I met my first dog through a mutual foster family of the rescue. It started off with her being very adorable to her still being very adorable but also very comfortable with the laces on my sweatpants. How could such a perfect dog go through two laces? What really stood out about this rescue was how communicative, supportive, and genuine everyone was throughout the adoption process. You could tell that they really cared about placing dogs in the right homes and making sure that both the dogs and the adopters were set up for success. I felt informed and supported every step of the way. Thanks to them, I found my beautiful lace loving girl. She's brought so much joy into my life and I'm forever grateful. 10/10 experience with the rescue 0/2 surviving sweatpants laces read more

See all

Orphan Annie is an amazing organization! They vet adopters incredibly well to make sure dogs are going into the perfect home for the dog. Their dogs all live in foster homes so they know about them and are always there to support the families that they adopt to. Their dogs are well taken care of and completely medically ready when adopted out. Highly suggest adopting from them! read more

Orphan Annie Rescue - Jensen, my dog adopted from Orphan Annie Rescue - Pet Adoption Near Me - Atlanta, Georgia

See all

This is one of the worst customer service experiences I've ever experienced. They are rude, judgmental, and horrible at communication. Sadly, I bet a lot of dogs are missing out on wonderful homes because of how they treat their applicants. read more

By far the worst experience I have ever had when looking to find a pup for my family. They make you go through a very basic application which really doesn't require such a strict process considering how basic the questions are. What makes it worse is that they will flat out NEVER respond to you. I had inquired about over 4 dogs earlier this month and even submitted applications with the basic requirements. I only got one response stating they received it but never got an update. No rejection, nothing. I had reached out as it, had been a while and on their website it states they will respond in 24 hours....NEVER happened. Not only did I never get a response or even a courtesy message letting me know they didn't want to move forward with my application. Every single dog I inquired about got adopted at a public event. What was the point of making such a strict process if you were just going to let anyone adopt who just waltzed in to your event? I will look elsewhere for my forever friend, because at least they have common courtesy to update me and actually be polite. read more

As a volunteer for a local county shelter, I am so grateful for this rescue. I have fostered several dogs for Orphan Annie and most recently adopted from them. One of the main reasons I love this rescue is their thorough vetting process. At the local shelter there is no vetting process so anyone can adopt without any vetting. I fostered a litter of 5 puppies for Orphan Annie and I was a part of the vetting process so I can 1000% confirm they do contact an applicant's vet and ask all the right questions. I was part of the adoption process along with the rescue. I contacted the potential adopters after they completed the application process. All 5 puppies ended up in the most amazing homes and I attribute that to the vetting process. When a dog from the local shelter ends up going to Orphan Annie Rescue, I am ecstatic because I know they will be placed in the BEST homes for them. They are well known and admired by many animal advocates in Georgia! All dogs that come into Orphan Annie are well cared for on every level. I believe the negative reviews come from people that were just not a good fit. If you go to their Facebook page you can see all the dogs they have rescued and place in the most amazing homes and see many testimonies from happy parents! read more

Orphan Annie Rescue - Owen after Orphan Annie Rescue - Pet Adoption Near Me - Atlanta, Georgia

See all

I can review from both perspectives - both as an adopter and a foster - and OAR is amazing on both fronts. The people who volunteer at OAR are extremely dedicated to making sure their dogs go to the right families. A lot of work goes into communicating with the fosters to determine the needs of each dog to give the dogs and their new owners the best chance at success. Keep in mind, this is all volunteer-led and driven and they are not paid for one minute of the time they spend with the pups. They really do love every one that comes into the program as does the vet that does the dentals, neutering, health visits, etc. I would (and do) recommend anyone looking to adopt or foster to apply with OAR! read more

Orphan Annie Rescue - My OAR foster and OAR alumnus. - Pet Adoption Near Me - Atlanta, Georgia

Absolutely cannot say enough great things about Orphan Annie Rescue (OAR). We recently adopted our second dog through OAR, and the experience was exceptional. The team matched us perfectly with our new little guy, and he's fitting right into our family. OAR is a loving and kind organization. We particularly appreciate that they place rescues in foster homes before they are up for adoption. This gives the dogs time to decompress and allows OAR to understand their personalities and needs better, which they share with potential adopters and also are very particular about selecting the best new home and environment for these precious babies. When we inquired about a few dogs, OAR helped us find the perfect fit. Our new little guy had some initial struggles adjusting to our home, and when we reached out for advice, OAR promptly arranged for a trainer to visit and provide us with tailored guidance which was so helpful! OAR is a wonderful organization that takes great care in placing animals in the best homes. We highly recommend them to anyone looking to adopt a rescue dog. read more

See all

This is the worst rescue I have ever tried to work with we have no children an acre fenced in backyard and tried to adopt a dog because we were trying to figure out better health care for our dogs rather than expense we were deemed as not a good fit we have had our oldest for almost 10 years and a rescue from a family abusing him for 5 years they get their annuals monthly tick and heartworm and the best food we can research for them. this place makes you feel like a total loser they do not communicate it is all a guessing game and when you ask what is wrong or what do they need they just cut you off that is a real good way for rescues to work really!! read more

These people are not very friendly, and they are very discriminatory to say the least. They blocked me I am assuming and they will not and do not respond when I try to inquire about adopting. How horrible are these "volunteers" I guess that what you get when you are dealing with people who choose to volunteer, yet they are horrible at volunteering. Sad that they have caused me to not be interested in adopting because of how horrible they are. I will just have to go purchase the dog that I want because Orphan Annie volunteers have shown me how they operate and who they cater to. Horrible representation of a Non Profit, maybe all the horrible "volunteers" will be removed from their voluntary positions and new volunteers that actually are nice and trying to make a difference will be added, and my outlook on this non profit especially will change. read more

Not sure what happened. I was told I was preapproved. I then went with my fiancé to do a meet and greet and was suddenly not approved. My fiancé is Mexican and kept getting very weird looks from the foster mom. read more

Big shout out to the professional staff of Orphan Annie Rescue in Atlanta. We are retired and live on St Simons and have been looking for a second dog for 18 months. We are committed to rescue organizations and shelters. Not sure how we found Ophan Annie Rescue but so glad we did. We filled out the application and tried to give as much information as possible about us, our lifestyle and our home, our current awesome dog. We applied for a few dogs over a couple of months and were not accepted for those dogs but no hard feelings. We were convinced early in the process that the goal of this rescue is to match the right dog with the right family. That situation ultimately happened for us and we could not be happier. If you fall in love with a dog on their website, fill out a detailed application, ask any and all questions about that dog, and be patient. They care about all the dogs in their care and their goal is happy dogs, happy families. Thank you OAR!!! read more

Orphan Annie Rescue - Pet Adoption Near Me - Atlanta, Georgia

Worst "rescue". They never reach out to let you know you don't qualify for a dog and even if you are qualified they use every excuse to not let you adopt. I feel SO bad for the foster homes who foster these babies because the rescue makes it impossible to adopt so the fosters can't take more animals because they are stuck with a foster the center refuses to adopt out. The person that eventually responses to emails regarding your application is extremely rude and unprofessional. You are better off going to a deserving humane society than dealing with this so called "rescue". read more

If you are interested in adopting a dog from a rescue, DON'T USE THIS ONE!! The have a lengthy but thoughtful application. They didn't call my vet or personal references. I have asked for updates when I didn't hear from them. I received one email letting me know they were all volunteers who work during the week and enjoy their weekends, and an application received email and that is it. read more

Any business, for profit or no for profit, that conducts business through email only is to be questioned. When asked to meet and greet a dog , I was told that my intentions were to adopt a pet per their relationship. Meet and greet was not in the cards. Oh well ~ read more

I don't think we will ever be able to thank Orphan Annie Rescue enough for saving our boy Trooper. He has been the absolute best thing for our family and has truly changed our lives for the better. He was the piece of the puzzle we didn't even know was missing This is a rescue that is run by volunteers. Their number one priority is finding forever homes for these dogs that they save. I hate seeing these reviews written by people who have not even adopted from them! They have a process in place and policies to make sure these dogs don't get dumped again or returned. They are the ones putting in the work to save these animals and if your current situation isn't the right fit, then that should be respected. I have nothing but great things to say about every step of our process in adopting Trooper. We've even stayed in touch with his foster mom and have become good friends. I would absolutely rescue from them again and will always refer anyone looking to adopt to them. Thank you so much to everyone at Orphan Annie read more

See all

Communication is very much lacking with this rescue and their response was that they only contact the applicant that they choose and honestly that sounds very strange. How do you know if the family is a match with the dog if you don't give multiple people the option to interact with the dog. This is our first time adopting so maybe it just sounds off to only me. They should probably put that in their confirmation email so people don't wait around instead of we will contact to you even if you are denied. I was really hoping to adopt from them because I loved what they seemed to be doing , but I guess I'll be going to a different rescue group that has better responses and actually tries. My friends warned me about adopting from rescues because they seem to be clicky and don't give first time dog owners a chance and I should have listened instead of getting my hopes up. Hopefully others will have a better chance. read more

We adopted our precious little dog (ok, fur child!!) from them before covid lock downs. They are busy and that is how it should be-they are out rescuing dogs, getting them medical care, loving on them, etc. I am so grateful to them for our precious boy! He is such a joy to our family. read more

Orphan Annie Rescue - Pet Adoption Near Me - Atlanta, Georgia

See all

This organization is the first I have rescued from and they are most diligent in their placements! They screen thoroughly and, while it could seem a burden, I respect that they want to vet each prospective home carefully - this avoids returns and disruptions for these dogs who often have been neglected and shown little care before landing at OAR. OAR is specific in their requirements (kids, fence etc) and that's for good reason. I'm amazed by the amount of pre-adoption care they invest in each dog: dentals, heartworm, behavior & training etc. I hear complaints about rescues (not just OAR) and how they make money on these dogs. Having benefited first hand from what is invested in the dogs, proper rescues, such as OAR, spend so much on care, transport, food, training, etc., they are not a money making scheme. They need our support!!! Keep doing this amazing job OAR! These dogs are so lucky to have landed with you!! Here is my older dog from OAR (he is an American Hairless Terrier and his name is Sir Norman Chicken Legs) read more

Orphan Annie Rescue - Pet Adoption Near Me - Atlanta, Georgia

This organization is missing out on so many good potential homes over the "policies" they have in place. I have been a dog owner my entire life and my dogs are my kids. I was unable to show heart worm preventative for 3 months and that was game over for me. I even had proof of current heart worm preventative and a negative test. I would definitely not go to this rescue if you have ever messed up in your entire life you must be perfect to adopt no exceptions. read more

I've been a dog owner for most of my adult life. I have to say that this rescue is curt with there responses leaving a qualified adoption candidate asking myself "what's wrong with me?" Are you in the business of detracting people from wanting to rescue vs. going through breeders? There are plenty of people that want to adopt, I get that. But your communication is awful and you take the heart out of wanting to rescue. This is apparent based on the other reviews on line. Shame on you! read more

Well I had to do 1 star but it is not deserving after several weeks of verifying over and over and over that I am more than qualified to own a pet . Medical records, receipts, emails and emails for days and weeks? personal and medical information was sent? the rude person named Judy who is communicating via email only tells me , she can not let me adopt the dog that I am willing to take into to my beautiful home because My pet missed 1 heartworm treatment several years ago?? WTF!!!! I explained to her that My pet also had OTC heartworm treatment and took the best care of my pet for 10 years. She is very rude , and a negative person. She should be fired and definitely should not be around animals. read more

We just adopted our fur baby, Keppie, from Orphan Annie Rescue. I am VERY impressed with this organization. As a veterinarian, I have worked with many rescue groups over the past 30 years, and not all are worthy of praise. OAR rescued our dog, as well as many others, from a kill shelter. They put a LOT of time, money and love into getting these guys healthy, both mentally and physically. They also provided me with a harness, a leash, a crate, food, training sessions...basically whatever I needed to make the transition from the foster home to our home a success. HIGHLY RECOMMEND!!!! read more

A grieving dog mom and her kids email I sent to your organization I'm not sure how to really formulate this letter but I hope that to who ever this goes to would know that I am grieving, my young children are grieving the loss of our beloved pets. It's heart wrenching for us with ever passing day. We think about and talk about our furbabies all the time. Especially my 3 year old daughter that keeps asking when they will be coming home. How am I suppose to tell them that their daddy stole our doggies and they ended up in your care somehow and that we can't see them, hold them, love on them anymore. Especially Bella our blue beagle whom helped us through many nights of verbal abuse, and emotionally supported our special needs 6 year old through his meltdowns and now is devastated that Bella isn't there. Bella had 7 puppies by our blue healer corgi mix Kash which we had a nickname for him he was our Kashy-poo.. He loved to play with Bella and our puppy lab/pit mix zero many of nights. Super sweet and protected us many a nights. Now zero we got her not too long before our babies were stolen she came and was very shy but none the less a member of our family each one of them and we lovely dearly. Our family has been ripped apart and torn in shreds. My grandfather actually has zero's brother. Bella is 1 and a half years old almost 2. She was adopted out by your facility and renamed Meredith. I also have paperwork showing that I am the owner of bella. We have been though so much with Bella girl she had gotten out one day in the neighborhood and I lost her as a car had hit her and I was so physically sick for weeks my poor baby, I'm still paying for her surgery. I also paid for Bella when she became a member of our family. I have over $5000.00 invested in her. We got her as a puppy. Kash might have been adopted out by your facility i know that he was in your custody his name was changed to Jasper. He is about 2 and a half years old. Zero has been adopted out by your facility and her name was changed to Madison she is 8 months old. I got her when she was about 3 months in January. Also the 7 puppies we had named two of them Asher and daisy as we were going to keep them. We had to bottle feed these babies and We really connected with these two and Asher would cry and as soon as he wimpier I would pick him up and he would snuggle right in my chest and go to sleep he was always Either by himself or next to daisy he seemed the standoffish Of the liter I knew both of them by there markings. Please I'm begging and pleading our hearts to you today. We miss, love and care for our furbabies. If anything we would like updates, we would like to have an open adoption something, we would prefer to have our babies home most of all especially our 3 bella, Kash and zero! our tears keep falling, our pillows soaked, for our furbabies. read more

See all

Whoever is emailing is very rude and disrespectful. I can appreciate their "attentiveness and protection" they're offering to the dogs, but how does one know if a home is a good fit without a meet and greet? They denied even meeting me after I told them I had a dog to companion another one I was interested in. There are tons of great dog owners out there and tons of bad ones, and no matter what I don't believe ANYONE can get a feel for a person without meeting them. Just because a home is a "better fit" doesn't mean that the owner is. For an organization to care so much about animals, they don't really care about getting them into the proper homes with their protocols. I do not recommend and I have 3 rescued animals that are all happy, healthy, and amazing. read more

Hi guys if you are in the Georgia area and are trying to adopt and or rescue an animal please stay away from -- Orphan Annie Rescue www.OrphanAnnieRescue.org Atlanta, GA This so call rescue organization has you complete an in-depth application which includes a lot of personal information and your landlord, employment and reference information. The question is why? It's been over a week so I requested for an update and This is what I wrote, " Good afternoon, I just wanted to check the status of my application for the possibility of adopting George the Alaskan malamute/Australian Sheppard mix. I am still very much interested. I can't imagine a better forever home than mine! The age, size or breed, are not important to me. Ultimately I am looking for a fur companion whom I can do things with i.e. walking, playing fetch, fun times at the doggie part, road trips, etc. This is a gift to myself and nobody else he/she will be my family pet and spoiled. I'm patient, caring, and attentive. I love interacting with animals and giving them lots of love and affection. My home is spacious and clean and an ideal environment for a dog and there are no issues with my landlord or other barriers to adoption. Additionally, my work schedule and financial situation are conductive to pet ownership. I have waited so long for the right time to adopt just the right pet. My new fur baby will be very special to me and he will be my emotional support fur baby. I hope that you will agree to place this lucky dog with me". Thereafter, I received an email response which read , "I apologize for the delay. It appears your apartment complex has breed restrictions which prohibit a mix like George. At this time, I don't have anyone to recommend as we don't really have anyone conducive to living in an alert meant due to being too loud." I replied back advising that breed restrictions does not apply to me as I have a formal certification letter from a license physician ‍ in which my landlord has and therefore breed restrictions does not apply to me and she could verify this with my landlord. The organization replied to me stating, "I'm sorry, but we're just not comfortable with that". It makes no sense what so ever and I did make sure I let them know that. So I replied back, "I'm sorry but that makes no sense to me. First, all the information given during your extensive application can be confirmed with the actual leasing office, but I guess you do not want to verify the information given which in terms sounds like I'm lying or providing false information which I do not appreciate at all. Secondly, why have people complete a endless application If you are not going to perform a verification process? your organization has to rethink your procedures and processes as they are needing some updates. I am shocked by your so call agency unprofessional behavior, please note that I will be letting everyone know on Yelp, google and all the review sites, how you treat applicants to include your so call verification process is false, which is the reason your innocent dogs cannot have a great home and family. Just extremely disappointing. Please not your emails and my replies will be posted. Have a great day! There are so many homeless dogs that have no homes and shelters are overflowing, hence why they request for foster families for help, yet they do not want to get the dogs good homes. This organizations are lazy and the so call adoption process are false. They do not perform any verifications with anyone they go by assumptions after reading your applications and make a decision based on that. ** If you want to rescue an animal go to a humane society and skip this scam of private organization that are charging hundreds of dollars for rescues. If you ask me they are selling them to people for profit and not out of the kindness of their hearts. Sorry for the rant but I believe in the truth and sharing shameless behaviors with others so they do not go through it. ** Xoxo read more

I've heard this "rescue" suspiciously fosters doodle-mixes, aussies, beagle mixes and an assortment of small breeds not commonly found in shelters. Be wary of rescues that have an overabundance of designer breeds in addition to astringent adoption "processes." Looked into them more and they have multiple complaints lauded against them for not even following their own procedures (i.e. not contacting an applicant's listed references, not following-up with potential adopters and generally being uncommunicative.) No doubt volunteers want to be sure the pets they care for find equally caring homes. However, some of their methods are not in the best interest for the welfare of the animal. However, what I find most concerning is the extremely narrow subset of breeds that they "somehow" acquired in their possession. read more

They dogs are healthy that we adopted; the foster parents were there to provide info about the dogs and everyone was very loving. I wouldn't trash them over a missed return phone call read more

Extremely unprofessional I don't know who is replying to the emails but they are rude and disrespectful. Without even reviewing my application or having a meet and greet. The person responding to emails who is most likely a coordinator that does not handle dogs decided my home would not be a good home. The way they talk to potential customers it's just downright disrespectful. If they were really putting the animals first they would do their job and try to find them homes . ZERO STARS read more

Incredibly, truly shockingly, rude. Whoever they have answering their emails has a trashy personality. Not sure how someone that works with puppies for a living can become this unpleasant. read more

We recently adopted a 3 year old dog from Orphan Annie Rescue. I found their Contract to be extreme with the clause about paying them $1,000 if contract was breached in any way. We went on vacation and left our dogs in my brothers care. Our newly adopted dog got loose from him and unfortunately ran away from him and was missing. When I reached out to Orphan Annie, we were so disappointed how they reacted when we called them to let them know in case anyone called them. The Director was very rude and did not even seem to care that our dog was missing. On a happy note - our dog came home as soon as we drove into our driveway. We were so happy that he knew how much he was loved and cared for. I would not recommend adopting from this organization. Good luck. read more