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May 2024 by bec
I volunteered my time here for a little bit a couple of years ago. I was paying $40 for an Uber one way to help this organization. The conditions were disgusting. There are 4-5 dogs to a kennel with very little room for them to move. They all looked malnourished and neglected. A puppy not even 4 months of age died while I was there helping and they didn’t investigate why he passed away. He had no visible markings on him, instead of sending him off to a vets office to get checked out they went out and buried him in the back. The front staff girls were horrible to me and acted as if they were better than everyone. There were two kennel staff who were very kind to me and the only ones who were appreciative of me. They showed me what they needed help with and let me pet a few dogs and see the cats. They were the only good part about my experience volunteering for them. I met the owner once and it wasn’t a pleasant experience. She questioned me as to why I was there helping. She got very upset with me when I checked my phone to see if the car that had pulled up was my Uber because I didn’t want to pay $10 extra waiting for 5 minutes while I had to sit there and let her belittle me. After my experience with her, I didn’t return. My friend adopted her dog from them after two weeks they came and took her dog from her while she was in the process of registering him as her service dog, they took his harness and everything that she had spent her own money on and I also adopted a cat from them that passed away a month after I adopted him. This organization is disgusting and it really should be shut down, the dogs need to be rescued from this so called “rescue”. I hope the department of agriculture looks more in depth into this one, there are so many animals here being neglected.
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May 2024 by Megan Swenson
2 adoptions of some really awesome fur babies
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April 2024 by Marvin Combs III%
Needed help for neglected and health issue of some canines.The person that answered the phone was was unintelligible and the somewhat indignant. The telephone exchange was short but it was clear that this organization is NOT, the one to call.
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April 2024 by Paula C
First of all this place should be shut down! The lady working there is so rude I wanted to walk out before ever speaking a word. I was there to look at the cats, and she told me the one I wanted had a deposit already. So I said ok can I see the others? She had a younger girl take us to the cat room. I about wanted to puke from the smell. The poos cats look so sad. Not one of them was playing or being active. She then proceeded to tell me the black cat in the cage had to stay in the cage because he was a bully and had HIV wasn’t aware cats could get it, learned something new there. The other one I was interested in was so skinny and dirty I didn’t even want to hold it. So we left and she asked if I wanted to see dogs, sure! Wish I would have never walked down the sidewalk. Some of them dogs look so unhealthy and mistreated. I don’t know how this place is open and I am being 100% serious. Someone really needs to save the animals there, because from what I seen there it’s not a good place at all!!!!
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March 2024 by Dennis Buck
My daughter got a dog from there 5 months ago a Boston terrior from there and was told the reason she got return was the was allergic and told that dog killed One of our dogs when I called to talked to them today to let them know I was told we can return the dog but would not get our money back so be careful going there
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March 2024 by Amy Elkins
We adopted Dexter, who we renamed Chief. He has been absolutely great. Potty trained. Very protective. Hes just the sweetest boy who might be a tad spoiled!!!! He doesn't bark but his growl is intimidating!!! We love him!! ❤️
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March 2024 by Tabatha Love
Went in to look at cats. The cat house smelled so bad. Walked in and saw a beautiful Persian cat that we fell in love with and were told “its on hold for the owner, it reminds her of one of her old cats”. She would not even called and ask the owner if she would be willing to adopt the cat.
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March 2024 by Amber Couch
Need to update the hours of operation online. Drove all they way there to get told they close at 330 on Saturdays when online says 530. What a waste.
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February 2024 by Natalie Kate
Love love love Golden Paws! Recently adopted my best friend from there ! Animals are taken really good care of, and the employees are so helpful! Amazing place 10/10 reccomend!!
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February 2024 by Alex Thompson
I got my sweet pug Otis here 4 years ago. Otis has dealt with severe anxiety and shows many harsh signs of prior abuse and neglect. He was a puppy when I got him, a breeder throw out as soon as he was born. He spent all time leading up to my adoption at this rescue. Please read: I asked to use the bathroom and they said they generally don’t let people back. I kindly told them I had just driven from Arkansas and was going to pee my pants. They reluctantly let me back. There I saw all the dogs they had. But they were stacked on top of each other on every single side, no sides of the cage were open to air just more dogs back to back to back. The area was about 300-400 square feet and was used as an administrative office as well. All dogs looked sick and distressed. I tried to report them when I got Otis out of there but I see they’re still running.
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December 2023 by Naomi Kelly
I never leave reviews but after this entire experience I had to.About two months ago my husband adopted a dog from here. The dog herself was about $500- expensive for a rescue dog yes- but we both absolutely fell in love with this pup.He drove three hours to go get her. When he arrived, they notified him that she had just been spayed and may be off because of the anesthesia. It was odd we were not notified before but no biggie. The entire car ride home the dog threw up 23 times. Very little food, mostly bile. We figured it may be because of anesthesia or the bumpy ride. After arriving home after two hours the dog continued to throw up. She would sip water then throw it up immediately. She couldn’t get any food down. We also noticed her breathing was raspy and gurgly.We made an emergency vet appointment and took her in after being home only a couple of hours. On the way to the vet, I called Golden Paw to explain the situation- to which they told me the entire litter threw up all the time because they were nervous. First- this was never disclosed- Second- nervous? This dog could not even get water down! After meeting with the vet, we found she was extremely malnourished. Due to recent surgery and with her being so new, they gave us anti nausea medication as well as a shot to help her not throw up.This medication was not enough though, she continued throwing up anything she ate or drank- and throwing up even when she did not eat or drink. We again took the dog to the vet. This time, since issues persisted they ran multiple tests. Turns out this dog had severe pneumonia that had likely been ongoing as her lung growth seemed to be entirely stunted. After more results came back, we also found out she had Giardia. It had been disclosed that there were both other animals as well as children in the home- this sickness could have spread and injured them as well. These diagnoses came only after a couple of days of her being at our home. She received treatment for both of these, we also had to medicate the other dog to avoid the Giardia spreading.Due to her being so malnourished, we hand make this pups food every day- fresh. Multiple medications every single day, basically 24/7 care.Even after mostly resolving the pneumonia and giardia, we continued taking the dog to the vet almost weekly for multiple reasons. Fatigue, throwing up, blood in throw up. The vet was highly concerned and wanted to run even more tests now realizing that these issues were not just stunted growth or left over stuff from the pneumonia.After multiple x rays we found that the dog had severe megaesophagus. This required us to feed the dog vertically, completely have an altered diet, as well as frequent medical monitoring. This is the reason why she was not gaining weight, why she has been throwing up. The vet even thinks there are far more issues that we are yet to find.A puppy with megaesophogus could die within months if left untreated.Now, I understand that dogs may get sick within a rescue. I understand that adopting a dog poses that risk and medical responsibility ( which we have no issue undertaking at all) but the complete and utter negligence to see clear signs of being sick (throwing up, malnutrition) being totally ignored is completely unacceptable. Upon adoption, we were told the dog had just been cleared by a doctor the day before. Clearly, no thorough check was done on this dog. Anyone who sees a malnourished dog who is unable to eat- let alone professionals working for a “rescue”- would be able to see further tests needed to be done. There was no disclosure of any health problems when we left with the dog- we were told she was happy and healthy.If Golden Paw is willing to sell a dog who is malnourished and actively sick I can only imagine what condition some of the pups are in behind closed doors. My heart breaks for this situation as we avidly love supporting rescues- but i cannot say a single good thing about this place other than it’s given us the sweetest pup. this is blatant neglect.
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December 2023 by Alex R
I wish I could but haven't adopted but I do enjoy volunteering and the people I met are kind!
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December 2023 by JOHN DE MOSS
Should update your hours. I went to the door at 2 pm today and no one was there and the door was locked. Says you’re open till 3. ???
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November 2023 by Marcia Kay Foster
The age of the dog was misrepresented. They said 7m, their vet said 9m, our vet is positive he is 1.5 years old. With the tartar on the back teeth shown to me, I today my vet. I love the dog dearly, though.
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November 2023 by Connie Wilson
Friendly, patient staff. Adoptec a dog and so very glad I did!!
