Petfinder - Adopt a Pet

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About this app

Ready to find your fur-ever? Petfinder makes it easy to adopt a dog, adopt a cat, or find other furry or scaly friends. Search dogs, cats, puppies and kittens for adoption from thousands of shelters and rescue groups. Filter based on location, breed, age, size and gender. And find the perfect pet for you.

Petfinder is home to hundreds of thousands of adoption and foster organizations across the country, including cat and dog rescue groups focused on specific breeds like Labrador Retrievers, German Shepherds, French Bulldogs, and Beagles, just to name a few.

New! Find a pet from photos. Our new visual search feature allows you to upload a photo of a pet and search for similar-looking dogs or cats across the country.

Includes resources that no other app has to help find the best pet for you. Learn more about hypoallergenic dogs, small dog breeds, hairless dogs, and the best dogs for kids. View the most common cat breeds and find articles about hairless cats, hypoallergenic cats, cutest cat breeds, and the best cat breeds for families.

- Browse one of the largest sources for adoptable cats, dogs, rabbits, birds, horses, fish and more
- Filter based on pet characteristics and lifestyle preferences to find the right pet for you
- View photos and videos of adoptable dogs and cats
- Share adoptable pet profiles with friends or poll your family on which pet to adopt
- See details on how you might match up with a pet
- Contact shelters quickly and easily to start the adoption process

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Ratings and reviews

I've never used an app before that actively fights against you, but I guess there's a first time for everything. It's tough to log in initially because the app blocks your sign-in attempts, even after verifying that "Yes, I am the account holder". You can't search for pets, because the app crashes every time. You can't follow any links to the app, because the app either crashes or ignores the link altogether. You can view the Home screen, your Favorites, and your Account - that's about it.

Honestly, the mobile website works much better than the app does. If I tap on the search bar at all, the app crashes and closes every time. Adjusting distance doesn't do anything either. I set it to within 100 miles of where I live and then it shows dogs from California, when I live in Alabama. Location enabled in both phone settings and app settings and it still says "location not enabled." Needs a lot of work.

I love this app and I will rate this again once it's fixed. But every time I click the search bar it just takes me out of the app and closes it. The app has a bug. Also I clicked on other things without using the search bar, but I clicked use location and it says that I didn't give permission but I did give permission for my location. I even checked in settings. Also another thing to improve on is when you find one dog breed mixed with another dog breed you can only click on the first one and yo

What's new

Hello PetFinder friends! We’re working hard to improve your pet seeking experience. Included in this release:
Updated sign up consent statement
Remember Me sign up and login option to stay logged in for 30 days
myPurina in-app promotion
Removal of search by picture feature