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February 2024 by Dan Anheuser
If you have a job and work outside the home, you are not good enough to adpot a pet from this place. You cannot leave one of their puppies home alone. Your love is not good enough for them.
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December 2023 by Renee McGovern
My Father adopted a dog years ago. He never took care of the dog, my Mom did.My Mom passed 5 years ago. Since then, the dog has not been to the Vets except for surgery for an infection on her gums that he never even noticed. I took care of this and got the money for the surgery.My Father is now 88 yrs old, blind,deaf and has Dementia.I called this place, explained the situation and asked for help. My thought was for them to take the dog back due to neglect and allow me to adopt her and legally take over her care.But the woman said she was afraid of being sued.So the dog will have to stay neglected.This place needs to stop accepting strays,adopt out the dogs that they have and close their doors. The dog is now 12 yrs old and in a worse position then when she was first adopted.I offered a solution to the problem and was refused so the neglect will continue...
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September 2023 by valentina gasparro
Best organization ever !!!!!!! I adopted my pup from them last year and it’s made my life so much happier with my new pup — very caring rescue organization — they are the best!!!! I will definitely use them again in future —highly , highly recommended
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August 2023 by Larry Dressel
Years ago we got 2 dogs from them and it was good. This time no so much. It was a very hot humid day and we sat outside with one dog we were interested and having fun with her, Then the dog's sister was brought out and the 2 dogs were so busy chasing each other around that they ignored us. Then the other owner came out and thought we were not a good fit because we were not showing attention to the dogs, when it fact they were too busy chasing each other around. The owner said she would get back to us when they made a decision but she didn't. she sold the dog to some one else without telling us and giving us a chance to see the dog again. Very disappointing.
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March 2023 by Jessy
First of all I had the same experience these other bad comments had....Shari was horrible to work with. Extremely rude, i literally had to beg to be approved. Second, we adopted our dog from here 11 Years ago and I'm blown away that 90% of the puppies look similar and similar to my dog. They gave us the breeders information and photos of his parents. I find this very suspicious. Where are they getting these puppies from? We went to her house to adopt him and they brought my puppy from out back somewhere, he was absolutely filthy. And I've worked with many rescues across the country throughout my career, and NO reputable rescue would ever allow littermates to be adopted together. Period. Don't support this "rescue."
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January 2023 by Catherine Stillwell
I was getting discouraged with dealing with some rescues that never contacted me after I submitted the dog applications. I saw a dog on Petfinder with 4 Paws and sent an email asking how long does it take to hear back on the status of applying. Shari got right back to me and when I heard the dog was still available and would be at a dog adoption event over the weekend. I submitted an application. Shari confirmed receipt shortly thereafter. It wasn’t until early next morning that a personal matter arose and my husband and I couldn’t make the event. I informed Shari with my apologies. I will be using 4 Paws again because they responded back to me and were very helpful.
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December 2022 by Nic G
This organization is great. I am so glad that my family and I could adopt our puppy from here. He made a great change for our family and I am blessed to have him here with me. Thank you so much for blessing us with our puppy.
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December 2022 by Lesly Wicks
We love our dog!! We saw this puppy on their website and decided to fill out an application. Sheri got back to us the next day! We met her, and the puppy, at the shelter so she could meet us and see if it was a good fit. Lucky for us and our other dog, it was!! Sheri was so kind and she obviously loved dogs! Before leaving, she was very thorough with the adoption papers and she even gave us puppy food to take home. Thank you 4 Paws 4 U Forever for your dedication in rescuing pups that need a loving home. We love ours!
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December 2022 by John Fagerson
I find it nuts how many bad reviews there are, not just for the 4 Paws rescue, but for Shari and John personally. My wife and I have adopted 2 dogs from them now and would absolutely do it again if and when that time came.Our first experience was from a showing at a Petsmart, I believe. We saw a picture on Petfinder and fell in love before we even met the puppy. When we went to see the puppy, there was another family interested as well and they had first dibs. We waited it out and fortunately that family decided not to take the puppy. We got our chance and after getting many kisses and a successful meet-and-greet with our other young dog, we decided to make Justis, now Sir Charles Boddington, part of our family. John was very helpful with taking care of the paperwork and making sure we were set to take home our new family member.After a failed attempt at another adoption from a different rescue, an middle-aged girl who lost her elderly human father, we spent some time loosely "looking" for another young pup that would acclimate easier to our established pecking order. Finally, we came across a picture on Petfinder that had us again falling in love. It's always the sad puppy dog eyes that 4 Paws seems to be good at capturing so well. Next thing we knew, we were on our way to West Chicago to meet a little girl named Luciana. She was the last one from a litter and Shari said she had been there a while with no interest. That first meet with our other two dogs, including Sir Charles we got from them, went well and this little puppy seemed so happy to see us, but sad and ready to find a real home. We decided then and there that we had to take her. She hadn't been spayed yet, so we had Shari arrange for that before we actually took the puppy home, and Shari was fully willing to take care of it. It was only a week later when we came back, filled out the paperwork for John and took the handoff, with a lot of goodbyes and pets from John and Shari. Seven months later and I'm sitting here with Poppy Lu, the sweetest, most cuddly little doggo and we couldn't be happier.Needless to say, we've adopted from John and Shari twice now, as well as donating to their rescue, and we hope we can maybe adopt from them again at some point. They may seem like they're being unfair or rude, but they absolutely have to be picky and careful. There's a lot of people out there with the wrong intentions, and they need to make sure the dogs they adopt out aren't going to end up back at their rescue. We know all too well from our experience that it doesn't always work out, and in our case, that time, there wasn't as thorough of a vetting for that particular dog with our family. Maybe had we been vetted like John and Shari do, that dog wouldn't have stayed at our house that time.Either way, I want to thank John and Shari for the two amazing family members that we were graciously allowed to adopt from them. We want you to know that they are both super happy, even Charlie, who gets regularly tormented by his new little sister, Poppy. Her big sister, Leilani, also gets tormented, but she deals with it well and occasionally actually enjoys a cuddle with her little sister. Merry Christmas and we hope everything is well with you and the rescue!
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December 2022 by Sammy Shock
We met our Trinity Bean when her foster family through 4 paws brought her to the rink one night. Fell in love with her and our family was looking for a new puppy after we lost our 2 senior dogs this year. Filled out the application and got a message back from Sheri fairly quickly. Process was super easy! Love the work you are doing and couldn't be happier with our baby girl!
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December 2022 by Sigifredo Isais
My experience was great. I noticed the passion they have for dogs. I lost my golden retriever and was lucky to find her here. She was taken good care of, even gave her back to me with shots she needed. Family owned business, highly recommend.
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October 2022 by Monica Escontrias
Shari from 4paws4u4ever forms very biased opinions of applicants prior to meeting or even interviewing them.My partner and I applied for a puppy on Friday on their website, where it says we will be contacted within 24 hours. 48 hours later on Sunday, I had not received any calls, emails, or texts. I called that Sunday to ask if our application had been filled out incorrectly or if we had been missing information. Shari simply said that I was too young. I explained to Shari that my partner and I have a situation that would be perfect for a puppy, with the puppy being alone a MAXIMUM of 1-2 hours a day as my partner and I have staggered schedules. Shari reluctantly agreed to let me come see the dog and asked when I could come. When I told her I could come Tuesday at whatever time worked best for her, she instructed me to “call Tuesday morning” instead of offering to schedule an appointment. Tuesday morning I called at 9:05am (they open at 9am) to ask when I could come see the dog, as I was available all day and could be there within 45 minutes. Shari told me that she had already given a 5pm appointment to a family that called Monday and that I had to wait until after they saw the dog, even though I had called Sunday, BEFORE this family. I called at 5:45pm to see if the dog was still available and was told that the other family adopted him. I am incredibly disappointed by Shari’s behavior and bias towards younger applicants, even those that can offer a perfect home for a puppy. Shari tossed us to the side and prioritized a family that had contacted her after us, solely based off of age.
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October 2022 by devin sennhenn
Me and my girlfriend are deaf couple. We also own collie. He’s 12 and getting older. So we found a collie/shepherd mix puppy that we are interested in. Shari who work there is very rude and discriminating. Wouldn’t let us get a puppy because we aren’t good enough. Never ever going to get a puppy at that place ever.
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August 2022 by kathleen Thacker
Adopted a young dog. Set up with previous owner for meet and greet. Food, leash, favorite toy and health history provided
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May 2022 by Rachal S
If you're young and looking for a forever puppy .. NOT here. They are very bias. We told Shari and her husband at MOST the dog would he alone for 6-7 hours. However, on break we would be with the dog because we live 5-10 minutes from work. Of course it would need to go out and such within 4 hours.. no big deal. Denied . Who doesn't work a 9-5 now days ?? Do they expect to only adopt out to the uncommon American? This seems bias to young and or working people. No wonder so many dogs are in their custody. I'll happily adopt from someone who values a working person looking to give their dog the best financially supported life .. no different than a child.
