Spoke to Gloria she gave great information and was really responsive to my questions.read more

Although we have not put ourselves on a litter list yet, the communication we have had with Gloria…read morehas been superb. We appreciate her patience and thoughtful responses. Perhaps we will do business one day!

I adopted Dylan last August and it was such a great experience from start to finish. Phil and the…read morestaff at Animal Friends of the Valleys were so helpful and made his transport from California to Washington state seamless! Dylan's travel even included an overnight layover in Seattle! I can't thank Phil and everyone else who helped us to bring Dylan home enough for the love and dedication they have for the animals in their care.

A bird flew into our window and was injured. Being an animal lover, I was quite distressed over the…read morefact that I knew nothing about taking care of the bird, or who to even call. While in a state of panic, I searched online for who to contact. I called Riverside County Animal Services, and I was on hold for what felt like an eternity. I hung up, and decided to call Animal Friends of the Valleys to see if they could give me numbers for who to contact. I was immediately connected to a woman named Tara. She was so kind! I could tell she has a good heart. She was understanding of my concern for the injured bird. She took down my info and informed me that someone would be there to pick up the bird. About 20 minutes later, the bird ran off. I am assuming it was just stunned after crashing into the window. I called back to cancel the service, and Tara answered again. She was happy the bird was moving. Thank you Tara for being so kind and helpful!

I wanted to visit a foster home to see 2 cats, and made an appointment. I did call the foster home…read morebefore my appointment and I told them that I had to cancel, and the reason why. A few days later I recalled to reschedule and was told I was no longer considered as an applicant and they have moved on to other applicantions. It has been over 3 weeks and the 2 cats that I wanted to see are still up for adoption. I don't consider that fair to those cats or myself. Their explanation to me was that "I cancelled an appointment". Really?

This place is phenomenal! I posted my lost dog on their website and an amazing worker contacted me…read moreand informed me on additional information on steps I should do to find him and also gave me her personal phone number so I could send her the flyer of my dog. Thanks to her an hour later a woman contacted me saying she found my dog AND GROOMED HIM! He wasn't missing for more than 3 days. This place is amazing and I highly recommend.

We have been taking our dog to Maegan for a couple of years now, when we go on trips or for a day…read moredrop off. Maegan is super reliable and caring. She walks right into her arms when we drop her off. Very easy to work with too. Highly recommend

Meagan was wonderful with my girls. She made them feel comfortable from the first day of…read moreevaluation and the girls really looked forward to spending time with her during our vacation. She sent us photos and updates on how they were doing and they were very loved and cared for. Her website is very informative and tells you everything you need to know prior to the visit. I will definitely be using her services again. Thank you Meagan!

This is such a great place. I've walked through it several times. All the animals are so well cared…read morefor. I really appreciate all the work that Rocky and his team do too. Plus, Mel is the best!

I have to say that I really really like this place. We have a six month old Shih Tzu and she got…read morespayed today and the girls that run. The place are so so nice. Everybody's just very friendly. It's a very very clean place place clinic. The dog adoption site is also very very nice people that run that are extremely nice and again very very clean and have some cute cute dogs, cats and other animals. I'm really really happy with what I experienced at the clinic today with my Shelby Anne and I must say the prices are so good. Just a very, very good place to go if you need anything medical for your pet or looking for a new member of the family. Thank you girls at the front desk. Everybody was very kind and I'm really really happy and I'm sure Shelby and is going to be very happy and just be OK as she recovered as she recovers. I totally recommend you guys. Thank you Friends of The Valley.

The Sphynx kitten we purchased from Ashley was 50% underweight and had corneal ulcers, skin rashes,…read morean upper respiratory infection, and a distended belly. She was delivered with no testing for important diseases or genetic traits. She was not given a proper veterinary examination. I found out who the original vet was (Ashley would not disclose) and called. They indicated Ashley's animals are always like this (she also breeds dogs). Ashley has complaints against her with Humboldt County Animal Control for unethical breeding practices and in our opinion deserves them. Ashley's business associate / flight nanny flies standby and had our 8 week old kitten in transit for over 15 hours. We ended up having to buy him a confirmed ticket so that he didn't take her to a different city and spend another night in a hotel against her. We knew none of this at the outset. Ashley was entirely disinterested throughout the transport process. She also transferred the kittens to the flight nanny in a parking lot, which is not legal in the state of California and is dangerous to the kittens. To top it off, her prices are off-market and she uses aggressive tactics to over-inflate the rarity of what she has to offer. Please don't make the same mistake we did. Happy to chat if you have questions.

What can I say? Rita and her husband are the best! I put down a a small deposit for my baby and…read morewaited.... During that waiting period Rita supported my constant barrage of questions with informational how to's and what to expect when I brought my beautiful Love Bug Kalona home. I've had my awesome boy for a year now and Rita is always there to help and guide me with any questions. From what is the best toys to buy to crazy things like "he won't eat his wet food! What do I do now?" She's always there for me. I would never trust another breeder for my Sphynx babies! So if your looking for a beautiful & loving naked friend, I highly suggest you go to Barebottom Sphynx and Bambino's! Rita is the best!

A couple months ago, I had to put my sweet Scrappy down. After that I couldn't stand the loneliness…read moreso I started searching for another dog. After a few bad experiences, I finally contacted Retriers & Friends. Best decision I've ever made. They matched me up with Marcie, a 4 year old Chihuahua Mix. That was May 5th. That facility is the most beautiful place and any dog is lucky if they end up there. They are so loving and caring for each animal. It's only been a month and Marcie is my loyal companion. So well behaved and smart. Thank you guys for your wonderful service and I would highly recommend you to anyone looking to adopt.

This place is absolutely wonderful. I found a senior dog that no one wanted to help. I contacted a…read moredozen other rescues and no one really got back to me. Liz from Retrievers and Friends didn't hesitate to lend a helping hand. It's so kind what they are doing to help these animals and their facility is wonderful. I will be making donations to their charity from now on. I've already been sharing their praises with my friends and neighbors on social media. Thanks so much!

My husband & I adopted our Pomeranian from Cherie in March 2019 after a family friend adopted a…read morepuppy from her and we could not be happier with our little boy. He is everything we were looking for in a puppy: healthy, smart, sweet, playful, loving, and very happy. I am giving Cherie 4/5 stars due to the following: 1. She was not been the best communicator before we purchased our fur baby. Her website says that the best way to contact her is via text, but before securing our puppy, she would take a long time to answer our questions or simply not answer our text messages in the amount of time she said she would. Once our puppy was selected and paid for, Cherie answered all our questions and sent us pictures whenever we requested them. 2. We paid $1K and our puppy was projected to be 4-5lbs max, but he is already 6lbs at 4 months. My husband & I do not care about his size too much, so this did not bother us as much and we are not looking for a partial refund, but I could see why this would upset customers who were expecting a very small dog. We asked Cherie how much he weighed when we picked him up and she said "about 1lb." we weighed him when we got home and he was actually 2.4lbs at 8 weeks, so we knew he was not going to be 5lbs max. Obviously, there's always a risk when purchasing a living creature because there is no way to know %100 everything about their health, personality, etc. With that said, I do believe good business practices are important and I am sorry to read that others are not happy with their situations. Cherie probably needs to outline her policies in black/white regarding health guarantees and refund policies. I would still recommend her to friends/family because 90% of our experience has been amazing.

Cherie is amazing with all the pups. An excellent hobby breeder. I got my tiny Pomeranian from her…read more 3 pounds but I would not care if she was the average 15 pound Pom weight! Loving lady!!!! I was also worried about the negative comments until I looked up the reviewers and realized they only leave bad reviews. Negative people!