Petfinder.com

As soon as we had a place with a yard five years ago, I began looking in shelters for a dog to adopt.
We found our beloved dog Flash (previously named «Stitch,» but he didn’t know his name) on
. Just from the description of him «1-​year-​old neutered male Rhodesian Mix, friendly, loves to play ball»), we drove to the East Bay to meet him. He was in a kennel of his angel foster mom, a shelter employee with a huge heart who takes dogs who would be euthanized and brings them to kennels in her garage, and posts them on
.
Flash was pretty hyper — not exactly what we had in mind, but we fell in love. We are grateful to the lovely woman who saved our dog’s life and
for making it possible for us to find him.
I like that it’s easy to search for the right animal for you based on:
+ Type of animal (Barnyard, Bird, Cat, Cog, Horse, Pig, Rabbit, Reptile, or Small & Furry)
+ Breed
+ Age (Baby, Young, Adult, Senior)
+ Size (Small, Medium, Large, Extra-​Large)
+ Location
This «temporary home of 299,949 adoptable pets from 12,204 adoption groups» is a great website.