I've struggled on writing this unfavorable review as I believe people doing rescue work often have their hearts in the right place. I like many people have chosen to adopt during the pandemic - a time where many others are looking to provide a home to a dog. I support rescues efforts to chose the absolute best home for each and every animal. My issue with Little Wolf Rescue is with a major lack of communication after leading me to believe I was chosen to adopt the sweet dog I had applied for through LWR. Ariel, who I see people making very lovely comments about here, contacted me to offer a meet and greet with a dog I was so in love with. A dog I was ready to commit to and dedicate myself to meeting his needs. I met him (let's call him Q) and his fosters, who were lovely people, and felt great about it. Prior to that meet and greet Ariel told me the next step after the meet and greet was to contact her and schedule a home check. She then proceeded to post on IG that she had selected an applicant to adopt Q who was scheduled to meet him. Which given the timing and the fact that the fosters said there were no other meetings scheduled, led me to believe I was the one chosen. The fosters expressed to me how much the dog seemed to like me, and that they liked me for the the dog (let's call him Q). I reached out to Ariel via text directly after my meet and greet with Q and expressed my sincere interest in moving forward and asked when she would like to schedule an home check. And no response. I reached out again - no response. I called and left a voice mail the next day with again, no response. I emailed her and received no response. A few days later she posted about difficultly with her phone in her IG stories so I thought perhaps once she fixed her phone she would get back to me to say something. But I received absolutely no contact from Ariel. None! Not even a text to say I'm sorry, we've decided to go with other applicants for Q. Now, I would have been disappointed and likely would have asked why, but found it truly cruel to simply ghost me after inviting me to start the process towards adopting Q. I had already begun to envision him in my life for his life. I was left to ask the fosters if they had heard from her at all. I continued to ask Ariel to just let me know she had received my messages and to give me a sense of timing, or of if she wanted to proceed at all. I did so via IG, text and voice mail, and one email. It has now been over a month, and she never ever got back to me. Most of all, I want Ariel to know that I understand her priority is the dogs in her care, but the humans she invites to meet and adopt them also have feelings and are impacted by her actions. For anyone reading this, I know rescues are inundated with people applying and contacting them non stop. The only reason I strongly feel I needed to write this, is I was selected, I was offered a meet and greet. I did get emotionally invested in Q. And, I did pass up other adoption opportunities while giving Ariel the benefit of the doubt that she would eventually get back to me. So, guard your heart if contacted to meet a dog in this rescues care. They may do what they did to me. Honestly, Ariel, you may want just learn to face people, even if you have bad news for them. It truly was most hurtful not to hear back. I am an adult and can handle bad news, but this... this was just not okay. read more

I LOVE LITTLE WOLF RESCUE ARIEL KEEP UP THE AWESOME WORK I AM A SUPPORTER FOR LIFE Adopt Don't Shop! I have been dealing with Ariel since December 2015 when I was looking to adopt my first new addition to my family. On 1/2/16, I adopted my first Puppy who was named Cupcake NOW she is Sparx. She is our daughter. We did a meet and greet and my family and I feel in Love with Sparx. Ariel is one of the kindest people I know. She has a big HEART . She LOVES animals and that's an understatement. Everything she does comes from her love of animals. Every time I called her when I found a stray animal she always helped out. All of these loving animals have found forever homes because of her HELP. She always provided food, toys, bowls and great advice. I also deal with other rescues so I am speaking from experience. ATTACHED ARE PHOTOS OF THE DOGS SHE HAS HELPED. OF COURSE THE FIRST 5 or 6 photos are my SPARX. The rest I am sure you have seen on Instagram. #adoptdontshop #littlewolfrescueforlife read more

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My husband and I are beyond blessed to have found Little Wolf Rescue. Ariel is the sweetest person to work with and is always available for questions. I appreciated how thorough the application process was. It showed me that LWR takes their adoptions seriously, they truly care about where their pups and kitties are going. I still keep in contact with LWR; they love to hear updates and see pictures. We couldn't have asked for a better experience or a better pup! While I can't speak to anyone else's experience, I think it's a good idea to look at the positive reviews. All I've ever seen from this rescue is pure kindness! read more

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Got a great little dog from this service. Ariel was very helpful in setting up everything from the first meet and greet to the appointment at the clinic for getting fixed. After that she was a great resource for some advice about after the operation. Highly recommend LWR, and don't trust vindictive, retaliatory posts from negligent fosters. read more

Little Wolf Rescue - Pet Adoption Near Me

Little Wolf Rescue are just not doing their job. I identified a dog that I was interested to adopt, sent an e mail via their website, sent an adoption form, and co reacted them via Facebook as well. No response. I would have probably adopted one of their dogs and given him a home. They're not doing what they're supposed to do. At the same time, of course they're still asking for donations. Stay away. read more

Great organization that loves and cares for animals. I have been fostering for Little Wolf Rescue for few years now and it's a pleasure working with them. They are very selective and make sure each animal finds the best forever home. read more

I also hate rating a rescue so low, but I write this review with a heavy heart. We agreed to foster a dog for 3 weeks, never with the intention of keeping him but rather ensuring he had a smooth transition between his current home and his forever home. However, 2 weeks into fostering him, Little Wolf completely abandoned and ghosted us. It's been nearly two months at this point, and other rescues are hesitant to help us place this pup as technically the dog is in little wolf's control. No responses to emails, texts, phone calls, and we were contacted by another foster with 3 pups that they have gone radio silent on them also. we are about to undergo a major home renovation and care for my elderly parents, and we are at the point where this incredible dog will not have a home. They could use their network for good. It is utterly irresponsible that they are raising money, soliciting donations online and not even supporting their animals or the people opening up their homes to them. read more

Amazing rescue! We have seen her help so many dogs since we meet her two years ago. High level of care and high expectations for re-homing. Adopt don't shop! read more

I sought on my Facebook Pat page that there was a little puppy named Peekaboo that needed to have a foster so that she wouldn't be surrendered into a shelter so I agreed to do it even though I've never fostered with this organization before. From the start the owner Alexis was unresponsive irresponsible and never helping me understand what was going on with this dog. She had diarrhea and was throwing up from day one to which she finally responded to me to say that she probably has a stomach flu it just needs to work it's magic but after days and days of it happening I finally said I don't want to foster this dog anymore I don't think she's well she found a new foster and going on day six of throwing up and having diarrhea the new foster is getting scared as well because the owner is unresponsive. I foster with several other rescue organization and I've never had this level of unprofessional unresponsive care for a dog who obviously needs to be going to the vet read more

BEWARE OF LITTLE WOLF RESCUE!! So, our family regularly fosters for a great rescue Stray Cat Alliance always a wonderful experience. We saw the Little Wolf rescue needed a foster for 7 puppies and they preferred to keep them all together. We happily offered to foster the pups. They were brought to us and the owner Ariel Elvira left is with instructions to feed them 4 cans 3 times a day....she left us with 6 cans of food and a small bag of crunchies?? She said someone would be coming by with food the following day. A woman did come...with just 5 cans?? Generally I am given more than enough food for any animal foster but this was getting ridiculous. We ended up having to buy food ourselves. Finally she instructs me to go to petco and buy a couple cases and she would reimburse us. She never did. And let me tell you, their food is not cheap at $2.50 a can. We literally barely had money for our own groceries. Next I am informed 4 days into fostering that they are splitting the litter up and were coming to pick up 5 of the pups.We were a bit upset. I am a stay at home mom with 4 very helpful kids and we enjoy taking care of animals and loving on them. We were attached already and didn't want them to go just yet so despite the $, we offered to cover the costs of food and potty patches ect for the duration if they can stay together. She then informs me she is picking up all the puppies and handing them over to her parents to foster. We were not given any reason as to why. There is nothing in our exchange of messages that give any clue as to what's going on with her. She is suddenly very curt. Our whole family was pretty upset. My 17 year old daughter and my 11 year old were home for the pick up that day. All the puppies were sleeping. They barged into my house very briskly without a single word to my children and started roughly waking puppies up and tossing them half asleep into the crates. My daughter suggested we let them go potty first since they had been sleeping a good while and are only 7 weeks old and she curtly said no. My daughter wanted to say goodbye to her favorite puppy and she was crying. Ariel ripped the pup from her arms and tossed it in the carrier! My 11 year old is very upset as well at this point as is my 17 year old at the treatment of these babies. She silently chucks the carriers in the car and rudely asks where the play pen is. It is on the porch and she tells my daughter to get it. She says no because now she is getting angry. My poor 11 year old had to get it and it is not light. They drive off leaving my kids standing in the street crying in shock. No goodbye, no thank you...nothing. My 11 year old came in the house and threw a blanket over her head and just cried. Who would treat children like this! My kids are so traumatized from this! We are all worried about the pups and the care they are receiving. This woman should not be in this business. Her rescue looks questionable. They only have 3 dogs and 2 cats as well as these pups up for adoption. The is absolutely no way to leave any sort of review or let people know how cruel this woman is. We are unable to do so on her FB page nor is their a yelp page. She deletes our story every time we try to let people know to beware of this rescue. People need to know that she does not take care of her fosters, does not reimburse you for money spent. Mind you...she lives in a 4.5 million dollar home and rolled up in a very expensive dark green Range Rover. Yet she can't even be bother to bring food. I am honestly sick to my stomach. I'll be watching her very carefully. Several people including my sister have filled out adoption applications ages ago and have never heard back yet the dog she was interested in is still sitting there unadopted. Ariel Elvira is an absolute monster! If any indication of the way she treated children and handled those sweet babies like hand bags. I am still sick to my stomach. Many people have contacted me since with similar stories. #LITTLEWOLFRESCUE #Crueladevil read more

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BEWARE, 1 star is too much credit. Ariel Elvira is a monster. She uses and abuses fosters. My family and I fostered a blind Shih Tsu puppy and made it clear from the beginning we intended to adopt him. There were red flags, but I was too in love with my new baby to think that she would end up doing what she did. She told us that she had to take him to get fixed and would return him to us the next day to finish adoption paperwork. She never returned him, essentially kidnapping him, saying he was underweight and we had been abusing him. I had been routinely taking him to the vet for checkups so I knew this was false. After she took him I went to the vet the next morning to confirm what she was saying was bull shit. The vet himself said he was fine, his weight was normal, and they couldn't understand why she was doing this. She took my baby and I have no idea if he is okay. It was especially concerning considering he is a special needs dog and had bonded with my other animals to the extent where my chihuahua would lead him around the yard. She is not a real non profit, she stole my property, and she took my baby. I wouldn't wish this on my worst nightmare. For your sake, do NOT trust this organization. Do not give them money, do not give them your time. read more

Vengeful people that can't deal with fostering animals are giving zero stars.. how mature. I've dealt with LWR personally and have never had an issue. I would never trust all the reviews because some people can't take responsibilities for their actions. Including creating this fake account under LWR (without their consent) and then bashing at them. read more

So usually when I look at an organization, I check the negative reviews right away to see if there are commonalities among them. In a lot of cases, the commonality is "They didn't cater to our every whim and wait on us hand-and-foot, what terrible service!" That is...not so here. From what I've been seeing here and elsewhere, it seems this rescue is unreliable and irresponsible, and unless the owner of the rescue immediately likes you, then she will be distant and cold. Also really not liking these other reviews talking about how fosters are treated by the owner. Another commonality seems to be very qualified people submitting applications for the dogs, only to either never hear back or be frustratingly strung along during the adoption process and then dropped completely with no warning and never contacted again no matter how hard they try to reconnect. Wish I'd seen all of this before submitting my own application; in my search for a dog to bring home, I'll be sure to vet the organization I'm looking at much better next time. read more