I adopted my girl here about a year ago and the process was amazingly smooth and fast. They gave us…read moretime alone with her and spoke with honesty about her good/bad qualities and behavior. The vet next door took good care of her during her spay and gave us medicine at a good price for her after as well. Over all i really recommend this place if you're looking to adopt!

BEWARE ! FLEAS & TICKS !!…read more Honestly, I would never say to NOT adopt from here. Because every animal deserves a good home regardless of the shelter. It's bad enough they are a kill shelter. However, I would say to be cautious! Buy tick or flea medication beforehand. I adopted a kitten that apparently multiple people wanted in a raffle. Sadly I picked him up the day he was neutered as I had to wait the weekend to pick him up. Which mind you I could have bathed him before hand to remove all his fleas ! Now he has glue and cannot be bathed. He is infested with fleas everywhere and I only realized because how badly he was crying and in pain trying to bite himself because of his cone. Now I am afraid his glue will come off of his incision from his neuter. This is the second towel i was only able to capture 1 picture because the first towel was covered in fleas and needed thrown out immediately. I cannot believe the cats are given the bare minimum treatment. It's sad I already knew I needed to deworm him when I came home because of my lack of trust in them and now I have to see what route to even take for his fleas because he cannot get wet. This shelter needs to do better and I imagine the same applies to dogs. So beware.

We have been looking for a 2nd pug for a while and I found a beautiful little brindle lady on the…read morerescue website. She was listed as Brownie but now she is Kiki! Submitted the application paperwork, gave Sara a call and she was very responsive and wonderful. She answered all my questions. We drove to meet up with Sara and Kiki and fell in love with her! Sara also gave us all the medical records and paperwork, very comprehensive. Kiki is getting along very well with our other pug and it has been a joy to be a pug mommy of 2!

Two months ago I adopted a French Bulldog from Bubba's Hug a Pug Rescue. It was very obvious he was…read moreextremely well taken care of under Sara's care. I have had zero issues with him and he is nothing but a ball of love. Working with Sara was effortless. She was quick and to the point when communicating and did not drag on the process like some rescues do. I truly appreciated the efficient process and the heart she puts into rescuing all her dogs! I cannot thank her enough for my fur baby, Theodore!

Foster Army Animal Rescue Riverside, CA…read more Date went 11/9/25 (Sunday) Time went 12:37am (not too busy, but still other customers inside the store) Atmosphere: Kind of reminds me of a small mom and pop shop, it's actually quite spacious in the inside and clean. Come here if... You're looking for clothes that are low in price! This store is actually one of the only stores that I've been to that has prices this low. Also come here if you'd like to support a great cause, animals :,)

They don't answer their phone. They're not get involved as far as rescuing a dog I think out of…read morecity that's been my experience so I can't recommend them.

We had a whirlwind of getting our little kitty today and I must say that Alicia and all the staff…read moregave us excellent customer service and care. I appreciated that Alicia listened to what we were looking for and didn't try to get us to take animals we were not prepared to take home with us. Alicia went the extra mile and took my contact information and contacted us when a kitty that met our requirements came in. We literally found ourselves bringing our little lady home within an hour and we couldn't be happier! Everybody we encountered were very friendly and helpful.

I wanted to share my experience fostering for Riverside County Animal Services because this entire…read moresituation has been heartbreaking, confusing, and deeply traumatic. I initially agreed to foster a sick black kitten with a severe eye infection. There were supposed to be two kittens, but the second was not there when I arrived. The shelter then asked me to return the following day. I called beforehand and was told they still needed me to come. After driving approximately an hour back to the shelter, no one seemed to know anything about the second kitten or what had happened. Instead, I was urgently asked to take home a litter of neonatal bottle babies because they reportedly had no placement available and otherwise faced euthanasia. These kittens were visibly very sick and severely flea infested, to the point that fleas were crawling around their eyes. One kitten passed during transport home. Another passed shortly after arrival. Others passed despite my efforts to stabilize and care for them. I spent days trying to save them while also seeking veterinary guidance and emergency support. When the kittens passed, I wrapped their tiny bodies in the same blankets they had been packed with, including the microwavable heating block provided with them, because everything was heavily flea infested. I then kept them frozen until I could make the hour-long drive back to the shelter. At no point was I told there was urgency regarding returning their bodies or given any instructions on how they should be handled. I brought them back the same day I volunteered for one of the shelter's "dog day out" programs. Instead of compassion, appreciation, or even basic humanity after everything that had happened, I was told I could no longer foster based upon the "condition" of the deceased kittens. Those statements absolutely destroyed me emotionally because the kittens had already been critically compromised when they were transferred into my care. They died in essentially the same fragile condition in which they had been given to me. What makes this especially painful is that I recently lost my heart dog, Kublai, after sixteen years together. Part of the reason I stepped into fostering was because I was trying to channel that grief into helping vulnerable animals in his honor. My animals are my family and, quite honestly, caring for them is one of the only things holding me together emotionally right now. To be made to feel like an abuser after desperately trying to save these tiny lives was devastating beyond words. I absolutely support rescue, fostering, and adoption, and I know vulnerable animals desperately need people willing to open their homes and hearts. I would still encourage people to foster and adopt. However, I also believe prospective fosters deserve honesty, support, clear medical guidance, and basic compassion from the organizations asking them to take home critically ill animals. I sincerely hope Riverside County Animal Services reevaluates how medically fragile neonatal animals are handled and how volunteers are treated during already traumatic situations. Deflecting blame, especially when it stems from the negligence of the paid employees (ie a supervisor who has never contacted me, sent me home with kittens she knew needed immediate flea treatment, and then accused me of abuse) is beyond horrific. My heart is with the kittens we lost and the ones still fighting. Also keep in mind that I spent over $1000 out of pocket thus far trying to save these kittens. I don't want to in anyway discourage anyone from fostering but at the same time think it's best for everyone to know the realities of it, especially when they will be on the losing end of the blame game.

Never heard back from them and we were ready to adopt immediately. Both myself and my daughter…read morecalled, (the "are too busy to care for kitties AND answer the phone, so please send a text"), so we texted, created an account online (because they want to know you're "actually serious" about adopting before you can even MEET the cat you're considering adopting.) (I do understand and respect prioritizing the mental health of the cats, but I'm sure the cats, especially the adults, would prefer a compromise, like being required to fill out a one page form on the spot before meeting). Every serious adopter that goes into a pet store and sees one of this organization's animals that they are interested in adopting and is told they have to go through this and this and this step before they can even interact with the cat and know if the personality is a fit. Everyone loses out. In my experience, even if you do go through all the steps, they won't call you back, and a cat that could have had a home I know had that opportunity taken from them because of the seemingly righteous or superior attitude of the rescue people. They surely know how many people go in and out of those cat and kitten rooms at the Animal Friends of the Valley shelter. Having a few people go in one at a time to meet one particular cat, I don't feel, is any more dangerous or unhealthy for the cat than them losing the opportunity to be adopted and eventually being put down. I just don't understand rescues like this. If you're too small to actually help, then let somebody else do it.

I had a beyond expectation experience with Mindy and her daughter, even though at the end I didn't…read morechoose to go with the adorable and sweet boys Teddy and Khabib they brought for me to meet and interact with. Mindy provided a very personable, warm and extremely responsive service, made every effort to respond to my inquiry on Adopt-A-Pet and approving my application as well as just answering my questions and chatting with me about my potential cat baby's personality traits and his background story. She responded to emails as late as 11PM on a weekend and her demeanor was always welcoming and reassuring, like an old, caring friend. Mindy's words and actions convey that she truly truly love all of her rescued cat babies and she only wants what's best for them and she works extremely hard to find them good homes. I was very sad that neither cat babies from her rescue matched the particular personality I was looking for (I was trying to fill this big hole in my heart with the tragic loss of a stray cat named Cookie I cared for) and I really wished that given all the hard work she and her daughter put into, I'd adopt either Teddy or Khabib. Despite these big, affectionate sweet boys were not the best match I was searching for, I don't think any less of them, I sincerely hope they will find their forever home they deserve and I cannot be more grateful for Mindy's time, patience and understanding she's extended me and my family. If I had more capacity for an additional cat baby in the future after finding THE ONE, Mindy and her rescue is the first place I'd check out. If you are also searching for your feline soulmate, please look no further!!

Wonderful, caring, helpful. Animals are so lucky to have such a dedicated person to be on their…read moreside. We are new residents in the pass. We looked everywhere for some place to take a kitten we rescued from the road in Beaumont. No one seemed to care, then we called Tender loving critters and met the most wonderful, caring person anyone could imaging. Thank you! Thank you! Thankyou!

We are so thankful to Ellen and also to the Animal Action League for their spay and neuter clinic…read moreat the Banning Community Center. They do so much to protect and improve our communities by offering these clinics to feral cats. They did a great job on the two kittens that we brought them and the kittens are healing quickly.

I love coming to this thrift. Staff is always really friendly and helpful. They have different…read moresales throughout the month and very affordable prices. Clothes is a small selection but i love coming here for trinkets and Knick knacks. Today i got really lucky with clothes because they had a 1 dollar clothing sale (everything a dollar and they even had name brands) i highly recommend supporting this place over big chain thrifts .

This has to be one of my favorite thrift store to shop at in Riverside. The number one reason is…read morethat the money goes to pet programs and helps the animals at the Mary S. Roberts animal shelter. Which is amazing because I love animals and anything I could do to help animals is a must. This thrift store has a little bit of everything from clothing for men, women and kids. Electronics, music, movies and books. They also carry pet supplies furniture and kitchen items. I usually find some great items here. My husband and I are DVD collectors and we usually find some to add to our collection every time we go. The prices in the store are great. Not expensive at all. They always have some sort of promotion going on. They have what promotion is going on posted when you walk into the store. They also post it on their social media as well. I know every other Wednesday everything is half off. I know that on certain days of the week they have senior discount days. So they usually always have something going on. If you get the chance to check it out. You should I highly recommend it. Plus you will be helping all the fur babies that don't have homes yet. Help all the fur babies. I know they would appreciate it.

They are wonderful from the front desk to techs, vet....!!! The love of animals and care given is…read moreamazing. I would highly recommend and encourage you to visit or call them for your fur babies!!! They took great care while neutering and vaccinating our two babies!!!!! A Passion for Paws is also an excellent value for sure! Beyond five star experience for sure!!!!! Our family greatly appreciate them!

I can't say enough about how great APFP is. You can tell they LOVE these dogs and they are…read moreextremely accommodating for adopters to come meet the dogs. Akitas are a difficult breed, and this crew is nothing short of amazing.