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    Jeff C.

    I cannot say enough good things about this organization. I've been volunteering with them for almost 1 year now and am so impressed with how well organized and helpful everyone has been. The work behind the scenes to get these fur babies rehabilitated and into new loving homes is just astounding.

    We lost our precious Karlee in October 2019. We will find our next princess from DLRR soon.

    Amazing organization for all dog lovers! I've adopted two of my girls from this organization and am considering my next adoption from them. These are caring individuals who provide you with all the information necessary to better understand your new pet and also provide you with trainers, nutritionists and other experts to make the transition for these dogs a seamless one.

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    Great dogs great cause great people. They actually care about the dogs and where they are going.

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    These rescuers are the best! I trust them and will continue to call upon them for help in the future. Save a life~ adopt a lab

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    Saving Paws Rescue, Az - Harley (Taffy) at 5 weeks!

    Saving Paws Rescue, Az

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    I made a one time donation to Saving the Paws and they continue to charge my account $29.99 every…read moremonth, without my authorization. I have sent several emails and left a VM message asking them to correct the error. I have received no reply from them. I now have to close out my account to stop the charges. Very unprofessional!!! UPDATE 2/6/26: I have been informed that there is a fraudulent website using the Saving the Paws name to scam people out of money. The legitimate Saving the Paws had nothing to do with my issue above. My apologies to the real Saving the Paws organization.

    Saving Paws Rescue has knowingly been operating a dog rescue for years without a Certificate of…read moreOccupancy (CO). As of April 2026 they had NO CO. You can call Maricopa County to verify when, or if, they received a CO. What does it say about a dog rescue that knowingly operates without a Certificate of Occupancy? If you are supporting this rescue, you are supporting potential illegal, unethical, and immoral administration. Operating a dog rescue without a Certificate of Occupancy (CO) is a multi-layered issue that cuts across legal, ethical, and practical boundaries. Whether it demonstrates a fundamental lack of ethics, morals, and character depends heavily on the intent, awareness, and underlying conditions of the operation. Here is a breakdown of how this situation is generally evaluated through the lenses of law, ethics, and animal welfare. 1. The Legal and Safety Dimension A Certificate of Occupancy isn't just a bureaucratic piece of paper; it is a legal document certifying that a building complies with local zoning laws, building codes, and safety regulations. Public and Animal Safety: For a dog rescue, CO requirements typically ensure proper ventilation, safe electrical wiring (to prevent fires), adequate waste disposal, and structural integrity. Operating without one means the facility has bypassed inspections meant to guarantee the physical safety of both the human caretakers and the animals. Zoning Compliance: Municipalities use COs to ensure that high-density animal facilities aren't operating in areas where they might create public health hazards, noise violations, or environmental issues (like waste runoff). From a strict regulatory standpoint, operating without a CO is a violation of local law, and knowingly doing so demonstrates a disregard for municipal governance and community standards. 2. The Ethical Framework: Intent vs. Impact When evaluating the "ethics and character" of the operators, the situation usually falls into one of two distinct categories: Case A: The Ignorant or Resource-Strapped Rescuer (Ethical Oversight) Many independent animal rescuers are driven by deep empathy and a desire to save lives. They often step in during crises when local municipal shelters are overflowing. The Scenario: A passionate individual starts taking in dogs, unaware of complex commercial zoning laws, or they occupy a building thinking it is "good enough" while pouring all available funds directly into veterinary care and food. Character Assessment: While legally negligent, this is often viewed as a failure of administrative competence rather than a lack of morals. The intent is altruistic, though the execution carries significant risk. Case B: The Wilful Bypasser (Ethical Failure) When an operator knowingly and intentionally avoids obtaining a CO, the ethical assessment changes dramatically. The Scenario: The operator avoids inspection because they know the facility fails basic health and safety standards, exceeds legal animal capacity limits, or violates local zoning (e.g., operating a massive kennel in a quiet residential zone). They choose to hide from the county or city to avoid the cost of compliance. Character Assessment: This demonstrates a clear compromise in ethics. By dodging inspections, the operator prioritizes their own operational convenience over the safety of the animals, the rights of the surrounding neighborhood, and the law. 3. The Animal Welfare Paradox The highest ethical duty of any rescue is the well-being of the animals in its care. Operating an uncertified facility creates a dangerous paradox: The Risk of Good Intentions: A rescue operating outside the system lacks oversight. Without official capacity limits and structural checks, these environments are highly susceptible to "rescue hoarding"--where the volume of animals outpaces the physical infrastructure, leading to poor sanitation, disease outbreaks, noise pollution, and severe stress for the dogs. If an organization claims to protect animals but houses them in a facility that hasn't been verified as safe or sanitary by local health and building codes, their actions contradict their stated mission. The Takeaway If the omission is accidental or due to a misunderstanding of local ordinances, it highlights a need for better administrative guidance. However, if an operator deliberately hides the operation, ignores stop-work or cease-and-desist orders, or refuses to bring a building up to code, it reflects a significant ethical failure. In those cases, it demonstrates a willingness to cut corners at the expense of compliance, community peace, and ultimately, the very safety of the animals they claim to protect.

    FurBabies & Friends - My high energy Vizslas.

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    We needed help with walking our big pittie mix. He's a strong guy and was dragging us around the…read moreneighborhood. Kristie helped us get this under control, so we can now have an enjoyable walking experience with our dog. While we were working on this, Kristie also helped us with some basic command refinements with all 3 of our dogs. One of our dogs needed a little confidence boost, and she taught us how to work with him to strengthen this. Kristie is clear in her instructions to the humans and is patient with answering questions and modeling how to give commands and corrections. She built a positive relationship with our dogs and with us. We have enjoyed the experience and appreciate the changes in our dogs' behavior.

    FurBabies & Friends has been awesome to work with. The owner, Kristie, is easy to work with and…read morecommunicates very well. For dog sitting, in our home, we've used Michelle several times now and she is great. Our 3 dogs love her and she clearly loves them too. We have 2 Great Danes and Beagle/Boston Terrier mix who are getting up there in age. Our male Great Dane has a number of health issues and Michelle handles it all so well. There's a laundry list of medications for the dogs and she does a great job keeping up with it all. She doesn't mind when I'm that helicopter dog mom and I check too often on my sick boy. Regardless of his illness, Michelle sends many pictures and text updates on how things are going with all the dogs. As a very protective momma, I trust Michelle completely with my furbabies and home. We love having Michelle take care of our babies... so much so that when we were planning the August trip we just completed, she wasn't available on our original dates, so we moved our trip to make sure she was available. I appreciate the freedom Kristie and Michelle offer us to get away several times a year. I completely trust them. Give them a shot!

    Great Dane Rescue of AZ Alliance - Texts trying to request foster puppies dog food.

    Great Dane Rescue of AZ Alliance

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    At this point I would say Regal Dane Rescue is not a legitimate rescue and nobody should offer to…read morefoster or adopt puppies from them. We signed up to foster a puppy and were not told until after signing the foster contract that in order to foster a puppy we had to take two puppies because "they have to be in pairs" which we did not want two puppies and would have declined to foster knowing this ahead of time. We were also only told at the time of signing the contract that they were just Dane puppies turns out we have Dane/Aussie Shepard/ Lab mix puppies. We did end up taking both 8wk old puppies into our home. Bambi the director dropped them off with a kennel a bag of food some puppy pads and a toy and that was all. I was told by her to give her a few days notice for more dog food when they needed it. A month into doing so and the first request for dog food I had to text her two days in a row with no response and the finally call her just to be told "we can't afford that dog food right now so we will order something cheaper" which made the dogs sick. For the last three months we have run into this issue of getting no replies to requesting dog food and have been paying for it on our own. We reached out to Bambi and told her we wanted to adopt the dogs and were also informed they couldn't be adopted together and that we'd have to submit an adoption application like everyone else and the adoption fee was $700. Since we have not been being given dog food I reached out to Bambi and said we will keep the receipts for the dog food if it will be credited to the cost of adopting one of the dogs. Her response was "thank you let's do that because the rescue is out of money and their food would be coming out of my personal checks". Not to mention this agreement has yet to be given to me in writing. Additionally, as of recent the two dogs broke out of their kennel and did about $1200-$1500 worth of damage to my house in approx 8 hrs. After this and the type of damages they caused we decided maybe they aren't for us and reached out to Bambi to see about returning the puppies. She told us we had to keep them "per the contract" until they were neutered. That is nowhere stated in the contract, what is stated is that we would allow the rescue a maximum of 4 weeks to find other placement for the dogs once we decide we can't foster them anymore. Shes not holding up her end of "the contract" by providing their food at the very least yet we are required to abide by rules that aren't on the contract and were required to take in two dogs into our home because of these unwritten rules and there's been no accountability for such at all. Terrible experience and I hate to say it but we will never foster another dog again we'd rather buy a puppy from a breeder at-least we would know what breed it was and could control how many we ended up with. See photos for my requests for dog food.

    Regal Dane Rescue is the worst rescue and nonprofit 501c that I have ever experienced…read more First, the majority of the dogs that they have are advertised as pure Danes, however the majority of them are multiple mixed breeds. Second, the director, Bambi, is not very timely in responding to the application or requests for information about a specific dog. Often takes several days to respond. I originally submitted my application on 11/25 and didn't hear anything from them for almost a week. Third, once I finally got to discuss my application and potential Danes I was disappointed that the majority were advertised as pure Dane, but the majority are are mixed. Forth, this is my most disappointing part about this rescue, nothing anywhere is an adoption fee mentioned. I expected to pay an adoption fee but the amount of their adoption fee for a mixed breed is more than most Purebred papered Breeders charge. A supposed pure Dane adoption fee is far higher. $700 for a mixed and over $1000+ for a pure Dane. FOR A RESCUE????? That is ridiculous to charge that much, especially when it is not mentioned anywhere in the application or website that they even have an adoption fee at all. Additionally I have spoken to a couple of people who foster for Regal Dane Rescue and they have told me that the rescue doesn't respond in a timely manner when they need supplies such as food that the rescue is supposed to provide while in foster, or they say that the rescue cannot afford the same food that was previously provided so they will provide a less quality and cheaper food (eventually) in replacement. Meanwhile, the rescue is paying the mortgage payment for the director, Bambi. Fraud, waste and abuse of a nonprofit 501c!!!!! Her entire house is not solely used for just the nonprofit Rescue so why is it paying her entire mortgage? Sounds like misuse of the nonprofit money for personal gain!!! Guarantee that she doesn't pay the people fostering for the use of their homes!!!!! One foster has shared that they have been fostering the same adolescent Dane for over a year now, why? Because everyone that was interested in their foster dog has either been discouraged by the outrageous adoption fee or they end up finding a puppy from elsewhere.

    Desert Labrador Retriever Rescue - animalshelters - Updated May 2026

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