Saint Gabriel Feline Foundation

Well firstly, Nicole who also did a review on here is my girlfriend. Today, I decided to make contact with St. Gabriel Feline Foundation (Marie Pollster) while at PetSmart on Craig Rd., Las Vegas, thinking that maybe there had been some miscommunication and we would be able to adopt the kitten that we really loved and that seemed to love us too… not the case. I answered the questions asked about the household pets truthfully and as soon as Marie made the connection that I was Nicole’s boyfriend she was immediately attacking with a vengeance! Nicole had let the manager at PetSmart know how Marie had treated her yesterday. Needless to say, Marie immediately started ranting about how awful Nicole was and how Nicole was extremely adamant about getting this kitten declawed (with Marie not knowing that I had been standing next to Nicole during this phone conversation yesterday and that Nicole not once mentioned trying to get this kitten declawed whatsoever). Also, she stated that Nicole wouldn’t pay attention to anything Marie was saying… quite the opposite! Aside from a few responses Nicole made in regards to information Marie had asked, it was nearly 10 minutes of Marie ranting about how declawing cats is illegal and how abusive it was, etc. Not to mention as Nicole stated, Marie has two cats that she has had declawed as well. Needless to say, I confirmed that having cats declawed was NOT illegal (even though we hadn’t planned on it) and that Marie was just seemingly upset that she had a complaint filed against her for her awful behavior against a PetSmart customer. She is lucky that I didn’t complain as well as that would have been TWO complaints filed within 24 hours.
We would have really loved to adopt that lovely kitten. Don’t adopt from this lady. She’s shady and rude.

I wanted to adopt a kitten, but the Saint Gabriel Feline Foundation (located inside of PetSmart) told me no for the following reasons: 1) I wouldn’t always be available for home inspections due to being in the military, 2) I have a 15 year old cat that is front declawed (the founder herself has 2 cats that are declawed) so she assumed I would declaw this kitten, 3) concerned that my 15 year old cat would injure or kill the kitten (my cat is not aggressive what so ever). Out of the 7 minutes I was on the phone with the founder, I was lectured 90% of that time about the negative effects of declawing.
I never said I would declaw him, I let her know he’d have pet health insurance and routine care, he’d be in a loving home, and be an indoor cat. The founder was mad that I wouldn’t be able to come back at 7:30 pm (which was 2 hours later) and then said she will say no to this adoption.
I also want to add that this founder chose to bad mouth me to PetSmart and other customers. She is falsely stating that declawing is illegal. Very unprofessional! Very unprofessional!