We hosted an incredible fundraiser adoption event with Reach Rescue. The space is a perfect blank…read morecanvas to add personal touches. We arranged catering and entertainment that perfectly complemented the program. The space easily accommodates 100+ people, and it was a fantastic experience. Thank you to the volunteers who run the program and all they do for our community. Over 5,600 dogs have been successfully partnered with their forever home with the essential help of Reach Rescue.

Cannot say enough good things about this entire process with Reach Rescue, they are amazing and…read morewe're so blessed to have found Olaf and bring him into our family....thank you Reach Rescue!!

We adopted our puppy from Placing Paws in February of 2025. The process was smooth, communication…read morewas excellent, and we were able to take our puppy home the day we met her at her foster. I would highly recommend them to anyone looking to rescue a dog or cat. They are passionate about their work, and we have an irreplaceable member of our family.

Given my experience with Placing Paws Rescue it seems that this place has improved vastly since…read moreother Yelpers posted. The website description of the dog that we eventually adopted was clear and accurate. Also, the adoption coordinator and the foster family provided all the pertinent information I needed when I spoke with them. I felt reassured in the knowledge that I was getting the complete, not-sugar-coated picture of my future family member. Perhaps best of all, I received a text from the adoption coordinator within 24 hours of submitting my application! I could not have asked for a better experience with a pet rescue.

Horrible. Drove an hour for my 7 year old to see some cats and was told to come after 1. No…read moresympathy as my daughter openly wept

I was Looking to adopt an older cat after my one cat passes away. I filled out the application and…read morehad a phone interview and was able to setup an appointment. I went to the appointment and was taken in the cat room. Only one cat was loose. All the other cats were in enclosures. I asked the age of the cat I was interested in. The young Women said 9. I said that's great because my cat at home is 8. Then she said the cat has to be the only cat in the home. The cat's bio on their site said he is good with cats. Another Cat I asked about that was said to be friendly she said he bites and I cannot look at it. Cat looked friendly to me. Not one cat in the room was adoptable. When I asked why I was not told in my interview about the cats she said the people that do the interviews don't know about the animals. I feel I was discriminated against because of my age. I just turned 70.

I cannot say enough about the prompt attention I was given from my first phone call regarding a…read morestray cat having had kittens issue. They provided me with information and came out to access the situation and set up traps for the Feral cats and rescued the kittens (which I was happy to take one home). What an incredible calling of sorts - by people who truly care about their community and just want to control the continued, unnecessary over population of cats !

I adopted a cat from Fat Cat Rescue and spay and stay is the vet who performed her spay, vaccines…read more and microchipping. I called afterwards for some information that my landlord needed about her vaccinations and spoke directly with the vet, and she was very kind and informative about the spay procedure that she performed and the vaccinations that my cat received. I may use this vet's regular office for future services but she is kind of far away. I love the work that she does for Fat Cat and all of the other local rescues that she works with! I highly recommend Spay and Stay.

Terrible 'rescue'. Is fine with taking your money, then offers NO support after adopting the…read moreanimal. They are IMPOSSIBLE to reach. Will not answer their phone, messages, email. One of the emails on their website even came back as saying it doesn't exist. They also make you spay or neuter your pet WAY too young, that should have been a first red flag.

They sell puppies to people, knowing that they are not well. When the people call to get assistance…read morefor their sick dog, they calls go on ass and problem goes unsolved. I would never recommend this place to anyone.

Excellent, healthy dogs. Karen is a wonderful, funny lady to work with and very reliable. I…read morerecommend her dogs to anyone looking for a Frenchie.

3 stars since we did not purchase a puppy from her, but did find her very communicative and her…read moreenvironment tidy for the puppy. Karen was a recommendation to me since we've been interested in bringing a French Bulldog puppy into our home. Karen is not a breeder, but is a middle-person who brings puppies into Illinois from surrounding states. I guess you could consider her a "Puppy Broker". The origin of her puppies from what she told me is they come from out of state breeders and are AKC. She has also been working with these breeders for several years. We scheduled an appointment to meet Karen and the puppy. Karen was friendly and her home was a very tidy environment. The puppy area was spacious, had toys and a puppy bed. Karen answered all our questions. She also takes pride in her clientele, some of whom are public figures that she proudly displays their photos and thank yous. The puppy was adorable! She let us play with him for a while as we asked her questions. Karen gets three stars based on our positive experience with her and our newness to bringing a puppy into our home in this capacity. Neither one of us has ever worked with a Breeder or Middle-person like Karen. The reason we chose not to get a puppy from Karen is we decided to go with an actual Breeder where we could know and understand the lineage better. With Karen not being the breeder, this was something she was unable to provide. If a true breeder is not a deal breaker for you, I encourage you to contact her and see if she is a match for you and your puppy needs.

Very nice staff and the place is pleasant there so many options to choose from between dogs and…read morecats and I adopted a cat in the second photo and the cats are fun to play with and very good place they have rooms for the dogs and cats 5star

Most amazing shelter we went to, its were we got our cat chiquis and couldn't be happier. It's such…read morea warm and caring environment so I really really recommend adopting from here!

When God created earth he planned on this shelter to be a part of the landscape…read more The people who are here are doing amazing work. Mostly volunteers There are so many fur babies both cat and dog that need forever homes. I had the pleasure of coming in to an event where we returned unclaimed cash valued at over $200,000 that was being held in the states unclaimed property section that was left by a lake county resident So great to be here and help out the shelter and these beautiful dogs and cats Remember fur babies are gifts to us and deserve the best. If you can, please come by and take a fur baby home for the rest of their life. They deserve to be loved and spoiled

BUYERS BEWARE! The management does not stand behind their adoptions. They sold us a sick kitten,…read moreyounger than they said, cost $300. Three days later we took him to our Vet for assessment and meds, over $200. Management basically said its my problem. We've adopted from OOTS twice before. But now we're done with them.

Dr Heather Johnson is a caring practitioner. She successfully diagnosed Bailey's skin allergy and…read morecured the problem. We are very grateful that our doggy is now "scratch free"!

We really appreciate everything that Dr. Johnson did for our cat. He was diagnosed with sarcoma,…read moreand there was not much we could do, but she was able to give our cat another half a year of an amazing life. There is no way to express our sadness because our cat is gone, but even in his last moments at the hospital when we arrived for euthanasia, everything was very respectful and peaceful.

Yesterday was the third time we've needed Dr. Jessica to release one of our dogs. Dr Jessica is not…read moreonly compassionate, but she's caring & very competent. We never feel rushed through this process. She let's us take all the time we need. I almost forgot to mention one of the other benefits of in home euthanasia: We have other dogs in our family. After Dr Jessica puts my girl to rest, we have our other dogs come in to say goodbye. My other guys know exactly where their pack mate went. They're not confused & they don't wander around the house looking for their family member. The comfort this brings them is priceless. If you're in need of this service, do call them & request Dr. Jessica. She makes a very difficult time just a bit easier. I highly recommend her!

We recently had Dr. Jessica come to our house after our 15 yr old dog was diagnosed with terminal…read moreissues. You could not possibly ask for a kinder person to help through this process - she explains everything thoroughly, does not rush the process and was great with follow up communication as she even returned our dogs ashes to us in about a week. Would without a doubt recommend her to anyone in need of in home euthanasia.