CITY DOGS — Local services in Cleveland

I met my forever friend at City Dogs. Look at my Princess Piper! This is a wonderful place to adopt pets, especially pitbulls. All of the dogs need homes, so stop here before any other place in the area. For $61, the 4-legged companions are chipped, spayed/neutered, flea/tick removal, and come with 30 day trial insurance and coupons!

The cages in the kennel are small and the dogs are in a high stress (loud barking, stale air) environment, so I was happy to take Piper from this environment. They do offer daily play groups daily for dogs, and each dog is walked at least once per day. If dogs need treatment it is provided during their stay.

It is somewhat hard to find—I’m not from Cleveland. It’s literally across the street from a huge power plant along a rocky road. Go left from the Tremont Lofts then turn right after that grassy part before you pass the gaseous oxygen “tank.”

The staff has treats available at the desk to give to dogs in the kennel, and they QUICKLY arrange you with a pet counselor to learn more about the dog and how compatible potential dogs will be with your lifestyle. There are two play parks to test the right fit for dogs.

Kelsey is one of the pet counselors, and she is AMAZING! She made my experience wonderful—she brought out the dogs I requested, gave impeccable advice, took me on short walks around the area with the dogs, and recommended a dog that would be a good fit for me. I fell in love with Piper at first sight! I plan to put her on a raw diet to keep her healthy and that coat SHININ’ SHININ’ SHININ’ SHININ’!

If you are looking for a dog, need a place to volunteer, or have extra dog food and toys to give, COME HERE! THIS IS WORTH THE DRIVE AND GAS EVEN IN THIS ECONOMY!!!

Do not waste your time trying to go to some shady adoption center with inattentive staff—word to the wise—if they treat potential adopters like trash I cannot imagine how they treat their pets. Do not support disorganized adoption centers—it’s a disservice to you and the dogs.

The people here at City Dogs are passionate about what they do. I met another pet counselor, whose name I do not recall, but she is slim built with long black hair—she removed any lingering stigma around pit bulls I had. She is a wonderful dog foster mom!

They even take family photos the day you adopt a dog!!!! Check out their Facebook page, and some dogs are listed on Petango. I am sure you will meet the pet of your dreams here like I did! Wonderful 10 star experience! I will be back to donate and will always recommend this...

I was looking into a 7 yr old pit there. I live in a rural community on an acre of land and two other dogs. We have small children who visit often and asked how he was with kids and felines...never got a response about that. After doing their questionnaire, I was told that a person would contact me about the dog I inquired about. I do have 1 unaltered male, who is still in the pup stage and made sure I listed that on the questionnaire and the preliminary email I sent when I saw this particular dog. And way before we even proceeded to talk about meeting the dog and setting up times (I have the emails to prove it). Today, I was told that he will not be placed in a home with another unaltered dog. On his bio it stated he gets along well with the other dogs, most of them if you look are UNALTERED. Yet, my only question was never answered and that is “is he good with kids and cats.” I found the whole situation to be “not right.” I have adopted animals before from shelters before and typically senior ones so they can live their best rest of their life. No wonder they have so many dogs. I feel they are not being very forthcoming and I am not good with that. I hope the dog I inquired about has a happy life in a...

The most sad and tragic place. The run down, dog kennel smelled of feces, wet dog, and lord only know what else. The staff was unprofesional an arugmentive. They bickered back and fourth amongst them selves about rules and policys. I was given information on the phone that was night and day to when I arrived. all that being said they attempted to "Shame " me that my dog was brought to the kennel. Giving me the bad dog owner speal , demanding to know the detials of why the my dog was brought to the kennel, well if you must know my dog likes to go to to the end of block to poop somethings, and there was a cop there who thought he was lost... insert unsolicated advice -- after paying all nearly 200 dollars, my dog was held in kennel on NYE and day the kennel was not open to the public. my dog returned home with Kennel Cough and a Deep whooping cough, while in the kennel my dog was in his own cage---- my dog littlerly became violently ill from just breathing the air in the kennel. addittional vet fees the entire experiance nearly 500 .... bc the dog was pooping 3 house ...