Green Lake Area Animal Shelter

Awesome ppl, great place! Helped me SO much in fostering, then adopting my pup Rufus

Very helpful owner, informative, took the time to explain personalities of all the cats to us. We wanted a pair or siblings. We narrowed it down to 3 sets, she went into more detail about those 3 sets and we decided on Timon and Pumba(brothers) Now Charlie and Noodles.
Clean. Helpful and knew what they were doing. I would recommend this place! Just off the beaten path a bit.

The manager and the staff do an amazing job with the pets. My respect. And they're good hosts

Janine was so very helpful with my adoption of Beatrice. She is a lovely little pooch and I am so very happy to have her. She has some issues that I am very willing to work with. She is progressing nicely here in my home. She is so friendly and gets along great with my male Shih Tzu.

Friendliest and most caring staff! They truly love the animals and take the best care for each one of them. Cleanest facility that I’ve ever been in! Very impressive!

Very kind staff, clean facility❤We love our newest family member Mikey

The owner, Jeanine, is incredibly kind and helpful. She has so much knowledge about each of their animals and wants to pair the animals with the perfect new home and adopter - she is a true matchmaker! It is a clean, welcoming environment. I had a wonderful experience working with this humane society!

This is the most clean, well run shelter I ever have encountered,
I have adopted/rescued 16 kitties, three horses, three goats,
two pigs and and one mini mule over the years from various
shelters, and this shelter is the most impressive, though none
others were bad. The director is helpful when any problems
occur, and the shelter cats and dogs aren't crowded but as
effective are placed with shelter mates. It is a pleasure to
just see this shelter, and better yet to adopt from them.

A top notch shelter w excellent management. Clear & concise communication style is a reflection of their no nonsense dedication to animal welfare.
Staff works tirelessly to run a respectable clean shelter that provides the best care for incoming and outgoing animals. They go over every animal with a fine tooth comb and provide educational & training services.

I have even seen them automatically checking how tight a collar is or how long nails are and they stop to take care of it on the spot. A shelter that is very well managed w excellent care & compassion for animals.

And just a note here-
Please folks, NEVER declaw your cat!! Buy a scratch post or ask for expert advice from the shelter because they are also animal behaviorists and can help you with your pets!! And Please love & spoil your animals every day of their short lives! Peace! :-)

Recently went to inquire on possible adoption of a dog from a hoarding home. Shelter is very clean & employees friendly. Mgr Janine spent a lot of time with us on all 3 visits ....answering questions & sharing her knowledge & insight of possible issues with these dogs. We have adopted successfully from rescues & shelters before but this place has the best communication with the best interest of both the pets & adopters in mind! Highly recommend!!

Love everyone there! I have been donating $$$ couple times a year since about 2005 in honor of my fur kids so have gotten to know everyone well and how much they care about the animals in their care. When I lost my last husky I knew right where to go to fill that empty spot- Thanks Janine for trusting me with Missy Mae ❤🥰😊

Wonderful, from start to finish. Animals are well cared for and the staff were awesome.

We adopted our little puppy (dachsund-beagle-chihuahua) from Green Lake. We had recently had to euthanize our senior dog, Bailey, and all of us in the family including the other dog we're just depressed. This puppy was just the little bundle of hyper Joy that completely took over our lives right when we needed it.

The staff definitely cared about the animals, which is the top priority for an animal rescue, in my opinion. The adoption was reasonably quick, including an interview with another staff member, and we were provided the medication the puppy needed for his puppy strangles. We renamed him Dobby, and he is the cutest little thing. Very sassy and opinionated for someone who weighs less than 15 pounds! We are so grateful to this animal shelter for hosting him until we could bring him into our family. They had brought an incredible amount of dogs in from not just one but TWO hoarding situations (total about 100? Dozens fearful and not ready for a real home anytime soon - how do they even have the resources to do this?!?). I can't imagine having to deal with this, as the manager... having to be nice to someone who keeps their animals in these conditions and coordinate with law enforcement - in order to get them to surrender the animals voluntarily. Anywho.

Fortunately there were many lovely families playing with the adoptable animals at the time we were visiting (last fall). We didn't waste any time getting on "the list" to adopt. Despite the hoarding situation, we were treated respectfully and professionally, and they were definitely quite busy. Hope you find someone to adopt can add to your family like we did!

When I was looking for a puppy they were great at letting me take the time to make a decision. Then when I needed some help with the puppies behavioral issues someone came to my home to help us with ideas to fix the issues. Now 4+ years later still have this mature dog that is an awesome dog.

On every single occasion I have visited the shelter, whether it was for my own dog or cat, the staff, particularly Jeanine and Lacey are A++ 5-Star caring & knowledgeable people!! They run a CLEAN & RESPECTABLE animal shelter and every single animal is seen by a vet on a routine basis. They care a immensely about animals and take great pride in running a respectable shelter where you will receive an animal that has been thoroughly evaluated medically and behaviorally. Any negative review here, (like the woman who declawed her cats and then could not figure out why they would not use the litter box -- duh - because they are in PAIN(!)), is unwarranted. Jeanine should be commended for rescuing the cats from that woman because she obviously knew nothing about how to properly care for a cat and she stated she preferred dogs anyway. We all owe a big THANK YOU to Jeanine and her crew for protecting and caring for animals and for running such a wonderful shelter! Your tireless efforts are deeply appreciated!

Roughly 4 years ago I got my best buddy Chichi a little chihuahua from there Lacy was incredible. My daughters dog had to be put down this last summer. Last week I took her over to the shelter and she fell in love with a beautiful female 11 months old. Again Lacy was incredible,. Best animal shelter around . Thanks Lacy

Very nice very informative about the dog an helpful. Thank for Briscoe has
a new forever home thank u

I am sorry that some have had a negative experience.

Don't give up on this Shelter...the work they do is difficult, sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes glorious. Everyone has good and bad days...we do not know what goes on in someone else's life that may cause them that bad day, but we can do our part to help give them that good day. Dealing with animals can be very emotional...for the owner AND the rescuer. May God bless their work.

Super friendly, helpful, and knowledgeable. Found the perfect family addition here and GLAS helped with all of our questions and concerns. And. Just saying. They offer free nail trimming for the animals if I'm not mistaken, even after adopted. Love that they don't declaw, too!

Very nice. Clean, well run and they know the story of each pets background. Healthcare is extensive and explained in detail. Their animals are well cared for while there.