Hi Vanessa - I recently received an email from Petfinder stating they are aware of all the issue we are having and they are working on a fix.
The thing I have seen the most for our rescue is that dogs who were adopted 3+ years ago were showing up as available.
The email I received said if you go in and make manual changes, those changes will be deleted the next time your pet profiles are updated from whatever software you use to create your profiles. If you make the necessary changes in that software, they SHOULD be okay in Petfinder.
Honestly, I'm not a huge fan of Petfinder only becasue of the issues I had getting our pets exported from Petstablished to Petfinder, but I did find my dog on Petfinder so I felt it was worth the extra effort.
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Nancy Kaniewski
Volunteer Fundraising Coordinator
Just Giants Rescue, Inc.
IL
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Original Message:
Sent: 12-09-2025 10:26 AM
From: Vanessa Cruz
Subject: Petfinder Updates 12/2/2025
As of now, everything that we have gone in and corrected has been deleted.
What rescue group are you posting on? We are looking for social media groups. Someone mentioned checking out Reddit. I am unfamiliar with Reddit in that capacity. I will be doing a lot of research. We will be focusing on Adopt-A-Pet for now as well.
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Vanessa Cruz
President
For Pet's Sake Rescue
MS
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Original Message:
Sent: 12-08-2025 03:22 PM
From: Anonymous Member
Subject: Petfinder Updates 12/2/2025
This message was posted by a user wishing to remain anonymous
Hi
It's been a nightmare.
Destroyed something that worked so good.
Since they gone down the hill, adopt a pet got so much better, and we also post on rescue group and it's being distributed to many many other websites.
Still, we're sorry about losing Petfinder.