Loving Heart Animal Shelter

Lauren Coughlin

We adopted a kitty last May and we absolutely LOVE her! She was in a foster home for awhile and they did a great job with her because we have four young children and she’s fantastic with all of them! She truly loves all of us and we love her!!

Jennifer Delp CHOOCH

Kelly at Loving Heart could not be a more kind,compassionate, and overall wonderful person. She did everything to help us foster Yoshi. We had hoped to adopt, but just was not meant to be. She was gracious enough to not make me feel horrible about bringing him back- which was not a decision made lightly. We hope to definitely adopt from them when we can. The care they give is top notch. The ladies re absolute angels!

Jean Crocker

We tried to call twice before coming to the shelter, during business hours, and neither call was picked up. We drove out to try and find somewhere to take a cat, and a woman working there, potentially the owner, came out of the building before we had even gotten to the door to ask if we were bringing back a cat, and when we explained no, she informed us they didn’t have room. Sorry, but it’s extremely rude business practice. Not knowing what cats you have, what people have adopted from you, assuming we’re returning an animal, and cutting us off before we even got into the building to get us to go away. I’d leave a one star, but I didn’t even get in the building to see what the interior of the place was like, so I can’t make judgement.

Nick

My opinion of Loving Heart Animal Shelter is noted by the rating and the last two paragraphs. The rest below is a description of the process that my wife and I personally went through for anyone who is interested. We were looking to adopt our first dog and this shelter was the third shelter in Lafayette we looked at. We went in and were greeted by an employee at the desk. They asked us what we were looking for in a dog. We explained our preferences. They showed us some dogs, all of which looked healthy, that matched the criteria for what we were looking for. The dog we wanted to adopt had just arrived at the shelter that day and we were the first ones to see her. They explained that even though we would be the first ones to fill out an adoption application for the dog, the shelter would wait several days for more applications because they go by "best fit" rather than "first come, first serve." Several days later, we were informed that we seemed to be the best fit and we scheduled a home visit where a Loving Hearts shelter employee would bring the dog to our home and see how she did and do a quick check of the property for any issues. They showed up with the dog, found no issues, answered a bunch of questions I had, and finalized the adoption. They told us if there were any problems, concerns, or more questions, we could stop by the shelter, email, or text them. They gave us a recommendation for a trainer, who we used and were happy with. We took the dog to the vet that the shelter used for spaying and they were great and excited to see the dog again. I believe Loving Heart's "best fit" idea is how it should be done in order to give the best chance of a forever home being successful. I compare this to a different shelter we went to where they told us for $30 dollars and one page of basic paperwork, I could walk out with any dog I wanted with no questions really asked to see if it would even be a good idea. This all happened almost 5 months ago and as I am typing this, my adopted dog is asleep next to me with her head on my wife's lap. My wife and I couldn't be happier.