Contacted them to surrender a Cat, who's owner has been Hospitalized and is never coming back home…read more The house was sold, the New Owner is allergic to cats. These people can not be bothered to answer their phones. It also appears to be that they are selling Animals on Facebook for a serious profit! (A violation of Facebook Policy, and a Violation of Nova Scotia Law) If you have an Animal you need to surrender, don't waste your Time Contacting these people!

If you're considering purchasing a pet, before you go to a pet-store, you should first check out…read morethe Bide Awhile Animal Shelter. The Bide Awhile provides a temporary shelter for many homeless cats and dogs, both young and old, until the shelter is able to place them in proper homes. Unlike pet-stores, Bide Awhile isn't lookng to make profits, instead, its main concern is always the well-being of the animals. Of course, there is a reasonable adoption fee for all the animals, but this cost goes towards medical shots and other pet essentials. Bide Awhile has a unique set-up, in that, when you go in to see the kitties they're all in one gigantic playroom. At any one time, there can be 40 or more cats inside. Customers and guests are invited into the room to get to play with the cats and get to know them, before making a purchase decision. The adoption process itself can be quite rigorous, in that you must first fill out various adoption papers and wait for your references to be approved - which can sometimes take several days. Keep in mind though, that while this process can be quite frustrating, it is all being done in the animals' protection, to ensure they go to good loving homes.

Thank you for my new bird friends. They are liking there new setups. And we are giving vitamin…read moresupplements as well as starting a new diet.

How does one write a review for an animal shelter? I'm not sure, but I'll give it a shot. :-)…read more I love animals. Specifically cats, of which I have two. If I could, I would work with them full-time. Short of becoming a vet assistant, that probably won't happen. So I started volunteering at Homeward Bound instead. Homeward Bound isn't *too* far out; it's in Burnside near the animal emergency clinic. They are no-kill (yay!) and have cats, dogs and (as of this writing) a rabbit up for adoption. There are two cat rooms and one dog room in the front of the shelter; in the back I believe they have space for more dogs. I haven't been back there, 'cause I'm too busy cuddling cats. Unfortunately, the dogs can be LOUD and there is really nowhere to escape the noise. However, most of the cats don't seem too perturbed. The staff I have interacted with are friendly and can provide information on the pets up for adoption (although some come with no story attached). The animals appear to be well cared for and loved by both staff and volunteers alike. I have never adopted from Homeward Bound, but now that I'm hanging with the kittehs it's probably just a matter of time.

One fantastic cat rescue, adopted my feral cat from here a decade ago. The most amazing cat ever,…read moreso affectionate, sweet & so well behaved. I'd adopt a whole colony if I could

5* for what they do for animals of the metro area. 2* for…read morethe size. I wish that they had the funding to expand or move. There is just not enough space for these animals. Wish they could change the rules as to seeing the cats in the room. Allowing people to just open cages to pick up snuggle and hold cats is nice but also makes it hard to stop the spread of illness and can cause some confusion as to where they are supposed to go (kids opening cages and putting them in other ones) Granted its hard to keep track of this with so many people in there on weekends. All that said the ladies who work and volunteer there are lovely! And very helpful!

If you need some doggie time, they're always looking for people to walk the dogs they have in the…read moreshelter. And if you're more of a cat person...well they always have tons of those to cuddle too! We got our sweet kitty from the Dartmouth Shelter two years ago and it was so easy to go in and adopt her. We didn't need an appointment or anything, and they gave us as much time as we needed to look at the cats. We could have spent hours in there if we wanted. (We needed about 20 minutes before we found Korra and fell in love) My only complaint about this SPCA is that it's so hard for me to get to so I can't volunteer!

Staff is friendly and always saying hello when you walk in and this petsmart has everything you…read moreneed even cat leashes!

From the owner: PetSmart is the world's largest pet supply and services retailer, offering over 10,000 products in…read morestores and online to meet all of your pet's needs. PetSmart offers a varied selection to cover the needs of your dogs, cats, birds, fish, amphibians, reptiles, and several breeds of small animals like guinea pigs, gerbils, hamsters, mice, and more. Now you can shop online and pick up at your local PetSmart within two hours. Select store locations offer dog training, pet grooming, pet boarding, PetSmart Doggie Day Camp and adoption.

We have been taking our pets here for 12 years. We have always had excellent service from the front…read moredesk, the techs, and the vets. I find that they are thorough and always call to check in on our pets if they've been in for anything concerning. I highly recommend them.

I just had a visit with my retriever. I thought the technicians and the Doctor were excellent…read more Very supportive. The negative reviews are surprising to me.

I first came across this organization at one of their mall displays in the halifax shopping centre…read more They had a friendly orange cat and lots of friendly volunteers to greet people. We bought two cupcakes from their bake sale fundraiser. Later when we had decided to adopt a cat, we thought of the cat rescue. We got in touch, explained our situation, and the organizers were able to find us an adorable, friendly kitty named Cosmos. What I really like about the organization is that they use foster homes instead of shelters. Obviously none of the cats are ever put down for lack of adoption, and they are all spayed/neutered, given shots, and tested for diseases and worms - all with volunteers. They also feed colonies of feral cats, and have a trap-neuter-return program for ferals. In fact, we liked them so much we've started volunteering ourselves.

Global Pet Foods is our go-to shop for pretty much anything we need for our two dogs. I wouldn't…read moresay it's because they do anything crazy impressive over other pet stores, but they're close by, they have a wide selection of products, and they seem to know enough to answer most customer questions as they come up. Their loyalty program is often sending us home with unexpected free bags of food and their behind the cash selection of food supplements and vitamins are a great resource when you run into trouble with pet health. Typically I get a little uppity about supporting chains like Pets Unlimited so Global Pet Foods makes me feel that I'm giving my business to people who do care about animals - not just the ones owned by customers, but pets and animal rights as a whole.

Walking into Global is like walking into a pets Pete's Frootique. I never could have imagined how…read moremuch stuff there was for animals. Anything from homemade speciality treats to bags of pig ears. Stuffed animals to chew toys for that special furry animal in your life. I need to go to Global as Murphy, (Dog) needs special food, $70 bucks a bad, gulp. But since he has started on the food he has been much better more energy. What a cool store and they will even let you take your animal in if they are friendly.