The Animal Foundation Review

This is the 2nd bully dog we've adopted in 12yrs. We look forward to Clinton living a long, happy, life as a protector of the #smithkingdom

One of the only places that will adopt out for free most times just to find dogs and pups a home. Great clean place that houses so many animals of all kinds that you just dont know how they do it. I have never been to a pound or rescue that is as sanitary and committed to animal welfare as this place. You can go during hours of operation and tour the entire expansive place uninterrupted like a zoo. It's very overwhelming to see how many animals are there that need homes so please don't forget to bring plenty of tissues. I cried the whole time but it was comforting to know that Las Vegas' s unwanted pets had a decent place to live until they find their destination!!! Go here/Adopt here!!

With the Covid-19 Pandemic it makes it very difficult to make an appointment to see any animal. I know in the past they were a wonderful place to work with. I hope everything will go back to normal someday.

I got my Little Pablo from this place and i m grateful every day that I have my little Chihuahua and he shows me love every day the staff were wonderful. Very kind and courteous they showed very much respect for all people with all the hopes of getting a pet and taking home a new family member

We re adopted a few animals from here now and we love it. The staff is very passionate about what they do and are always happy to offer assistance and answer questions. The facility is very clean and you can tell they care for the animals well. The adoption fees include vaccines, microchip, and spay/nurturing so I find it to be well worth the cost. They will offer refer you to various vets around town and your check up visit is covered. Our pets have saved our lives More then we have saved theirs

Because Animals Matter rescued Sugar for you all. I volunteer with them and adopted Sugar. She is the sweetest girl and is love by everyone.

While it makes me sad that any place has to be a kill Center the fact is that these good humans go the longest distance they can to reunite lost animals with their people, and find furever homes for those that don't have them. I am incredibly grateful to this organization for finding my kitty and taking care of her when some very bad people let her out while I was in the hospital.

Thank you for the free spay and neuter of our two kittens! You are awesome and caring

I love the fact that they are helping the animals good friendly staff as well clean stalls for the dogs

Like seeing the new construction but grossed out to see dead cockroaches in the treat buckets that the public uses.

Rude stagg in the part where you retrieve lost dogs.

I called asking for help and they won't answer simple questions very rude and is the 3 time I've been told that they won't do anything for my pets

Horrible, I hope your animal does not go here if lost. My dog has been lost for 11 months now. My 6 year old niece, my whole family and I were so happy we had found him. When we called to go pick him him they had already given him up for adoption. I asked what were the next steps all they said and i quote "there is nothing we can do now." I am devastated we lost a family member and i have no idea if hes in a good home or if hes even okay..

Well maintained beautiful place, and very affordable.

I adopted a dog there and they were running a special that as long as the dog or cat was over 6 months old it was free. When I picked him up the next day he had been fixed, been given a microchip, nails were trimmed, and he was given all of his shots. This did not cost me $0. 01!! All of the employees there are absolutely amazing and love animals more than you can imagine. They are not, I repeat this they are not a kill shelter. They will keep an animal there for two or three years until it's adopted. The only reason they would put down an animal is if it is a danger to itself or humans. This is the best place to adopt your fur baby and give him or her a forever home!

I made the decision to lay my cat to sleep yesterday due to illness and old age. The staff was very patient and compassionate. It is not an easy job to be around this level of deep sadness on a regular basis, and I want to say thank you to the staff for being kind.

I want to describe the experience for owners who have to make this decision:

During the pandemic, we park on the clinic side in the designated curb-side appointment parking spaces (orange signs). You call the number they post on the parking sign to let them know you've arrived. They bring paperwork to your car for you to sign. For Clark County cat euthanasia the cost is $10.

You have the opportunity to spend the last moments together in the Comfort Room where they can roam freely and you have privacy to say your final goodbye. The room has an ambient setting with dim light, soft music, a waterfall, treats, tissues, a hand washing sink and a display case of cremation packages from pet cremation companies they work with (La Paloma Pet Cremation and Craig Road Pet Cemetery).

When you are ready, you knock on a door opposite from the entrance of the Comfort Room. A staff member will take your pet from you, and you will be escorted to wait in the lobby. It felt like a 5-10 minute wait, but I'm not too sure. There are restrooms in the lobby if you need time alone.

Unfortunately, you cannot be beside them during the euthanasia. The euthanasia does not include a catheter or sedation. They find a vein, give an injection, and they sleep within 30 seconds. There are youtube videos of the same method if you need to mentally prepare yourself. The injection is a seizure medicine which in high doses will stop brain and heart function. It is unsettling to see, but it is painless for them.

After the euthanasia, you have the option to visit your pet's body one last time in private. They escort you back into the comfort room from the lobby, where they have now laid your pet on a table wrapped in a blanket. When you have finished your final viewing, you may exit toward the lobby on your own.

I chose La Paloma Pet Crematory and the prices start from around $100 and up. You will pay that company when you organize your pet's pick up from the Animal Foundation. The Animal Foundation has a 10 day holding period.

I hope this helps anyone who has to make this difficult decision for their pets.

Been working with them as a foster parent since 1995

Please give the nice dogs homes loving dogs they just didn't have the one I was looking for lwant a cavachon I always check from time to time to see if they have one everyone work there is friendly

Clean as can be expected. Staff are friendly and easy to approach!

Very compassionate staff. My baby(LUCY) Was comfortable , they helped the painful process go smoothly. Koodos to all of them.

Very fast and efficient. Great prices on the shots your pet needs!

They took good care of my dog as I was in a bad spot , can't say enough goid things about them thank you for taking care of my doggies !!

Adopted a cat from the animal foundation. The worker named Alise in the cat adoption area went above and beyond to help with the adoption. Very satisfied with my experience!

I had to euthanize my best friend Loki there today. They were helpful & compassionate.

Amy Cosner: They have this policy in effect, because when it is all said and done, they are still, at this time, a "kill" shelter. They want an appt to evaluate whether the animal can be placed, or whether there is a chance it will be killed at their facility. If you show up in person, they are more than "happy" to provide you with a list of organizations that can take your pet.

They are working on becoming a 100% no kill facility, but that will be after the expansion. There is only so much money to stretch for all animals there....anywhere. They want appts. to help save more animals lives.

Excellent service, it's a bit slow because of the situation, but they do a very good job

I Highly Encourage People To Adopt From This Shelter These Animals Need Loving Home's

Love this location. I try my best to support the locals and shelters as I can. Staff is amazing and so helpful.

The staff helped me pick the perfect buddy for my dog. They get along great and my older dog is much more active and not as bored. The Animal Foundation is soooo much better than their predecessor, Dewey Animal shelter.

Went to adopt a kitten but there were none available how ever the people inside where knowledgeable and informative.

I bought my cat here loving my cat and I like all of the animals there coming again soon

Many animals to choose from. Staff provides great assistance before and after adoption. Great referrals are given after adoption.

Bought my pup there seven years ago. They offer discount shot clinics every day of the week for 3 hours.

It is a very nice place for me because there he went to adopt my first puppy and now I am 10 years old and if I recommend it

I Adopted A 4 Month Old Rabbit For Our Daughter And We Had To Pay The Standard $25.00 Adoption Fee. They Also Had The Rabbit Spayed/Fixed And That Was Included As Well.

Very clean shelter! Awesome staff, we got our kitten cherry here! TIP: if you want a kitten get there when they open at 11. They go fast. Oh also they do have free adoption days too.

They have a fantastic and caring staff. Their low-cost clinic is exactly that very very low cost. The only downside is you must make an appointment and it does take about 2/3 months to get in.

Lots of dogs to choose from most of them were bigger dogs. They seem very well taken care of as each dog has their own cage and is in ac. I believe it is 50 per dog for adoption.

one thing I can say about the animal foundation is that they're amazing people. friendly, nice, awesome, cool, interesting, ect.. really I could just keep going but I adopted a puppy there, well, 8 years old but she's an angel to my wife and I. we've been trying to adopt cats for awhile but her and I just haven't come to a decision we can both agree on. if there was a more organized system... now wait don't get me wrong because they're amazing, truly are. I don't know the system but besides kitten separation from adult cats there doesn't seem to be any. i don't think that its right to organize cats by amount of fluff and fur they have but maybe by color? maybe by the current health. when i went in to look at them there were sick cats between healthy cats and i just think that might be a little bad... we wouldn't want a room full of sick cats then the kittens get sick.. i wish there was a suggestion box for customers and if there is already then more readily available... I'm sure I'm not the only one thinking it... i also have something with the dogs too. i understand theres a wall between two dogs but last time i was there i saw one dog try to bite another because his paw was through the the fence. now this wouldn't be a problem with small dogs but the ones that stand up tall it is. can we raise the board a little higher please? i know it may be a little more thought but what about separating the big dogs and small dogs? they just seem to be thrown into wherever theres space. if they did that then there wouldn't need to be tall walls everywhere, just where the tall ones are... if yall see this please respond on other ideas please.

This is just my experience in this place. We found a dog we wanted to adopt and we went through the paperwork process then the day we were supposed to pick up the actual owner showed up and was returned to then promptly. So they showed us another dog same thing happened and just frustrated with the experince. This is just my own I heard and seen people get their dogs and were happy about it.

Friendly staff, my girlfriend and I stopped by to bring in a run away! I hope they find his owner! Please micro chip your pets!!!

BAD EXPERIENCE FOR MILITARY VET FAMILY. NOT RECOMMENDED!

I chose this shelter because they advertise and honor military discount which is great. The shelter is also clean and top notch and I feel like they try to make their animals as comfortable as possible in this place. There also appears to be a pretty large selection of a variety of pets. I am not pleased because they wasted my valuable time. They advertised a particular puppy as adoptable and therefore I got my daughter's hopes up for a pet. We showed up at opening hour and went thru the procedures, and waited while they went and got the puppy. After eagerly anticipating some time with this potential pet, the manager comes out and states that the animal is no longer available because the original owner is considering taking the animal back and they put the ad online by mistake. So I wasted my morning and now am having to console my daughter that there will be no puppy visit today based on The Animal Foundation's website ineptitude. If you are considering an adoption from this place, adopter beware! Either make sure they are not going to lie to you and waste your time, or keep your (and your kids) expectation level very low.

Worst experience ..I try to adopt twice and fill out the papers and everything and at the end just receiving a call telling me that is not possible to adopt because the owner showed up after hundreds of years later..it was the owner or may be some friends of staff ..once can happend but twice??...if you guys put some animals in adoption just make sure they're able to walk out at the same time...no next day or couple of hours later...please don't put any animal if is not ready to take home....extremely dissapointed

I took a piece of my heart in to be Humanely Euthanized by the Animal Foundation today. Everyone I interacted with was completely professional and kind. They made a bad day, not worse. Thank you to everyone at the Animal Foundation!

Great place for low-cost vaccinations. They have a wide selection of adorable, adoptions.

This is a kill shelter and what's worse is the lousy low life staff will threaten to kill your animal. This happened to me when I called to see if they had a cat of mine. They did and proceeded to say if I didn't immediately give them a couple of hundred bucks my cat would be killed.

Staff was wonderful!! Fully explained everything and was attentive to my dog's needs. Affordable prices compared to other vet clinics. Make an appointment if you don't want to wait long hours!!!

They took care of my fur baby, he got the snip and some shots all for a reasonable price.

Best shelter in Las vegas. Brand new facility and wonderful staff

Because it is a high kill shelter but they also "save them "

I took my 5 month old puppy in at the end of October for her first set of shots. I asked multiple times if my paying covered everything and that I wouldn t have to pay any additional fees for vaccines on the next visit. I took her in today for her second set and was told I owed $30. Staff miscommunication here is absolutely horrible. The only ones who seem to know what they re doing are the ones administering the vaccines. I will not be going back.

I only went into cat trailer and the staff was really nice and helpful. They answered all my questions. I was able to adopt my beautiful girl Lucy (the all gray kitty) and she is great. Really healthy and well taken care of while in the shelter from what I can tell. I would adopt from them again.

drove 30 mins to look for an adoption. Unable to even get through the door and look at the animals. You have to make an appointment for one animal you have in mind. Just a heads up! Better luck off of Craig s list

The Animal Foundation is a great resource for animal lovers in Las Vegas. They offer a lot of different services, including free pet food and discounted services for owners of cats and pit bulls. They keep a photo database of all animals that they have in their care for care and convenience.

Cause they save our pets. But not enough customer service tech. If you need to ask questions, there is no one for information. I know that there where 12 same kind of dog like the one I had lost, but no one could tell me if they where adopted out & any status on them what so ever. So if my pet was there I just got to be praying I get him back

Adopted a kitten from here, the kitten and the conditions for the animals were good. However sometimes the staff can somewhat aggressive when answering questions, they come off a little rude.

I loooove this place, just adopted my babygirl for FREE

Such a great experience! I had some kitties that were left with me and the ladies at the lost and found were so helpful despite how busy they were.

Staff was very caring & helpful.. even with the situation that happened.. still helped to fullest.. thank u!

I love this place and these people they do great things for cats dogs animals altogether great people terrific people.

I normally go here for shots but I found they don't give the Leptospirosis shot which is needed if you hike with your dog. Other than that I have always used them. Very reasonable.

We adopted our loving puppy Benson from this shelter. He has been the light of our life. When you come here please dont expect excellent customer service or a smile. When I went to the adoption booth to ask about how to adopt Benson, they automatically assumed i wanted to put him away and asked if i dont like him. When I told the young woman that I wanted to adopt him she rolled her eyes and sat at the computer to proceed with the adoption. Then she grabbed the leash from me rudely and gave him to someone else. I asked what was going on upset that she took him and she said you cant take him today he needs to be neutered. That would have been nice to know before she snatched the leash from my hand. The people who run the adoptions are young and have a horrible attitude. Although I cant be mad at them because I found my adorable Black lab mixed Benson. He has been the smartest and playful dog that I have ever owned.

Adopted an abandoned 2-year-old Calico male!
1) Animals should be already spayed/neutered, healthy, and ready to go.
2) All animals should be taken for exercise/walks/playtime instead of feeling like prisoners constantly in a cage where they can't even move or stretch around.
They have feelings like we do and should "feel" safe and thankful they're indoors as well as respected too.

So clean & kind staff & volunteers @ this Non-Profit organisation. The best example of a rescue centre I have ever seen.

I've adopted 2 animals from this shelter and they both ended up sick a week later. i wish i could help all the dogs there, but this was my last time adopting from here.