DO NOT USE THESE PEOPLE!!! "Olivia" (who runs the adoption service for this company), is rude and does not return emails. She showed us the dog we were interested in and required that we provide a medical history of our current dog. Was happy to provide these details the next day and emailed them to her. She then sends us an email the next day stating we were denied. We are absolutely devastated by this as we are excellent dog owners and wanted to open our home to saving a shelter dog. We have been crushed by this experience and don't want anyone else to have to go through this process. Olivia is someone we would NOT recommend to work with. read more

We adopted our rescue here and continue to come back for vet services. Olivia loved our rescue before we adopted her as if Mimzy was her own dog. Everyone here treats me and my family with respect and loves our dogs! We love this place. read more

This agency states they are a rescue, but they have the adoption fee for an available Yorkie listed as $750, even though the info they provided to the adoption site says small dogs of this size and age should be $285. Anyone truly wanting to place a healthy senior dog would not charge $750. I recommend skipping this business and finding a reputable breeder that cares more about finding the pets forever home than filling their pockets. read more

Judy's Forgotten Jewells - Stated pricing standards - Community Service/Non-Profit Near Me - St Louis, Missouri

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Was willing and wanting to adopt a dog from there very badly. Even got application approved and never heard back. They like to get people excited then ingore you. They say if they don't reply in 48 hours too contact them again, that doesn't even matter. They tell you let's set a day to meet, guess what? Crickets. I hope they take care of the dogs. Many other bad reviews when you go searching the internet. Some good and bad. I just hope the dog I was interested is okay and has a good life. Best of luck to your business. read more

Emailed them in early May after calling and hearing a message stating email was the best way to inquire. We were interested in adopting a specific kitten and provided our full names and several points of contact. To date (more than 4 months later!!), nobody has contacted us. I'm troubled that their website lists declawing and seems to encourage it, whereas decades of research has shown how awful it is for cats. Many of the declawed rescues the KC Pet Project deals with were dumped by owners due to behavioral issues (peeing, mood changes) later tracked back to bone fragments and other remnants from declawing that hurt like heck. You'd likely behave poorly also if someone cut all your fingers off at the knuckle. I don't know much about this "rescue," but have now read about its history and struggles with the community (for example, failing to obtain a city permit) - and have pretty major concerns about the ethics surrounding this business. If you purposely limit the number of animals you shelter and truly wish to find them homes, communication and response should be your number one game. Makes me wonder where donations go. read more

When I adopted my puppy from them, O***** pointed out the umbilical hernia to me. I asked her if I should be concerned and she told me no. She said that they would take care of it when I brought him back in to be neutered. After I brought him home from the neutering procedure, I noticed that his hernia, which has always been fairly small but immediately visible, was still showing. I thought that maybe it just needed time to stop showing since he had just had the procedure done, so I didn't worry about it. My neighborhood vet confirmed that the hernia had not been addressed when I brought my puppy in to them for a larger cone. I called and explained the situation to the receptionist and she asked me if they were supposed to fix the hernia when he was neutered. I let her know that's what I was advised before I paid my adoption fee. She said she'd have O***** call me back. Upon receiving the call back, I was told that I should have let them know of my concern with his hernia. I told her that I had no concerns with his hernia because, when I adopted him, she had let me know that it wasn't a big deal and that they would take care of it. After a conversation where the blame was placed on me for not saying I was concerned about his hernia when I brought him in to be neutered, she admitted that she couldn't find where she had noted that he had an umbilical hernia in his paperwork, so that was "Her bad" (her words), but she didn't know what I expected them to do. I told her that I expected them to put my dog back on the operating table and take care of the hernia that they told me they were going to take care of when I brought him in to be neutered. She advised that she would talk to the doctor and let me know what they could do. About 30 minutes later the business manager called to get an explanation of the situation. I told her what happened and she advised that because of what she deemed to be miscommunications from the adoption coordinator (maybe her title) and the fact that I didn't reiterate my concerns about my dog's hernia when I brought him in, they'd be willing to complete the hernia surgery for a smaller than normal fee. I let her know that I wasn't trying to be unreasonable, but O**** made it sound like the hernia correction was a part of his neutering, which should mean no additional fee and if there was one, that should have been disclosed at the time of the adoption. She said that O***** may have been wanting to assure me that it was a simple procedure, especially since my dog would already be under anesthesia for the neutering procedure, in an attempt  to ease any worries that I had and just wasn't clear in her explanation, not providing enough details.The business manager went on to say that I should have let them know of my concerns about his hernia when I brought him in. I reiterated to her that I had no concerns since they had said it would be taken care of when I brought him in for the procedure. She then said that since both I and O***** were partly to blame for the mishap, they could perform the surgery for just the cost of the required supplies and that they could do it early the following week. She said that had he been a female dog,  the person performing his surgery would have seen it and taken care of it during his procedure, but since my dog was a male dog, the spot where his hernia was would have likely been covered up during the procedure. I told her that I would think about it. As I thought about it, while their main mistakes were miscommunicating how things would be handled, making it seem as though his hernia being taken care of during the procedure was a part of the adoption fee since he had the hernia when I saw him initially and trying to initially place the blame on me, when the fact that O***** didn't note his chart with the details about his hernia definitely seemed like what likely caused the issue, I was concerned about the fact that they were willing to put my dog, who had just gotten out of surgery just a couple of days before, back on the operating table so soon. I decided not to take them up on their offer to address his hernia because I just didn't feel comfortable for that reason and a few other reasons. I typed this review up as soon as I got off of the phone with them, but decided to wait to post it until I wasn't so upset. Now, months later, I am posting it because I want others who adopt their pets from there to be aware and get EVERYTHING in writing as it is explained to them no matter HOW they make it seem like things will be handled. Their timely contact during the time that I was contacting them about setting up an appointment to see my dog before I adopted him and during this entire mess was good, but this situation could have definitely been handled much better. read more

I emailed four times to see if a cat named Timmy was still available. No response. I will definitely be looking for a cat at a different shelter. read more

I never adopted an animal from her BUT I made the HUGE mistake of allowing her to care for my beloved Yorkie, Barkley. I thought she was a decent vet in the beginning. But, in a10 day span I had to take Barkley to see her TWICE to the tune of over $700 in fees and she DIDN'T EVEN EXAMINE him!!!! One of those appointments was his annual checkup!!! I told the tech that. She passed it along to the vet, who came back into the examine room and pretended to "check him out." I NEVER went back!!! FOUR MONTHS later, I took my beloved Barkley to a MUCH BETTER vet and, upon a THOROUGH examination, the vet told me that Barkley had heart disease. I was shocked and devastated!!!! My beloved died from heart disease on 6/15/19 at only 12 1/2 years old. He was the love of my life!!!!! I am SOOOOOOOO incredibly heartbroken and completely devastated!!!!! I've missed him every minute of everyday that he's been gone!!!! I suspect I always will!!!!! She is THE WORST VET EVER!!!!! Just wish I'd known before it was too late!!!! read more