Saving Great Animals

I cannot say enough bad things about this organization. They do not understand the customer service model, nor do they understand how to run a business. Over my numerous encounters with them, it has been nothing but terrible. There comes a point where rescuing a dog just isn’t worth dealing with moronic people. They are clearly uneducated and incompetent. I would highly suggest looking at other rescue organizations.

There really aren’t enough great things I can saw about this organization. We found jiffy, now named Dude, on their website and were immediately put into contact with the foster family. We met Dude a week after we found him online and were able to take him home that same day! Dude has been the most wonderful addition to our home. After learning that he had been surrendered in California (due to owners health) and was to be euthanized shortly after, SGA had him moved to Washington and began searching for a forever home for him. We are beyond grateful that they saved his life and brought him to us! SGA has facilitated in so much joy and happiness in our home. They are an incredible group of people and if adopting a wonderful and deserving pet is your goal, then this is the place for you!

I would not even give one star. Wrote up an applications specifying which animal I was applying for. Got the automated response on contact within 48 hours… nothing. Went and looked (3 days later) on the website and my dog is no longer on the list. Disheartening because our family was emotionally attached to the idea of him being our new addition. I’m amazed I not only didn’t get a response for application, but also didn’t get notified he wasn’t adoptable anymore. Not an organization that should even be apart of adoptapet website.

We recently went through the adoption process with SGA and they were wonderful. Working with Jacintha and Perrin was great and these ladies are dedicated to SGA and looking out for these animals. Every thing done with this agency was done in a timely manner and I didn’t have any of the communication issues others had previously described. They even connected us with a behavioral specialist who contacted us right away when we were having issues with our first dog and our new addition. Unfortunately, things didn’t go well. Our first dog turned extremely aggressive and injured our sweet new boy. SGA worked very quickly to find him a new foster home just right to help take care of him until the perfect home was found. I have nothing but positive things to say about SGA.

We recently became a foster family for SGA. Our first foster dog was not working out well in her first adoption. SGA was concerned for her safety and arranged her pick up from her prior placement to our place. She was quickly re-​adopted — by us! SGA worked with us on her adoption fee when I discovered a lump, and then realized it was growing and needed to be removed. (Cancer free! Whew!)
SGA is a group of concerned animal lovers that work hard to find excellent placements for the animals they save. Many people from the organization were part of our fostering and adoption. I found everyone to be kind, friendly, and ultimately working for the dog’s best interest. I’ve been so impressed by their tenacity in treating sick dogs in their care, and in finding good homes. I would adopt from them again. We are thinking about continuing to foster, as well, though we are fully stocked in kids and animals.

We were faced with the hard decision that we had to re-​home our dog. Upon a recommendation from a friend, I contacted Saving Great Animals. They were fantastic from the first contact. They were sympathetic with how we were feeling, never judging us or our situation. SGA worked hard to find just the right forever home for our dog. Perrin and the staff worked with us to understand what type of home would be best for her, and worked hard to make this happen. We even got to meet the new family, and new the minute we met, they were the perfect fit! I would highly recommend SGA to anyone. They are all kind and very caring and work hard at what they are doing. :)

Such a sad and bad experience with our first dog adoption. We specifically asked if he was 1) good with kids and 2) good with other dogs. The first day we got him we took him to Greenlake and it was scary how he reacted when he saw the other dogs — VERY SCARY. He was good with us and our kids, but if he saw another dog he wanted it for dead. We contacted them immediately and they said to take him to training. He was 10 months old when we got him. We did training and the trainer said he would be a lifetime of monitoring him and they he may never change (probably due to not being socialized). We tried and tried and after he just about killed our neighbors dog and $ 2000 dollars later in their medical expenses, we gave him back to SGA. Perrin said she would help with the expenses but she never did — never offered to even ask about it, but did tell me several times she was non-​profit. We loved him, but that is not what we wanted in a dog. I was afraid to give him to another home and even suggested they put him down and they freaked out on me about that. If a kid was walking their dog and Clyde saw them, that would be the end of both of them! He was a large, muscular dog and near impossible to control on a leash when he saw another dog (lunging, foaming at the mouth). SGA came and got him and assured us he was going to a good home «on a farm». Two weeks later, he is back on their web-​site under a new name «Jagger». Odd that they changed his name to Jagger after he failed in another home. And they took off all the postings on their facebook page about him after I warned everyone that he was not good with other dogs AT ALL — he was really a danger to society. Never knew what happened to him. All and all a sad, sad experience for us.

3 years ago was when I first adopted my boy Zeke from them. They were absolutely supportive in the entire process, and I could reach them any time I needed help, answers, or anything.
After adopting my boy Zeke, I decided to begin volunteering with them, fostering dogs, case managing, any thing they needed. These woman work so hard to save the lives of helpless animals, who have been abandoned and thrown away like trash. I am proud to be a part of their team.
Not only this, but when a foster of mine had gotten into a fight with my boy Zeke (long story, better supervision has been put in place), and he needed stitches for his ear, even though Zeke was MY DOG and MY RESPONSIBILITY, they paid for his stitches…
Think if they gave any more of themselves into their rescue, they’re be little left.

oh how i hate to write bad reviews when the people behind a business mean so well…
the heart may well be in the right place, but it takes more than a passion for animals to run a rescue. i just adopted a dog from someone who was fostering him for this rescue. the dog wasn’t getting along with her resident dog and she called several times to have them take the dog back and put him in another foster home. when her requests kept getting dodged, she decided to re-​home him herself. we were put in touch via the rescue that i foster for.
unfortunately, that isn’t the only problem. in trying to get his prior vet records, my own email to the rescue went unanswered. i called the vet clinic the foster told me she took him to and they called the rescue and then someone called me. it wasn’t good news — i discovered that sga never got his records from the treating vet they use in seattle. getting those records myself has been a huge hassle in itself.
finally, this rescue never re-​registered his microchip (i don’t even think they knew he had one since the foster said she didn’t think he did) nor gave him an identification tag with their contact info. if he got lost while in foster, he would have ended up in a pound and no one would have known to let sga know he was there so he could be reunited with his foster or the rescue.
i’ve been in rescue for many years and i know a good organization when i see it. i can’t recommend adopting from them since you don’t know what you’re getting. and that’s IF you can get in touch with someone in the first place.