Homeless Hounds Animal Rescue

I saw a mixed breed puppy age 11 weeks, vaccines and neutered on Petfinders.com with Homeless Hounds Rescue. I was a little concerned the neutering was valid as I know vets prefer the dogs are older, but I was still interested in the puppy. Lisa informed me I could see him at Petco in Colleyville-cash only and Lisa informed me she couldn’t be there until after 4:30, so we set the appointment for 4:45. I walked in a few minutes early only to see Lisa was walking away with two other women and the puppy. When I queried if that was the puppy I was to see, Lisa noted yes, “but they have already paid for him.” I asked why she didn’t let me know? Lisa informed me she could go to the breeder and “beg” for another one. What? Why beg for another one, if this was a legitimate rescue? Then when I queried if I could go and get one of these puppies, she noted the breeder doesn’t allow anyone on their property unless she knows them. HUGE red flag!!! Puppy Mill!! I realized I dodged a bullet with Lisa and this puppy, but what a con game she has going. Most unfortunate for people that feel they are adopting a true rescue.

Lisa, saw I had a young dog for free at canton trade day, he had all his vaccinations done, just wanting him to go to a good home, she came in my building and said he was exactly what her mother was looking for. She tried to pay me 50.00 dollars for him but I told her no just pay for his rabies shot, which was 12 dollars. The next day I saw the dog up for adoption under 2 different name. This lady is selling these dogs!

We fostered pregnant Ramona for HH and she had a beautiful litter of puppies. My boys and I grew so attached to her that we ended up keeping her. She’s been such a wonderful dog and HH was a pleasure to deal with.

Reached out to Lisa yesterday on a dog that my family was interested in adopting and had a very in-depth conversation. She said she got the pup from Canton Dog Alley - and made it sound like she "rescued" him. Online she had him noted as neutered and up to date on vaccinations. Come to find out, he is not neutered and only has vaccinations as of three days ago, and he's nearly six months old. This aside, I was willing to get these things done with my own vet. I confirmed with her today that I wanted to adopt him and what time did she want to meet so that I could fill out the application and pay for him. She then asked what she had told me the adoption fee was, and I confirmed that from our call she had said $300. She responded that his adoption fee is $400. Then she let me know a moment later that she had another family coming for him but not to worry as she gets pups like this all of the time. He was a Maltese Yorkie. This is not a frequently surrendered dog breed/mix. This left me wondering if Homeless Hounds is actually a dog rescue, or just an extension of the Puppy Mill market? If you look up Canton Dog Alley you find horrific circumstances for the dogs and that many are regularly found boxed and dumped after the monthly Canton Days. So Adopters Beware of Homeles Hounds as it doesn't seem to be a legitimate Animal Rescue. Also if you do a Google search more than likely the Dun & Bradstreet Business listing will come up and you can see that Homeless Hounds seemed to bring in about $96,000 last year. Surprising for an Animal Rescue run out of a person's home.

Lisa is a horrible person and you should not support this scam of hers. There are FAR better, nicer, more legitimate rescues. Ones that don't run anything out of their house and require potential clients to meet them in random places. Ones that actually have a working website, contact info and social media accounts to look at! She came into my work (if you know her/the organization you know where i work...) and not only embarrassed me in front of my coworkers and customers, she showed her true colours. After her telling me "remember, i get 50% off" (on a 70$ item that she 10000% does NOT get any discounts on or any discounts for for that matter) I had to wait for a manager to come up and in that time she called me a "f*t f*cking b*tch" and that i was a "problem" for her for not complying to her request which we don't even offer in the first place. want 50%? you better have a damn coupon. She is grotesquely unprofessional, rude, and quite possibly a sociopath. She is very "sweet" until she does not get HER way. Im glad people have found a furever friend from here and all those dogs deserve great homes, but unfortunately she puts them and your wallets at severe risk by not providing ANY proper medical care and 250$ to adopt a dog from an illegitimate rescue when you can pay 75$ for a healthy, up-to-date animal from another rescue/organization is absurd. She is only about the money and is a selfish and cruel person. i urge you to do your research and consider other places before "adopting" with her.

Whoever Lisa is from this rescue, she likes to harass customer service employees. I witnessed her request a 50% off discount at Petsmart, and when she was told it required a manager, she called the employee “a fat b*tch”. After reading these other reviews, this rescue cannot be real. There is no other indication of this rescue existing anywhere else on the internet. Petsmart should be ashamed to display this rescue in their Hurst store.

I received a missed phone call, but no voicemail was left, so I called it back. A woman answered and asked if I was calling about a dog. I had applied to several rescues, so I asked who she was and where she was calling from. She told me her name was Lisa and she was calling from Homeless Hounds in Colleyville. She was speaking very fast and seemed to be in a rush. I didn't get to ask everything before we disconnected. I called her back and asked her what is the process for adoption. She stated:

1. Meet & Greet at a park.
2. Fill out a contract if adopting.
3. You'll get some basic necessities like a leash etc.
4. You'll receive vet records.

I asked about any pre-existing conditions of the dog I inquired about, and she stated that they only do basic vet checks, no x rays or heart testing. So no extensive testing, just spaying and neutering.

I asked about the dog's temperament, and Lisa could not provide any answer, except that the dog is very sweet, and gets along with her 6 dogs. I could hear lots of barking in the background.

I asked about a website, Lisa stated there isn't a working one right now, there is an image of a dog stuck across the page. However, I went to check and the domain isn't even active.

I think it's strange to suddenly meet up at a park and not get the chance to look at the foster home the dog is being kept in. And that there is no extensive testing done, and no real background information, except that the dog was a breeder dog, which seems to be a lot of rescue's reasoning lately. It is stranger that she didn't provide any information during the first phone call, nor left a voicemail. Ultimately, I just know this encounter didn't feel right.

And after further research, I'm happy that I was able to locate reviews that confirmed my gut feeling. I saved myself a 3 hour trip. Please trust these reviews and your gut!

Yeah after reading these reviews I really wanted to give her the benefit of the doubt but oof. She was pleasant when I was going through with the adoption but ultimately I decided not to go through with it because of the distance (a 10 hour round trip for me.) when I told her this, she was really unprofessional and petty. Said I was “a waste of time ������” and then said I knew I had a job and I knew I had to drive “so just a suggestion don’t look for dogs if you know that in advance.” All very big words and feelings when I took up maybe 1 hour total of her time today. Called her and asked questions any potential dog owner should ask and asked to see photos of the vet record (not just take her word for it). Apparently asking her to do what was completely in her job description was a waste of her time. Glad I followed my gut and didn’t associate myself with her!

I just adopted the most beautiful soul , beautiful dog. 6/30/2022
We call her Pretty (Princess) I know she’s been through a lot. She apparently just had puppies. She’s now spayed and been treated by a vet for heart worm . She knows love and has been loved before. I believe she also was mistreated in sweet little life. Thank you Homeless hounds for rescuing her. We couldn’t be happier to be her forever hm… We are so lucky!!!

I recently adopted a dog from this so-called rescue. Red flag should have been no application required, no home visit & met me in a park parking lot after reminding me to bring the $250.00 cash. When I sent her a text a couple days later telling her I didn't think it was going to work out and for her trouble, and my mistake, I would give her an additional $100.00 knowing she would not return any of the original $250.00. She said ok that she could use that additional $100.00 to board Birdie since she had just brought 20 more dogs back from South Texas. I quickly changed my mind and I've kept Miss Birdie who has won my heart. I had my vet check her over and fortunately her only issues were a skin fungus + flea bite dermatitis so $300+ of meds Miss Birdie is looking better & has a home with me forever. However, beware -this is a puppy mill for stray or lost dogs that she picks up and sells. I just got damn lucky.

This is a scam. I emailed early in the morning regarding adoption information about a pet. Late at night, I received a response that the dog is available and to call Lisa. I wanted basic information before continuing in any process over the phone and asked for the info again over email. Less than a minute later I received another response that the dog was no longer available and had just been adopted out. After reading all these stories, it makes sense to me. Seems that they would be trying to take advantage of people over the phone. Not interested in doing any business with such an unprofessional and little responsive “organization”.

We adopted a dog from this woman less than a year ago. When initially meeting the dog and asking about when the next heartworm prevention was due, I was told that she couldn't remember what kind she was giving the dogs, but that the dog we were interested in (and ended up adopting) was "due right about now." This is a dog that this woman had in her "rescue" for about 4 months.

I should have questioned it more, but we went ahead and took our sweet girl home. We had her seen by a vet the next day, and her initial heartworm test came back negative. However, since it can take 3 months after infection to show a positive result, we took her back to the vet 6 months later for another test.

Despite being on Heartgard since we've had her, she came back positive, meaning she was infected in that 4 months.

This woman should not be allowed to be running a rescue. She is not even providing the minimum basic care.

We got our Beagle we call Buddy from them 3 years ago and just recently celebrated his 3rd anniversary of his adoption into our family. We originally tried to get a dog from another rescue in DFW, but they didn’t seem to want to give us a chance (maybe due to him being our first and only dog) even after going through all their requirements including home inspection. So, we were thankful Lisa gave us the opportunity to own our first dog. At the time, they had their dogs at a PetSmart in the Euless area on Saturdays. We originally went there to meet a dachshund/chihuahua mix they had on petfinder at the time, but wound up falling in love with our Beagle Buddy. He has a good home now where he is loved, and he is a wonderful first family dog who loves people, all people! So, I’ve recommended them to others looking for a dog. Also for the reviewer that sounds like they may be in Australia (mentions Heathmont and “shire”), I think you have the wrong rescue as this one is in the USA, in Texas. So, I thought I’d add a good review to make up for that, as we were/are thankful that the Homeless Hounds in Colleyville area of Texas (USA) gave us the opportunity to adopt our first dog, who has been the perfect family member for 3 years now.

Lisa goes in to pet stores and raids their donation bins. She expects them to comply and gets very angry if they tell her the items are for specific shelters that have a good standing in the community. She tells them that she is entitled to the free food and lies to the employees saying that their manager okayed it when in fact the manager has told her on repeated occasions that the donations are not for her. She is not a good person by any means.

If I could rate homeless hounds 0 I would. My situation is that my new kitten went missing whom I rescued from a 'free to good home'. We had only had him a short time, the local Heathmont vet transferred him to homeless hounds instead of where they normally send missing cats being coldstream animal aid. We searched and called everywhere being promised that if the cat was found it would have been sent to coldstream. We put missing posters all over the local area, from which a lady called and insisted she had handed the same cat into the Heathmont vet, after various visits to the vet we were finally told that they had transferred the cat to homeless hounds. Although council rules state that animals should not be moved from the shire they are collected for 8 days to ensure adequate time for owner to claim. Within 6 days our cat was up for rehoming miles away. We finally got to contact 'susan' from homeless hounds after her ignoring numerous phone calls and us having to get Heathmont vet to call her for us.
Susan had renamed the cat and was due to rehome him the following day. Not even a week had been past, she had him microchipped etc well so she says. Susan agreed that she would RE-HOME our cat to US IF WE PAID $325 to her. So we drove 3 hours to collect the cat and paid the money, Susan will now not give us the microchip details after various messages, emails and facebook messages. I am absolutely appauled by this establishment and how they were going to re home our cat which we were trying to locate and then charged us to 're adopt' him. Absolute disgrace, this woman claims to run a not for profit organisation well I say she has no care for the animals and is only in it to benefit herself.

Beware this rescue agency. We rescued a small maltipoo 3 weeks ago. We had been told all these pups were adopted. But when we went to their petsmart location they said they were holding one for the "right" people. The right people was someone who looked like they had the means to pay for the care of a puppy that turns out to have been sick. After several plus thousand dollars in 3 weeks our vet told us euthanasia was needed because he had distemper. I cant prove but I strongly believe the people who run this agency is more concerned about the cash and not about being honest and forthcoming with facts about their dogs. We were an easy target after losing our longtime pet after 14 years just a couple months before. Be careful before adopting from them. I pray for the others who adopted from this same litter.

My children love December, it’s that time of the year full of joy, presents, and family reunions. This year is a very different story for us. We adopted our dog cookie in August, she is a dog full of life and playful. Yesterday she decided to dig a hole in the backyard by the fence and she got lost. My kiddos were devastated, and since Cookie still had the tag from the Homeless Hound Animal Rescue place, I thought it would be a good idea to call them and asked them to let me know if they heard from my dog. I spoke to Lisa and she said they did not have it, and then she called me back with a horrible tone just to let me know that Cookie was found and I would not get her back. According to Lisa, I was putting Cookie in danger, and since I signed a contract she had the right to take Cookie back. I told her I would do anything needed to get my dog back, she yelled at me and said there was nothing else to do and that I was not going to get my dog back and she hung up on me.

My children are devastated, last night they fell asleep while crying. This morning their eyes were super red and teary before going to school. There is never a quite moment in my house with my kids running and playing, it feels very different now that Cookie is gone.

We adopted our dog in June at a Petsmart adoption event. Not 2 days after we got her she was throwing up all over the house, she had diarrhea, wouldn't eat, and could barely stand. When we called to inform them that she was very sick they said "Oh well. I don't know what to tell you, she wasn't sick when you adopted her." We just wanted to inform them that there might have been an underlying problem, and it could have spread to other dogs.
Being in that situation was not ideal for us or the dog, but there was no need to be so rude.
My dog is still having issues, but wouldn't give her up for the world. We got a truly amazing dog, but I don't think we'll be adopting from HH again.

This Organization is run by a person who is concerned only about making a profit herself. This is a rescue that agrees to take a dog back if adoption does not work out. I never expected that would be the scenario I would be involved with. The dog I adopted was very frightened of my children because they are young and unpredictable. He is so shy and not meshing with our family comfortably. He was also digging under our fence. He dug a hole and got out and our dog of 10 years also got out through the hole he created. Our neighbor shot and killed our dog of 10 years. I was frightened to keep our adopted dog, afraid he might meet the same fate. I called Lisa and kindly and tearfully told her I was going to need to return our dog. She acted put out and too busy to find a time to meet with me. I was crying the whole time explaining the story to her. I had just lost my dog the night before. And I was going to be driving three hours away to meet her to return the dog. Lisa made sure to tell me that when we meet to hand off the dog I was not allowed to show emotion that it has to be a quick exchange and that she didn't have time to wait around so I had better be there at 12:00 sharp. I found a local rescue near me that agreed to help get my adopted dog a new and safe home as long as Lisa would relinquish her rights and let them rehome him. The local shelter just needed documentation saying that it would be OK with Lisa, and the shelter agreed to find him a safe home immediately. She would not agree to this. During the conversation I had with Lisa I said that my adopted dog is my my precious baby and I just want him in a safe and good home. She said to me "Your precious baby? Oh Paleeeaaase!" She told me "I thought I found him a good home with you but I must've been very mistaken." She was insinuating my home was a bad place. Here I am trying to do the right thing by finding this dog a safer place to be, since mine had died the night before, and considering the three hour trip to meet Lisa to insure his safety! She offered me no condolences for the loss of my deceased dog, would not relinquish rights to the adopted dog, and then threatened legal action against me. This woman is rude, heartless, and not in this business for the dogs. Someone who is worried about his well-being would have made sure the rescue I was turning him over to was a true safe place and allowed him to go where she would know he would be safe immediately. Not Lisa, she was yelling at me on the phone and I have never encountered someone so rude. I was overly nice from the get-go of the conversation. I told her I would feel more comfortable with him being with me over returning him to someone like herself. Heartless!! If she can treat a person like she did myself, Inwas frightened for my dog. She only cares about the money these dogs put in her pocket, not their well being! Buyer beware!!