The representatives at this establishment are the most rude and ignorant people I believe I've ever dealt with. Here's a great example,,, they're like the TSA. They're in charge of very little, but their little power over your application goes straight to their head; the power trip is simply remarkable.
I am the perfect applicant! I have the time, finances, space inside, and several acres to offer one of her dogs, but God help you if you ask to see a dog and spend 30 minutes with him before a 13-year commitment. Forget this place; I'll buy a dog before I let them think they've got this commanding power over me. Ugh, what horrible people!
I have rescued a Pocket Rottie from Kodis Club, which I met the dog on a part 50 miles away. Thank God that dog was a blessing to me and my dog pack. Beth or whomever drove to meet me from PA to the 50 mile mark in NJ. Needless, to say I have lost that dog recently to a severe spinal cord injury overnight. I have been trying to adopt another female Rottie, from then for over 2 years now and they said they have nothing to fit my needs, which I find strange. Also, her response was to me she has gone over my application, I guess the application from my Rottie I got from them 10 years ago, that she said she went over my application and had concern over me giving my dogs rawhide bones and also that I was not feeding them at that time 10 yrs ago, GRAIN FREE FOOD. I was so hurt that even my vet and dog groomer felt my pain.
After inquiring excitedly about an a dog named Raya here is the owners response:
Clearly you have not bothered to read the information on our website. Our impression is that since everything you are asking is already covered there, you didn't think what we wrote applied to you. Being that you are either in such a rush or you put no value on what we request of applicants, we think you'd be better off trying another rescue that will meet your needs as quickly as you demand. Good luck in your search.
Beth
Kodi's Club Inc.
We responded:
Beth:
Your email is harsh & rude. We lost a pet recently & have a pet named Max who we’re excited about finding a companion. What you construed to be in a rush is merely excitement to have a new family member. You’re right, after a deeper dive onto your site, I saw that Raya is still available. Your mistake is interpreting eagerness & excitement for rushing & putting no value on your process.
Honestly, it would have taken less effort in rudeness to respond with courtesy & some semblance kindness.
You are absolutely correct trying another rescue is what we’ll be doing.
Beth Klaes the owners response.
That's a win win. Best of luck.
Our family just had a lovely experience with Kodi’s Club. After losing our dear Rottie to cancer, our home felt so empty. We began reaching out to rescues and after speaking with several, we decided to work with Beth, the Director. To say she was helpful would be an understatement. After submitting the application, Beth asked us for clarification on several things we had answered. We were so impressed with the line of questioning, because it was clear how seriously she takes finding the right match for both us and the dog. Our references were all checked by her team who were very friendly. The Home Safety Check was thorough but not intrusive. After going back and forth, including her making sure she understood our priorities, she suggested 2 dogs who she felt would complete our family. We met both, had the opportunity to speak with the foster families for more information, and were asked to go home and think about it. We were so excited we adopted our Roxy the very next day! She blended right in to our lifestyle which we attribute to how conscientious and thorough the application process was handled. Beth protects the family AND the dog from not being the right match, a win-win in our book. We highly recommend Kodi’s Club, but if you just want to do a quick adoption and not work together for the common goal of what the dog needs to thrive, this isn’t the rescue for you. But, we will never consider using any other rescue!
We have known this rescue for many years and adopted our dog, Hendricks, from Kodi’s Club. The President, Beth, lives and breathes for these dogs. Once a dog is part of Kodi’s Club, no matter what their need is, Beth and her network of friends will go to the end of the Earth for the dog.
Considering the outlay that I have personally seen this rescue put out for the medical needs of their rescued dogs, the adoption fee is a drop in the bucket.
Beth goes the extra mile to ensure that a dog and a family are a good match. Rather than take an adoption fee and place a dog with any applicant, she will wait for the right circumstances so that a dog will find a home for life. Many, many clubbers- literally hundreds of families and dogs, including many repeat adopters- are grateful for Kodi’s Club and all that Beth and her network of volunteers do.
A friend recommended Kodi's Club to me when I had mentioned wanting to adopt another Rottweiler. I submitted an application and it was approved. I have to say that Beth FULLY discloses everything you need to know about the dog. She has steered me away from dogs that she felt were not the right fit. She is very selective over who she adopts to, and she certainly has that right since the animals cannot speak for themselves. To date, I have acquired 3 Rotties from Kodi's Club. They have all had lovely temperaments and made wonderful companions.
We are writing this review to forewarn all potential dog adopters. Kodi’s Club turns out to not be an “organization” as such is typically understood, nor does it operate in the manner of a respectable animal rescue. As we came to discover, Kodi’s Club consists of its president, a couple of part-time support people, and the “clubbers” that rescue and foster the animals but are not actually part of the organization. The organization's President is functionally an organization of one who in our experience does not act ethically nor responsibly. The best interest of the animals being rescued is not at the forefront of her decision making process, but as we discovered, rather her personal feelings and vengeful manipulation.
As with any rescue organization, there is an application process. We submitted our application for Roscoe, the dog we were interested in, on September 15th. The organization, in the person of its President, responded within a few hours, with questions requiring further elaboration, and with an unexpectedly judgmental tone to them. As previous owners of rescued Rottweilers, we understood caution on the part of the rescue was needed, and were willing to look past the tone of the questions. We answered these additional questions in order to provide what the “organization” felt they needed to know about us so that they could be comfortable that they were placing Roscoe in a proper, forever, loving home. We were informed that a visit of our home would be made by the foster mom, which we scheduled for Saturday, September 19th. As with any home visit, we allowed this person to fully investigate all indoor and outdoor areas of our property. As expected, we were informed later by the organization's President that our home was approved, and we could meet Roscoe at the foster home, on the evening of Tuesday, September 22nd. We anticipated that this meet and greet would be also evaluative for all concerned regarding how Roscoe engaged with us, and how we responded to him. The evening ended up not to be what we anticipated, and what followed turned into a series of disappointing events that led us to the realization that this “organization,” aka the organization's President, was not what it nor she seemed.
At the meet and greet, we met, handled comfortably and walked well with, and were offered on-the-spot to take Roscoe home, which we had unfortunately not been informed was a possibility. During that conversation, we were also first informed of his having had heartworms (not mentioned on his profiles on Petfinder nor kodisclub.org, which we considered a simple oversight that nonetheless left us unprepared, as we've previously only had to provide preventative care for the condition). The organization's President had hardcopy of older veterinary records with her, but not those from the current treating practice that had to do with the heartworm treatment. We also became aware for the first time of a $450 adoption donation, solely because it was written on the contract we were handed (again, not on Petfinder nor kodisclub.org and not mentioned in email nor verbally). Because we were not prepared to take Roscoe home that evening (notwithstanding the new information, since we had not been told that taking him home was a possibility we had not brought a seatbelt tether, harness, etc.), we agreed that we would follow-up the next day with our decision. That same evening, we requested permission with full transparency to speak with Roscoe's vet (which the organization's President reluctantly granted) in order to ensure that we were fully clear and educated about Roscoe's new-to-us condition, specific treatment to date, follow-up, and prognosis, in a manner and at a time that we could process the information, as it was presented in verbal summary but not available to read through during nor after the "meet." As promised, we committed the following evening to being his forever family effectively immediately, well within the mutually agreed timeframe.
Apparently the request to speak to Roscoe’s vet called into question for the organization's President whether we are "a home that understands what rescue is and is not... he's not an item for sale nor does he come with a warranty," and was the basis for a multi-day alleged reconsideration of her comfort with us as adopters. The two dogs we've previously rescued, who each lived well-loved years and died in our home with us after extensive, intensive, and costly treatment - which we funded with the same lack of hesitation as for any member of our family - would not agree that our understanding of rescue is in any way questionable, nor we believe would our vet or additional specialists.
A request to attempt to resolve (via email, phone, or in-person meeting) the viscerally negative personal feelings required to make such comments despite being fully informed about the lives and deaths of our previous rescued dogs was not acknowledged. A full day after the Sunday evening intent stated for the conclusion of revisiting Tuesday's decision/ offer, there continued to be zero response, and despite also outreaching the foster indirectly and then directly as a last resort, we continued to have no idea of Roscoe's status. His Petfinder posting was removed Sunday evening, though his profile on kodisclub.org remained, leaving us with nothing to consider other than the organization's President's comments on *Thursday* evening, a full day after our commitment and only in response to us sending a follow-up email, that "...an onslaught of applications that still continues even as of today... he's truly a catch...."
We offered the trust of our personal information, complete access to our home, and most importantly our full emotional and practical commitment. We extended this trust and commitment through holding our private peace during a multi-day delay not related to any practical concerns whatsoever, not at all serving Roscoe's best interests, and at odds with the organization's stated mission. Throughout, we did not question the organization's President's, nor the foster's, nor Kodi's Club's commitment to rescue. We maintained faith that care for Roscoe's well-being would rise above the unintended offense and disproportionate rancor that followed our very positive in-person (and dog) interaction, as nothing at all had changed about our fitness to provide Roscoe a forever family.
Finally, at 10:14pm on Wednesday, September 30, a few hours more than 7 days after we committed to adopt Roscoe, and more than 3 days since the stated Sunday evening conclusion of the personal reconsideration for asking to speak with his vet, we received an email "Roscoe is no longer available. Best, Beth" That's it. It must also be noted that even that much belated and uninformative single sentence only came after yet more attempts to connect via the public forum in which the "club" actually discusses dogs. Not the organization page, which is focused on fundraising, but rather the page of its president (the only listed team member). That is of course, the organization's President, she of the visceral offense at adopters speaking to veterinarians and repeatedly unanswered emails. Both of us were blocked and our civil, respectful comments wishing well to another dog and adoptive family (whose entire process started and ended while we were being trolled along on the string), and once again restating our commitment to Roscoe, presenting our perspective, and requesting a response were simply deleted.
Meanwhile, Roscoe’s profile remained unchanged on kodisclub.org, so... either he was still in a foster home rather than our forever home due to the organization's President's individual pique, or he was adopted after she shopped for people more to her liking and Roscoe's information on the kodiclub.org website was incomplete in a different manner than it was prior. In both cases, the reconsideration and additional delay was just stringing us along out of spite. We sent a response the same night to the organization's President's much-belated email to which we have still not received a reply. In the absence of any actual information, we continued to observe what little was publicly available. Roscoe’s profile was not removed from the kodisclub.org navigation until the evening of Saturday, October 3th and it appears that he was actually adopted on that date – 3 days after we were told he was “no longer available,” 6 days after the organization's President's unilateral reconsideration process was to have reportedly concluded, and 10 days after we committed to adopt Roscoe immediately.
Again, we are sharing this experience because we are concerned for future adopters who might apply to “Kodi’s Club.” There are plenty of well-intentioned, responsible, potential adopters who, if they happen to fall afoul of the organization's President's self-centered and capricious behavior, may waste energy and effort better spent successfully rescuing an animal via an actual organization focused on or at least able to be reminded of the best interest of the animal or animals, as it has been demonstrated that there is no other decision-maker in this “organization.”
Review from Guidestar
This is from last year, it had popped up in my news feed on facebook since I tried to review this rescue last year but was unable too. The women who runs this rescue is awful! She has listings on pet finder for Rottweieler. We had been considering one. My husband really wanted another big dog so we have been searching through breeders and rescues. I try to stay away from rescues who are money hungry cause they aren’t in it for the right reasons. I’ve seen fees all in the way into the 700-800 mark which is insane. I sent this women a message since I couldn’t find her fees online or on the site and her Facebook has no reviews(I couldn’t find reviews anywhere) she has them all turned off. I sent a second message to her, she replied with a very rude response basically telling me if I can’t afford a dog then I shouldn’t be looking for one. The application she has online is very lengthy so I explained my point of view with rescues and she continued to go back and forth with me being very rude and judgy and had to have the last word. I had a Boston terrier with one eye and my other Boston has a pin in his leg, my dogs are like my children. How dare she pass judgement on someone she doesn’t know. I now know why you can’t find any reviews on her rescue, I wanna bet I wasn’t the first person she was rude too. Get a grip lady! This women shouldn’t be allowed to deal with potential dog parents who want to save the life of a dog and give it a forever home.