My Nonprofit Reviews

SCKR is an amazing nonprofit organization. I adopted my Keeshond, Kyle (2 years old) from SCKR over 25 years ago after going through the loss of our previous Keeshond, Vinnie.. SCKR went to great lengths to make sure that Kyle was going to a nice family, would be safe and well cared for. Kyle was with our family until he was almost 15 years old. I miss him terribly. SCKR has made sure to keep the relationship going by continuing to invite me to picnics and other events. It warms my heart, because it reminds me of Kyle, and what a big part of our family he was. I felt that the adoption process was handled very professionally and with ease. From time to time I still visit the SCKR website to see what's going on. I feel that the organization is well managed, and I would highly recommend SCKR as well as this amazing breed.

We found our family addition, Kyle, on the Southern California Keeshond Rescue, Forever Families website. We, previously were lucky enough to have had our first Keeshond, Vinnie, in our lives for 12 years, and in missing that part of our family, we were ready to adopt our next Keeshond. On the SCKR Website, we saw many pictures and stories of adoptable dogs, and Kyle caught our eye. After contacting the SCKR, within a day or two, we were invited to meet Kyle, we fell in love with him, we filled out the necessary papers, a representative came to our house, and Kyle was introduced into our family. Kyle's story was that his previous owner had to move and could not take him with her. He was almost 2 years old when we adopted him. His original name was Rocky, but SCKR named him Kyle, because their philosophy was that "forever friends" should have more "human-like" names. We agree and that was good with us! Kyle instantly adapted to our home and our family. He was really smart, well trained, and was open to new training. First on the list was "don't eat the bird!". We had a Cockatiel that had free range of the house, and was not fearful of Keeshonds, because our previous Keeshond, Vinnie, was a friend. In one day, Kyle learned not to eat the bird. The attached picture is our Cockatiel, Samba, sitting on top of Kyle. Kyle was always featured every year in our holiday family photo. The only objection from my daughters was that we always had to pick the photo where Kyle looked the best. I've attached one of my favorites. Kyle was a part of our family until he was almost 15 years old. SCKR featured him in one of their newsletters and he was also on one of their calendars. The organization has stayed in touch with me throughout the years. I want to thank the family who initially surrendered Kyle (Rocky) to SCKR and want to let them know that he was deeply loved and well cared for. And, an additional shout out to SCKR for making it possible for us to adopt Kyle and love him for many years.