Northwoods Humane Society

4/5 stars. Got a good kitten there,,, despite of their arrogant English volunteer. Hey buddy Guinness is MADE by Irishmen and your king and future king BOTH wear kilts when the time is appropriate .

The Northwoods Humane Society exhibited extremely dishonest and unethical business practices in my recent experience with them. I will never be back, and do not recommend it to anyone who is looking to adopt an animal. I called to inquire about a dog that was available on the website and asked a few questions and told the employee that I was very interested in meeting him and that my husband and I would be there shortly. We came in an hour later and had a very nice visit with the dog and were very open about wanting to bring in our dog for a meet and greet. They agreed to put the dog on hold for us. We arranged a time with them at the soonest possible date which was difficult to schedule as they were closed two days in a row. It would have been on Tuesday (it is now Saturday, and they are closed tomorrow for Sunday because of Easter, and they are not open on Monday's). They placed the dog on hold for us and took him off the website. My husband and I were obviously very excited and went home to start getting the house ready for our new family member. We just got a call a few minutes ago that another couple asked to meet with the dog and already had their dogs with them for a meet and greet. Northwoods went ahead with the meet and greet. It went well so Northwoods staff released our hold without contacting us and then adopted the dog out to the other family. I understand they want their animals out of a stressful shelter environment as soon as possible, but they demonstrated a lack of integreity and lied to their adopters throughout the whole process. I believe they should have contacted us first before they released the hold and explained the situtation to us rather than going behind our backs, releasing the hold, adopting out the dog, and then leave us a message right before all the staff leave for the long weekend so they don't have to deal with us directly. I'm very disappointed in the Northwoods Humane Society.