08/14/2024
This is the only time this will be addressed.
There has been a lot of false information spread about SDRR and myself, Mitzi.
In the last year plus I have had personal issues, marital and mental. Mental illness is not a joke, and kicking people when they are down is not right. And that is what a lot of people out there have been doing. And taking the opportunity while I am down to spread lies, and slander is the lowest of the low.
At first I didn’t want to address any of this because I haven’t been strong enough to deal with it. And then I didn’t want to deal with it because I thought those that really know me would know the truth and I wouldn’t have to defend myself.
Again, through all of this, I was suffering mentally from severe depression, and a divorce. Most days I am barely able to get out of bed, or shower. I have some good days but most are bad.
Have I let others down? Yes. Myself? You betcha. The dogs? Unfortunately, yes.
And then there are those who stepped up and claimed I had “victims” out there. Those individuals think starting a rescue is the solution and that THEY will do things “right”.
Well- good luck. There is no guide book, no class , and no one out there is really your “friend”. They only want what they can get from you for their own purpose. Slandering and spreading lies is not the way to start a rescue. And expecting to have one handed over to you isn’t the way either.
I made the mistake of having a too big a heart and thinking they could all be saved. For five years i knocked myself out trying to do just that. I became overwhelmed and took on too many dogs. That is what I am guilty of. Nothing more. But then there are a lot of people guilty of the same thing. I am so very sorry I took on too many dogs. It wasn’t what I intended to do.
Regarding Domino:
Domino’s is a dog I placed with what I thought was a normal person. He was a euthanasia list pull at the very last minute and when you pull from the euthanasia list at the very last minute because you have a foster you kind of get what you get. The page that is dedicated to these types of things is not not doing anyone any favors. They employ emotional manipulation to get rescues to pull dogs when they have no room or funds. They put them together with individuals have not been vetted very well and are less than ideal fosters.
So I placed Domino with a foster who stepped up at the last moment. Upon taking him to her house, I discovered she had an unaltered male dog. This is not something Rescue normally does put dogs in homes with other unaltered animals. But they promise they would get him fixed and let me make an appointment which I did do. the funds “pledged” for Domino by the followers on the page he was posted on paid for his neuter, all his vaccines, six months worth of heartworm prevention, a crate collar, leash treats, and that finished up the pledge money. The Foster offered to provide all of his food. When it came time to neuter Domino, they defaulted on neutering their own dog. This was not something I could force him to do nor did I have any resources to place Domino elsewhere as the time went by I would occasionally get a text from her saying that Domino had a skirmish with their dog. I would offer to come get him and they would decline stating no they didn’t want him to go anywhere. They were probably going to adopt him. This went on for several months every time I offered to post him on Petfinder or take him to an event they declined stating they didn’t want him to go anywhere. They were either undecided or didn’t want to adopt, but that they did not wanna make any changes while they were making a decision. I have texts to show every bit of this to be true. Finally, the day came where I was told Domino had attacked their dog again and that they did not feel he was fit to be near any other animals or small children. That is when I said I would come get him and then I needed to take him for assessment for potential behavioral euthanasia. I do not apologize for this I firmly believe in this, that is the moment when they blocked me created a page slandering me and gave Domino away to a stranger who they had not vetted. That person reached out to me after seeing my Rescue page and realizing I was not a bad person like they had been told, they told me that had they not taken Domino, that the foster stated they were going to dump him.
This person seemed very genuine and acted as though she loved Domino and I knew where he was and that he was safe. Then the day came were Domino was found wandering around in Edmond. I thought Domino and his new owner had moved to Colorado, and that this was not Domino but just another dog that looks like him as he is a common looking dog.
The next thing I know I get a call from Animal welfare in Edmond, Oklahoma, and that Domino had been found tied to a dumpster at the very address the person the fosters gave him to lived. Animal welfare did an investigation, but the apartment complex manager was not aware of Domino nor that his resident even had Domino. He stated they allow pets and had he been approached about Domino and the person had paid a pet deposit. Domino would’ve been allowed to live there. 
I have since picked Domino up and he is safe with a known and reputable rescue.
I no longer have the mental capacity or desire to deal with the people that are inevitably involved in rescuing dogs. To do so would finish me mentally and I cannot allow that. I have my own dogs and my own life to get back to. I simply cannot give any more than I have given. The dogs are who lose out in this scenario, but I cannot do anything about that. To those that are truly my friends and supporters, I apologize for disappointing you the only thing I am guilty of in all of this is having too big of a heart. It was going to kill me if I keep going.
Mental illness in any of its forms, whether severe or not is nothing to joke about and it’s nothing to kick people about when they are down. Su***de is real and suicidal thoughts when you are this low are real. Do not be the reason somebody decides to end it. Practice kindness, and do not judge. You simply do not know what someone else is going through. 
