NOSTARS! Please be cautious when adopting from this rescue. This«rescue» is not actually a rescue or shelter; there is no physical place for the animals to reside. It’s a home in LeMoore, CA. The mailing address is a PO Box. hThis non-profit(still haven’t received the«3″ is operated by a woman and her „sometimes“ partner– husband who says he doesn’t know much but then gives you more information then he is „allowed“ to. Briefly, the owner travels from LeMoore to Oakland to „show“ the animals. The place is a pet supply store. So, here’s the story, we see the dog on and from the description and pictures we decided that was the dog we wanted to check out. We go to the pet supply store in Oakland and see the dog sitting in her kennel all alone and with a pee pad that is soaked. I opened the door and picked her up. She was very calm and disinterested but hey, it takes time to warm up with what so many people walking in and out and all the other dogs barking, etc. We asked the owner does she bark, „no“ saif the owner, „she’s a good dog“. We spent 2 hours with the dog holding and playting with her. Not a peep or display of any behavior problems. The foster mom(all the dogs from this organization are fostered in Oakland) came up to us and said, „oh „Nellie“ is such a good dog and she really needs a chance to be loved and don’t get upset if she does anything wrong. Give her a chance.“ At first we’re like, „if she does anything wrong“? The foster mom said, „yea“, she’s a good lil girl. Please give her a chance». Ok, now, this being our attempt at adopting a dog and that a rescue dog(we wanted to help the so many poor dogs out there) we asked the foster mom, «what do you mean if she makes a mistake»? She shrugged it off as, «no, nothing» she’s just lonely”. So, we were like ok maybe the foster mom meant that if she has an accident in the house and that was the mistake she was talking about. We asked if she was a quiet dog that didn’t bark bc we lived in an apartment and this lady said that she doesn’t bark. Ok, cool no barking when not necessary or we’re not home. So, we played with her and held her… she was quiet, calm, mature. A PERFECT dog for us. She was advertised as 7, when the aoption paperwork was being handled the paperwork said 4 years old; and then the vet paperwork indicated this dog was 6 years old. So, that shoudl have been a red flag– my bad-my fault but she was so cute and mature and she needed a «chance», which was what we were thinking. Now, bc this is the first do we would ever own; I forgot to ask for a leash– so befoe leaving, i loaded up with supplies(crate, clothes, toys, food– about $ 130) and the leash was the last thing but as I was lookign at which leash to buy; the owner of the pet supply store turned to the owner of the rescue and said, «XXX is not trained on a leash, right?» and remember that all the paperwork was completed and the application had been reviewed them knowing well Iived in an apartment and I would need to take this dog outside for her«business» on a leash. Well, I then thought, OK, that’s fine, I will leash train her. No problem. We cozied up to her and took her out to the car in our arms. So excited-so excited. We drove home and the first hour she was running around and playing. She went ouside to do her business and came in and I wiped her paws. No big deal. As time went on that evening(about 3 hours later) she started barking and growling. Now, remember, we had talked with the rescue owner about barking bc we lived in an apt. So, when the owner said, «no, she doesn’t bark» that was a nice sign from her that maybe this dog is our match. «Nellie» started behaving badly as the night went on nipping and biting. She got me once and tried 5 more times. She didn’t like clothes put on her(which this rescue owner knew about but didn’t disclose to us). She wasn’t leash trained — why sell me aleash then? She didn’t like clothese on her — why let me buy $ 40 worth of clothes? Why let me adopt a dog that most obviously needed a owner that had previous dog experience? Why advertise the dog at a certain age and then give paperwork resembling 2 other different ages? Many whys? In the end, after 24 hours, it seems that the«drug» or tranquilizer she was on had worn off bc she became a totally different dog. I have spoken to a couple of people(a diretcor of a humane society and a foster mom for dogs int he south bay) and both indicated that first, this organization misled the characteristics and temparament of the dog wanting it to be adopted so badly(it was an older dog– not a baby) and second, bc of the dog’s history(which we don’t know) this dog should have been adopted to soemone that had previous experience. When looking over the application if they are a good rescuethey will ask questions about living(apt or house) and that was no tthe case here. This owner should have never adopted the dog to us knowing well we did not have experience. Didn’t get fee back
