Dorothy H. O'Connor Pet Adoption Center, Victoria TX

Absolutely amazing staff and workplace! I had to make the heart wrenching decision to put my 17 year old childhood dog to sleep and the vet suggested to go to Dorothy O’ Connor pet adoption to have him cremated. They made the whole process as peaceful as they could. The sweet lady at the front desk helped me through it all, from picking out a scatter tube for my fur babies ashes to his paws being engraved, to being able to say my last goodbyes. They really show how much they care and the heart for the animals and people alike. Definitely recommend this place to adopt or have your fur baby in your heart forever.

Very unprofessional, they let my daughter play with the dog and she was into both my son and daughter. Then in the end someone whom I assumed was spying on us in the waiting room said no. Obviously they could care less about a child heart being broken. Guess race does play apart in pet adoption, aka in Victoria County. They should be ashamed of themselves. But rest asure, God knows and sees everything done in evil intent.

My fiancé and I adopted two puppies on Friday November 13th 2020. This was our first time adopting from Dorothy O’ Connor, and our first time adopting ever from a shelter. When we adopted both dogs we were super excited, the staff went over all of the necessary paperwork- so we thought. When we got the dogs home, one began showing signs of sickness like diarrhea and coughing. We assumed it was because of the new environment and we blew it off. As the days passed the dog progressively got worse, and so did his brother. We started reviewing the paperwork from Dorothy O’ Connor and as we started reading further into their health history, we noticed they both had a history of illnesses such as parvo and giardia. The dog was already sick when we brought him home, and we thought it was super unprofessional for Dorothy O’ Connor to let us adopt him while he was showing symptoms of illness. Had we known the dog was sick we definitely would have thought twice before adopting him. We wish Dorothy O’ Connor would have disclosed all of their health history to us before letting us adopt. It was hard bringing home two puppies, but we knew the work it was going to take. What we did not sign up for was taking care of two sick puppies, both dogs after seeing the vet needed tons of medications each. Dorothy O’ Connor did pay for the vet bills and all the medications. However, it was very overwhelming for my fiancé and me. Moreover, my fiancé has two family dogs and she assumed it was safe to take the new puppies to meet them for several play dates while we had them. Both of my fiancé’s dogs came down with the same illness the puppies had in the following days. We ended up surrendering the puppies back to the shelter, it became too much work caring for two sick puppies. We have never adopted before but we assumed we were paying for two healthy dogs, we each spent $250 for a total of $500 – not to be refunded. We have never returned dogs to a shelter, and this destroyed my fiancé and I because we got super attached to the puppies, but with all the medications and then with our family dogs getting sick it just became super frustrating. We are writing this review in hopes we can warn potential adopters who adopt from Dorothy O’ Connor to be sure to ask about your potential new pet’s health records and if they are currently showing any signs of illness. We don’t want anyone else going through what we went through, now we are terrified to adopt from the shelters as this whole experience has left us very unsettled.

Jennifer and the rest of the staff are nothing short of amazing. Very clean environment, all animals are happy, healthy and loved!

Please remember adopt, don’t shop. This place is excellent! They do so much with the community, they do everything for their animals and they are kind and very helpful. I got my cat and dog from here, they are healthy and happy! Please shop from here!