I've fostered a couple dogs and ended up adopting one!…read more I love attending their various events as well. The volunteer group is especially welcoming and amazing!

Pup Culture Rescue is located off Lake Avenue in Pasadena. Parking is on the surrounding streets…read morefor which I've always been able to find a spot in front when I've visited. The facility is spacious and staff are friendly. Every single person who works or volunteers at the rescue are like-minded people with a passion for the puppies and dogs that come through those doors. I personally adopted my now 2 year old dog from them over a year and a half ago and now I am fostering with them. There are so many different puppies and dogs to choose from that you will probably find what you're looking for through Pup Culture! Fostering has been very fulfilling for me after my 14 year old Yellow lab passed last year and I just haven't been ready to adopt again yet. Personally, fostering helps fill the empty gap left by her loss, gives my younger dog some good socialization with various other dogs which is helping to shape her into a well rounded dog, and helps save dog's lives in the process. Pup Culture also has different events such as Run Club, Hiking with the dogs, and sometimes fun little meet the dogs events at various places in Pasadena.

We adopted two dogs from them. We couldn't say enough about the founder Lori Weise. She is a true…read moreangel for these furry babies!!!!! She has such a great team too!!!! If any one gets a chance, read the book.... Rethinking Rescue by Carol Mithers then you can truly understand how hard Lori is helping our furry babies and their owners!!! PLEASE NEUTER/SPAYED!!!

I found TWO dogs that was loose and registered to this rescue. I have tried calling multiple times…read more818.407.4145, emailing, messaging on instagram and no response. I work with MANY rescue groups across the valley and they have also backed their animals so I am very disappointed that they aren't returning my call to get the dogs to saftey and HOPEFULLY back to the person who adopted them

Ace of Hearts Dog Rescue is a truly life-saving organization with a heart of gold!! Their mission…read moreto rescue dogs on the brink of euthanasia and place them in loving forever homes is nothing short of heroic. Volunteers, you are the heart and soul of this foundation--compassionate, dedicated, and tireless in your efforts!!! XOXO Whether you're looking to adopt, foster, or get involved, Ace of Hearts offers meaningful volunteer opportunities that genuinely make a difference. Supporting them means giving a second chance to dogs who deserve a lifetime of love.

I feel the need to share my dissatisfaction and poor treatment by this rescue. In the end one of…read morethe dogs I tried to adopt was harmed, in addition to me and my son because of how they mishandled everything. It was only 48 hours before getting this dog that the foster parent, not the rescue, informed me she had a prolapse rectum. The shelter didn't even know. Outside of being told she had a small cataract in her left eye, was told nothing else was wrong. In fact, the owner said she was "perfect.". This dog had dental disease, severe scarring in both ears and eyes to where she had limited vision and hearing. She was not potty trained at all. She was also severely underweight and could not handle a walk more than about four houses down my street. I agreed to take her with the understanding she would get the prolapse surgery after I got her, paid for by the shelter. The owner continued to disagree with every vet that saw her to talk about the surgery. No vet wanted to operate on her because she was malnourished and it was unclear why she was not able to gain any weight. All three vets said she should go on a hydrolyzed protein diet. The owner of the shelter refused stating the only food I could feed her was farmers dog. Finally after two months, the owner said I could put her on hydrolyzed protein food and she started gaining some weight. She had to get an ultrasound before the hospital would agree to do the surgery at that point. It took six weeks for the shelter to connect with the hospital that did the ultrasound to talk about next steps for the surgery. By that point I had had this dog for over three months and was dealing with all of the stuff I mentioned above. Because of all that at some point, I decided I could not do it anymore. It was a very painful decision to make and the shelter, made it extremely hard for me in the end. They were difficult to communicate with. I agreed to just fly her back to LA myself and the plan then changed three different times. They said they would come get her on a certain day, then changed it to another day then I said I would just bring her like I had planned then they asked me to keep her until they could find a place for her even though they said they had a place for her to go. Long story short it was extremely hard. I will put pictures of the texts from the owner in the end, who told me to literally stop complaining. The amount of time and money I spent out of my own pocket on this dog was significant. I thought at least an apology would be given, when I asked for one, the worker at the shelter stayed silent on the phone. And then the owner told me to stop complaining as you can see in the text photos. I share this to warn other people about what you might go through if you try to adopt a dog through them.

I adopted my doggie there in Dec. I had a great experience. They were very responsive with my…read morequestions on adoption. Great experience. I encourage people to check them out . Wish I could give them all a home. Check out sweet boy Cosmo and cat Gus if they are still there. Thank you!!!

To the person who adopted Annie…read more If you adopted a brown chihuahua mix named Annie, I am her foster mom and wanted to you to know a little about her personality. please know she was very loved and she's very smart and knows many commands. She loves her little squeaky piggy toy to play fetch with. She eats Pure farm to bowl small breed kibble brand and bacon treats are her fav. She absolutely hates going potty indoors and if it happens on she will get your attention and wants you to clean it asap. So making sure she goes out to do her business is very important her. Wish I would have been able to give the new family her toys, clothes and just insight on the her daily routine and likes and dislikes. Now my review of the rescue and this is solely my experience with fostering for this rescue. I decided to foster after my dog passed away. They asked me to come in and take a look to see who was a good fit, but when I got there I was immediately given a dog to foster. I was rushed out of there and given the bed, blanket and a bag of food. Laura the person that runs the rescue maybe great with the animals but terrible people skills. When I brought the Annie home she was eating her poop which means she was being starved. We quickly corrected that behavior. Whenever I brought the dog in for an adoption event which for the TWO years I fostered her was only 2 events and one appointment every time Laura stated the dog was overweight at 18lbs mind you she was a chihuahua mix so of course she was not your full breed average weight but this dog was loved, spoiled and kept on a routine of a daily walks to the park and an afternoon walk on the block. She was getting great exercise and proper nutrition with proper vet care because I took on all the financial responsibilities of vet bills and the best minimal ingredient foods. She stated that fat dogs don't get adopted. If a person is going to say this about a dog then they should not be allowed to adopt at all. I never heard from Laura, no one ever checked on the dog. This was so weird to me because how is the dog supposed get adopted if you don't show her at the adoption events. They don't keep up with social media like other rescues. Commutation with this rescue seriously needs to improve. This was probably the worst experience I've had with fostering. The last time I took the Annie in for a potential adoption appointment, was the last time I saw her. Laura promised to upadate me and send a video of her with her new family but I never got that. I asked and she said she was not adopted but never asked me to foster again. I also hesitated to offer because it meant that I would have to continue to deal with Laura. All communication just stopped. They are so crowded but yet don't care to have fosters for their dogs. It wasn't until we checked the website recently that we found out the dog was finally adopted. We are sad that we didn't get to see her adoption and would never help this rescue again.

Westside GSD Rescue is a remarkable and inspiring organization. We have adopted 2 Westside dogs,…read morethe first, a GSD that came to us by way of a sister organization close to us in Oregon, and the second, a GSD-Mal mix that we adopted recently from Westside following the loss of our precious GSD boy in June. Both dogs we adopted were/are absolute jewels; healthy, happy, and obviously well-cared for. With limited, private and volunteer resources, dogs are NOT accepted to the shelter willy-nilly, but based on their temperament and adopt-ability; and once in the shelter, if a dog is not adopted, it is assured a full life. This is not a "pound," but more a sanctuary for adoptable dogs with GSD genes. As such, it's not someplace you can just "dump" your pup. Potential adopters are vetted base on their home environment, experience with dogs, and commitment to to provide a safe, caring home. The adoption process, which includes evaluation of both dogs and potential adopters in order to assure a "good fit," is thorough and reasonable. They want adopters to be experienced and committed to integrating a dog into their family. I fully expect the negative reviews are all from either owners who want to "dump" their dog and resent being turned away or deservedly browbeaten, or from failed adopters who were denied a dog they wanted due to something questionable in their home environment. Westside's primary concern is the best interest of the dogs.

I have adopted from Westside German Shepherd Rescue before, so I came back to them knowing how it…read moreworks. This time the experience put me off entirely. We are an experienced German Shepherds owners (we had 5). I went through their website, picked out several dogs I was interested in, and sent the list. What came back was a note explaining why each one was wrong for me. When I said that bothered me, I got a longer email telling me I "just have to trust our judgment," along with a paragraph about the difference between a shelter and a rescue, copied to three other people at the rescue. I understand that matching matters and that they know their dogs better than I do from photographs. But the whole exchange was about what would not work for me, from people who have never met me, and the tone of it was more lecture than conversation. Being copied into a group email about my own complaint was the end of it for me. By that point I had no interest in making the trip.

Over the last 20 years, I have taken eight dogs to Arcadia for their health. I saw this one…read moredissatisfied customer posting multiple one star comments just to engage one complain in public is not fair to the hospital nor to the people who use Yelp to search for service providers, so I'm posting this five star rating to balance the curve a bit. The last two years has been very difficult for pet owners to drop off their love ones at vet office, not being able to be with them in exam room to calm their nerve and not being able to converse with doctor during the exam. Arcadia is the only animal hospital I'm aware of allowing owners to enter, which I very much appreciate and understand the risk they take. I lost two senior dogs last year, during the last few months of their life, I took them to hospital every week for care. I can't say enough to the supports I received from the vet and staff during that difficult time. There are many new and big chain hospitals out there. Their equipment may be better, there maybe more specialists and they have larger facility; but I feel comfortable trusting my family at Arcadia Small Animal Hospital.

We have been going here since our senior dog was a puppy...long before the new management took…read moreover. In comparison, the new staff is not as warm and welcoming as the previous staff. It used to feel more like a family there. Now, they hardly speak to you, and you just sit there until they take you back. Everything is almost sterile. The emergency vet we saw a couple years ago was a warmer and more caring environment. I like that they have updated the exam rooms and facilities and they use a website that has a booking feature, which is convenient, but they are REALLY expensive. We thought it was expensive after his last wellness exam, but he really needed to get in to see someone, and we thought, "Why not stay where he has been since he was a puppy?" We just took him in for a vet tech appointment to renew his prescription. They said it would be an easy and quick appointment to get labs done. He also needed to do his updated rabies shot. The total was over $500. Even his prescription with them was $70 for a monthly supply of gabapentin. We did that twice before a friend of mine recommended using Chewy instead. We pay $4.80 for a month's supply (60 pills) of the same medication. The vet was nice when we met with her. She was kind to our very shy senior dog, but despite thinking she was great, it isn't enough to keep us at this veterinarian any longer.

She is not taking new clients, she should put that on her yelp. She asked all the questions like…read moreshe was going to take my dog then said nope !

Awww Monique.....this is truly and loss in this community. You had groomed my last two senior fur…read morebabies. All of us we ll miss you, and the team, and Thank you Ann for taking care of Mini's sensitive nails. We all wish we had more time with you and always enjoyed your Dutch-Indo past history. Thank you for the great memories and care of our doggies.

We had heard nothing but good things about Two Dogs Pet Service, so when we got our 11 month old…read moreFrench bulldog puppy, we called Jen for help. It was such a great experience for us and for our pup, Felipe. He learned so many things - and so did we! And he LOVED his "lessons" and looked forward to going to his "lessons" - We wrecommend Two Dogs Pet Services highly. They're just great. Lynne Whalen

Kim and Kristine took care of our dog and 2 cats for a week (we did the "slumber pawty" sleepovers)…read moreand it was so amazing being away and not worrying the pets. They sent regular updates and pictures and Jen was great at putting together coverage for a full week on short notice! A lot of people look for the cheapest option but there are 2 big benefits I see with investing in actual professionals - 1. We knew our pets were getting the best care so didn't feel guilty and 2. We had someone in the house while we were away. The second one was important to us because we were broken into when on a previous vacation (when we lived in same city a few houses away in a very safe neighborhood). The police told us keeping visible activity in and out of the house while gone can help prevent this. The cost for quality care was much less than the value of what was taken in that incident. When we returned our pets were obviously very well cared for. The sitters slept in our guest room but brought their own linens to use on top of ours so we wouldn't have to do laundry which I though my was extra thoughtful (though we would have been happy for them to use ours). Will be using them whenever we go away and highly recommend - just plan ahead so you can book them in advance! Bonus points for their text updates on the pets being hilarious