Best Experience EVER!! We got our sweet 4-month o...

Best Experience EVER!! We got our sweet 4-month old Katie (Black Lab Retriever Mix) last Saturday!

After visiting Northeast Animal Shelter in Salem, MA, we almost gave up hope on adoption and thought about getting the puppy from a breeder. (yes, I wrote a review for them too) But Humane Society for Greater Nashua totally changed our shelter experience!

The volunteers are so friendly. When I called on Friday and asked about a puppy I saw online, they spent time describing the puppy to me and answered all the questions I had. They invited us to visit the dog on Saturday morning since they expected it would be a crowded day.

Sure enough, we were at the door 9:45am with other people waiting for them to open at 10am. When we went in, they showed us the area with all the dogs. the facility is nice and clean and all the dogs look so happy and energetic. We were shown the dog that we were interested in from the online picture. Well... I loved it but my husband and my son both picked our Katie (Kate at the shelter). So they showed us Katie and let us take her out for a walk on a wooded trail in the back of the facility. after we walked her, they led us into a big dog playing/running fenced area and let us see how energetic our Katie is, being a playful puppy. She just ran and ran and ran... and she loves all the volunteers there which meant something to us. I am sure they took good care of her while she was there.

My husband and my son were all set with her. But the volunteers were so nice to ask me if I wanted to see the puppy that I originally interested and they were willing to take her out and let us do the same thing with her as well. We did not take the offer since, at this point, we all fell in love with our sweet Katie and ready to bring her home with us.

Knowing we were first time dog owner, Several volunteers/employees spent time talking to us about training tips, puppy diet.... and shared their puppy experiences with us. We spend good 3-4 hours there before everyone said bye to Katie and wished her good luck. They took the first family picture for us and asked us to share Katie's story with them and to let them know how she is doing...

They are just the most friendly people on earth!!

I can't expect more from a shelter. I am SO happy that we drove up to Nashua to get our puppy!! It was a bit further, but it was ALL WORTH IT!!
Thank you, Susan and everyone. We will take good care of Katie!!