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    Wagging Hearts

    2.9 (70 reviews)

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    I adopted my best friend from this amazing place! I'm beyond grateful for their dedication to animal welfare. Highly recommend

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    Do NOT adopt from this place. You can find puppies/dogs elsewhere where the fees are way less expensive and their documentation and due diligence on all the treatments/medications, etc. are thoroughly documented. If you do choose this place, get in writing ALL the tests that have been done and the results. Specifically make sure they document whether your potential pet was tested for Parvo the results and ensure it's on written on their disclosure form. Mine was not completed and then documents were altered after I asked for proof of what they had indicated on the disclosure form. Best advice, stay away.

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    Iwona R.

    As a foster and adopter I had a plesant experience with the rescue. Martha was a good reference of contact. I enjoyed working with her. As a foster only based rescue, they have a great network of resources working together to change lives of animals in need. Only area of opprtunity (in my case) was notifying and expaining adoption fees prior to adoption day. Overall positive involvement with the organization.

    Leah B.

    We have adopted 2 amazing animals from Wagging Hearts- a dog 2 years ago and a cat 2 weeks ago. Both animals fit so well into our family, and we cannot imagine life without them! The organization made the process easy from start to finish. Highly recommend!

    Two Wagging Hearts alums!  Oliver and Boris
    Lyndsay W.

    My adoption experience with Martha and Wagging Hearts was exceptional! The process was smooth and informative. Martha and her team are also not the kind of people that hand over the leash and send you on your way. She offered support in the following days and weeks. I know I can reach out to WH at anytime and get an immediate and helpful response. I'm so happy and lucky to have gotten my guy Oliver (now - Argon then)!!

    Puppy

    Wonderful organization that works tirelessly to safely rehome rescued dogs and cats. Our family has visited Martha's fosters previously before we were finally ready to adopt our new puppy. The process was seamless and everything was well explained. Martha was great to work with throughout the adoption and was there for any follow up questions we had.

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    Martha and the adoption team did the entire adoption process from inquiry through adoption in just 4 days.

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    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.

    Wagging Hearts - petadoption - Updated May 2026

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