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Dalis to the Rescue

Dalis to the Rescue is a local non-profit Animal Rescue based out of Alma, Michigan.
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10/05/2025

I’m in tears AGAIN…it must be “make Dalis cry good tears” day 🥹

I received a messsge from the most amazing woman!!! She sent a very short little message that just read “I want to cover Chances vet bill. I’m sending $1250”.

It’s impossible for me to keep up with the messages when you have over 40,000 followers and I’m just one person working two jobs and caring for hundreds of animals. Again, I have to prioritize the more important things in a day and typically the messages get the last of me because as soon as I try to answer it, a million more come in and then they start getting lost in the mass amounts. I know. It’s hard to understand my crazy life that’s why most days I don’t even do a good job at prioritizing this mess either. Lol.

Anyways, I’m surprised I seen it and could even message back. Yea, I surprise myself sometimes too. Lol.

Money, space and time. These three things there will never be enough of when in rescue…and my goal is to rescue the ones that need me most. The ones that some won’t rescue because it’ll cost too much or unfortunately it’s not a cute fluffy puppy. Yep, the pit’s and the black dogs. The injured and abused. That’s my heart and soul.

Not only did someone or something break Chance’s leg and then stuffed him in a tiny little cage and left him beside a dumpster in Inkster ( thank you to the Inkster police department for taking him in and transporting him to me) but nobody stepped up for him. He couldn’t stay in that state with no place to go so they were making the decision to have him humanely euthanized the following day. I don’t scroll through Facebook much. If you are the first 5-10 first posts, I might see those but that’s it so it was just by luck that I seen my name tagged on his post. I didn’t have room, still don’t for another, but there was no way I could say no knowing he would be dead in hours…and now his journey begins. Not just with ME but with all of YOUR support!

You ALL keep me saving animals. When I have a plea to help an animal, you ALL step up. When I’m having a bad day with the as****es of the world, you ALL jump up and defend me. And when a little abused dog that nobody knew about just a few days ago needs help ASAP, YOU STEP UP!!! Wow!!!

Now if I could just get some more time (25/8 would work better than 24/7 😂) and more space (so they said I’d never fill up a 9,000 sq. ft. building when I first moved in and I did in the first 6 months I started renting this building. Ran out of space 6 years ago. Lol 😂) then I could save a lot more. It does crush my soul that I can’t save them all but that’s just my bleeding heart. When I was younger people would always say “you can’t save them all”. It used to crush my soul because I didn’t understand that. I truly thought one day I could…stupid naive young Dalis 🤦🏻‍♀️

But for now I literally feel like a real life Superman and you all are my kryptonite…well today I do. Tomorrow I’m sure I’ll get a million calls and messages that will be impossible for me to rescue and animals will die…and a piece of me will go with them to die as well 🥺💔

Thank you Chris. I won’t give your full name completely up in case you want to be anonymous, but thank you from the bottom of my heart. You are one special person. It’s because of people like you why I can save so many precious souls 😇

10/05/2025

I have to give a huge shout out to Emily Lovejoy and Linda Denton!!

Emily seen my daughter last week and didn’t have much money but pulled a $20 out and told her how much she loves us and even though it’s not much, to please use it for the rescue. My daughter tried not to take it but she insisted. My heart is huge for kind people like you Emily. Working so hard to get ahead in life but still want to help anything in need. You are one special woman Emily. Thank you!

And Linda. I showed up at our special adoption event already overwhelmed and overstimulated which caused my anxiety to dance on my chest like an elephant tap dancing…but when I showed up, Linda was there saying put me to work getting this place together for an adoption event. She never called to see if I needed help. Never messaging me to see if I needed help. She just showed up. Now to be honest, it’s hard for me to ask for help and even if you ask me what I need help with, I typically just say I got it because sometimes it’s just easier…and Linda didn’t care what i was going to say. She didn’t give me a chance to say “no I got this”. She just got to work scrubbing walls and floors until this place was ready to go…and I can’t begin to tell you how much my anxiety started to just away with her there. She barely spoke a word to me which was amazing because my thoughts were all over the place. She just worked. She helped without asking because she sees me. She hears me. She saved me yesterday.

Thank you Linda! Thank you for being so selfless and helping a girl that never even asked! We need more vigilante people in this world like you that can hear and see where help is needed. Not told. You are my kind of people and such a special woman 🥰

10/05/2025

I’m just in awe right now…

I had a bunch of work to do on my phone so I headed an hour away, sat in a restaurant all by myself because if it’s not right in front of me I tend to forget to eat when I’m this busy in the head (LOL) and started doing my work. I finally got at a nice stopping point and asked for my bill. To my surprise, the waitress says, “oh, your bill has been paid for ma’am.” I think I just sat there for a minute with this weird blank look on my face. There were only like 4-5 tables of people in there and not one person gave it away that they recognized me. They paid and dipped without me even getting to acknowledge them! So then I looked even stupider because I started to cry, right there in the restaurant, in front of everyone. Like an idiot. Lol. So I whipped on my sunglasses real quick and just walked out. I went to my car, still overwhelmed with emotions, and opened my fortune cookie…and how ironic that the exact strangers that do these acts of kindness, know me from “current technology trends” and that’s my daily fortune 🥹

I never “get used to” people recognizing me when I’m hours away. I tend to forget that I’m Dalis to the rescue when I’m just out being Dalis Hitchcock. Lol.

I’ve never been recognized for anything growing up. Typically I was just ignored (I was a really good and quiet kid) or used and abused (by stupid boys of course) and even bullied quite a bit because we moved around. I stuck to myself a lot and, well of course, saved animals at a very young age. Yea, my attitude sometimes stems from my younger years of “get them before they get you” kind of mentality so now that I’m in my 40s (okay, I’m closer to 50 now. Lol) and have raging uncontrollable dumb perimenopause emotions, these acts of kindness means more to me than this world will ever know 🥰

So thank you. Thank you to the kind stranger or table of strangers that seen me today…and even though I’m always seen as Dalis to the rescue when I’m in the public and I LOVE IT, today I felt seen as Dalis Hitchcock. I’m never seen as her. I. Am. Dalis. To. The. Rescue. They didn’t come to my table asking me to take an animal or tell me an animal story (again, I love that too!), they just did a heartfelt gesture, paid for a girls meal and left.

Thank you just doesn’t seem
enough for me to say to express my gratitude but thank you from the bottom of my heart for noticing a girl who sometimes doesn’t even notice herself these days ❤️

I’m still in my car in the parking lot crying. Gosh I’m a hot mess. Luckily I have tinted windows. I’ll be here for a minute🤦🏻‍♀️❤️

10/04/2025

Sq**rt, Abby, a puppy and a kitten got adopted!!!! Yay!!!!!!

10/04/2025

I’ve never met such an amazing dog that literally loves life!!

There isn’t a moment that Chance doesn’t wag his tail. There isn’t a moment that he’s not ready for an adventure. And there isnt a moment where he doesn’t enjoy life 🥰

I’m just happy that my disdain for social media didn’t stop me from seeing a tag on Facebook and investigating it more. Chance received a second chance due to a lot of circumstances, people and luck.

Thank you yo everyone who has been rooting for our Chance boy. Our links to donate are on our website at www.dalistotherescue.com. Thank you do very much for all of your support 🥰

10/04/2025

Picked up Chance from the vet, and you should’ve heard all of the “we’re going to miss you Chance. We love you” that he got from the vets and staff. He made an impression that’s for sure but he does wherever he goes. He’s very resilient and thankful 🥰

He’s on pain meds and gets his drain tube out on Tuesday. Then he gets his sutures removed the following week and will be available for adoption. If interested in adopting Chance, please fill out the preadoption application at www.dalistotherescue.com.

10/04/2025

We love our fosters!!! Here’s another update from one of them…

“Francis is doing so well. No accidents in the house, super sweet demeanor and man does he LOVE his naps! He adjusting well, going on lots of car rides and even went into the office with me yesterday! Just wanted to give you an update!!!”

10/03/2025

Just got word from the vet, Chance did amazing in surgery and recovering well with that pesky broken leg removed AND getting neutered!!! He will be staying the night at the vet tonight and back with me first thing tomorrow morning to recover! Yay!!!

10/03/2025

So you all only get to see “The Menace” side of Dennis but the reason why he’s so close to me is because we are in constant training…and I mean CONSTANT! I believe there is no such thing as a “bad dog”, but I do believe if you get a dog, it’s not a novelty. You have to put the work into them just like I had to with my kids. My kids are in their 20s and I’m still teaching them how to be good citizens and adults. It never stops with dogs OR kids. Once I adopt a dog myself, i have to see it through until the end. That’s what commitment is all about, and because I do it this way, my children are doing the same because I am their role model. I have to model good traits to raise good humans. Someone once told my oldest daughter to get rid of her pets because she couldn’t find a house to rent with them and she said “do you know who my mom is?! She would kill me. Once I commit to a pet, I have to have it for LIFE no matter what.” I also have a plan for all of my pets in case I were to die…because I’m not joking when I say I will haunt you if my dogs are placed anywhere else when I’m dead. I promised them from day one that they would never be scared again. Please talk to your friends and family about your pets. I’ve had 11 people call me this week with wanting to get rid of deceased family members dogs and cats. There is no room anymore. All rescues and shelters are beyond full. Make a plan. Do right by your pets and for the love of god, SPAY AND NEUTER…and DO NOT GET DOGS FROM PARKING LOTS OR PET SHOPS. We have to stop the breeding of these precious souls so that we can find homes for the abandoned, abused and neglected. If you don’t buy them from parking lots and pet shops then they will be forced to quit breeding and we can start playing catch up with the dogs that are being killed in shelters because there isn’t enough homes for them all. In the meantime, I will keep stretching myself thin, rescuing, trying to educate and of course more training of Dennis 😂

10/03/2025

I know most don’t know but I actually have a full time job while running the rescue full time. Yes, TWO full time jobs, except for one doesn’t pay me. Lol. Well my love is for grooming dogs and cats. I’ve been grooming for 30 years (dang that really showed my age. Lol). Well this guy comes in every six week faithfully and we just want to show him off a little. His Mohawk was suppose to be red so we call this “light red”. Lol. We’ll brighten it up next time.

I’m constantly give shout outs to my grooming customers be sue not only do they get put on the back burner when someone demands they talk to me so I have to stop what I’m doing (grooming) and go out and talk only to get behind schedule in the grooming salon because of it. My customers are so patient when I tell them I’m running behind schedule on their grooming dog, but they also literally pay my bills because my source of income to run my household and two businesses. I always say that my little ol’ grooming salon has to work extra hard for my crazy ideas…but it’s my grooming customers that are also absolutely amazing!!!

So thank you to everyone who supports both my beloved rescue and my pride and joy grooming salon 🥰

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303 Valley Avenue
Alma, MI
48801

Opening Hours

Tuesday	8:30am - 4:30pm
Wednesday	8:30am - 4:30pm
Thursday	8:30am - 4:30pm
Friday	8:30am - 4:30pm

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+19894639797

Website

http://www.dalistotherescue.com/

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