I've adopted from local city humane societies before and it was Fantastic! This was unfortunately NOT THE CASE here.\n \nIf you are going to work with this organization on adopting a new family member. Please make sure you have enough patience to handle their process.\n \nThey really need to tweak their adoption process. It takes days for them to approve you for adoption, which means it's better to get approved before you fall in love with any of their visiting members.\n \nUnfortunately we had fallen in love already, so we had another feeling of loss. Which is hard, but there were other dogs that caught our eye, but even that was a mess. We waited for the group of dogs to get fed and 30 minutes later the dog we had waited for was visiting with another family that had just walked in. We were asked to wait again for the dog to have a break from visiting and when the dog came out again we fell in love.\n \nWe went to the front to complete the adoption and what we were told only 35 minutes prior had all of sudden changed. Originally we were told that we could come in the next day with our dog for a meet/greet and complete the adoption then. Instead, we were told that they will file our adoption request with our approved adoption application and \"let us know\".\n \nI was confused, why everything was coming to a halt again, but I never found out the answer, nor did I ever get a return phone call from them.\n \nMy family and I moved on and had a FANTASTIC adoption experience with a organization that I feel has more heart and compassion and is definitely always going to be a part of my life from now on. Please look at the NORTH MECKLENBURG ANIMAL RESCUE and help these people give a great home to animals.