My Nonprofit Reviews

This review is long, but bear with me.

I am so incredibly disappointed in this rescue. I knew of them through my time working at an open admission shelter. They took in two fospice dogs during my time at this shelter, so they had a special place in my heart for saving these dogs that would've been euthanized otherwise.

Fast forward to me deciding to take a break from animal welfare and seeing a plea from them for bottle babies. I was home full time and decided to take on the huge responsibility of fostering four (of eight) 2wk old, 1lb puppies. The pups were taken from an owner, against the family's wishes, because the mom suffered from eclampsia.

From the get go, they seemed to be pretty hands off. I bought a heating pad, nursing nipples and bottles, formula, pee pads, puppy food, bowls, toys, etc. Within a week one of my pups was coughing and had a runny nose. I was concerned due to her age/size. I had to insist she be seen several times before Kelly agreed for me to take her in.

Not once did either Kelly or Kerry say thank you or even check in to see how things were going. Asking for supplies was met with short, rude text messages. I felt like I was bothering Kelly by texting at all.

One week in, I let both Kelly and Kerry know that I would be out of town in four weeks and would need to return the pups. Two weeks prior to returning the pups, I also let them know I wanted to adopt one that my family had fallen in love with. The initial response was simply "LOL". I continued to inquire, and it was then I learned they wanted $800 each! Kerry agreed to giving me a $200 discount because of the money I'd already spent out of pocket.

Forward to a couple of days prior to our agreed upon return, and suddenly it was like pulling teeth trying to get a response or agreeing to a drop off time/location. I was also told if I wanted to adopt the pup I was interested in, I'd have to keep him vs dropping him off with the others. Given that he was under 8 weeks and I would not be home, I told Kelly and Kerry I couldn't do that.

The morning of drop off I was given the run around, receiving a text an hour before our agreed time asking my status, and then a location change to suit Kelly. When I asked about the contract for the pup we were adopting, and when I could finalize adoption, responses to my texts stopped. Then suddenly Kerry stepped in, responding that I WOULD keep him or he would be adopted out to someone else.

Because I was going to be OUT OF TOWN, I dropped off all four pups, and was met with a barrage of rude text messages. A rescue that would not adopt out under-aged pups to other adopters, but insists on forcing a foster to separate a pup from it's littermates only to be left home in a crate while nobody is home, certainly doesn't sound like someone interested in the "best interest" of the dogs. Against my judgement, my husband insisted we offer more money in order to pick him up once he's the appropriate age and we're back in town. My messages were ignored.

My children, husband and I are devastated. We were good enough to foster but apparently not good enough to adopt. I second all the negative reviews I've read, now that I've had first hand experience with Kelly and Kerry. What a shame that they can't take a step back and realize just how awful they treat fosters and potential adopters, which 100% contributes to their lack of a robust foster base. I urge both of them to do some soul searching and reevaluate why they started doing rescue. Helping animals is amazing, but you also need PEOPLE to help you fulfill your mission. Going it "alone" is why you're so angry.