P.A.W.S. Animal Adoption Center

h8yners

Wonderful staff matched an adoptee ( Buttercup now know as Tessa ) with our current dog, Tucker (tan). They are best friends! Thank you P.A.W.S. !

Amber Peters

My families cat was stolen by their neighbor and brought to paws. They had called paws within the 48 hours and was told to check their site but then were told the site was down. Now they have to apply to re adopt their cat but weren’t given the chance to really claim their animal. That’s cruel. Great job!

Sal Dicky

You all seem caring + think of the animals +people who need these sweet creatures that need their own humans +it works to keep older folks keep going +have a family when they have none, hairy family members are the best,All God's true gift to us, to give us our big smiles open our faces to the warmth to our money older hearts that need them,, we are waiting for that Ring phone for our. Happiness again,😀🤗😍🥰🐕🐩🐈🐆👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Heidi Hoeckel

I adopted a young dog last fall whom was thought to be malnourished. Very skinny. Had high content of hookworms found out after I adopted him. Then found he had a hard time keeping up playing with dogs even though he wasn't even a year old. He got out of breath and stopped to pant. My vet did blood work first and all was fine. Next did x-rays as she wondered if he was in pain. She randomly took an x-ray of his abdomen and found his organs were in his chest. He had chronic diaphragmatic hernia. I adopted him this way from PAWS. He was hit by a car as a younger puppy I found out. He needed a risky abdominal surgery or else his life would be shortened. I loved him and wanted to save him. Surgery done by experts in Portland estimated bill at $6000. My friend set up a GoFundMe page to help me save my dog. I asked PAWS if they could help. All they did was offer a few resources of organizations who could help whom I already had applied for assistance from. Nothing else. I took my dog to Portland Emergency Vet Clinic for surgery. He had complications the next day. Surgeon wanted to do another exploratory surgery to see why so much air was coming out of his chest tube. Had to come up with an additional $6000. Asked PAWS again if they could help out of desperation. They only gave me well wishes for a speedy recovery for my dog. I put so much effort and money and I couldn't stop. I took out an emergency loan. Surgeon couldn't find any leak in a lung or anything wrong after second surgery. Then I got a call an hour later saying my dog had passed away. PAWS adopted out a dog with a MAJOR medical condition that he obtained when he was younger in Texas as I found out he was hit by a car. I asked the director if they would consider waiving an adoption fee for me to have another dog since the one I adopted FOUR months ago died and the answer was "NO". I recently ran into someone affiliated with PAWS whom asked me how my dog was. Shocked, I told her the story and she had no idea. PAWS did not even share my Gofundme page amongst the staff and people there! I had shared it via email. She felt bad and had tears which created tears on my end. She contributed personally to help me with my loan payment. Her generosity touched my heart. I have since adopted a dog from Pope Memorial Humane Society in Thomaston. They were extremely helpful and kind. They will cover a recheck test for heartworm on my dog since he was positive at their cost. If by chance, he was still positive even though treated before adopted out, they will cover the treatment cost. They care about the animals. Pope provided a much better experience. I don't think I will ever get over the trauma I went through in losing my young dog who was only a year old.