Chewy Review

Wednesday, July 16th

2025 Pet Adoption Site Reviews

Chewy

• Search engine for adoptable cats and dogs
• "Chewy Gives Back" program supports animal shelters and rescue groups
• Provides videos of cats and dogs for a better understanding of their personality
• Allows filtering of pets by personality traits
• Detailed age categories for filtering
• One-stop-shop for all pet essentials like food, toys, and medications
• Easy-to-navigate website
• High-quality service with an "A+” rating from the Better Business Bureau

Chewy is dedicated to assisting animal shelters and rescue groups in finding permanent homes for every pet. Through their program, "Chewy Gives Back," they actively support these organizations to do even more. Chewy is recognized for their great service with an "A+” rating from the Better Business Bureau, although that will be less relevant to you if you're only using their adoptable pet search tool.

Watch a short video of a cat or dog

Chewy only lists cats and dogs for adoption from shelters and rescues in their network - meaning you'll be giving a forever home to a truly needy pet. Select which one (cat or dog) you're considering, then enter your zip code or city. The result page will show you the pet's name, age, gender, breed, location, and whether or not there's a video of them available. We loved the video feature - it was more useful than just a photo in giving us a feel for their personalities, and even how they interact with other animals or people.

Filter by personality trait

The filtering features on Chewy are unique. This is one of few sites we've found that lets you filter the pet by their personality traits - like happy, loving, friendly, tame, athletic, spunky, and more. You can also filter by age, which gets more granular here than some sites that only go as far as "puppy/kitten” "adult” and "senior” categories. On Chewy, adult dog categories are broken down to 1-5 years and 5-7 years. The adult cat categories follow suit. You can also filter by size, whether the animal is good with kids/other cats/other dogs, coat color, and more. Add pets to your favorites to come back to them later.

Read pet bios to find out how to take them home

The level of detail in each pet's bio will vary depending on how much information the shelter or owner chose to provide, but you can generally expect to find the shelter adoption fees, their contact information, the pet's story, and more photos and videos of them. If a shelter has special instructions for how to take a pet home, they'll include them here, too.

Get cat and dog essentials from Chewy

Chewy is a one-stop-shop for new pets. Chewy encourages you to use their website to shop for everything you could need for a new cat or dog, from food to toys to Rx medications. Shelters and rescues near you can also create wish lists with Chewy, and pet-lovers like you can purchase items on the list for their canine and feline residents.

Two paws up

Chewy's site is easy to navigate, and we appreciate their mission to help shelter cats and dogs (if you're looking for pets of the small-and-furry or feathered variety, though, you'll need to look elsewhere). We especially enjoyed the video feature for pets and the ability to filter by personality. The only additional thing we might like to see is a sorting feature for animals at risk of euthanasia. Overall, Chewy earns a good rating from us.