G&Cs advocacy and rescue Corporation

Rescue History and Journey

This is not just a photo of rescue puppies who are looking for their forever homes, this is a photo of two amazing innocent souls who are enjoying outside playtime and giving their mom a break to just relax and interact with other adult dogs. They are not fearful, they are not crying for mom or showing any signs of stress. They are completely content and happy just chilling out there. They know they are safe, they know mom is not too far away and they know they will be with her again soon. Every dog every puppy deserves to know this safety, to know what it is to trust. That is what we aim to give as many dogs and pups as we can.

The first rescues were from Modesto. From that shelter we welcomed Curits, Lady, Icarus, her 8 puppies, Nick Wilde, Daisy May, their four puppies. All were on the rescue list both Icarus and Daisy May were new moms to new puppies and no matter how loving the staff are or how good of care they got from the shelter everyone knows that a shelter is nowhere to raise a family.

Getting to share the puppies first days weeks and months with Icarus and Daisy May how that felt can not be put into words. Getting to see that look in their eyes when it clicks that “ hey we are safe” I love watching everyone interact and bond.

if you thought that getting a shelter dog changes the chances of you bonding with them think again, in fact I believe that they know they know that they are now somewhere safe they can feel the love you have in your heart and they know that it is because of you that they are no longer on a cold cell floor.

when I first got into rescue I had to wear many hats, I didn’t have as many resources, I didn’t have a team it was me and my love for animals and my wanting to help that started this off. I am thankful for my family and close friends. For the support you all have given for having faith in me and my dream and for being there to help in anyway you can, thank you to my little brother David from over at D&Js Kennels who built this incubator and let us use it for Daisy May’s pups and since then other pups who needed a little extra TLC.

something that I learned is that every dog reacts in their own way and it means different things for different dogs. Icarus looks sad and depressed in almost every picture but was so playful and loving she was a great mom who helped Daisy with her pups, and other mothers later on. She is a amazing girl who sadly was one of the ones we lost due to a need to pull rank, an attempt to control animal welfare market and god knows what else but she was taken by NBAS who immediately sent her right back to the shelter she came from knowing that there her chances of being killed were high almost for sure. We pray that our partners of in Modesto were able to find the perfect home for her we know they all love animals and that every day every member of their team works non stop fighting for animals

we got to witness Daisy May’s and Nick’s first kiss of the year

Nick stole my heart the moment I met him his smiling eyes and warm smile melted my heart and the light inside him reminded me what I was fighting for

One of the biggest thank yous I have is to my dogs for their loving nature and acceptance of having these new dogs come into their space there are moments I really wonder “do they know that these dogs are from shelters? That they have had harder lives then my dogs?” the compassion and empathy my dogs show is something I can only thank God for.

Leading to Recue

North Bay Animal Services in Petaluma came to my home when my dogs got out of the yard and took 5 of my dogs.

At the time, I was under the impression that I had no other choice but to give up my dogs. If
I knew, I had the choice to say no, I would have.

Later I spoke with Mark Scott the director of North Bay Animal Services and I feel that I was persuaded to sign a surrender agreement, Mark manipulated me by telling me if I didn’t do the right thing now, if I put up barriers then he could not help me and that I would end up losing everything and that he was trying to save me.

He said he just wanted to help me get them fixed and that I could find‌ them homes as I was clear that I wanted the dogs I couldn’t keep due to there being a limit on the number of dogs a house a can have to be homed with family and friends so that I could remain in their lives.

I am emotionally disabled and suffer from social anxiety, ptsd, aspergers, and ADD and verbal communication is one of my greatest struggles.

I feel that Mark tricked me by intentionally giving me misleading information so that I would agree to let him “help”

Since my dogs have been gone I have slipped into a depression that I am unable to shake, I email and call and neither are responded to.

I went to Petaluma to get my dogs and the shelter said that my dogs were in the back where the public does not have access to. I called the petaluma police department and the officers claimed to not have the authority to have North Bay Animal Services give me my dogs.

Mark at one point was on the phone and said that if I was calm I could see my dogs but the shelter staff did not follow through and then told the police that the dogs were not there. Mark insisted that I go to Windsor and talk to him. I told him that there was nothing to talk about. I wanted my dogs and that wasn’t going to change. My disabilities are the barrier that makes verbal communication difficult and it is unfair to demand me to “push” through them and do as Mark is asking.

My request is clear and firm. I want my dogs. I do not want them at North Bay. The shelter has a lot of shady aspects and I do not want my dogs to be the next death by mistake or any other possible misfortune outcome.

I feel that petaluma police were bias as they and Mark are in the same line of work and its like a club member pack. I feel that my disabilities made me an easy target and that were used against me to get me to allow mark to take my dogs,

Mark says a lot of good stuff and makes promises that sound like everything is going to be ok but there is no follow through and I do not feel comfortable with my animals in his care,

I want to appeal and will keep doing so until my dogs are returned whatever I need to do to get them back will be done,

I don’t want to take the road to filing a lawsuit but if there is no action by the end of the week that will be my next move.

I have reached out to members of the government and will be sending over copies of every email letter, video and any other piece of evidence to the media.

I am not trying to cause trouble I just want my dogs back with shelters being over filled and there being so many animals at risk of being killed I am unable to see why returning my dogs is so hard for mark to do. If resources are so limited why fight to spread yourself thinner the only thing I can think is that like any other business an animal shelter needs animals to in order to get funding and to gain the support of the community I went to mark before about two puppies that were found in a parking lot in lake county and he said that it was out of jurisdiction even though his organization services lake county as well he told me to basically tell the lady sorry and send the pups back with her because resources were so limited but then the following week went to a county he does not service using county transportation to get 12 dogs im not sure the number but it can be found in the newspaper because of course it was a nice touch and story for the public.

I just want my dogs and I won’t stop until I have them back. I will keep emailing and requesting audits, court records, background checks and other reports and I will share with the public everything I learn.

What is happening is not right and something needs to be done anybody of government that has the power to help and chooses to look the other way is guilty as well and will added to any lawsuit that may arise for being in conspiracy to abuse power under the color of law and acting in ways that cause severe mental distress to a disabled individual who didn’t have the mental ability to understand the situation and had no advocate, for learning of those disabilities and continuing to allow this cruel and unusual treatment.

This was written in 2023 when the situation that sparked the idea to start a rescue happened. I remember how lost I felt how broken my heart was when they took my babies. I understand that there are ordinances but what do we do when they harm people? Why is it ok to cover a horror show of ripping pets away from their families up with ” its the law” Something needs to change, shelters are full everywhere and claim to be underfunded and understaffed well then how is it that they have the time and mind to take pets from their homes? No one had they right to tell someone how many dogs another person can have. I like many pet owners consider my fur babies my kids and to ask me to choose what ones to give up is no different than asking me to give up one of my kids. I ended up getting my dogs back all expect the baby puppies that were dished out before 8 weeks of age, that is a whole other post.

Today I rescue and advocate, so I help prevent what happened to me happening to others.

Right to Rescue

I never could have imagined how hard it be to save animals. When I say hard I don’t mean the work that part is easy, I don’t mind putting in the long hours, I don’t mind spending hours cleaning, washing, grooming, feeding, training, ETC. I love doing all that. When I say hard I mean I wasn’t expecting to have to fight others to be able to save animals. I thought that it was a shared goal to save as many as possible, and I have come to believe that I have a complete different understanding of the word able.

for me being able to do something means you have the ability to do it if you dont have the ability to do something then you are physically incapable of doing it but I was always taught that where there is will there is a way, and I was told I could do anything I set my mind to.

I grew up believing this, I grew up following my heart and dreams, I have not always been where I am today I have a past and there are parts that I am not proud of but there are also parts that I am proud of. The parts that I am not proud of are not who I am they are things I have done or not done mistakes I have worked everyday to correct.

Ever since I could remember, I have been an odd ball, grade school was a complete horror show and my pre-teen years were spent inside of the foster care system. I lost all control in those years I couldn’t do what I wanted, go where I wanted, say what I wanted. and yeah your probably thinking ” suck it up that’s how it is suppose to be at that age”

well it wasn’t that I wanted to stay out late with friends, ( I didn’t have any) I didn’t want to stay up past midnight on a school night, I didn’t want to eat junk food for breakfast, or say bad words, no the things I wanted so bad that I was not allow to do were things like be home with my family, have parents that would nag me about doing my homework, watch Sabrina the teenage which on Friday nights, play in my backyard with my dog Shasta, Watch Law and Order with my auntie that raised me, sleep in my own bed, be able to yell if I got upset or take a nap when I got overwhelmed.

most of all I wanted to be able be upset without having to fear that I would be put on some new medication that would make me like a zombie, I wanted to be able to melt down when the world around me got too much without having four or more adults I did not know pin me down to the ground and hold me until I CALIMED DOWN.

I was an emotional kid, I am a highly sensitive person and back then no one knew what that meant, I also have ADHD and a bunch of other disabilities or at least that is what I have been told.

I’m no doctor maybe I do maybe I don’t. I admit that many of the MISTAKES in my past are me trying to do something and not having the support I need to be successful I failed at being a teen a mom, I can admit I am not the best when it comes to giving others what they need I get overwhelmed, overstimulated and I just don’t understand humans, I think that humans most of them anyway are exactly what is wrong with the world.

BUT animals are different, they pure and they love whole heartedly they don’t use or abuse you they are caring and thankful. they are fun and funny and they are simple they don’t care how much money I have, where I live, what I drive, how I dress, or about any of the other shallow things humans use to judge or base another’s value or worth.

Every time I am around my dogs, my rescues and my not rescues I feel like Im in the right place. I feel like I am where I am needed and wanted most. I love watching them interact with one another and I love watching mamas with their babies how they teach them to play and explore I love how when the teen male pups think they are hot top dog and try to impress the older female how they are knocked down and tossed around ( all in good fun) I love how when I lay down anywhere on the couch on the ground or in bed how they all pile on top one and nestle into me how they all have and know where their spot is and where the other’s is I love laying there and being a part of the grooming snuggle bundle I love they look in their eyes when they discover something new the excitement of finding me to tell me all about it, and even thought I don’t like when any of them gets hurt I love how when one finds themself at the bottle on the rumble jumble or gets their feelings hurt after being corrected by the older ones how they come running to find me and tell me all about how they are just so picked on I love kissing they heads and petting their ears and whispering sweet encouragements and promises of a better tomorrow. I love waking up in the middle of the night and seeing bellies and paws in the air and faced up because I know that its a sign of them being comfortable and feeling safe.

no one has the right to tell me I can not save or that I am not capable of doing this no one asked you, you and your dangerous ordinances and your selfishness and your lack of empathy have no room in our lives.

the town of Windsor has fined me 34,000 dollars because I have more then 4 dogs, Norh Bay Animal Services tries to scare off any organization that we work with including the veterinarians every agency and person who is entrusted with the power to make the community a better place has one thing in mind money money money oh wait and power, at least in this county the shelters and the cities and towns all have worked so hard to create a tight circle that allows them to circulate tax dollars do the bare minimum and act and live like gods all the whiles lives are destroyed and lost.

I know this is long and your probably thinking well I’m not sure but if your still here then maybe you want to hear more. if so be sure to catch part two on youtube where I will pick up where I am leaving off hope to see you there

JOIN US IN GETTING CALIFORNIA TO NO KILL STATUS

We are looking for individuals who love animals and who want to help stop the killing of healthy adoptable animals inside of California’s animal shelters. We are a small foster base rescue located in Sonoma County partnering with shelters throughout California with a focus on shelters in high kill areas,
we are working to expand our foster network as fosters are vital to our organization. without fosters there is no rescue.
we are looking for people who are willing to join us in our lifesaving mission to save the dogs of California, dogs have been known as man’s best friend since the beginning of their domestication and it’s time that man start returning that love and loyalty. please reach out to G&Cs Advocacy and Rescue Corporation no matter if you are a pet owner an animal lover advocates a shelter another rescue, we want all of you to join us and help save countless lives the first step is to fill out an application which you will find a link below we provide everything needed for foster dogs and offer compensation to our fosters, we make sure our fosters have everything they need including a team of coordinators to help and support fosters throughout their fostering. we are offering a $ 300 incentive for the first five successful foster applicants who complete the training and take in a foster dog.

https://new.shelterluv.com/matchme/foster/GNC/Dog

you can also find more information on our social media accounts, and we invite you to join one or more of our groups,

Fosters Needed

this is daisy, she is just about a year old or so and she is mother of four. she had a hard time giving birth and had to have am emergency c section. she went into the shelter with her mate the two are bonded like any young couple. Nick ( the dad) was completely beside himself when daisy had to be taken into surgery. he cried and cried and when daisy returned, he so happy. Not just as a rescue but as a pet parent as a human how could anyone leave nick behind? if we were going to save this family it had to be the whole family. now we are reaching out to the public asking for help we need fosters for this family preferably one that is willing allow them all to stay together. if you can’t foster, please donate to G&Cs Advocacy and Rescue. we depend on the from our community members every dollar makes it possible for us to rescue.

look at that smile! he is just about a year old and very bonded to daisy his name is nick and he is daddy to daisy’s pups. please consider foster this family, they were on the kill list at the shelter in Modesto and we just could not leave nick behind

Meet Curits he is 6 years old and if we didn’t pull him he was going to be killed in the shelter, we had a foster set up but at the last min they canceled well unfortunately the clock doesn’t stop because of sickness car trouble or unexpected emergencies life goes on and so do we, we love what we do but we can’t do it alone we need your help to be able to continue our lifesaving efforts please reach out for more information on how you can join on and start saving lives, fosters are the back bone of our organziation without fosters we could not rescue so thank you to all our amazing fosters