Monte accidentally got out on the evening of January 1, 2013. Lily, a college student, immediately started searching everywhere for her family pet. She posted signs offering a reward in the neighborhood, at vet clinics and at local businesses. She posted him on numerous lost dog websites and searched websites for found dogs. Monte was … Read more
Sometimes the interests of rescue organizations are at odds with the interests of dog owners. Sargent: Rescue Refuses to Return Iraqi War Vet’s Dog. Carlos and his wife had just moved into their first home and they were pregnant with their first child. This should have been a time of happiness and anticipation, a time … Read more
Vickey Willard, president of Houston Collie Rescue stepped in removing the dogs from what she says were horrible conditions.? “We’re seeing a change, they’re happy they’re running around they’re clean,” Willard said. https://www.news4jax.com/news/2014/09/03/rescued-collies-begin-road-to-recovery/
Kmiec was ordered by a judge to not “keep, care for, or own” any more animals–but she has been found to be doing just that. Five cats and six dogs were found locked in horse stalls of a Magnolia ranch that Kmiec has been renting. https://www.tomball.com/msg/tomball-animal-abuser-caught.php?p=884183
She was involved in a lawsuit with Kara Kauffman who had sold three collies to her in 2013. Court documents show that Kmiec used a false name — “Shiela Kopman” — to enter into the contract with Kauffman for the dogs she received. Kmiec employed the fake name to hide the fact that she was the subject of … Read more
“We had a feeling it would just be a matter of time before we caught up to her,” said Vickey Willard, with Houston Collie Rescue. They found six dogs and five cats inside horse stalls Kmiec was renting on a Magnolia ranch. “This was the beginning of another hoarding situation,” said Zandra Anderson, a Texas … Read more
More than 90 collies have been seized from a Tomball home under a court order from a federal judge as part of a bankruptcy case. https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Nearly-100-collies-seized-from-Tomball-home-5723674.php
Someone found 80-year-old veteran Jim Martin’s lost dog Olaf and scanned the microchip. The chip was still connected to the agency where Martin adopted Olaf, Lone Star Westie Rescue, or LSWR. Now, the agency said it’s taking back custody of Olaf, citing health concerns. https://www.ksat.com/news/2018/08/02/das-office-investigating-ownership-battle-over-elderly-sa-mans-lost-dog/
“There was an irritation with his eye, and it’s not uncommon for this type of dog,” Attorney Zandra Anderson said. “The irony is Martin had taken the dog to the vet for this issue that would happen off and on, had medication for it and was treating the irritation at the time the dog went … Read more
Martin isn’t the only person urging the rescue to give the dog back. His neighbors, who have known him for 20 or 30 years, want the dog back too. “He was just hopeless and had no idea what he was going to do now. We have never seen that dog mistreated. He’s always taken very … Read more