Paw Placement

A bunch of bad reviews, not accurate. Website works great I saw the dogs they had in seconds. No labs, I’ll try back soon! Thanks!

Paws Placement is absolutely the worst and most poorly managed pet adoption/​rescue agency that I have ever come into contact with. My family and I recently had a heart crushing experience with one of their employees named «Halla».
The interaction began with «Halla» arriving 20 minutes after the posted adoption time (i.e., 6 – 8 PM). «Halla» told us that she was late because she was hungry and had to go to Chick Fil A before coming to Petsmart. Although we thought that this was a bit unprofessional we explained that we had been waiting since 6 PM, as we had been in earlier and talked with another Paws Placement employee about reserving one of the kitties. Halla said that she was aware of this, as the other employee had informed her of the kitty that we had selected.
My children and I were taken into the adoption room where my kiddos played with the kittens for about 30 minutes while Halla ate her Chick Fil A meal. After Halla was done eating we gave her our completed paperwork, and the money for the kitten that we had selected. Halla then became very upset after reviewing our paperwork and told us that she didn’t like the fact that we had previously declawed cats. After speaking with us regarding her views on declawing, we agreed not to declaw the kitten. Halla then took our paperwork and money; telling us to wait in the adoption room while she processed our paperwork/​payment for the kitty. Before leaving the room, Halla told my kiddos how happy they’d be with this kitty, as she was very sweet.
After 5 – 10 minutes Halla returned to the adoption room where she had left us with all of the kitties roaming around and told us that she had changed her mind about adopting the kitten out to us. Halla went on to say that she didn’t like that we had previously declawed cats, which made her very very upset. Halla was agitated and stated that she was a «cat mother». She began ranting and raving while holding her hands up to the sides of her head saying that, as a «mother of cats» she had a «sense about things» and just didn’t feel right about adopting the kitten out to us especially since we had done something as terrible and awful as declawing our previous cats. We attempted to discuss the situation at hand with Halla and asked if there was someone else that we could speak with. Halla said that her decision was final and told us that we needed to leave, as she wasn’t going to change her mind. Halla also said hat she had already left a message for a woman named Meagan Anderson (who is on the Paw Placement board), in order to ensure that our family wouldn’t be able to adopt the kitten out. My kiddos left Petsmart sobbing and continued to cry throughout the evening…
Although it is indeed admirable that Halla is an advocate for cats, it is also extremely unprofessional and beyond sad that she has sacrificed part of her humanity in doing so. There was absolutely no good reason for Halla to have been so cruel a couple of kiddos who just wanted a kitten to love…

Nothing worse than not having a completed Unilocal profile or having a mobile website. Lost my interest.

I think it’s great Paw Placements is rescuing dogs, but my family recently adopted a 3 month old puppy which turned out not to be the «right» dog for our home. I think their criteria for adopting is basically anyone who wants a dog.
Our family spent 1:1 time with the puppy and we had some concerns about the dogs reaction to our 2 young kids because he was biting and jumping on them. The director said that this «breed» is not known to be aggressive and is just playing. We had other concerns and the answer was basically «he will be great with young kids and he’s an easy dog», so we took the leap of faith after taking the advice of Paw Placements since we were new pet owners.
After taking the puppy home, things got really bad. The puppy kept biting our kids (playful or not, it hurts), jumping on them, could not be crated without non-​stop barking and waking up everyone in the house. We emailed the director with our concerns and she was very good a responding, BUT everything she said about the dog was really not true. I looked on the Paw Placements website and found the listing for the puppy we adopted and it said «good w/​older kids». I mentioned to the director that if I would have known this to be the case, we would have NOT adopted the dog. They do have listings that say «good w/​all kids». Sounds like Paw Placements knew something we had to find out the hard way.
Long story short, we had to return the puppy because he could not be with our young kids safely. It seems like Paw Placements is more concerned about rescuing dogs vs getting them adopted to the right family. Although our experience is different than Jordan G’s review, it similar in that Paw Placements adopted a dog to the first person who was physically present and not the person who corresponded via email who actually may have been a better fit.
My advice is if you adopt a dog, good for you. Make the decision based 100% on what you think, not on the advice of someone at Paw Placements, because they just want to get the dogs adopted ASAP vs death! Sorry to be blunt, but it’s the truth.
Jordan

We had been looking for a dog for a few months and fund Paw placement online and started reading and found what we thought was the dog for us. So we filled out the application then started communicating through email. Then we Set up a date for us to drive out to the east side we live on the west side about a hour away from where the dog was going to be. And met the dog and had some one on one time with her and fell in love right away. Only to find out that she was already waiting for other people to come and adopt her. We were heartbroken. It was frustrating and the lack of communication between everyone was astounding. I am all for adopting and rescuing dogs. But I will never use Paw placement again.

Totally agree with the review but the phone number is wrong. The number listed is for the Flagstaff group Paw Placement of Northern AZ, the Phoenix number is 602.712.1599
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Paw Placement is like a breath of fresh air in what can be a very dismal and depressing line of work. Animal rescue is of such importance and rarely gets the attention it deserves. The directors and volunteers of Paw Placement truly make a difference — that deserves a stellar review.
We first encountered this rescue when we adopted our cat from them 4 years ago. The first thing I noticed was its criteria to adopt an animal from them. Their guidelines are in place to ensure a pet doesn’t go to just any home, that it will be cared for and loved. Also, they are sure to socialize their adoptable animals to give that dog/​cat the best chance at being adaptable in a new home.
The directors of this rescue are informative, helpful and obviously passionate about what they do. It shows in the way the rescue is operated and in the dedication given to homeless animals. When we decide to add another furry member to our family, we will certainly go to Paw Placement. Thank you for all you do!