Companions Animal Center, formerly Kootenai Humane Society - Hayden, Idaho

Diego Reggiardo

Hermoso lugar ❤?... Dignidad absoluta para el cuidado de las mascotas. Me encanta ?

Tim Peterson

We had a stray cat who showed up seriously injured one winter. He was scared and really hurt. We put out food but he didn't trust anyone. Over a couple of years, yes years, he slowly started trusting us. He really grew on me, but we would only see him maybe once every week or so. Sometimes we would see he had fresh wounds.

We nicknamed him Job, after the long-suffering Job if the Bible. He even had trouble eating and breathing due to past injuries. We finally managed to take him in to be checked out. I dropped him off here one day. The next day I called to see how he was doing and what they found. I was informed he had far more serious injuries than what could be seen. He was in constant pain and they could do nothing for him. He was laid to rest.

It broke my heart, this cat, who was always hurt, always sweet, always scared. He was so important to me. I am still sad and it's been 2 years now. I am saying all this so that you understand how real it is when I say the ONLY comfort I have from all this is that, due to my other interactions with those who work here, I know that he was cared for during his last day here. He was not simply dismissed. They did what they thought was best, and they did it with kindness and compassion in their hearts. I personally cannot give higher praise than that.

robin bassett

Supper kind and helpful . Also I got the cutest dog ! Mr sir PorkChop ( use to be Gremlin before I adopted him ) had them for a year and two months, and I wouldn’t trade him for the world

Rose Hicks

My family had a very good experience adopting our sweet girl, Bailey Rose from this shelter. She is the perfect dog; easy to train, loyal, loving, and she gets along with every adult, child, and animal she meets. Kootneai Humane society rescued her as a 5 month old pup from a shelter in Texas where she would've been killed. It breaks my heart to think that someone would have wasted this precious girls life. She is now 9 months old and she is my best friend, she goes with me everywhere and is beginning service training

Shelby Moreno

I brought in a kitty I rescued a little while back and Tessa was very knowledgeable on the next steps to take and definitely gives you the best options for you and your furry friend. I have another kitty I rescued recently and I will be bringing him in to her as well! Really a nice facility.

Michelle Washburn

I can't say enough good things about Companions. They care, the staff is amazing, they look out for the well being of every animal that comes in. Jess is wonderful, all the staff there are, you can tell they love what they do. ❤️

Kenna M.

We've been kitty owners since 2011 when we got our first pet. She was a stray, and from there, we've taken care of the neighborhood stray cats and have kept many as our pets. With the very recent loss of our two first cats back to back, one from sickness and old age, and the other from surgery complications, there was such a heavy emptiness. We've been long time supporters of CAC (when it was still KHS too!) and I am very proud to say today was the first time we adopted a shelter cat! We went in Tuesday to donate some food and see the kennel we adopted. There was a lanky fluffy black kitty who was gripping onto me through his kennel, and I knew in my heart he had to be ours. We went home, and after a bit of deliberation, decided to bring the sweet boy into the family. I made the appointment and we officially adopted him today, February 24th, 2024 and he's adjusting wonderfully already and is such a lovebug! The experience was fantastic and it filled my heart with so much joy seeing how passionate the staff are about animals. It was a very quick and easy process too, and since he's an elderly gentleman, didn't cost much. Welcome home Billi, we love you so much already.

Doreen Salisar

These people seem to think they are the only ones who can possibly understand dog behavior no matter how much experience a family may have, so they will determine whether or not you will be allowed to adopt a dog based on what they believe is a good fit. My family has dealt with multiple different behavior issues and would not have long term issues with any dog. I have never returned an animal or given it away in all my 54 years and only feed our dogs the best quality air dried food available, at quite a cost. That little dog would have had a wonderful, loving life with us. I find it extremely offensive that these people get to have that kind of control. We were never treated this way when it was the Humane Society. They were happy to have people wanting to take pets home. I am disgusted by management. Do yourself a favor and find a free dog that needs a good home (Craigslist) instead of giving these control freaks the time of day. Vicki