My Nonprofit Reviews

I've been associated with TLC since its second year. This wonderful canine rescue doesn't just help dogs, it helps, supports, trains, encourages, and consoles their volunteers. It differs from other rescues in the support it gives its volunteers and adopters - I don't think first time dog owners and fosters don't get how important that is. God bless other rescues for taking dogs out of shelters and getting them into homes, but TLC does it right. The compassion and "right fit" mentality is high at this rescue. The fosters are informed and share the truth about the dogs personality and situation. It is not a just a revolving door, or stop over, it is a true transition situation to get the dogs acclimated to human love and understanding and wanting the best outcomes for the dogs.

There is a testament on this site from Lily's adopters. I was Lily's (Sweet Louise) foster during her year long medical treatments (after she was at the foster who helped her through weanling her babies). While I had fostered, I had never had the medical angle to deal with and the rescue was there when I had questions and concerns. As much as I loved her, knowing that she was in a home that loved her and for her would have nothing associated with any of her trauma or pain was the best feeling. TLC made that happen. And all the dogs who have graced me with their company for short or longer periods have made a difference in my life. And even now, or maybe more now, that I'm just a passive member of the TLC community without actively volunteering, I am so impressed with the way this team treats the dogs, the shelters they work with, the volunteers, the donors, and even the onlookers.

I fostered or taxied some of the dogs the adopters mentioned in their reviews above and even if I had only had them for one night, every foster has given me something precious no one else could have given me.

This organization is set up in a way that puts the dogs first by supporting the fosters and the adopters. You can feel confident about rescuing your family member, you can feel good that they had transitional help and maybe some training while in foster care, and you know that the rescue not just follows the rules and regulations for being a rescue, but does it because they believe being certified and doing all that is necessary is in the best interest of dogs and their future family members. The staff and volunteers are amazing and the dogs are even more amazing.