I question how good of an organization the Keystone Animal Rescue in Riverside, WA really is. I happen to know that they adopted out a rescue dog to a family that does not have a permanent address & is living in an RV on someone else' property. Most good rescue organizations screen their applicants very carefully and require a fenced yard. Without proper screening of the applicants to make sure these animals are going to good homes, Keystone Animal Rescue may be setting that poor animal up for future failures, abuse, neglect and abandonment. I also happen to know that the people who adopted the dog didn't have the $50.00 for the adoption fee and the person at the rescue facility told them they could go ahead and take the dog and pay the fee later...THEY NEVER DID. What kind of a rescue organization does that? If adopters can't afford a $50.00 adoption fee, they can't afford to be adopting a dog in the first place. The worst thing is this dog is in serious need of dental attention and turned out to be pregnant. It had three babies and only one lived. What kind of a responsible rescue organization adopts out animals without having them vet checked, spayed or neutered and medical/dental issues dealt with before adopting the animal out in the first place. I gave this facility one (1) star because I like to think that the woman's heart was in the right place to begin with but she is poorly equipped (in experience, financially, and with business/management sense) to run her rescue facility the way it should be run. I usually use Yelp to praise well run businesses and organizations, but this has bothered me so much that I just felt I had to speak out. People, I urge you to do your due diligence and research a rescue organization before dropping off a stray, abused or neglected animal to such a poorly run organization. Make sure the organization tends to the animals medical needs, spays and neuters the animals, updates the animals on their inoculations and, above all, screens the prospective adopters to make sure that the unfortunate animal in their care is going to be going to a good, safe home. For the animal's sake. Thank you. read more

I would just like to say, that I really appreciate this facility as it is the only one of its kind in all of Okanogan county. There is a real loss of any animal rescue services what so ever within a 200 mile radius, and this place is the only one that takes in stray or abandoned animals in the area. Without this place all of these animals would be left for dead, so before you judge the specific details of what an animal rescue should or should not be, think about the resources available in this area and the alternative for these animals. They all deserve a good home regardless of their current level of care, please know that if you are adopting a dog you should plan on having to take them to a vet and incur some expenses for their care, sometimes the facility is just not able financially to do all of this for you. I adopted two of my rescue dogs from this place and they had been found in a box, on the side of a main highway, and would most certainly have died there.They had been vaccinated and were well taken care of at keystone, I will be forever thankful. I would recommend if possible that all who read this please offer donations to this wonderful place, for the sake of all the animals in the Okanogan county. Thank you. read more