Rambo’s Playground

08/21/2023

08/18/2023

31 likes, 8 comments. “Unfortunarely, there is a one week jpdare. Kiyo is still missing. Please repost so we can bring this baby home where he belongs. Kiyo**14 week old Australian Shepherd**Blue Merle**@16 pounds**microchipped and reported**due for vaccines and requires special food** Call/text 6...

08/04/2023

This is my response to a post regarding yet another stray in need of help. Many people throwing names and contacts out there as if its a given they will solve the problem. This is any dog on any day, not just one specifically.
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******IT IS IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND****

The dog needs a place to go. HARTT isnt a shelter they are volunteers. Their garages dont have room for cars, they have their own pets at home to keep safe. They have full time jobs, families, and are constantly faced w heartbreak and frustration because theres nowhere for all these animals to land.
County has made it increasingly difficult for our communities to help these poor creatures, because they have been forced to do their job. They stopped the Laveen community from helping the animals by suggesting we were getting these strays by questionable means, even tho we had documentation on a social media platform from the first sighting to the end results (A included). They labeled us a "Third Party" and refused to pick up anymore strays from the community. Claiming our recovered stray numbers took an exponential leap from one year to the next. The reason for this was because our community on the social media platform went from a couple thousand viewers to ten thousand. Thats a lot of eyes out there driving to and from work, school, errands, shopping. Thats a lot of animal lovers working as a Village, and I mean a successful, caring community working in "Unity". So even the Third Party Coo couldnt hold down 10K strong so their solution??? >>>> The "Managed Intake" of strays because the community can no longer ignore the needs of these poor animals. The communities have spoken and our FOR PROFIT Government entity has responded by saying "If you cant help then let it go"!!!!!! They dont care that you are putting your pets and children in jeopardy by helping. They dont care if your clueless and have no idea what your doing. THEY DONT CARE. As long as they dont have to intake it, thats their goal Intake affect save rates. Thats why they have completely eradicated taking in cats. They use to charge $96 per cat regardless of it being yours, stray, or feral. But in the end, because the community picked up their slack, they had to give up their monetary aspirations because of the dogs, because dogs are more dangerous than cats and they pack up and now all their little tricks that they pulled out of their bags are catching up to them.
I guess it never occurred to them that after the influx of the housing boom and crisis that followed, the overwhelming population growth, the added cities that contracted their services, would bring an increase for pets in need. They chose to ignore it all. They chose to do nothing. They have now limited their hours of operations, (thanks to COVID) dropped their entire 2nd shift of Field Officers, alienated their Volunteers, are beyond short staffed and have focused their efforts by having a bunch of figure heads sitting in an office whom have never even visited a shelter find ways to stop the intakes for that bottom line! I wont even get started on the whole extinction of accepting owner turn ins.
THIS IS THE TRUTH, THESE ARE THE FACTS! We are so busy trying to take up the slack, do their job for them that we dont have any time to do what needs to be done to force them into doing what they are paid to do, by the taxpaers, for the taxpayers. They need to drop Managed Intakes it wasnt designed for a for profit entity contracted to take care of stray population. They need to go back to regular hours of operation, they are thee only Department and or business still operating under COVID hours. They will have to be forced to do this because it means more payroll payouts , more wear and tear and maintenance of equipment, hiring and training of more staff.
They will have to be forced to have more money added into the Budget for this as it should have beèn forseen back in 2006.

Herein lies the problem, the bottom line, Budget equals $$$$, Intakes affect the Save Rates, Save Rates are all the Cities look at when determining if they are getting their moneys worth...Our Moneys worth!
If we want things to change, if we want them to be held accountable and do their job that they are contracted to do we have to make the time and put forth the effort to bring change, to expose their blatant breach of contracts to those Cities that employ them, through taxpayer dollars, by taxpayers. Its not an easy fix. County has dug in their heels and the longer they stand in breach of contract w out retribution, the harder its going to be to affect change. The sad part is we shouldnt have to. Government entities contracted by Municipalities is always bad business.
I will end my rant there, cause I have to now go and care for my percentage of the fallout from MCACC not doing their job!

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Your (not always so friendly) "Neighborhood Trapper"
Jaime Garcia
[email protected]
Phoenix AZ 85041

12/30/2022

So I had noticed Rambo wasnt listed for adoption anymore at AAWL. Isent an email inquiring and turns out he was sick and was taken off adoption site while in infirmary.
He has recovered from what I am assuming was URI and is now back on the adoption page again!
He is a great dog! Once he is all grown up and out of his adolescent stage he will be amazing pet!

12/14/2022

Rambo is available for adoption at Az Animal Welfare League

Hey there, my name is Rambo! I'm cute cuddly boy hoping to find my fur-ever human! Once you meet me you'll fall in love! Together we can go on many adventures and have cuddle time, all the time! In return for all my love, I'll need someone to give me patience, training and all the love a young pup c...

11/29/2022

Today Rambo continues his journey in life with the Arizona Animal Welfare League he passed his intake evaluation and now he's going to be moving forward and learning to become all the dog I know he can be I'm so proud of this dog I'm crying right now I'm so proud of him for everything he's been through and my limitations that we got him this far makes me so happy and thank you to all of you for your support and for following his story and helping in all the ways that you have I am so grateful to everyone grateful to God I'm grateful to the Arizona Animal Welfare League I feel so blessed right now it just was going to be hard for me to swallow if they didn't take him because we've been through so much and I didn't want to deal with the Heartbreak of coming that far after everything he's been through only to have failed him I'm going to miss him but I'm glad that he's now in capable hands of someone who can really manage him and handle him so happy and happy for him he might not be happy right now but in the long run he's going to be moving forward in a better place God bless all of you for helping and following rambos story been a very emotional rollercoaster for me

11/22/2022

On Tuesday Rambo has an intake appointment w AAWL. I was unable to get any trainers to even respond back to my requests for help. At this point it is too late to find professional help. I can only pray that God has a plan. If they dont accept him then I am left w the heartbreaking decision to send him to county. If I didnt have these physical limitations it wouldnt be an issue. Got to go, he is out there barking uncontrollably about something

11/17/2022

11/04/2022

Rambo continues to amaze me every single day he is such a good boy. Today I took Rambo over and met my daughter with her Aussies at the park right down the street to start working with him with intros to other dogs.
He did so much better than I thought he would I was so proud of him and we had a great experience today and so we ended it on a good note and then we're going to continue to do this teach him some manners. So very proud of this dog after all he's been through.

10/28/2022

Looking good!

10/21/2022

Rambo was neutered today and is doing well. I pick him up tomorrow morning. He has a scheduled appointment for him with AAWL November 29 at 11 am. I am in search of a trainer that can help him be the best dog he can be so that they will intake him. I am not able to physically handle him in a training session so I could really use the help! If there are classes available somewhere I would register him but would need someone to handle him in class but not sure how willing he would be to listen to someone he doesnt know well while I stand by watching

10/16/2022

How smart is Rambo? Im so proud of him!!!! So last night before it came down yet again like a waterfall of rain, I had set him up in a crate in my van. During the lull I let him out to go potty and when he was done he went to back of van and hopped back inside in his warm dry plethora of quilted crate pads. Something tells me he knows a good thing when he sees it! He is gonna make a great companion and buddy for the right persons!

10/16/2022

So I reached out to AAWL for an evaluation for intake and they have agreed to set an appointment to evaluate him for intake. This would be best possible solution for him as they have a great volunteer program there and he should continue to shine and grow and learn. However the appointments are currently 9 wks out. So in the interim I really hope to raise enough money to get him some training. He should be neutered this coming week and by end of month vaccinated and chipped. He still has issues w boundaries, just jumps up and gets into everything but we are learning bit by bit. Now all I need is a foster home that has time to teach him some rules boundaries and limitations.
Please help

10/15/2022

Well So I tarped the smaller kennel on west side of his run and rains coming in from east its flooded guess we are going to parking garage at casino cause there are 3 more storm fronts coming. Noones going to be here at home for other dogs whom are terrified of storms. Sigh...
Time to break out the drugged dog cookies

10/13/2022

So when I got the text about Rambo and saw the post of a plea for help I responded because I knew shelters were closed and tho the Police were called and on scene they werent equipped to recover this fearful starving dog. As far as I knew I couldnt see who else was going to be able to help him. What would the outcome be if I didnt respond? Would he remain there on a 3' leash tied to a slide all night til phones opened at County? Im not sure what time their phones open but well after the sun has risen and there he would still be suffering and of course he would be a dead dog walking at county. He wouldnt stand a chance. So I went to him around 8pm and recovered him. I had nowhere to put him at my place because he needed to be managed carefully and so I was up all night building a kennel for him and had to wait for my hubby to get up to help me with shade because once I put him in there the kennel wasnt accessible until he decompressed. So I had to build another kennel next to his so I could finish putting up proper shade and clean his main kennel. I also needed it to drop his food without getting eaten myself. Everyone always wants someone to help these animals but do you realize how many dogs are being abandoned? And County is breaching their contract by not taking in strays as needed leaving the public to do their job. People are helping strays like Rambo and then being told by county that they will need to make an appointment to turn them in which is generally 2 weeks out on available slots. Total breach of contract! So now Rambo has decompressed, he is a happy loving dog w no aggression issues, not even over food, he loves people and other dogs and is smart and learning fast. But he cant stay here. He is currently outside isolated in his kennel and my health makes it hard for me to manage his exuberance. He isnt going to progress here w me as I am on crutches most the time and though it would benefit him to do a board and train the funds are not coming in to do that. At this point I transfered the money for training and vetting into my account ($120) so that I can purchase bedding for his kennel and to get some canned food and wormer and tick prevention.
If I cant get a foster home and a rescue to take him then I will have to send him to county.
It takes a Village and I like to think I did my part, who else was going to?
I have a background in owning and rescuing guardian breeds and I know it was a higher power that got me involved, but I am not a shelter nor a 501c3 rescue. He is a really great dog and he never has to suffer again be it through a rescue or a foster or a permanent home and sadly if my only choice is county then more than likely a very short life. Ive done all I can do alone. I have no income and am physically limited so my next question is...
Whose next?

10/11/2022

I have gotten really far behind on keeping up with this page. I just wanted to report how much better Rambo is doing he's such a good boy he's finally starting to put some weight on and he's going to be getting neutered soon and he's just such a good good boy he just adores me now and he plays with my cattle dog and they have a lot of fun wears them out. He's still having to live outside in a kennel and he's rather isolated which isn't good for him right now I still really need someone that can take him at least Foster him he's such a good boy and he's just a baby and he's learned "off" he's doing very well with off much less jumping and he's got a pea sized brain and just needs to grow into everything but he's such a great boy and he's super super smart!
I got some kibble donated for him and some great bones and toys bit still meed canned food. We had to adjust his collar as it was a lil tight cause he is gaining weight!

10/08/2022

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10/05/2022

Please help Rambo be the best dog he can be. So grateful to all!

Rambo is a 7-month-old Pit/Dane mix who (on Wednesday, 9/28, 2022) was tied w a leash at the end of a … Jaime Garcia needs your support for Rambo's Playground

10/04/2022

Weathering the storm in back of my van!

10/03/2022

So I am in process of starting a Gofundme for Rambo, just waiting on some pricing info. In the interim here are things required now.
Flea and tick chews 6mo supply for a dogs weight 65 lbs plus.
Wormer
Cedar chips for ground cover
DIATOMACEOUS EARTH for ants
Kibble canned food and treats
A foster home.
Need a few strong people w a truck to pick up an air conditioned dog house for me in Laveen. Its been gifted just need manpower to move it
Please and thank you

10/03/2022

Here is the original post of a plea for help
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Hello can somebody please assist.
There is a dog at the neighborhood park at Rancho Verde estates on 51st ave and Southern. It looks like he is tied onto the play area. I was not able to approach as I was walking my dogs. I will be heading back to provide water and food but I cannot keep him.

**dog is very aggressive and not at all approachable. We have given it dog food and water which was devoured in seconds***

10/03/2022

Kathy came by today! She is one who texted me Rambo's first post from a community member that found him in playground!

10/02/2022

Preparation to add on a holding pen so I can access the main kennel to add temporary shade

10/02/2022

Rambo loves water!