Ever wondered who's behind Petfinder and how Petfinder came to be? Check out this article in Guideposts magazine by our founder, Betsy Saul, in which she tells the story of Petfinder's beginnings.All of us who work here have heard the story many times, but I remember before I got this job, Petfinder and its origins were a huge mystery to me.
Here's my favorite passage:
In those early days, my biggest struggle was hearing heartbreaking stories about abused or abandoned animals. The pup who was left tied to a lamp post in a thunderstorm. The dog who almost ran into traffic trying to escape some mean kids throwing rocks at him. ...Read the full story here.
Then a few months into our project, something changed. Somehow my perspective shifted. I started to see the hopeful side of those sad stories, like the woman who chased off the mean kids and coaxed the dog into her car, or the vet who stayed after hours to patch up a street cat who'd been injured, or the family who adopted an abused dog and lovingly taught her to trust again.
Thank you so much for creating petfinder.com - thanks to you I have a wonderful puppy named Sonia - she has made me so happy - I left most of the day. She is a cross between a great dane and lab. She was at a rescue place in Southern Il and without your website she would not have been mine. I lost 4 animals in 7 months - 2 cats and 2 dogs - all were above the age of 11. Thanks again - it is much appreciated.
Hi I would like to inform you that you have a spammer on your site. He goes by the name Wayne Richard. He contacted us about our add about Maggie. He is very pushy in emails and wont give you infomation about teh company he uses to move pets and so forth. I do not want this to happen to anyone else. Please let everyone know that a man by Wayne Richard is a spammer., Thankyou.
hello, i wanted to tell everyone that there are a ton of animals to chose from an i think its great. also i wanted to encourage if you want a kitten to look at lacy an her kittens. lacy is the best cat ever she is soooo SWEET! lacys babies are really adorable they love to play an wrestle. if i could i would love to keep them but i have two cats that dont get along. i really need to find them all great loving/caring homes so if you want a cat please look into them i need to find them homes kinda asap thanks have a great day=]
Hi Georgia, Petfinder is a place where thousands of shelters and rescue groups list their adoptable pets -- so you'd adopt from one of them, not from us. Each adoption group has its own policy, so your best bet is to contact the rescue group that has a dog you're interested in (their contact info is listed below the pet's description) and ask them whether they require adopters to have a fenced-in yard.
Im am hoping you can help My husband and i filled out an application over a month and sent an app. next day mail to silvar@ MsU.edu--MSU dog rescue NO ONE HAS EVEN ANSWERED OUR E-MAIL OR LETTER. WE ARE SO DISSAPPOINTED GEORGIE IS THE DOG WE INQUIRED ABOUT. WE HAVE BEEN GREAT DOG OWNERS. iAM A NURSE AND MY HUSBAND A MICH. STATE TROOPER WE HAD TO PUT OUR DOG OF 11 YRS TO SLEEP AND WE MISS HAVING ONE SO WE THOUGHT AN ADULT DOG COULD BEBFIT FROM A GOOD HOME. WE HAVE GRANDCHILDREN 11, 14,AND A CAT AND GEORGIE SEEM TO FIT THE PROFILE. i HOPE YOU CAN HELP THANK YOU BRENDA
I have a question about petfinder? I was told I can't adopt a dog from petfinders' unless I have a completely fenced in yard. Actually a friend told me that. However I live on almost an acre and I have always had dogs. I can't afford to put up a fence!! Is this true???