I took my kids down to Stanislaus animal services a while after there Mom passed away and my son's and I looked around and we saw this little female partly calico cat. She was about a year old and as we were looking for a little kitten Iwas not to sure about getting a 1 year old cat but my boys just fell in love with her in the little room they have there at this place where u can hold the animals and see what kind of temperament they have but like I said my boys just fell in love with her and I pretty much did as well. So we paid the $60 and we took her home and we kept her in our house for about a month and we didn't let her out because I herd your saposed to leave the cats inside your house for at least two weeks so they don't just run away and don't come back if u don't. So we over did it but once we let her out the whole neighborhood fell in love w her man. We live just 3 houses down from a school and when the school let's ou and before school when all the kids get dropped off all the kids would pet her and just love on her. I'm not even kidding everyone fell in love with our cat Bimo. Anyways, the problem with her was she would try to sneak into my car if I had the door open before I left and she try to get into everyone's car who was outside. All the kids who were getting out of schools cars the UPS drivers trucks, I mean everyone. So I'm am so worried someone else will fall in love w her and take her. She's chipped and has all her shots and is fixed because all the cats down there are. So there's no worries there but I'm just soon scared she's going to get taken. Otherwise it's pretty hilarious but we are all verry happy w her. She's the best. No kidding. Thanks Stnislaus Animal Services. I'd leave a picture of her here for the review but I don't know exactly where she is right now. She's outside chatting around right now. She always comes home for the night at dinner time though. So I'm not too too worried that someone's taken her. NOT YET THAT IS. HA HA read more

Filthiest animal shelter I've ever seen and extremely rude staff (volunteers however were friendly). I watched an employee walk a dog in a cone up to a kennel covered in diarrhea and blood, say "this hasn't been cleaned? This was from yesterday", and then shrug and stick the dog in there anyway and walk away. I understand dogs make messes and they are horribly overcrowded which is not their fault, but I have done a lot of work in shelters and never seen one so poorly run. read more

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I required about a dog that was supposed to be put down. Sent an email, spoke to adoption centre, left a message ....no effort from the shelter staff to safe this beautiful dog. Next you see on FB...sorry we lost this dog. Dana read more

We are so grateful for the employees at this shelter. Amanda and Brian went above and beyond in helping us adopt a wonderful fur baby. They tended to every detail and we are so grateful! They spay and neuter, do surgeries and vaccinations and care so much! We found an angel here and couldn't imagine what could have happened to her. There are hundreds of animals here and they don't have kennels for all which means they are on the list for euthanasia. Please please adopt and help end the sad cycle dogs being put down. Adopt don't shop. read more

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We walked in shortly before closing, and the 2 employees at the front desk today seemed unhappy, extremely rude, and gave the impression that they just wanted to go home. Instead of being welcoming, the focus was repeatedly on the fact that they were closing in 10 minutes lol.. I understand that staff members have schedules and closing procedures, but when you're working at an animal shelter, 10 minutes can make a difference. That's 10 minutes during which an animal could potentially find a home and avoid euthanasia. I've heard about the complaints this shelter has received, and unfortunately, after this experience, I can understand why. The staff could benefit from improving their attitudes and customer service. People who come to shelters are there because they care about animals and want to help, and they should be treated with respect and kindness. read more

06/26/26 - Posting my review here since they had it removed from their Google reviews. I unfortunately had to surrender him to OAS, but the vets at my job, OAS, & several local rescues that I had reached out to had all said that SASA should've took him back irregardless of what county I reside in, & that it seemed they just withheld information to push him out the shelter & once he was out, they didn't want to take him back. 04/28/26 - I recently adopted a 10 month old puppy from this shelter 3 days ago. Before I went through with the adoption, I asked handlers/volunteers if the dog was reactive at all & if he was tested with other dogs. I was told no he's not reactive, & to do slow introductions due to him being a Cane Corso. Two different people also told me that he was brought back once already because the foster (foster through their shelter) had a cat in the home and was worried that he would harm the cat because he was showing interest in it. I wasn't told/provided any behavior/temperament notes from his time with the foster, which I'm under the assumption that he was there for two months (his records they provided to me are dated 2/10 & 4/21. Receptionist also told me that's he's been there under their care for a long time). If the foster had him for two months, or any longer than the 3 days I've had him, they'd have seen the same reactivity I have. He's sweet to me, & very goofy, but outside of my home he is reactive to every person & dog that he sees. They could be 30 feet away on the other side of the street, & he will start barking & lunging. He has spent supervised time with my younger siblings (ages 1-17) on both Saturday & Sunday, & was content with being around them; licking them, playing with them, following them around etc. Yesterday, he started lunging & barking at them. I have gotten him low stress medications that unfortunately don't help with his reactivity. I attempted to surrender him back to SASA since I just adopted him from there & the staff are familiar with him, but I was told that since I am not under their jurisdiction I would have to surrender him to Oakland. The receptionist who facilitated the adoption failed to inform me of this information. I cannot keep him around my family due to his reactivity, have a hard time taking him out on walks, but since I am not a resident of Stanislaus County, I cannot bring back a dog that they're familiar with & adopted out, & am instead faced with surrendering him to OAS where he'll be deemed aggressive & euthanized. The lack of communicating pertinent information regarding the animals under their care & their policies is highly concerning. read more

Recently foster to adopted a dog and had the worst experience here. My foster dog was experiencing a medical emergency and not once was the phone ever picked up even the emergency "24 hour" service line they gave us so we ended up having to take him to the vet ourselves and paid 1k just to eventually be told the vet cannot give us information about our dogs well being or even if he was alive since he was a foster dog (but they can take our money). I had to physically drive out to the shelter( a total of 5 times) to get answers to my questions. The ladies at the front desk are extremely rude and said they don't answer phones since it's only her and one other person? Front desk was very snarky and she directed us to Connie who is the manger and the most heartless and cruel person I have ever met. I wouldn't recommend adopting here since the animals are sick and they don't do a full screening of what they have.. Connie stated she even knew kennel cough was going around and nobody told us this when we brought our dog home to our senior dog I now have to pay treatment for out of pocket. I would love to go to a higher up if anyone has information. read more

Stanislaus Animal Services Agency - All the times I called the number and front desk (my bf did most of the calling) - Animal Shelters Near Me - Modesto, California

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We had to come back two days later to get our pug Nala! We are currently awaiting her spay appointment then she will become our official baby! I will need to pay for her then! We love her so much! She's a fabulas addition to our home! Everyone at the Shelter is absolutely wonderful and they really care about the dogs! read more

what's the point of an animal shelter if they can't shelter animals. Called about a stray to get him out of the streets and passing cars. "You have to make an appt" .. can I schedule an appointment? "No it has to be done online".. goes online.. NO DATES AVAILABLE for any month leading up to the end of 2026.. what's the point of a shelter I'm genuinely confused. read more

I found my best friend here who I will never forget. I got a 2 yr old beautiful German shepherd here. They made the process easy by fixing him and giving him all his vaccinations before I brought him home.I didn't leave my home for 6 months while I went through training with him with a professional trainer. He was a good dog but had severe seperation anxiety.He ended up being the best dog and I took him everywhere with me.. kayaking, hiking, snow sledding. Then one day my partner of 11 years whom I lived with packed up everything without notice including my dogs and left. I never saw them again. I tried getting another adult shepherd and the dog pinned me to the wall and non stop bit me. I got a puppy but the connection is no where near what I had with my shepherd from this shelter. I looked for another one but no one compares to him! read more

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I've adopted several dogs and it was great. The staff was kind and the process was fairly simple.

DO NOT ADOPT ANIMALS FROM THIS PLACE!!! . I had went a couple weeks ago to surprise my dad with a kitten for Christmas since he is a trucker he's hardly home and was planning on taking this cat with him while trucking to keep him company. This cat was perfectly fine the first day we had him, playing, running, eating. The next day he was throwing up, lethargic, not eating, dehydrated. We called the shelter back to have her checked out and was told to come in Monday. (We bought this cat on a Saturday). We came on Monday to get her an exam for panleu, we were waiting there for about 30 minutes just for a nurse to come out and tell us "the vet isn't here today" we were pretty frustrated and we were told to come back the next day but I actually care about animals unlike this place. We took to an emergency vet for treatment and costed us $450. We came back the next day and told them the cat has parvo and was told no one made you guys go to the emergency vet because we were looking for reimbursement because of the absence of the veterinarian on that Monday. They kept our cat there for hospitalized treatment, they told us we would get a call back on how our cat was doing and we got a few saying the cat is going good and strong. One day they were supposed to call us about the cat and they never did and we had to go in the shelter in person just to find out our cat has died. I was told they had called my number but I didn't receive no call or text or anything, 0 missed calls. I was lied to about the call back and have a big feeling the cat was put to sleep because they didn't want to keep Maintaining him. This place is pathetic. If one of my cats catch this Disease and dies from it I will file a lawsuit and have this place shutdown. I don't want money I just want these animals staying here to have a sanitized; more professional environment. Thank you for reading this review read more

Stanislaus Animal Services Agency - Animal Shelters Near Me - Modesto, California

Would give 0 stars if I could Called about a dog that got out from two idiots that took an adopted dog for the day to go play. Tweedle Dee and tweedle dumb had the leash on her and still managed to let the dog get away out on maze blvd (busy highway) caught it then lost it again... they searched for hours I guess never found it I then had people and myself searching. The dog later showed up across the road before 9pm and crossed the busy highway and unfortunately got hit I was called because I live in the area because when u called animal services I was told they will dispatch my message lol thanks for nothing so I drove up there and grabbed the dog because she was still breathing and had her eyes open and blinking and rushed to Standiford vet to hopefully save her or to let her not lay there and suffer on the side of the road. Well guess when animals services showed up the next goddamn morning knocking on the bar to pick up the dog are you kidding me guys the next morning if it wasn't for me doing your damn job that poor puppy would have been laying on the road suffering all night. Yall are nothing but lazy! read more

Just adopted an old treeing walker coonhound on 7/3 of this year. Tucker was in sad shape when we got him as he was stressed from being at the pound. He was so skinny and practically emaciated when we got him and the staff said he was so much worse. Poor guy. He will never live a hard day in his life again. Welcome to Furever Tucker. read more

Stanislaus Animal Services Agency - Tucker, our newest "old man" - Animal Shelters Near Me - Modesto, California

My Friend went there to adopt a dog that was due to be killed by the shelter any day. She said that the staff does not care at all about the poor dogs they have them line up in cages in one area to be killed. one by one. If you are an animal lover as I am PLEASE spread the word so there is Change asap of STAFF in that uncaring facility. The Manager there gave me hard time when i was trying to help my friend to adopt this beautiful senior Chihuahua from them. I have 10 rescues under my care right now I love them so much. I would NEVER take any animal I find to a KILL SHELTER. Please speak up for these previous souls helpless in a uncaring shelter. I left a message to this Shelter to see if I can Sponsor a dog until he is adopted I saw the beautiful dog's Video on Youtube in that shelter to be killed on 3/1/2025. Thank you for Taking Action and being the voice of dogs and cats or any animal in that shelter or any kill shelter. Thank you so much read more

Tuesday February 27 2024 @4:20pm to report a dead cat on the side of my house, bertolotti disposals website clearly indicates never to put dead animals in a residential trash bin. was told the cat would be picked up during normal business hours . Wednesday February 28 2024 @2:30pm I called back to see when they'd be picking up the animal... I believe her name was Adel, she very coldly said and I quote "well cats aren't usually a priority so I wouldn't know" She then told me I could dispose of it myself. When I asked how she said "get a shovel and put it in your trash can" read more

terrible place. they give out sick animals with parvo and panleukopenia and take zero accountability or do they let you know in advance that the animal is sick. rude staff and a horrible traumatic experience. would rate 0 stars if i could. read more

Modestos animal shelter has made some great improvements over the years!! These people don't get enough credit! This is some HEARTBREAKING WORK that they do here!! Their FOSTER program is great!! I highly recommend Fostering! I did it for the first time and had a great experience. DONATE YOUR TIME to these beautiful and amazing animals!! read more

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This was the third experience I have had with this animal control agency. All three interactions were due to innocent animals being dumped and abandoned. Last year it was a beautiful German Shepard puppy across the street (I live rurally) and today it is for YoYo a 3-4 years of age American Bulldog Pit Bull mix male sweetheart of a creature whose humans said they had to leave him behind in a cross country move of states they had to make. Heartbreaking....... When I've phoned they answer when they are open and I really appreciate that. I've had officers phone me back to update me on the status of the situations I've been involved in. Knowing that the innocent creature is in good hands and no longer suffering has given me so much peace of mind in my dealings with this animal services agency. I reside in Turlock and the boundaries are sort of unexpected here between Modesto and Turlock so when in doubt about jurisdiction please take the time to phone them and clarify you may be surprised as I was. I live less than one mile from a Turlock animal shelter come to learn, I'm not in their jurisdiction but belong to a Stanislaus County shelter in Modesto. Can't say enough great positive things about this animal control agency. Keep up the great selfless work; your making a positive difference in this world and the lives you touch. read more

Yesterday we had an injured stray cat appear on our driveway. We called Animal Services at 3:15 to report and they said they would come by to pick up. The cat was still alive. 2 hours later no one had come by... we called back and was told mesage had been passed on.... no one showed up. Finally... mercifully the cat passed but still no one came for it. Finally 7:55 AM an officer called and said someone would be by... but no one until a couple hours later... Very disappointed in the response. read more

This place is amazing, and so is the staff. I adopted a 3yo dog roughly 12 yrs ago from here, and he was the best dog ever. Sadly, he passed a couple of months ago. My wife and I decided to rescue another dog and again found an amazing puppy and had another awesome experience with the staff, some of whom were still there from the first time. read more

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While some of the paid staff here are horrible & rude that do not even care to listen to what you're asking or saying, (personal experiences the times I was here) these dogs here NEED your help. We fostered Sirius for a month before having to go back for her spay apt where we officially adopted her. She was never shown on social media but I found her on their website one day & after communicating with the wonderful volunteers on the Stanislaus Shelter Friends IG for two weeks about Siri, I made the decision to drive the 6 hour trip to meet her. I was nervous because everything I'd seen & was told, she sounded like a bad case of being terrified of everything. She wouldn't easily go on leash, would pancake to the floor, wouldn't interact with anyone or other dogs. She was so thin & obviously wasn't eating due to shelter stress. BUT as soon as I saw her in her kennel, she came right up to me & licked my hand. I got her into a bonding room with the help an old woman who volunteers here where she slowly warmed up but was still very scared. I made the decision to take her that day. Second day with us & she was already thriving in our home! 3 weeks passed & she is the most amazing girl. Knows all her commands, excellent recall & loves her baby brother pup Asher. I'm just saying to never judge a shelter dog by how they are in there! Siri was one of the worst case I've seen when it comes to fear shut down & she blossomed almost immediately once she knew she was safe. If you're not sure, you can always foster! These dogs deserve loving forever homes. I want to thank Kat & Erika though, both volunteers, for helping us & being so kind as well as compassionate with all these dogs. read more

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We wanted to adopt a dog and randomly found this shelter. They seem to get a lot of dogs and the adoption process is really easy. We ended up driving to the shelter 3 times before we adopted our sweet little baby Rupert. People line up early for particular dogs so if you see one on their site you like I suggest you get there several hours before they open. Their website is great because it allows you to see the available animals and tells you when they are able to be adopted. We ended up adopting Rupert on January 2nd this year and he is a super wonderful dog. I hear what people are saying about certain staff being rude and unprofessional but if you can just be patient and not stupid then the process is really easy. I saw a whole lot of stupid going on as far as people wanting to adopt LOL! We feel super lucky to have been able to adopt such a wonderful pet! read more

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Warning the staff is so unprofessional! I continuously had issues with the staff scheduling my appointments for foster on wrong dates or without being given proper notice. When you call to foster line and leave a voicemail you won't get answered 80 percent of the time. When I voiced my issues no accountability was taken on their end whatsoever. I asked if I could adopt my foster without getting them fixed so that I can take my foster to my own vet as I'm scared to get her fixed through them and that isn't in option. Be wary of this place definitely wouldn't try to foster through them ever again. Update: Seriously I feel defeated and the staff here has made me never want to adopt from shelter again. The staff is terrible they were so incredibly rude to me Connie Hooker who is one of the people I spoke to would speak over me and when I told her to let me speak told me " ok hurry up". She tried to use innocent animals as her excuse for being rude too. read more

The worst experience. Walk in because my mothers dogs went missing and they had been turned into this shelter. So right off the bat, it will be $480 dollars to get them back. That's not the bad part of this issue, it was the woman working the front desk. Completely rude and unprofessional. It had been a couple days since they got them, and she claimed they were going to put them down unless we paid. What type of shelter would put a dog down when they could just be returned home. Be put up for adoption for 3 days then put down? Was she lying to get us to pay? We were already struggling collecting the money. We emailed them the vaccine records to ease the process. This woman sees my mom crying as I'm on the phone trying to get the vaccine records and money. Even after, the woman at the front desk kept at it , "they will be put down if we don't pay by closing." This was awhile ago, but decided to post this because you need to be prepared. Hopefully they've improved since then. I hope the animals are take care of. since then they've given us fines for not having tags on the dogs . And for being registered in the next county over instead of theirs. This all happened one month after moving to Modesto. read more

I have adopted two great dogs from this place in past years. With no trouble at all they have dogs advertised online available for adoption. The problem is when you get here and you tell them you want to adopt one of the dogs that you saw online they tell you no. Apparently they've made a deal with some animal rescue groups to give a certain number of dogs up for to the rescue groups. That's a great thing but they need to stop advertising dogs online as adoptable. It's dishonest and kind of slimy to me. read more

Stanislaus Animal Services Agency - A beautiful little Chihuahua that would be perfect for us. They refuse to allow me to adopt her because the shelter is going to take her. - Animal Shelters Near Me - Modesto, California

please read my dad got me a dog 4/21, took her home and the whole night she was throwing up, bleeding when pooping( mind you it was runny diarrhea). her tests said negative for parvo. wrong!!!!! she had parvo their excuse was "we could have tested her to early or too late." she was sharing a kennel with her siblings who are still there!!!!! her siblings could have it while playing with other dogs which is not okay!!!!! she didnt deserve that as a 10 week old puppy. i took her to the vet and was told to hopsitalize her when i got to modestos animal shelter she was already dead. she died in my arms on the way to the shelter. if thwy did more tests in time and actually tried to care of her this wouldnt of happened. dont go here 0/10. if i could put negative stars i would. update 4/25/2025the receptionist called my dad asking to schedule my passed dog spayed/nutering today after she already passed away at their shelter. (i was told to bring her in there since i got her from there 4/21 she passed away 4/22.) my dad told her she passed away at the shelter ans her words verbatim was "sadly we have alot of puppies that pass away due to parvo here" excuse me!!!!! 1.why would you say that and 2. wouldnt you think an employee that knows that would do something to help the other animals that dont have it. i called to complain about it ans the operations manager dusted it off and kept treating me like an idiot!!!! this place is terrible. they have dogs that have been exposed to parvo running around with other dogs/k-9. please speak up about this shelter no animal or family should go through that!!!!! read more

Stanislaus Animal Services Agency - This was at the shelter. She was shearing a kennel with her 2 siblings (that could still be there, playing with other dogs). NOT OKAY!!! - Animal Shelters Near Me - Modesto, California

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Unfortunately I would not suggest adopting from here. There are other better adoption centers out there. You just have to find them outside of Modesto. The staff is decently friendly but they seem very uneducated about dogs in general and their dogs. Some seem too young to be even volunteering. The dogs they have don't get any type of attention, you can tell. We sat with 4 of their dogs and all of the dogs was nothing to fall in love with behavior wise. None of the dogs were fixed that we sat with and I am a firm believer of fixed dogs' behavior changes for the better. Some dogs info wasn't correct on the cages they were in. Unkept cages. This center doesn't want to fix a few dogs, use a adoption fee here n there to fix the unadopted dogs. They rather be cheap and get them fixed 1 by 1 after adopting fee is received. Fostering wasn't an option for us as we read bad reviews here. And not to mention all 3 times we visited there were always at least 1 customer there talking to front desk not happy about something or having some type of issue with center. That was a sign for us! read more

Would give zero stars if I could. Not receptive to things that need urgent attention. Do not seem to care about red listed animals and seem to think of them as a lost cause. Turned me and others down when I wanted to adopt a dog who was going to be euthanized that same Night. With no reasoning other than a 'bite risk' even tho I was willing to assume liability for that. read more

brought in a chihuahua that I found on the streets of del monte and tully, the first thing she told me was "the shelter was full and not accepting any dogs because of an outbreak and that you should put it back where you found it"....... never in my life have I ever been told this, she didnt even refer me to other shelters and when I asked for other shelters she said theyre the only shelter that will take the dog. That doesnt make sense but sure. I asked the front desk lady so you want me to leave the dog in the middle of tully where I found it and she said yes. Im so disgusted by this business even people that were walking into the lobby were disgusted by what she was telling me, they couldnt believe it. I went door to door where I found the dog explaining the situation. Every single person I talked to was horrified with the fact the shelter told me to put the dog back on the street, its 113 outside. Worst heat wave in years but apparently that doesnt matter. When I left one of the workers also yelled "have a great day" in a snarky tone, so rude considering Im doing your job for you and trying to find its home instead of leaving it on the street to die. rude staff with horrible attitudes If you are a business like this that can't accommodate people you need to give them resources and not just turn people away, absolutely disgusting practices. read more

The staff at the shelter were very courteous and professional. They gave us time to visit with our pet prior to adopting her and they gave us a comprehensive discharge instruction packet after her surgery. During the kennel visit the staff were all very nice and helpful and clearly cared for the animals in their custody. My family had been looking for a pet for a while and this was our first time adopting from a rescue. We are so glad we visited this shelter. read more

June 2021 - a nice clean facility. the animals are well cared for. dogs are exercised in an open yard ever day. they keep dogs for a month. thats amazing. if they are euthanized, it is a peaceful way for them, instead of dying on the streets due to starvation, or being abused, or hit by a car. Nov 2020 - Great customer service. Thank you Debbie and Maria!!! They both have helped me to take care of my fees and licenses for our 4 dogs. Very helpful, friendly and informative. Thanks again to great customer service. :-) read more

Unfortunately this morning I lost my dog due to a heatstroke apart from being an elderly dog my dog ended up here thanks to a women who brought my dog in with critical conditions and dehydration after it went missing last night not more then 24 hours , I'm not mad the vet did there job yeah your right for putting my dog down because she was in critical condition and I thank you . But your not right for disposing my dog without my consent . The way your employees and supervisor let me know my dog was already deceased and my dogs body was disposed was not professional at all . I waited for answers in the lobby meanwhile you guys told me to sit and wait to see if you even had my dog . My dog was in there no longer then 10 minutes and you guys put her down and disposed her body and let me know it was under a pile of other dogs that where deceased has me question how many dogs do you kill throughout one day ? This dog has been in the family for over 20 years it hurts our hearts that this veterany didn't give me the option to take my dog to get it properly cremated or to let me know they where putting my dog down my dog was chipped we spent over $8,000 on this dog up to date shots for them to try to tell me they didn't know about my dog ? And just disposed it without my consent ? I heard a lot about this place and there mistreatment but never did I ever think I'd be a experiencing it for myself they prefer to dispose of my dog without consent then to let me take her to get her properly cremated mind you she was not there longer then 20 minutes and have our hearts bare with this pain . Don't recommend and prefer to go somewhere where there considerate about animals lifes . Animals are the exact form of humans . This shouldn't be acceptable anywhere . If anyone knows of a lawyer where I can place a lawsuit please contact me . I want justice for our dog . all they had to offer was her collar . They took a beautiful pet that had a family that loved her . read more

Stanislaus Animal Services Agency - Hell - Animal Shelters Near Me - Modesto, California

Looking for a lost pet in Stanislaus County, needing vaccinations and other​ services for your pet, need to turn in a stray animal, or looking to adopt ... come here. Staff and volunteers work to provide for pets until they can find homes. There are many animals waiting to be chosen to join your family and become a forever friend. I recently drove down here to adopt my next Rottweiler, she may not have shown very well in a shelter environment, but she is doing great at home. DON'T SHOP - ADOPT read more

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We needed more animal shelters for abandoned dogs and cats. My two dogs change diet and I dropped off the unwanted dog food to the shelter. Office clean and staffs are nice. read more

Everyone here was great. Yes, the shelters are overflowing so please adopt and don't shop! No one was rude, actually they were very accommodating. Thanks to you guys, Bruno now has a new great home and he's loving every minute of it. His new name is "Mathasar". Seriously I can't believe some people have the nerve to criticize and insult animal shelter volunteers. Really guys? What do you want, "Nordstrom treatment"? Oh I'm sorry to insult YOU, sir and ma'am, but this is an animal shelter - pull your nose out of the sky. read more

Stanislaus Animal Services Agency - Formally Bruno now Mathasar. One gorgeous hunk of meaty chunk doggy! - Animal Shelters Near Me - Modesto, California

Went to the animal shelter on a Friday and saw a sign in the lobby stating that every Saturday there is a vaccination clinic from 9 AM to 10 AM which was a drive-through. I returned the following day on a Saturday and was informed that only Foster pets are being seen, and that there was no vaccinations. The woman said she could not help me, but really she was not willing to help me. So much for getting your pet license, renewed and following instructions to get rabies vaccinations to complete the license renewal! read more

Honestly, I've had one experience here, and it was not great. My grandma found a puppy that was either abused or ran away and had been starving. My grandma has 5 dogs, or they would've kept the sweet boy. We posted for a missing dog because it's very common out in the country for people's dogs to wander off, but nobody claimed him, so we brought him to this shelter. First off, the signs aren't very clear where to go, especially because this facility has farming services, and I believe some sort of police training site. Once we found the right building, the older man at the front desk was very irritated and slightly rude. We were unaware that appointments had to be made for stray intakes? He was upset and reluctantly took the puppy off our hands. I understand it could be an inconvenience, but we couldn't leave him in the orchards for the coyotes to get to him. I guess my disappointment here comes for the utter lack of humanity and understanding. There was no need for a snotty attitude and rude demeanor... read more

We fostered a puppy. After completing the paperwork, they gave us a bag of food and a blanket. We returned for all of her vaccinations. She was dewormed microchipped, rabies vaccination, along with all needed vaccinations. During one of our visits, I went to the front desk to inquire about adopting our foster, which was our plan all along. They listened to me and promised I could adopt her the day of her spay. I missed that with all the excitement when I initially filled the foster paperwork. The morning of the spay, they collected payment. All this for only $120! Upon returning to pick her up, they gave us paperwork and medicine. They reviewed with all of the fur parents post surgical instructions. Everything for our new family member was bagged and put into a packet, including the rabies certificate, and how to register your pet online with the microchip.They had a table and let us pick from it. We got a little shirt for our baby Snickers Boom Chika! I was so impressed by this staff. read more

Stanislaus Animal Services Agency - Snickers Boom Chika! - Animal Shelters Near Me - Modesto, California