Forever Home Rescue New England

Emily McIlree

Very thorough application process, they communicated speedily and we were approved! After chatting with the foster and deciding to adopt, they were super quick to get the dog on transport to the northeast and we were meeting him a week later! Definitely recommend this rescue for your next furry friend.

Alicia Simonds

I've had both positive and negative experiences with Forever Home, and because of this, have very mixed feelings about the organization (that's why I deducted a star). A disclaimer, though, if this shelter will adopt to you, please work with them! Animals come first, and this review is mainly to give them feedback in areas that they could improve upon. This is strictly my account of a personal experience. Positive first -- we adopted our Shepherd-Rotweiller mix from them about ten years ago, and he was the absolute love of our lives. He was truly the best dog and best thing that could have ever happened to us, and for that, we are grateful to Forever Home Rescue. I would also like to add that in dealing with them, I have dealt with some of the rudest, most egocentric people I have ever met in my life. I truly believe that shelters should prioritize finding loving, safe homes for their animals, but instead, I think a lot of it is about ego and trying to degrade and shame others -- it's very strange. I think they've mixed up their missions. Like I said, we adopted our dog, Shep, from this organization ten years ago. I went back a year later after bringing him home and was interested in adopting another dog. I was accused of lying, to the point of bringing me to tears, of having adopted a dog from the organization and therefore I was not allowed to adopt another. I was degraded and humiliated in front of other people. A few days later, I received a phone call from a woman meekly apologizing to me and telling me she had found record of my dog that I had adopted and asked if I was still interested in adopting. I wasn't, mostly because I had found another shelter to adopt to me (the first one I applied to after Forever Home -- funny, isn't it?), but also because I wasn't interested in an organization that treated people this way. Even if I had not adopted a dog from you before, why would it matter? Shouldn't you be more concerned with finding animals loving, wonderful forever homes -- like in your namesake? I'm writing this review today because I, again, wanted to adopt another dog after losing two of mine over this last year. Another shelter called my vet and told me that I got an absolutely "glowing" recommendation, and in addition, perfect personal recommendations -- but it's not good enough for this shelter. It's really a shame that they do this and keep dogs from finding forever homes, and in turn, have less space to help other dogs in need. Would probably not recommend unless you fit their "standards" that determine how much respect they will give you. It's really very disappointing that they treat people this way. I can't remember the woman's name who publicly (and wrongly) humiliated me, but if it helps, I believe that she might have been a veterinarian and someone who had a main hand in running the shelter. It's also worth noting that she wasn't even the one who called back to apologize -- it was someone else. Very embarrassing. It was like dealing with a child who was having a temper tantrum. Really looking forward to adopting my next forever dog from a shelter who prioritizes their animals and also is respectful to human beings :)

Kim

They helped us get our new pup who came up from Arkansas. Friendly staff. Would use them again when it comes time to add another pup to our family.

Ashley

We adopted our now 2 yr old Australiann Cattle Dog pup here in 2018 and we're now looking to adopt a 2nd rescue dog from them! They're professional, affordable, rescue dogs from the south, quick to respond, etc. They truly love their dogs and diligently check out each potential adopted prior to approval. I highly recommend adopting with them! Thank you for our furever pup!!