Lost Dog and Cat Rescue Foundation

So, among all the good you do, I have seen the holier than thou aspect your company has shown. Amongst the misinformation and the funding of surgical needs based on sympathy garnered from the lies of said mis information. You have also allowed not only a loving owner but a puppy whom loved there owner to remain separated solely due to your concededness. Instead of looking at the facts and listening. Your policy is clearly made with good intentions, but you surely know what is said of those. Instead possibly take each situation as different instead of acting as if anyone who is not your organization or similar is lesser than the animals you rescue. Imagine if the rescue worker, whomever it may be (fire, police, park ranger, etc) told you the same thing, "your loved one will never be reunited with you, you abandoned them"? Need more perspective? Let's say the police tell you to not pay the ransom demands, they are the professionals after all, and you listen. Then you end up being told your child was taken and won't be seen again. Turns out protective services took the child to foster care cause you didn't pay the ransom. Sounds quite horrific and way more chilling. But to some, there puppy is exactly that. And this messed up game you have played with the puppy named Amos. It is quite wrong. I hope you at least let the people who sent money on gofund me know that the puppy was not actually abandoned and that medical advice was originally given that the was little to no hope hence why the owner made the decision put the puppy down. Since you had it come to light that it was not the case it wouldve been right to make the exception to allow the owner to have her loved and obviously cared for puppy back. Have a, day

Do I have an unbelievable story for you....

Adopted a "kitten" from Lost Dog. Two Lost Dog reps were present along with a volunteer. We were told that the cat was about 10 months old and in perfect health except for a little runny nose.

Come to find out from our vet the next day that the "kitten" is 6-8 YEARS OLD. She is missing almost all of her teeth and the teeth she does have left are rotten. If anyone had looked at her teeth, they would have known that she is FAR from a kitten. Additionally, she has an upper respiratory infection, scars, unexplained bald spots, and opaque spots in her eye.

Lost Dog either blatantly lied to us or is just THAT incompetent. Either way, it shows what an irresponsible organization this is as well as how harmful and neglectful it is of its animals. It took us adopting the cat and taking her to the vet for her to get the attention she so desperately needed. Needless to say, this ordeal caused an IMMENSE amount of grief and heartache when we had to return her since we are not at a point in our lives where we can take on an ill elderly cat.

Not the first time this has happened with Lost Dog. This rescue needs to be seriously looked at and reviewed. Animals are suffering and adopters are being defrauded.

Horrible experience with these people- don't even waste your time with them! they didn't tell us about the dog that he is big bitter and aggressive! and when we reach out to them they didn't respond until two weeks trial was passed!

Horrible experience with these people- don't even waste your time with them. Today, we drove an hour to the Petsmart in Falls Church to adopt one of their puppies. We recently lost our beloved 17 year old dog who had been ill for over a year and our children were ready for another dog. We got there promptly at 12:00 when they began the event and after finding the dog we bonded with, we signed our name to be interviewed. Even though we came prepared with our application already filled out, the volunteers would not interview me until my husband, who was volunteering as a coach in a game, showed up. This is NOT part of their requirements, yet I said that that was no problem and that I could wait. I told 3 of the volunteers, including the nasty woman making the interviews which dog we were interested in. After an 1 1/2 hours of waiting, this couple comes in and also shows interest in the same dog we were interested in. As they are filling out the application, my husband comes into the store. Before I was able to tell the interviewer that we were ready, she goes to the back with the new couple to do their interview. When she comes out, we found out that she had already given the dog away to the people who came 1 1/2 hours AFTER us! When I politely tried to remind her that we were also waiting for that dog, she completely blows up like a madwoman yelling and telling us that the other couple was ready first and that if we want a dog we would have to pick one of the others. We were taken aback by her incredibly unprofessional behavior and tried to explain to her that we had, indeed been there first and waiting for her to finish the interview, assuming that we would be next. She would not even let us talk, much less listen to us; clearly she was never going to admit that this was her mistake and that she had not read the list AT ALL. Our children were miserable, especially our daughter who had been bonding with the dog for over an hour. We were so upset by the horrible treatment that we just walked out, vowing to never again waste our time with a rescue group. From now on, it will be a shelter or a breeder for us.

Stay tuned for full details - so angry now that I'm incoherent regarding yet another FLAWED volunteer BAD decision early January that has resulted in broken hearts of children - they fulfilled requirements for the dog of their choice, looked online, came very early to meet, first in line, first submitting ap, first interview, perfection a to z until VOLUNTEER drew straws because she felt only fair to second in line. This is the FOURTH time I've experienced the ignorance, insensitivity and indifference of LDCR volunteers and board and this time I'm blogging, facebooking, twittering and filing complaints with county, nonprofit vetting groups. SHAME ON YOU AND YOUR LACK OF GUIDELINES, MANAGEMENT, AND OVERSIGHT. Your sad little group will get not one more penny or good will from me, my experiences (all fact based with dates, events, etc.- not one bit of heresay) will be shared at every opportunity. WaNt to talk about this??? Sure! Gillian 703 232-7184

I nominate Lost Dog and Cat Rescue Foundation: http://www.lostdogrescue.org/ & Twitter: @lostdogrescue . Established in 2001 this non-profit organization saves the lives of thousands of homeless and abandoned pets each year. They rescue dogs and cats facing euthanasia in overcrowded shelters, and place them for adoption in loving homes. ALL of their animals are spayed or neutered prior to adoption. I have attended their adoption events several times and communicated with staff by phone and email, and all are very courteous and well informed.

As the mother of a long-time LDCRF volunteer, I've had a close look at how the volunteers handle animals and prospective adopters of these animals. I've seen how dedicated they are to the organization and the people and animals it serves. The volunteers are extremely generous in giving their time, money, and energy to the cause of finding just the right home for each animal and in providing loving foster care until that happens. They work hard to match each animal with the right caregiver so that both the animal and the family adopting will be happy together. It's inspiring to see such kindness and such expertise in action.