If I could it would be zero stars. The breeder, Laura Wilcox is very dishonest about how she…read morerepresents herself and the health of her dogs. I purchased a puppy from her in June 2021. She expressly said the parents were clear for DCM . She showed test results, but omitted one test showing her female carries DCM. Looking back I can see that she is shady and morally unethical. She represented herself as an experienced breeder when in reality this was her only litter. When I contacted her to discuss, She avoided me and had her husband call me. He was not only unprofessional but incredibly rude and very ignorant on how DCM is passed down . I couldn't actually have a mature conversation . He'd ask me a question and when I'd try to answer, he'd just yell at me and talk over me. So now they're going to be dealing with my attorney as I am suing them for fraud. Please avoid this breeder. I can recommend several who are ethical. And if you need to know what questions to ask when screening a breeder, I'd be happy to help. I just don't want her to do this to anyone else.

Bought a beautiful Doberman pup from their last litter. Awesome dog, Laura and Jamie were the…read morekindest most considerate breeders I've ever worked with. Would recommend them to everyone!

I had a wonderful experience with Virginia and Chris and their poodles!…read moreWe found them on the way to visit family and instantly fell in love with the puppies they had! We ended up getting one of the puppies from them. While the puppies were weaning off their mom and getting big enough to take home, they allowed us to visit the puppy we chose to purchase and bond with her. They kept in great contact with us during the whole process of getting our puppy. Any questions we had, they answered. They started to potty train the puppies and ours goes outside and knows what to do! It's been so great and we are very grateful for the care they have taken of the puppies!! It's only been a week, but our puppy is happy, healthy, and a pure delight!!

FSSR has a noble mission to rescue huskies, but its execution is poor. If you are considering…read moreadopting through them, know that the process for adoption can be long and invasive, and prepare yourself for possible rejection. If you are not up to date on your current pets or timely in preventative care, don't bother applying. My wife and I reached out because we wanted to adopt a husky puppy. We've had huskies in our household for the past 17 years and love the breed. Unfortunately, our dog passed away earlier this year due to old age, hence our desire to adopt. We knew what we were signing up for. After a lengthy phone interview (1 hour), we permitted FSSR to contact our past veterinarians so they could validate the quality of our pet care. Unfortunately, our application was rejected the following day because we didn't meet their standards. There is simply no way they contacted all of our vets to get the full scope of care. My pets received above-average care, were provided all the necessary shots and checkups, and have lived to the top of their life expectancy. Imagine the audacity to be told we are not qualified to adopt their dogs despite being husky owners for 17 years with the financial resources to take care of these pets. Hope your experience is better than mine.

I signed up as a volunteer walker, being an animal lover and having many dogs throughout my life i…read morewas egar to help. The only word i can use to sum up this organizations staff is "INCOMPETENT"!!! Jodi schedualed me for an orientation on a day when the entire staff was away at Rush Creek for an event. I was told to come by the following day by Marc with no specific time to walk the dogs with other volunteers. I arrived at 10am finding that Marc was out and only Bob was there. That alone was not an issue, but... Bob offered to let me play with one of the dogs (Stevie) in their play pen. Im not sure if Bob is qualified to handel the dogs or even let them interact with other humans. As soon as he brought the dog out i cautiously tried to introduce myself to the dog only to be bit. Being a rescue i understood the dogs may have temperment issues, and i backed off. Bob still insisted we take the dog out to the pen where again the dog jumped on me and bit my forearm more aggressively. At this point i understood the dog had issues and didnt want to upset it more. Bob CONTINUED to insist we go into the pen and sit down. Really? Now im in a cage, sitting neck level with an erratic dog and a handler with no common sense or ability to control the animal. Bob spouted off some ignorant excuses assuring me things were fine. They wernt. AGAIN, the dog bit me, viciously, breaking the skin through my hoodie. Carefully, i eyed the dog and made my way to my car only to notice i needed some kind of gauze for my now bleeding arm. This rescue has color coordinantes for their dogs, i would really like to know what this dogs agression was labeled, dispite Bob telling me stevie was his favorite. This dog clearly had issues as it attacked without any warnings such as growling, bearing its teeth, or any other body posture. Its a dangerous animal and its handler was completely unfit to control it. Bob seems to have little to no common sense or ability to think critically. I would never threaten legal actions against a rescue, and they make you sign a waiver, but i want to be clear a waiver does not completly absolve you from legal repercussions. Someone should explain that, in great detail to the owner. Also, i dont blame the dog and would never want it hurt or have it put down. But someone else is my shoes could have eaisly called the cops, streaming blood and had the dog taken away and possibly euathenized. Luckly i didn't need stitches, its just a gouge, but the fact Jodi or someone with my contact information didnt even bother to contact me and offer an apology, which Bob didnt, or even see how I was.... is absolutely pathetic. I would guess theyre too scared, i mean what could they even say. I hope this establishment finds capable and competent employees for the sake of its animals and future volunteers. Absolutely disgusting how inept these people are. If they wernt a (understaffed) rescue, i would be coming for thier jobs and "blood".

I completely agree with Tammy L. I had complete faith and trust in Dr. Benzon and Dr. Benstead…read morebefore him. The new owners are not the same at all. They don't have the compassion and caring hearts that Dr Benzon and Dr. Benstead have. When It was sold, I swore I'd keep going there as long as Dr. Benzon was still on staff. And, if I could be assured my dogs would see him every time, I would still be taking them there. But, the new ower and vets seem like they only care about the money. My dog has been sent elsewhere twice in an emergency. Dr. Benzon would never have done that. And, I would have given him a five star rating. I still do give HIM a five star rating.

I wouldn't take any animal with a heartbeat to this place now. It used to be wonderful before they…read moresold and the new owners took over. Dr. Benzon was amazing and one of a kind. The staff now are heartless, have zero compassion, and totally incompetent. If you have a larger dog watch drug dosages. They have no idea how to calculate them. Their error almost killed our dog and they took zero responsibility. After spending 4 days in the ICU at an emergency vet hospital and $10,000 later they saved him. Which at first they didn't think he would make it through. The hospital told us the dosage was way too much for our dog. I wouldn't give any stars but I had to give 1 for this pathetic place.

Go no further for a Labrador retriever breeder. She raises the parents and pups right in the house…read more No cages, no garage, just with her kids and husband. There temperament is beyond what you could want. She is open to questions and extremely helpful. Very knowledgeable, very 'warm and fuzzy' attitude. We fell in love with the moms instantly! Our baby is three weeks old now and we can't wait. We have visited four breeders and none compare to Jacque and her babies. Highly recommended

In April we purchased a 7 week old female puppy from Jacque Aguirre of Limelight Labs and it's been…read morea nightmare. Within the first couple of weeks our puppy began showing episodes of staggering, collapsing limbs and involuntary head tremors which lead us from veterinarian to neurologist, expensive testing and the diagnosis of a congenital neurological disorder. From the beginning I updated Jacque occasionally with our puppy's progress with only minimal response from her. A recent hunch had me read over the AKC registration papers of the dam and sir, Lima and Burly, given to us at adoption, when I discovered they were daughter and father - inbreeding! After weeks of grief and confusion we finally had the truth. I confronted Jacque and she claimed to have no knowledge of the inbreeding and blamed it entirely on her mother, an experienced breeder who supplied Burly's "sample" at a Veterinary hospital. Whether this was truly a stupid oversight or greed, (Jacque had another dam give birth only 3 weeks after our puppy came home) is unclear, but looking back there where other signs (and what was not being said) that have us questioning her motives. Jacque has wisely refunded our adoption and veterinary expenses. It's uncertain what our beloved puppy's length or quality of life will be, somedays are good, some not, but we will care for her as best we can. Returning her was never an option. I'm posting this review because I don't want another dog to suffer unnecessarily and family live through this heartbreaking experience.

The experience of adopting our new family member was made so easy because of the wonderful staff at…read morethe Winnebago County Animal Services. Since this was our 1st adoption we we're pleasantly surprised how easy it was. A special thank you to our volunteer Terry, who was awesome to work with. Our puppy is adjusting to our home with her new brother and 2 kitties. They are getting along just fine! We're one big happy family.

The volunteers are great!!!! They help you very much with adoptions and we need them to tell us…read moremore about a dog. And the best part is, we adopted "Baby", The volunteers had us spend time with Baby, that really made us know we wanted to adopt her. I also thank the front desk people for all their help.

Our first visit, the front desk staff was professional and not stuffy... you can tell they loved…read moretheir jobs... they loved animals... they went above and beyond... thank you for taking my guy. I would highly recommend them.. I adopted my dog just 10 days ago and it was so hard getting an appointment.. But Delavan lakes vet took him in.. Thank you again.. you all Rock!!!!

Dr. Kevin Hartwig is the best vet I've ever had the pleasure of working with. We started using…read moreDelavan Lakes Veterinary Clinic about 4 years ago for regular maintenance for my two dogs. Two years ago he performed a life saving, emergency operation on my dog on... a Friday afternoon!! I am beyond thankful for his dedication & that of his wonderful staff. The clinic itself is clean and modern, and the pricing is comparable to other local vets. The receptionists are always pleasant & prompt with return calls. Thank you again!!!!

I just read the 1 star review from 2017 and I was a bit shocked by it. We bought our Mastiff from…read moreDND in 2012, hence it is possible things have changed since then. However, our entire experience with them was excellent. Prior to selecting them I spent several hours on the phone with Heather -- who was extremely knowledgeable about Mastiff history, and her blood lines -- and asked many questions to assess my qualifications to be a Mastiff owner. We also discussed whether we wanted a puppy for showing and potentially breeding (which we did) or pet quality.She regularly sent pics of our puppy from the time he was born, until we went to collect him. (They are all indoor pics of the puppies romping, eating, playing and interacting with the family). When we went to pick up our puppy, we were invited into the house. A note about health testing. Whilst our puppy's parents were not health tested, their parents were. Additionally, DND's lines included Greiner Hall -- who have not, and so far as I know do not -- having faith in their very successful and rigorous breeding program. DND also had a contract that we signed, that was well designed to protect the puppy over his life-time. We found DND's pricing very reasonable; and, knowing how much money it actually requires to produce and whelp a Mastiff litter, we can't imagine they have made money on their puppies. Our "puppy" is currently five years old, and aside from the allergies to feed with grain or processed chicken -- which are ubiquitous in the breed -- there has never been anything wrong with him.

I would like to give them no stars!!! Even though I love my mastiff more than anything! THESE…read moreBEAUTIFUL MASTIFFS ARE NITHING BUT DOLLAR SIGNS TO THESE PEOPLE!!! We bought our mastiff from them at 8 weeks old. She is now 2. Unfortunately, she started having seizures 2 weeks before her birthday. She is now on phenobarbital which has thankfully been working so far. The fact that it's working tells the vet that she is epileptic. Of course I called breeder for help, insight about this. Letting her know I wasn't blaming them, I just thought maybe they could give me some advice. NEVER CALLED BACK!!!!!! If anything.....wouldn't they want to know the details about her health so they don't continue to breed her bloodline. She doesn't know what the outcome is because she never bothered to call back. DO NOT BUT YOUR MASTIFF FROM THEM!!!! PLEASE!!!!! They don't deserve to be making money off these beautiful dogs. THEY DO NOT HEALTH TEST THEIR MASTIFFS EITHER. And they tell you all the dogs are I. The home with them, being raised as part of the family. BULL SHIT!!!! We couldn't even see our Peanuts dad let alone meet him cuz he was aggressive. That ones on me too!!! I should have recognized that HUGE red flag!!!!! Anyone who's bought from them.....please help me shut them down!!!......for the sake of the dogs.