Animal League of Green Valley

We were recently looking to adopt a dog, and TALGV had a dog that when described, seemed like a dog we would fit well with. They are VERY concerned about the homes their dogs go to and they are very concerned that this is a forever home. We did not interview to adopt a dog, due to the fact that both dogs we were interested in were adopted before we arrived (that same morning!). We were very impressed with the facility and the staff were very friendly.

A puppy not even 2months old was thrown outside the front of my house when I found her I brought her in because she was obviously sick and in need of medical attention. The women at the front desk looked at me like I was a crazy person for bringing them a puppy. One woman interrupted me by putting her hand in my face when I was in the middle of telling them about the puppy and said «just wait for someone else.“They were incredibly rude and not sympathetic at all.

I have been here several times looking for a kitten. The volunteers are very nice but the people who help you with the adoption process are very rude and not very helpful. Saw a kitten I really wanted, the lady said I could adopt after 2 more weeks. When I came back the kitten was gone. It was adopted by someone else. I had given them my name and number. Everytime I have come in they are very rude and curt… Guess I will get my cat somewhere else…

While I think this place is clean and the volunteers are super helpful, the intake volunteer Kareen is rude and makes you feel horrible for bringing in a dog! I found a dog on the road and brought it home hoping someone was looking for it, after several days of it not getting along with my current dog I decided to take it to the animal league where I met Kareen who told me I should have called first as I was an inconvenience to them by just showing up. Then she had the nerve to ask for a donation fee… and proceeded to lecture me on how no one ever comes looking for dogs! Well Kareen that’s why you adopt them out! It’s really unfortunate she has no personality!

This is a clean, well kept animal shelter. The volunteers that show you the dogs are very helpful and friendly. They will even let you play with a dog and walk it around to get it know it.
And then, once you fall in love and are ready to adopt, you will meet with an adoption counselor who will kill your hopes and dreams of owning a dog. Our adoption counselor was Kareen, and she was unpleasant and judgmental.
When we were ready to adopt a dog at the Green Valley Shelter we were treated very poorly and judged for what they consider an unsuitable living environment. We are already owners of one dog and were looking for another dog friend. We started going over the paperwork and it became apparent that they will not adopt to anyone that is out of the house for more than three hours at a time. Even though our current dog is completely spoiled, gets multiple walks a day, and plays at the dog park a few times a week, they found us to be unsuitable pet owners. They will not consider adopting to anyone who works full time or crate trains their dog, even though they listed the dog we were looking at as already being «crate trained». I am not sure who they are looking to adopt to, but if you are a working person, this is not the shelter for you.
Our experience was very similar to those reviews documented on a certain phonebook site that you should also check out.

My husband and I were in the market to find a Siamese kitten because our younger cat (also a Siamese) has needed a playmate for a long time and we finally bought a house so we could adopt one without violating any rules from a renter. There were no kittens at any of the shelters in the city, so we started looking as far away as New Mexico for kittens.
After several attempts and a few disappointments, three female Siamese kittens came up on the radar. We called the next day to make sure they were still there before travelling out to see them.
The staff were super warm and inviting, and were quite pleased that we try to rescue pets from shelters as much as possible. The three female kittens turned out to be two males and a female, unlike the ad said, but we were happy to have finally seen the kitten. She is super playful, but isn’t yet acclimated with people. However, the younger of the cats we have was living outside for three months, so we had to acclimatize people to her too and know how to do that.
We got the adoption papers drawn up immediately to make sure this darling little girl would be ours. The woman helping us even let my husband withdraw some cash and come back while I signed the paperwork, even though she would be staying late. She also went over the paperwork with us to make sure we knew exactly what we were signing.
Because of the fact that the kitten we adopted is only five weeks old, we have to wait three weeks to take her home; however, we were told we were welcome to visit her in the meantime.
All in all, we had a great experience dealing with this shelter and would gladly recommend them to anyone in the market to get a kitten, cat, or dog.

They are both a shelter and a thrift store in the same building. The thrift store known as «the attic» has a nice mix of furniture, clothing, books, and all the other misc small stuff. The prices seemed really reasonable and apparently on Monday’s certain items are half off. Certainly geared towards the older population in the clothing department, but I still managed to find a fun tropical skirt and my mom found some options too. They are only open limited hours in the morning, so go early. Then if you need an animal fix, after you buy something and donate cash to the animals you can go love them. They had so many adorable cats, some young, some older. Some jumped right up to the window and tried to rubbed on me and others would not stop purring. It was very clean and I could tell the volunteers were taking good care of all the animals. They also have dogs if you’re more of a dog person. I would have brought someone new home with me if I didn’t live out of state.