takes a lot of selflessness to take a pet into your house and give it love and take care of it and then send it off to a new family. I really appreciate Susan taking such good care of our new baby Luke. We have had him for about a month and he is already best pals with our other dog Leia. Yes...they are named Luke and Leia. Susan saves pets from the Dumb Friends League, which is a kill shelter. Don't go and buy a pet from a pet store where their future is secure, save a pet who really needs your love. You can contact them through their website and they also advertise on Craigslist. read more

I have dreamed of the day I could have a pug. My husband promised me when we had a house, I could get my pug. That day finally came, I was forever on the wait list at the Dumb Friends League and just couldn't wait anymore, so I applied to CO Pug Rescue. Well, this should have been my first clue, when over probably six months, I submitted three applications with no response. One day I just had it and called them. This took some time to discover their number because it all was done on-line. They said they had my applications and apologized for the delay, there were plenty of pugs that needed homes. They found a fit for us, Jake and arranged for his foster mom to bring him to our home for a visit. Jake was perfect.. We both fell in love immediately, so we made arrangements for his adoption. The day his foster mom dropped him off, we noticed he had blood in his stool and he had diarrhel, but we attributed this to stress and separation anxiety. But it just kept happening. After many visits to our vet and many messes in the house, I finally contacted CPR again about him being so sick. We had this dog on so much medication and our bills were getting out of control. He was so sick we couldn't even walk him in the park. Well, CPR took him to their vet, who said our vet was treating him all wrong. So CPR paid for his vet bills and medications but he still wasn't getting any better. After going rounds with CRP we wound up having to relinquish him back. Basically, they gave us a sick dog, acted like it was our fault, and then treated us like bad people for not being able to take care of him. Over this period of time my husband and I became very attached to this poor dog and having to let him go was horrific, for him and for us. This could have been prevented by disclosing to us that Jake had what turned out to be a chronic illness, comparable to Chrone's disease. read more

I can not say enough about CPR. They are fabulous. I found myself in a position where I thought I may have to put my mother's pug down, & I could not bare the thought! He is just such a special little man, but he has some sever issues due to an injury that my mother never addressed. CPR stepped right up & helped Dozy Rosie! I love them & support them with all of my pug lov'n heart. Any bad review posted should not be taken to heart. I can't believe someone would have something bad to say about such wonderful, caring, giving, & loving people! read more

Colorado Pug Rescue is not closed, and none of these reviews are about us. We have never been rated by the BBB and have never been closed down. Nobody named Susan has ever been our director. The negative review is about a different rescue. --'Berta Landin, Treasurer, Colorado Pug Rescue read more

Hello everyone, I am writing this post...not to prevent people to adopt from LIGITIMATE rescues, but to NOT adopt from this particular agency. If you google Colorado Furbabies Rescue blog and look at other peoples review of their experiences, you will find that they are similar to mine. I am going to briefly write about my experience with CFB and their Director, Susan Matthews. If ANYONE else has had a similar experience, PLEASE E-MAIL ME...I am getting people together to take Susan to court so we can be reimbursed. PLEASE DO NOT REPORT THIS POSTING....If you want/need further information, contact me...I have EVERYTHING documented. When we adopted our puppy in August and we were told he was 13 weeks old. My boyfriend and I wrote a $225 check for his adoption fee. We then wrote a check to the rescue for $50 which was a refundable deposit, as it states on their website (www.coloradofurbabies.com) and on the contract: "The adoption fee is $225.00. Due to Colorado HB 1185, we now must require a refundable $50 spay/neuter deposit as well. This check will not be cashed and will be destroyed after your pup is altered." On October 15th, 2009 (Our puppy is only 4 1/2 months old on this date) this check was deposited into a Wells Fargo bank account. I contacted Susan Matthews (Director of CFB) numberous times via e-mail and phone calls (I have all of this documented). She has not responded to a single call or e-mail since that date. This is NOT the only time this has happened. I know of several other people who have sent documentation to Susan about their dogs being neutered/spayed and she STILL cashed their check!! Susan has made NO attempt to return any of our $$ or to even contact us. This is one of many issues I've had with this organization. I was told that, even if a client chooses not to fix their pet, that the $50 check would be sent to the State of Colorado....not CFB and that their pet would be reclaimed. I have a copy of the check I wrote and it is endorsed with "CFB- S.Matthews" and the signature is identical to the one on our contract that Susan signed. The fact that Susan has done this to several people so far (that we KNOW of) is a breach of contract and check fraud. I would LOVE to take Susan to small claims court. Yes, I want my $50 reimbursed, but more than anything...I want this rescue investigated for fraud. If I take her to small claims, it'll cost more than $50...yet, I am still considering to do so, just because of the principle. Who does that? Who claims to be "doing it for the animals" and then scams people. Its not okay and I think Susan should reimburse all of us back. I want someone to check out this "Rescue" because I think it's a scam. I am happy to provide all documentation of e-mails and phone calls made to Susan. This place started out with 20 solid volunteers and is now down to 5. I think that says something. On top of it all....Susan is incredibly rude and unprofessional. I am ANGRY and I want this operation SHUT DOWN. I am a HUGE animal lover...so for those of you who are about to rip me a new one...don't bother. This is about the fact that Susan is BREAKING THE CONTRACT. She is not in it for the animals anymore. She is in it for the money. E-mail me for more info: spring6984@yahoo.com read more

If I could rate this organization BELOW a 1 star rating, I would. Adopting our dog through Colorado Furbabies was actually fairly painless, and we have been extremely happy with our puppy since. It was after we paid them the adoption fee and took our dog home that our troubles really began. First it was a battle to get our dog's previous vet records (which they did not give to us at the time of adoption, but said they would be mailed). Our vet had to start his series of shots all over again because we didn't know what had already been given to him. Weeks went by without the vet records and after numerous emails to the director, Susan, I got a very rude response from her and finally the records arrived a few weeks after that. The next battle was to get our dog an appointment to get fixed, which Colorado Furbabies advertises as part of the adoption fee. We paid a $175 adoption fee, plus a $50 "refundable" fee, which is supposed to cover not only the puppy, but also all shots up to that point and having the animals spayed or neutered. When we adopted our dog he was 14 weeks old, but they don't recommend neutering until 4-6 months. So we were told that we would be contacted by their vet coordinator in several weeks to set up this appointment. Weeks went by and we didn't hear a word. For the last two months I've been trying to get in touch with someone at CFB to get some answers and we have received NO response. The number listed on their website is no longer in service and they have not responded to my many emails. I have contacted local authorities, who have urged me to file possible fraud charges. I have filed a complaint with the Better Business Bureau, who informed me that Colorado Furbabies has only been registered with them since August 2008, but as a non-accredited company and have had two previous complaints. They also informed me that there are no licenses for this organization on file. I called the City of Aurora to discuss this, and they have no record of a Colorado Furbabies organization registered with them. I gave them the address listed on my signed contract, which they said is a commercial shopping center with no rescue listed there. In the meantime, I've contacted Max Fund, which offers low-cost neutering. It's just frustrating because we thought we had already paid for it as part of the adoption fee. My advice: DO NOT ADOPT FROM COLORADO FURBABIES. Susan has been unresponsive for the most part, and very rude in the first few emails I did receive from her after I brought my dog home. There is something about this organization that does not add up and I hope no one else has to go through the same hell that I've been through. read more

I had an almost identically horrible experience with CFB as some of these other users. While they have a great intention, they are incapable of following through with their end of the deal. I adopted my puppy from them in May 2009. To this day, even after countless emails and phone calls (even to my puppy's foster mother), I have not received my dog's records as they were promised to me. I love my dog, but hated the adoption experience. If you are looking to adopt (WHICH YOU SHOULD!), I encourage you to look elsewhere, or be ready to endure a lengthy battle of emails in trying to get records or your spay/neuter deposit back. read more

When I saw the negative review I was so sad. We adopted our pug Emma from pug rescue in 2006. She is the best dog. I appreciated the thoroughness of pug rescue, coming to our house for the home visit and making sure we were a fitting family. We also went to the foster family with our pug Winston to make sure it was a good match. This organization makes sure that these amazing dogs are placed with the right families. Our lives are better with our Emma from Colorado Pug Rescue! read more

I will forever be thankful to the Colorado Pug Rescue! We got our 2 adorable Pugs, Brutus and Lilly 6 weeks ago. We were so excited when we first applied for 2 pugs (that were different than who we got) that waiting even 10 minutes would have seemed like forever. We heard back a couple days later that the two that we applied for were adopted and then waited about 5 weeks until we got a call saying they had a dog that we should meet. They brought Brutus to our home and we fell in love instantly! We had mentioned that we would like to get another at some point down the road and the foster home suggested that we meet Brutus' sister Lilly. That same day, they went home to pick her up and brought her back for us to meet. We fell in love instantly for the 2nd time! Originally, they were thinking of splitting them up as Lilly was pretty rough with little Brutus. The minute we saw them together, we knew they couldn't be split up and that we would love to welcome them to our home. I'm not sure if it was being in a foster home or what, but we haven't had any issues of Lilly being too rough with Brutus...in fact, he pounces on her more than she does to him. The Rescue was fantastic! They made sure they got a healthy approval from a vet, which included Brutus having a couple teeth pulled. We got lots of helpful information and tips on Pugs as we had never owned this breed before...I think it's safe to say we will never own another breed again! We feel very fortunate to have found the Colorado Pug Rescue and more importantly, Brutus and Lilly! Our home is now complete! read more

There have been recent reviews about how some dog rescue groups become overly zealous and actually interfere with getting dogs into homes by making unreasonable demands of potential adopters. COLORADO PUG RESCUE is a great example of this. About 3 years ago I had tried to adopt a pug but was viewed as an untrustworthy and sinister pug parent because I work full time, was single, and like many Americans can't be at home all day with the dog. No consideration was given to the fact that : 1) I already had a happy, well cared for pug, age 9, who would have liked a companion. Already was familiar with the breed having had pugs for about 12 years. 2) I pay a lady to come each day at noon to play with my dogs when I'm at work. How many people do that? 3) I have owned pugs for years 4) the dogs get my sole attention because I don't have human children that in many households deflect attention away from pets. My pugs are viewed as my children. 5) my dogs have all lived to older ages and are well cared for as can be verified by my vet FURTHERMORE: 1. Adoption fee for a dog from the Pueblo animal shelter: $75 Adoption fee for COLO PUG RESCUE $300 at least Average selling price for a pug puppy in local paper ~$300 So, I adopted a wonderful pug mix from Pueblo Animal Services 3 years ago and she has been happy in her new home with two pug friends. They sleep with me in bed and watch as I write this. But in the eyes of the bitchy, control freak woman who runs the adoption program I just wasn't good enough and none of this counted. What the hell do you want? Get real. Well, sorry I didn't meet your standards. You can take your attitude elsewhere , and I pity the dogs that don't get homes because of your unrealistic demands . You're not the only group of people on the planet that knows about pugs nor are you making it easy to place these dogs. I know, you will go on and on about your high standards. Blah, blah, blah. I recommend avoiding doing business with this group and also donating to other nonprofits that do a better job in finding homes for dogs. read more

I wanted to give no stars but couldn't figure out how. My husband and I found a dog on the Colorado Furbabies website that we thought we might be interested so we sent in an application. It took over two weeks to hear back from them, even after I called and emailed them several times to find out the status of our application. Luckily when we finally heard back, our home inspection was completed promptly and we heard from the foster mom the next day. We thought things were finally running smoothly, however we tried setting up several dates to go meet the dog which in the end were canceled by the foster mom. We finally were able to set a date for us to drive to her house to meet the dog. It took us 45 minutes to drive there, only to find out that no one was home and the dog had apparently run away. The foster mom called later that night to let us know the dog had been found and that she would drive out the next day to our house for us to meet the dog. Luckily this plan followed through and we were finally able to meet her. At the meeting we learned alot about the dog and were told by the foster mom that we could have time to think about and to call her and let her know our decision. I also informed her that I would be leaving to go out of town the next day (Tuesday) and would not be back until Sunday when I would let her know. She said that was fine. So after long thought and consideration my husband and I decided that they dog was not right for us. I sent the foster mom an email yesterday letting her know, then today I get an email from the director of the shelter: "This is Susan the director of CFB. I am writing to express my complete disappointment in you and your husband for leading us to believe you were going to adopt Sheba , which Traci was nice enough to hold onto for you to find out today....the day after you were to adopt that you are no longer interested. Sheba had two other apps that have since adopted other dogs. She has stayed home from two adoption events as well. We generally don't "hold" dogs for families and this is a prime example as to why. Sheba's chance at being in a happy forever home have been severely delayed by this. Having Traci hold her, and then just today letting her know that you are no longer interested is in search of a better word, BULL!!!! I understand that the dog needs to be the best match...this is also what we want. However not telling us until today is very very rude and certainly uncalled for. I will be pulling your app from our files. Good luck in finding your forever friend elsewhere. Sheba has waited long enough!" We found this letter very rude, very upsetting, and extremely unprofessional! First of all it was not our fault they were so hard to get a hold of in the first place. Second of all it is not our fault we didn't get to meet the dog sooner. Third of all we never asked for the dog to be put on hold so we cannot be blamed for that! Fourthly, I told the foster mom when I would be getting back to her so there is no reason me 'waiting' until yesterday to get back to them should be considered "uncalled for." Lastly, my husband and I don't want a dog in our house that does not fit our personalities and lifestyle, therefore we don't want this dog. I fully understand wanting the dog to go to a good home as soon as possible, but we are NOT the right home. I think a shelter would be more understanding of this and would be more mature than to send a very rude email to possible adoptees. All we ever wanted was to adopt a dog that would fit well into our family and then we get treated like crap for saying a dog is not right for us. Totally unacceptable for the director of the shelter to send such an unprofessional email in my mind. This experience has been a total turn-off towards adoption a dog! PLEASE DO NOT ADOPT FROM COLORADO FURBABIES and save yourself the hassle! read more

Thank you CPR for giving us our BEAUTIFUL angel pug DELPHE!! Thank you so much for rescuing her!!

If you want to rescue and grow with a wonderful puppy then my husband & I strongly recommend Colorado Fur Babies!! Do NOT listen or read bad reviews on them! They rescue puppies that would otherwise be killed and they find them good homes. It is very hardwork what they do and what the owner Susan, staff and volunteers there do for these animals. What we observed is that Susan works long hours and is very dedicated to the pets she adopts out. She always e-mailed or called us back right away when we asked her questions about the puppy we wanted to adopt. My husband and I got the most beautiful puppy from them! She is the small white puppy on the left in the picture above. This agency did nothing wrong we can see ever. They came and did a home study which is really good we feel. Plus, even more wonderful was the owner Susan drove way out of her way when her sister was very ill to drop off some things we needed for our new adopted puppy at night and this was after hours! What a sweet person if you ask us. She went way out of her way for our adoption of our puppy!! She is very caring and devoted and truly loves the pets there we noticed. Plus, the volunteers are the sweetest folks that love the pets there,too! Also, If someone passes on a puppy Susan is sad because she truly cares about the puppy and wants that puppy to have a good home. She doesn't mean anything personal to that person I'm sure. She is really concerned and very caring and loving for these pets that need a good home. We love our puppy Lilly and cannot thank this shelter enough for letting us adopt her. She is the cutest and sweetest puppy that has given us much joy! We could NOT be more thankful to Colorado Fur babies for letting us adopt Lilly from them! Plus, thankful that someone like Susan is out looking out for pets that they get a good owner. . I'm sure she has made some mistakes but who hasn't made a few. Also, they checked with us several times to make sure we would get Lilly spayed and get her the rest of her shots she needed. Plus, called just to see how she was doing. Thanks Susan we love our puppy Lilly!!! You are the best!! read more

Please do not rely on the information from Yelp as they have combined a bad and closed organizations information in with Colorado Pug Rescue on this page. Colorado Pug Rescue is NOT the same as Colorado FURBABIES Rescue. Colorado Pug Rescue is still open and has always been very helpful. I have adopted 3 pugs over the years and they have all been wonderful. The best place to get information is COPUGRESCUE.ORG. read more