The staff at the Escalon Animal Shelter are very kind and compassionate people who really care…read moreabout the animals there. Unfortunately, this shelter will be closing at the end of October due to a merger with the Oakdale shelter and sadly, the staff do not know what will happen to any animal that is not adopted by that time. Please consider adopting from this shelter to save a life and please tell your friends and family so more animals can be saved.

Not only can you search for perfect love on the internet, you can search for the perfect pet too. I…read morejust found both, in one purring fuzzy package. Adult cats are great to adopt, since their personalities are formed and you know who you're going to be living with. I wanted a male cat that loves people. A search on the online site pet finders, found 502 adult male cats within 100 miles. Then I looked for black or tabby, and a mention of an affectionate disposition. Escalon is 1hr 40 minutes from home, but they had the perfect cat! They treat the animals very well, even though the shelter itself is old style with cats in little cages. I was impressed that they take care to get to know the individual pets and their personalities. Thank you for my new partner in mischief!

My husband and I had a great experience with adopting from this sanctuary. We appreciated how…read moreAugusta was quick to respond honestly to our questions about Beni's ad on Petfinder. Our conversation peaked our interest more with Beni, and we were able to set up an appointment the very next morning! They were very flexible with scheduling us with Tom to meet Beni, especially since we live 2 hours away. Upon arrival, we noticed that the facility is very clean and followed the social distancing safety standards. We saw staff taking long walks with the dogs, and supervising them playing outside. All the dogs looked happy and taken care of. We appreciated how Augusta and Tom were honest about Beni and gave us no pressure on adopting him that day. When finally meeting Beni in person, it was love at first sight! We filled out the application and were able to take him home on the day of. The application process was very easy! I can tell Beni was taken good care of as Tom and the staff said a long heartfelt goodbye to him. I appreciated that they even took him to the groomers beforehand as most shelters we visited don't bother giving dogs a bath, cut their nails, or trim their hair before they are taken home. It has been 3 months since we adopted Beni (now named Zuko). He has been doing great and we just keep falling in love with him every single day. Thank you Westside Animals for Adoption for making this happen!

I have been actively looking to adopt a dog. In the past 2 weeks, I have emailed them at least 3…read moretimes about one particular dog and a couple of more emails about some other dogs. No one can be bothered to respond to my emails. Then they sit there and whine about no one adopting rescues. How am I supposed to if you don't get back to me??

I went over to offer to clean or help in any way and was turned away. I couldn't believe they were…read morekinda rude about someone offering help

Momo (which we renamed our little dog) has now moved across the world and live with us in Denmark,…read morehe is the proud best friend of your two kids and still as kind and sweet as ever. We'll be forever greatful. Our only regret is that we didn't adopt his brother along with him

I give this rescue 1 star. They beg and cry on Facebook because they can't pay their bills. Vet…read morebills and bills to run the facility. They e even made post about dogs being unhealthy because they've stayed at their facility for so long. However, they make so many restrictions for even adopting from them. I tried to adopt from them and even though I had grown up with the same breed of dog in my home I was told I couldn't adopt one of their dogs because I was a teena and not my parent. I wasn't an adult and that the dog required so much knowledge that they claimed I didn't have. But how could that be when I literally explained my knowledge of the breed. I ended up purchasing my baby from a breeder, but it's unfortunate they don't want to encourage rescuing. I understand vetting people to make sure animals go to a good home. But they should be less restrictive when it comes to letting people adopt. If I'm already paying $400+ to adopt I'm not in it to be a harmful owner. People don't have money to waste. perhaps then they would have money to run their facility instead of constantly begging. I even see they have so many requirements to foster. You either need help or don't. They made a post about a dog that was severely overweight because it's locked in a cage for multiple hours a day. How could they even let that happen. Smh. They have xoloitzuintli at their place right now and I bet they have received a lot of interest In him but I bet they wont let him be adopted

I reached out to this place in hopes to find some good information. They responded by text …read more My question: I need to find a solution for my mother's dog who is a 15-year-old miniature poodle. My mother is 68 years old and she can no longer care for her dog who is blind and deaf.. The response was a bit harsh. They told me we need to keep our dog because he's doesn't have much longer to live , probably only a few months . and no one is adopting senior pets. - maybe not so harsh of a response, I was just looking for help from a animal rescue place.

Today we had the pleasure of experiencing A Doggy Day Out…read more This experience is offered Monday - Saturday from 9:30 am - 5:00 pm. Must be 18 years or older to participate. We were able to pick Margo (female, 9 month old husky) from a list of available dogs. The dogs on the list have been behavior tested and are ready to go. The application process to take her out took about 15 minutes. But perhaps that was because all my littles were asking a million questions. They were so excited for this opportunity. The staff was friendly and approachable. They had great communication with my children and myself. Expectations were clear in the packet and we were kindly reminded to return her back by 5:00 pm. Margo was truly a joy. She walks great on a leash. Does well with children ages 3,5,6,7,9, and 11 as well as dogs: Martha (Biewer terrier) and Bruno (Cavapoo). She loves pup cups and good long walks. We really hope today will help her get adopted. She would be a great addition to any family. Upon return, she did a great job exiting the suburban. We purchased a bone for her as well as a toy. Receiving went great. My kids continued to ask a million questions and all of which were answered and encouraged by a friendly and knowledgeable staff. They even took a picture for us to remember our special day. We are already excited to do another Doggy Day Out. Without hesitation I strongly encourage others to experience this joy and make all the difference in these pups lives. What if your day out gets these sweet babies a new home, not only saving a life but bringing endless joy to someone else's! Thank you City of Turlock Animal Control for the Paws-itively great first forever moment/ experience.

I visited this place several times and adopted a little doggy from them (around July/Aug 2024). I…read morealso had to call several times with questions. I had good experiences with all the people I interacted with who worked there and with the animal control officer that I chatted with a lot while my dog was getting her included rabies shot. I also have VERY good experiences with animal control regarding me helping a goose I thought was injured, but it turned out that it was bird flu, sadly. I'm shocked by all the bad reviews here... I do notice that many of the bad reviews involve cats. The shelter really isn't able to help much with cats. I blame THE GENERAL PUBLIC for the cat issue. In 2025 there's no excuse for having your cat roaming around outdoors murdering all the birds and risking being hit by a car, etc. Trap-neuter-release programs are ineffective when there are so, so many cats that there are always plenty that will breed. What I CAN say about this shelter and cats is that they accepted a kitten from me (that I found in a park) even though they normally do not, because it was too young to survive on its own. Shelters are never going to be happy, pleasant places, and that's entirely humans' fault. It's disgusting how many people want to breed their dogs when so many are desperate for a home. I think the shelter's doing the best it can, but it's a losing battle, sadly.

I adopted a sweet little dog named Mr. Chewy from Kate's Rescue in January. The communication was…read moregreat. My family was ready to adopt and put in an application for a different dog. And I messaged the person who ran the Instagram account. They said that dog was already meeting an adopter. But they had some new dogs she was about to post. They asked what I was looking for in a new family member. They found a perfect match for me! We meet Mr. Chewy who was being fostered by Brandy. And we fell in love immediately! They did a great job at matching him to our family. It took him a while to completely open up. But he is the sweetest, silliest dog and we couldn't be happier. Thank you sooo much!

I'm writing this review to encourage this rescue to do the right thing by their dogs. One in…read moreparticular that was born into the rescue by the name of Smartie was born with a congenital heart condition. The money was raised through a fundraiser started by Julia before she passed away last year. The new president is refusing to pay for his surgery even though it was raised specifically for his lifesaving surgery at UC Davis. She is stating the money was raised for all of the dogs. I'll share some pics below so you can see for yourselves. Please encourage the rescue now under Kate's Furreka Rescue to give Smartie what he needs. There is a video as well stating that this is specifically for Smarties surgery but I can't upload it to yelp. Please help Smartie get his surgery.

PLEASE READ!! We used to breed Golden Retrievers and had one litter of puppies. This lady came and…read morebought 4 puppies from us, telling us they were for herself and her friends. She purchased them with full AKC registration. After buying them, she turned around and posted them as "rescue puppies" and claimed they came from a puppy mill, which is completely false. We only had one litter and our two adult Golden Retrievers. Our dogs were always well cared for, regularly seen by a vet, and up to date on all vaccinations. She also resold the puppies for much more than what she paid us. We just want people to be aware of this before doing business with her. From our experience, she buys puppies and resells them for profit while misrepresenting where they came from.

Im still waiting to hear from them regarding adopting a Golden but they definitely do their…read morehomework vetting adoptive parents. I totally respect that. My granddog is a 14 + year golden and he is precious. I had a 13 year lab that I loved dearly and am ready for the love of a new dog..

Disgusted by the girl working today, she was disrespectful and lazy. We had a couple of dogs show…read moreup on our property, we live in town but the country. The dogs had collars, but no phone numbers, we went up and down the street to see if it belonged to anybody but nobody then we let them hang out in our front yard to wait to see if anyone came looking for them, I called animal control multiple times with no answer. They started to try to chase my cats and so we thought best to drive them to the shelter, the girl working immediately, tried to shrug off all responsibility for the animals and tell us that we had to take them to county. I said no because we live in the town, then after we showed her she said " okay, I guess we can take them for now but I'll need your information" I said "no, they are not our dogs. We just didn't want them to get hit." She said "I'll take a picture of your license plate" I replied "go ahead" and I let the dogs out of the back, they were well mannered and listened. She has thee audacity to make the comment " thanks for putting them on a leash" like I was supposed to give up my dogs leashes because she was too lazy to grab some that I'm sure they have. We always try to help when we can, whether it's donating to the animal shelter or helping a lost pet find their home but it's hard when your trying help and your met with such a vile and careless attitude. If you don't like your job, go somewhere else because someone that's actually going to genuinely want to help people/animals would love to have your job. Also at no point did she ever try to tell me what the paperwork was, she just went straight into "I'll just take a picture your license plate." Update: They sent the police to my house to give me a ticket for "dumping" the dogs after she said she would take them and had my info from my license plate. I'll definitely be seeing them in court! Also apparently when you see animals loose your supposed to just leave them or shoo them on. I'm livid at the way the whole thing was handled. I was then threaten to either sign/receive ticket or go to jail, all for helping a couple of loose dogs on my street ,which I made sure to write on the ticket. I even offered to fill out the paper work, I just didn't want to be liable for dogs that weren't mine. They said "no, they couldnt do it now".

this place was very helpful with getting us a cat and you can tell the employees truly take care of…read moretheir animals

I took my kids down to Stanislaus animal services a while after there Mom passed away and my son's…read moreand 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

06/26/26 - Posting my review here since they had it removed from their Google reviews. I…read moreunfortunately 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.