Moka’s Dog Rescue

I’m not reviewing the animal I adopted (a ~ 1 year old chihuahua), or this would be a 5. The actual experience with the rescue was pretty sub par except for a couple of things that at least bring it to «A-​OK.» The dog was covered in fleas while on display at PetSmart and still needed chipped, so instead of taking him home on Saturday when we paid and completed the paperwork we arranged to pick him up on Tuesday. Early Tuesday, I emailed as requested to confirm the chipping and flea bath/​treatment that was promised had occurred. By mid-​afternoon I had not received a reply, so I called and left a message. A while later, one of the family members (I’m not going to mention anyone by name, but it was not the person who I had dealt with until then) called and apologized that the messages were missed and that the chip had arrived and the procedure performed. He agreed to meet me at PetSmart that evening. When I showed up, the dog was still covered in fleas. We spent a solid hour (in the parking lot) cleaning him up as best as possible, and he had given the dog a Capstar before leaving along with a topical. He also went home to bring me another dose of the topical so that I could reapply after bathing the dog. Besides the fleas, it was clear that the dog had not been bathed since we saw him. The gentleman also agreed to cover a little bit of the vet visit due to the condition we picked him up in. It did appear that the dog was well treated while it was fostered between them getting him from the shelter and me adopting. He is so lovable and happy though, that I think he would have responded positively regardless of how he was treated during his foster time.

What HORRIBLE HORRIBLE people you are that you won’t help get a poor 7 year old, Diego Gonzales, boy’s dog, Lola, back. This is not about LEGALITY. This is about MORALITY. NO ONE else RIGHTFULLY own Lola but DIEGO. You didn’t RESCUE this dog, you STOLE it. The dog had TAGS! Yes, the address was wrong, but you KNEW it belonged to SOMEONE. SHAME SHAME SHAME on you!

The folks that volunteer with Moka’s basically dedicate all their free time saving dogs from being killed at the Collin County Animal Shelter. Anyone in the market for a dog or cat should check Moka’s or the shelter first. It’s residents of Collin that send these animals to death row at the shelter. And it’s going to take residents to spay, neuter, and adopt locally to corral this massive problem.
Moka’s has adoptable dogs at Petsmart in McKinney every Saturday and Sunday from 11 – 4.

I adopted my pup, Blinker, from Moka back in July 2010 and she has been great ever since. She’s very mild mannered but is also really active. I really like the fostering system that Moka uses because I think it helps the pups train faster. And it’s obvious from any interaction you have with Jim and his family that they care about all of the animals.