Category: Rescue
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Jada’s Journey

From Rescue to Renewal In August of 2022, my life unexpectedly shifted when a small beige Sphynx cat—then named Dana—appeared on a Sphynx Facebook page I followed. Her photo was hard to look at: painfully thin, crusted with debris, and clearly struggling. For a week I watched hundreds of people comment in heartbreak, begging for…
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When In Iquitos!
In the world of animal rescue, going above and beyond is second nature, giving until it hurts is normal, foregoing fun vacations for rescue road trips to transport fur babies nationwide is priority and sleep is considered a precious commodity. So when I was asked to assist in an international independent dog rescue mission in…
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My Foster Breakup

It was time for me to break up with Kali and let her move on. It’s not her, it’s me. Kali deserved this and I couldn’t be selfish any longer with her love.
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Going Rogue

Sometimes you have to make a decision. And I sure did. Our beautiful gal in this photo is 14-year-old Mia. She is primarily red with black accent Pomeranian/Dachshund mix missing quite a few teeth requiring a primarily soft food diet and heart murmur level 3 which will require some watching but not medication at this…
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A shot, a beer and a tear

My very first foster adoption is the beautiful girl in the picture for this post. Her name was Jamie but later changed to Beyza by her adopter. Adoption day is one of the most exciting and saddest days for a foster parent. So many emotions transpire leading up to the day and when the day…
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How it all began

Once upon a time, but not so long ago when I was a rambunctious teenager (pictured above), I made a poor decision that resulted in the requirement of community service hours to be completed. I know…..scandal… I’ve got your attention now don’t I? *smiles* and no I’m not going to tell you what I did…