Natalie's Second Chance No Kill Dog Shelter — Local services in Lafayette

I got my dog Tigger from this shelter, her formal name was Baby.

My dog was on death roll and got rescued by Natalie's crew. She also had a free hernia surgery done from Wild Cat clinic before adoption. She wasn't given a cone of shame post surgery and it resulted in a 200 dollar vet bill.

The initial stages with the dog was a nightmare, she had a lot of anxiety and was not well socialized. She was aggressive toward everybody except for us and had a lot of accidents in the house.

We thought about giving up numerous times but ended up keeping her. Now she is a wonderful dog, tiny but filled with athletic potential. She would hike 30 miles with us in 50 hours no problem! Or go on a 8 mile walk in two hours.

She rides nicely in the car, and is clear of genetic disease evident from a DNA test.

She is now great dog. When we first got her, she had fleas on her, so I recommend giving your dog a flea bath before taking it home. The wild cat clinic offers 10 dollar health worm tests so I also recommend getting that checked out before committing to your dog. My dog was perfectly healthy, and is getting a lot healthier after it has left the shelter.

The shelter staff tried as hard as they could to be helpful. They gave us a leash, two collars, and a huge bag of free food. The shelter was kind of familiar with my dog's temperament, as much as a dog filled shelter could.

We would absolutely consider getting a dog from Natalie's again. Even though we had to put A LOT of work into our dog because she was a deathroll dog possibly given up due to being poorly socialized and very fearful-aggressive, we appreciate her so much more now than we would toward a dog that was nice to begin with, because of all the progress she has made. She has came a long way and it is great to see how much a difference training can make in a dog that was almost killed if it wasn't for...

I have contacted this shelter twice to help re-home dogs. The first dog was a family pet that I was being forced to surrender by my husband. The second, just recently, was a young pit. Both times Natalie said there was no room in her facility. Neither time did I ask her to house the dogs. I only asked for help in re-homing. The first time Natalie said she would post photos of the dog to help out, but never did. She also did not respond to multiple messages regarding that dog. With the pit, she said she had no room and got nasty with me when I let her know this was the second dog for which I had tried to get help through her shelter. She started tooting her horn about how wonderful she is and told me I needed to volunteer with her so I would have a better understanding of her facility. Excuse me? I am trying to re-home this dog because her previous owner was threatening to abandon or shoot her. But I'm the bad guy? No, Natalie. Just no. Volunteer, donate, advocate for ANY other shelter in this town, but not this one. Poor, poor attitude and refuses to listen to what the dog needs. One star only because the system wouldn't let me give...

This is honestly a great place although it could use better workers and be kept up better. I appreciate what she is trying to do for these dogs. Also, for who I saw say it would be better for them to be put down think about it this way would it be better to put down homeless people instead of trying to give them what you have? I wouild like if everyone could think about thaty because they are animals but they have feelings the same way that people do yes they could have it better, but she is doing what she can for them. There are homeless people that have such a strong bond with their animals that they keep them with them and they split every meal with them. They do whatever they can to provide for the animals they love and that is what she is doing. She is trying her best to take care of these animals so they don't end up dead or on the streets like so many do. If you have a problem with the way things are being kept there maybe volunteer there and help her out get more volunteers so the place can be better for the...