Clean, friendly, and the animals looked well taken care of. Decent hours, parking and the also have BUNNIES! Well stocked and easy to talk to. I hope to get my parents a beautiful new housemate from here soon. Looking forward to more business. Kudos to having a sanitizing station inside to keep the animals safe from the humans. read more

Shake A Paw - Pet Stores Near Me - Lynbrook, New York

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I made my rating in a puppy daze. I realized how high of a review I gave years ago, and it would be a disservice not to rerate the store. When we brought the puppy home, he had parasites that lasted for MANY MONTHS. The store did pay for his treatment, but it was incessant and was so hard to get him better. A new puppy shouldn't come sick. He was home less than an hour and pooped blood all over the floor. There is no way that his first bloody poop was with us, it had to be a problem before we got him. I've heard so many bad things about this store in the past few years since I got my dog. I can't recommend anyone get a puppy here. The staff were wonderful and our puppy buying experience made was great, but it does not make up for how horrible of a store this is. read more

Where do I start!??? ALL these reviews sound the same!!!!!!!! I paid 7k for a Doberman in October 2021- 2 days after getting him home he was vomiting, non stop diarrhea (still has)- and uncontrollable peeing (still has)- He was hospitalized for 5 days with kennel cough. After that was under control - I was going back to the hospital literally once a week. The vomiting doesn't stop neither does the diarrhea- After many test and going to the specialist we found out Polo, my doberman has an diffuse esophagus- what does this mean? well- he can't keep his food down. because the esophagus doesn't contract - this will leas to malnutrition- he has to take like 5 pills a day and there is no cure for it. We can't find out why he has diarrhea because it is dangerous to put him to sleep to do a biopsy because of his esophagus. I spend a lot of money with many trainers to figure out why he pees so much- because we thought it was a behavior thing- Still haven't figure that out either- Do to the fact that Polo vomits and has diarrhea all day I can't have him run free in the house for obvious reasons! Polo is now over 60lbs and he has to be in an area of the house that's about 200 sq feet - not fair to him. They did cover the medical bills- but if you read your contract it clearly states that if the puppy has a illness that he was born with you can return them- Now, I Was in contact with Tina all this time- when we finally the final diagnosis - Tina was never at the store- I was told she would back next week that she was on vacation and its been 2 weeks now and that she will be back next week... I will put a complaint on consumer affairs and get an attorney- because this people need to be taken out of business - taking advantage of people and these poor animals - read more

Shake A Paw - Pet Stores Near Me - Lynbrook, New York

Got my awesome yellow lab here 8 years ago. She's healthy. She's amazing. My kids adore her. This place took great care of us and answered all of our questions. Thank you shake a paw!!!! read more

Shake A Paw - Pet Stores Near Me - Lynbrook, New York

this place sells very sick dogs. we bought our dog 7/4/24 and he passed last night after a week long fight with parvovirus. DO NOT BUY ANY DOGS FROM HERE. DONT EVEN GO TO LOOK. They drag you into buying a dog and spending the money but leave out such important information that crucial to your pets life. My heart is broken. This place is terrible. They should have an onsite vet to check the puppies before they leave the building. Shut it down right now!! read more

Good place to get a pet, I got him a few days ago and he is healthy, he only vomited once but he stopped vomiting, recommend this pet store staff is very helpful, healthy after 5 months of having him read more

Shake A Paw - Pet Stores Near Me - Lynbrook, New York

https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2021/attorney-general-james-secures-court-order-protecting-puppies#:~:text="As%20a%20result%20of%20this,%2C"%20said%20Attorney%20General%20James. They sold me a very sick 7 month old dog. He has severe Giardia and I haven't been able to get rid of this parasite in 4 months. Dog is anxiety ridden and has not gained a pound since i got him. This place should be shut down! Horrible customer service. Very unethical- place should be shut down. Do your research and stay away! read more

Deprivation of animal life, and an inability to sustain life when it matters. The suffering I witnessed eclipses the worst dreams I ever had. There is also the human suffering component. At the time of sale, there is no real-time evaluation to determine the health of the puppy. Disease has an incubation period - my truly awful experience is proof of that. The NY Attorney General has an active lawsuit in which a temporary restraining order forced the closure due to the alleged conditions. They have since reopened. If you walk by the store, just cross the street. No words. Case status - ongoing -- https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2021/attorney-general-james-files-lawsuit-against-pet-store-unlawfully-and-deceptively read more

We had two shih tzus that came from Shake a Paws. Both lived wonderful long lives. I won't purchase anymore - I only rescue, but the Shake a Paws dogs I had were great. read more

It was the 4th day we got our cute puppy and she became lethargic and sick. We took her to the vet and they said there were inflammation in her bloodwork and she had diarrhea. They didn't even bother to help cover the vet visit fee because the vet clinic we went to is "not covered" by them. I said that the vet doctor told me our puppy doesn't have a good reserve considering she's 8 weeks old, so she cannot wait any longer to be treated, and at that time the vet ER near our home couldn't take her because of 5 hr waiting time. The vet hospital that this store partners with is so far from where we live, so we had no choice but to go to the one near our home: The manager is rude and wouldn't even talk nicely to at least negotiate with us on how we can treat our pet. Don't get your puppy here because they don't take good care! Imagine having almost dying puppy and them being inconsiderate saying we should have gone to the hospital they recommend - even if that means the dog could die. DO NOT GO HERE!!! read more

Place is a puppy mill. Tried selling us a deaf dog and then tell us he wasn't deaf. Had to threaten to sue to get money back. We kept the dog too and gave it to an owner who deals with deaf dogs, I wouldn't trust them with him. Place is a bad place with very bad people working for them, and covering up for them. read more

If I could give this review no star I would. I came in looking to buy a dog. I asked if I was able to play with one of the dogs. After waiting for about 15 minutes I was denied service. Either the owner or the manager came up to me and said it wasn't a petting zoo. There were multiple people in there playing with dogs but I was denied. Even though there were others there playing with multiple dogs at once. Most of the dogs looked malnourished and had poop all over them. The place itself is dirty and they have horrible customer service. I would NEVER go back again. read more

Shake A Paw - If you look at the dog in the bottom right corner you can see the dried poop on him and all over the cage. - Pet Stores Near Me - Lynbrook, New York

We brought a puppy home from The Lynbrook store in February 2022. She is adorable, fun, fabulous, and I am just in love with my sweet dog! After two months she continues to have absolutely no issues. We have been to the vet twice for puppy shots, I told the vet she is from Shake A Paw - so my vet is checking her thoroughly each time to be cautious. A clean bill of health each time. I have no complaints about this story, the people, or the health of my dog. We had a fantastic experience with Shake A Paw. read more

I can't even put into words how much hatred I have for this place. It's been over a week and a half of purchasing my dog Dexter (the Doberman) from shakeapaw. In one of my previous reviews for shakeapaw I mentioned all of the issues I had with purchasing Dexter ( please read the other review ). I do not recommend buying anything from here! My current dog is now fighting a upper respiratory infection due to the poor treatment shakeapaw provided for Dexter, when bringing Dexter home and keeping him isolated.. my current dog Benji still got sick. I'm disgusted with this place. I feel so bad for both of my babies. Both dogs are now on antibiotics but still this is insane.. they need to get shut down!!! read more

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For the love of god DO NOT BUY A DOG HERE!!!!!! Went in with my husband, we had visited a few puppy stores. The dogs in this store were by far the worst taken care of I saw anywhere!! Most of them were sleeping which at first I thought was normal for puppies who were playing all day but no! We were sticking our hands in (which is crazy no other store lets people touch all of the dogs) trying to wake them up 90% of them seemed sick. We asked to see a few one dog was falling over he couldn't walk right. The next dog seemed so out of it. I mentioned I loved shih tzus. A man told me they had one but he was sick, but he'll bring him out. He brought me a puppy that was full on WHEEZING. The poor dog was so sick. He put him in my hands and I held him sneezing and wheezing. My husband and I did not want to put him down with the toys as they were letting other family's in the room to meet dogs. The man said it's fine put him down and threw a toy for him! We were uncomfortable and gave the dog back. They handed us ANOTHER DOG. Immediately, I said we just were holding the sick one. They didn't care they put the next dog down in the meeting room with all of the toys around. My husband pulled the toys away we said the sick one just had this. None of the staff cared. We were horrified and left immediately. Very very clearly alll of these puppies come from puppy mills and very clearly are not in good health or properly taken care of! read more

I have waited over a year to tell my story about my dog I purchased from this location. Backstory: bf and I wanted a dog. We wanted a lab but living in an apartment at the time we knew a 90lb lab wouldn't be fair for her. We found the breed "beagador." It's a beagle and lab mix, so lab personality with a beagle size. This mix isn't very common and during the first surge of Covid it was already impossible to find puppies, let alone this specific breed. My friend told me about shakeapaw. I knew a puppy store wasn't the way to go but I looked at the website anyway. When I looked they had a fawn colored female beagador. I was shocked. It was exactly what we were looking for. We went to look and fell in love. (This backstory is for the ppl who say if you get a puppy from a store, you're in idiot). We take her home. 3 days in she is lethargic and throwing up, not eating. To the hospital we go. She has kennel cough and parvovirus. She survives! We call her our miracle baby. Well well well...... 4 weeks later she is lame (limping) on her back right leg. We take her back because she's limping, and now crying and screaming. Not a single vet can figure it out. Growing pains? We change her food and they supply anti-inflammatories. Pain continues. Back to hospital. Tramadol/muscle relaxers on board. No pain is managed. She is hospitalized for IV pain medication. We get her back, she's somewhat better with a fentanyl patch. Then it starts all over again in less than 24 hours. We drive back to the hospital. One vet mentions meningitis. They hospitalize her. They run a PCR panel from the other hospitalizations. It comes back positive for distemper virus. Her myoclonus (leg jerking and lameness) is not muscular, it's neurological. Distemper is incurable, fatal, and multi systemic. She was never vaccinated, shakeapaw lied. We took her to one of the best neurologists on Long Island. MRI and spinal taps done. Started on prednisone. She no longer has pain. A lot more occurred that for all intents and purposes I'll save because this would be a novel. Just know after prednisone is got mange, TWICE. We took her to a family vet who said he hasn't seen distemper since his training in Mexico. Please make sure your pets are vaccinated!! She has two bad back legs for the rest of her life, but she does just fine. She's a fighter and our life. I like to believe we saved her from that horrible store and there is a reason why I ever checked their website in the first place. I will say after I called shakeapaw and I supplied proof of vet bills they ripped up the contract and we got her for free. That was after I told then I'd go to the media and sought legal counsel. But that's not really gonna help anyone because of "buyer beware" laws. So PLEASE, buyer beware. We went through the roughest summer of our lives and that's not even saying what our girl Luna went through. Yelp isn't letting me post any pictures. I don't know why. read more

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I'm curious why the positive reviews are all pushed down on the list regardless of the date. I have had nothing but wonderful experiences with both of my Boxers from Shake A Paw. Brando was the perfect pooch - and was a loyal, happy and healthy best friend for 10 years. When he passed, I swore I wasn't going to get another dog. And then I stopped in to the Lynbrook location and met Lola, a beautiful brindle pup with spectacular white markings. She was the most beautiful puppy I've ever seen. So happy, healthy, and full of energy. I am happy to say she and I have been together for 4 fun-filled years. And we go back and visit the amazing staff at Shake-A-Paw for our food and treats. And I can say with confidence, the staff and management truly care. Everyone I know who has gotten a dog at North Shore has had issues. And many of the rescue groups have fees that come close to what I paid for an AKC registered pure bread Boxer. Thank you again - Keep up the good work! read more

Not taking anything personal , I have worked in customer service myself, and the customer service at this location is bad. No one greeted me , no one showed any interest in approaching me to see if they can help me out in any way. Not even to ask if I'm just looking or if I came here to purchase anything. Like I said I took nothing personal , I'm going to do me regardless but just something that I noticed and last year when I came here it was nothing like this. There was an amazing person who worked with me last time and they should be happy to serve the customers that come in Just like that last was read more

I was told over the phone when I asked how much a certain puppy cost...Tito said "Oh not sure, probably around $1700" So I took the trip to Shake a Paw in Lynbrook With my heart set on adopting this puppy. When I got to the store...was greeted by Tito and given my puppy to hold, after which I asked how much ? Tito responds "$3500". So lie to me to get me in the store, fall in love with a puppy and break my heart...Thankyou Shake a Paw & Tito You Suck !!! read more

THEY SELL SICK PUPPIES! We spent $5000 bought a sick puppy. My puppy is lack of energy sleeps all the time, loss appetite. We brought her to animal hospital, she was diagnosed URI and hospitalized for 5 days! I should have read all reviews on yelp before. Also they are way toooo OVER PRICED! Over priced just to pay animal hospital for sick puppies!! How can this kind of business still survive? read more

MY DOG IS DEAD. She was 11 months old. She was the kindest, sweetest, most friendly dog in the world. 5 months after buying her from here she developed cancer in her spleen. We tried to save her but she died after surgery. We are in communication with the New York State Attorney General who said they are investigating this company. We suspect that they are getting puppy mill dogs and selling these sick animals. BEWARE!!! read more

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I contacted them today for a puppy and they said they were available and they told me puppy was for &2k. I took a 1.5 hour trip down there and when I reached there and asked for the pup I was told that they have sold them to someone else and started to push me to by Miniature breed. I asked them why wasn't I informed or asked to make a deposit they kept making excuses. Later when I asked them the price for a special order for $4.7k. They are a scam and the rudest bunch of people. read more

My family was a sold an extremely sick puppy. The day after she was brought home, she could not stop vomiting and did not eat. She has been on an IV for two days and has not left the emergency vet. Absolutely do not buy a dog from here read more

This is the worst place to ever buy a dog. they have horribly unhealthy dogs we had to put our German Shepard down we purchased from them for over 5k... we got him at 9 weeks old and his first vet visit we Found out he had multiple infections from other dogs being locked up together read more

I get it...everyone wants a new best friend during COVID. I get it...the breeders are charging you more. I get it...you won't budge on your prices. Needless to say this store gives everyone in Lynbrook a nice place to see and pet puppies. We took home our new best friend...so its all good! read more

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My mother bought a beautiful dog for the family back in 2004 at this store. We named him Johnny and he was the best friend we have ever asked for. He lived on for 14 years with us, he has been there throughout the years of me growing up also. Sadly, he passed away in 7/3/19 from many health complications. He will always be in my heart and I miss him everyday. I do feel like this store brought us a dog that changed my life forever and I will always be happy about that. read more

Shake A Paw - Pet Stores Near Me - Lynbrook, New York

DO NOT GET A DOG FROM HERE! I purchased a Havanese from Shake A Paw. Our dog almost died. We had to spend $1200 on VET bills in two weeks. Our pup had a parasite and worms. He was incredibly ill and we could not figure out what was wrong with him at first. We also dig some digging and found out our dog was not from the breeder they said. DO NOT GET A DOG FROM HERE. DO NOT GET A DOG FROM HERE. These people are crooks and have no interest in the welfare of their animals. I have added our experience to the Attorney Generals report. THEY NEED TO BE SHUT DOWN! read more

I got my puppy (a 2 month old Shiba Inu) from Shake A Paw on 11/20/2019. He had diarrheas the first day he came home and turns out to be because of parasites when I toke him to the vet. Also his health condition in general is not good. He is sneezing, and the diarrheas didn't get better even if he toke 4 medicines per day. I already visited the vet 3 times during the week. First of all, Shake A Paw should've checked every pup is healthy before selling them to customers, especially when my pup costs 2,800. Secondly, I feel very upset that I don't see them being sorry or provided any useful information when I called them to let them know my pup is really sick. Will definetely not recommend this pet store. A shelter does a way better job on making sure dogs are healthy. read more

bought a puppy for $4,000 here and it died two days later. Do Not Go Here. A buddy bought a dog and they lied about what type of breed it was after getting a DNA test. Has so many allergies and problems. Do Not Go Here. your dog will not be normal or will survive read more

We purchased a puppy here In December. Brought the dog home and within a week he was vomiting and had diarrhea. We took him to the vet and he continued to get sick. We spent 4 weeks with a sick pup and lots of vet bills. The store was unresponsive and rude. Don't shop here! They are thieves read more

Got our new family member recently! He's such a great dog. The staff is amazing!! I've made a lot of new friends here. Tina is the best! She's knowledgeable and great with the puppies and helped me thru the whole process! Definitely recommend this if you are looking for a new baby without having a baby lol read more

Shake A Paw - Our newest addition Thanos! - Pet Stores Near Me - Lynbrook, New York

Got my puppy from here back in 2010, she came home with many health issues. She was from a puppy mill and when we went to get her spayed, the vet said he organs were not in the correct places, likely from inbreeding parents. As well, vet said if she has anymore issues moving forward that require surgery, that there will be no way to fix what is going on due to the nature of her inbred organ placement. read more

Always available and answer all your questions. Good staff! They really are dog lovers!!

I have always bought my puppies from breeders . This is the first time I bought from a pet shop . My yorkiepoo is healthy and beautiful . Everyone was so nice and beyond helpful . They wrapped my baby in a blanket rang a bell and ushered us out ! I will always buy any future puppies from Shake a paw . Beyond thrilled with our forever fur baby . read more

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My mother purchased a dachshund a few years back from this location. Within a year or so, the dog went blind. Now, normally I'd think that it was just a one off thing because things happen. But read other reviews, they are all horror stories. A ton of dogs with large medical issues just like ours. This location actually couldn't sell dogs for a period of time. The location itself smells horrible and the living areas for the dogs are rarely cleaned. Please read my review and other reviews, do not purchase an animal from here! read more

Be very careful if you purchase a puppy from this business. They are selling puppies that have been in contact with Parvovirus. I purchased my puppy on 9/13/20 and she passed away from Parvo on 9/20/20. There is no reason families and animals should suffer like this. read more

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I have heard of places like this. But have never experienced one in person. I made a comment to the owner and was kicked out. What you don't see is the puppy mills behind the scenes from where these pups come from. Dogs that have chains wrapped around their necks and don't get any love from the owners, they are only there to make money. Most of the time the only thing they get is an igloo plastic cover or house and a 4 wheeler that brings food twice a day. Then when they are in heat the breeding starts. Once they have had several litters the female dogs are taken to auctions where they are sold to the highest bidder, usually between $50 and $100. However some go for more depending on the situation. Our rescue bought 10 large breed dogs for $900 last year. The female dogs once brought into the rescue are completely lost and very scared to the point you can't touch them and they won't take a treat. Over a 1/4 of them are put down due to this. The others in my experience never fully recovered and have walked circles in our back yard wearing a dirt path around it. In my opinion it's better to find a reputable breeder in the United States and buy from them or adopt from the humane society or a rescue where you can meet the dogs first and love on them. But places like this are very disturbing and I was very much taken back by all the puppies there. If clients could see where these puppies came from they would never support business like this. read more

Disgusting place do not I mean DO NOT purchase any puppies from this place they sell inbred pups and at a extremely high price I purchased a puppy from them and she passed away from me 2 months ago upon her passing the veterans told me that my little girl was an inbred and that inbreeds did not have good health and a very short lifespan I purchased her from this fu@&$&;: place paid 2,000 dollars just to loose her a few years later it has left me devastated depressed and sick I hope KARMA gets to the Moran that owns that place selling inbreed puppies I only have one thing to say SHANE ON YOU...!!!! Please do not spend ur hard earned money purchasing a puppy from this establishment....!!!!! SHAME SHAME SHAME ON YOU...!!!! read more

An update as of July 2020. After two and a half years of fighting to keep our dog alive he passed due to extreme medical conditions that Shake A Paw was aware of when he was sold to us. I warn every single person considering buying a dog from them to run in the opposite direction. Our family is absolutely devastated at the loss of our 2.5 year old dog. Unfortunately our story is not uncommon. We have kept in contact with other families that bought dogs around the same time as us and the majority have passed away due to medical conditions. Please think twice before supporting this business. I hope the owner rots in hell along with all of the staff that lied to us over and over on the phone before we sued them and won. To the complete idiot who wrote don't believe the hype and gave this dump a 5 star review, you're one of the lucky ones who got a somewhat healthy dog from Shake A Paw, you are the EXCEPTION and everyone SHOULD believe the hype that your puppy will have severe health issues when purchased at Shake A Paw. The facts don't lie, we successfully sued Shake A Paw and won and the vet that is affiliated with them wrote an unfit for sale letter. When a businesses own veterinarian says stay away from them it's really saying something, it's saying STAY AWAY FROM SHAKE A PAW! If you're considering going to look at puppies read all the reviews and do your research. The attorney general has an ongoing case open and they were recently on the news for a truck load of sick puppies being dropped off to their store in Hicksville. I really can't say enough bad things. read more

Hi my girlfriend really likes this bull dog puppy, the one w the defective limp and the over bite, how much? Hold on I'll be right back sir. That'll be 9 thousand dollars plus chip fee. Ok cool let me just get you my credit card. kill your self read more