My Name is Joy and I am missing...

This is the story of Joy, one of 200 English Shepherds seized from a breeder/hoarder in December 2008. After months of dedicated care by her volunteer handler, Joy began to learn to trust and love, for the first time in her life. Yet, she was shipped off to Texas or somewhere by the National English Shepherd Rescue (NESR) for rehabilitation, torn away from the very person she had bonded with....Penny. Please help reunite Joy with Penny! To help, visit the website at www.voicesofloveandjoy.com, or the FB page "Give Penny her Puppy!" at http://www.facebook.com/susann.saarel?ref=name#/group.php?gid=119611141878&am...

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Penny
• Give Penny her puppy
• puppy mill
• dog rescue
• operation new beginnings
• Kapsa
• Ballantine
• adoption
• lost dog
• animal cruelty
• Joy
• Love
• volunteer
• Yellowstone County

[ourmarbles]

To voice4dogz:

Penny never called herself an angel. I did. I have been following the story in great detail from the perspective of several volunteers. The images of the dogs with Penny are a testament to how much they loved her, how excited they were to see her arrive everyday and how they trusted her. I was compelled to create this video to bring certain questionable issues to light. If you want to call that sensationalism, then so be it! ;)

[WBLittleMTMan]

Raises questions for sure ... why did Penny turn down the adoption of a dog she was approved for???!

People there are 2 sides to EVERY story.

[ourmarbles]

Because someone else applied for the same dog and she gave the dog up to them.

[ourmarbles]

This makes me wonder...how many volunteers does it take to care for 200 dogs and how many of them put in applications to adopt and were actually awarded the dogs they applied for? If you look at the NESR website you will see that they indicate that volunteers will be given first chance to adopt. Why Penny didn't get Love or Joy raises a lot of questions.

[alicecolleenflynn]

This is so sad. I hope something can be done to return the dogs to Penny.

[Ruckusist]

it is an outrage that penny wasn't allowed to keep either of the dogs. the judge in the case should be held accountable for letting the NESR take over. the NESR has deemed penny an unsuitable candidate. what a crock...

[erinlmckee]

Penny was approved for adoption of one of the six dogs she requested. It is a bit unreasonable for a person to try to take on that many dogs, especially special needs ones, like these dogs are. ALL the dogs are going to foster or adoptive homes, NONE of them is "lost" or "missing." I'd think, if she REALLY wanted what's best for the dogs, she'd be happy that Joy is going to a good home, instead of this constant complaining that she didn't get all six dogs she wanted.

[skeetluvr]

It is obvious you either don't have your facts straight or are the same person that follows around any story written about Penny and makes negative comments...me thinks you work on the inside of the debacle and sham of a rescue organization that by the way, has cost one dog it's live because you people sent it to an 'expert handler' that rode him around in a car with an open window, he got startled, jumped out and was killed...yeah buddy, you people are real experts!

[vladadog]

Every volunteer who wanted to adopt a dog was able to; some adopted more than one. Penny was approved to adopt one of the dogs she applied for but then changed her mind and refused him. It *does* raise a lot of questions, although perhaps not the ones this video would like to encourage.

[voice4dogz]

There are no words. First, she DEFENDS the hoarder that was convicted of felony animal abuse, and then she calls herself an angel? Please. She may have thought she loved these dogs, but after 8 months, they still couldn't walk on a leash, they had mats so severe that they had to be cut away, and they were among the least progressed of all the dogs at the Metra. Love means doing what's best for the ones you love, not focusing on what YOU want. This is nothing but manipulative sensationalism.