I’m constantly gobsmacked by the intensity and commitment of dog rescuers that dedicate their time, money, and hearts to saving dogs.
Max, a young pit bull mix, was one of these dogs.
California dog rescuers pulled him from a high kill shelter. They also paid for trainers to help him overcome his fear and reactivity.
Unfortunately his story doesn’t have a happy ending because of a weak link in the chain of dog rescuers that tried to save him.
That weak link was Storm Rescue in Lacey. They took Max to Joint Animal Services (JAS) in Thurston County to be euthanized just 10 days after he arrived at the rescue even though they had committed to his rescuers in California they would continue his training and find a home for him.
Storm Rescue founders David and Drew Repp also continued to tell Max’s rescuers in California he was alive weeks after they had him euthanized.
RESCUERS PULL MAX FROM HIGH KILL SHELTER
Max’s journey began when his owner left him at the North Central Shelter in Los Angeles. The shelter notes said he was “reactive,” probably because his owner left him in the backyard 24/7 with virtually no human contact.
Because Max needed additional training and socialization, the shelter listed him as “Rescue Only.”
This meant he could only go to a rescue group and not a private home.
Max caught the attention of California dog rescuers who pull dogs with correctable behavior problems from shelters. They then find trainers to work with the dogs, and place them in forever homes.
One of them, Christine Evans, met Max at the shelter and saw that he was fearful and reactive. However, she also believed that with the right training he could be rehabilitated and adopted.
MAX GOES TO TRAINING
After Max was pulled from the shelter he was taken to a trainer named Yasin Ali. He arrived on April 13th. Here he is during his first day of training.
Christine Evans and two other rescuers raised approximately $3000 to pay for Max’s training with Ali as well as his boarding with a woman named Nicole Proels who helped Ali with Max’s training. Nicole agreed to continue Max’s socialization/training until a rescue could be found to continue to work with Max and eventually find a permanent home for him.
After a couple of months a woman in California named Cynthia Munoz heard about Storm Rescue from people who had sent dogs to them in the past. Cynthia contacted Storm, which agreed to take him and find him a home.
TRANSPORTER SAYS MAX IS DANGEROUS, ANOTHER SAYS HE ISN’T
Last August, Max was taken to the Oasis boarding facility where a transporter named Terri Myers was supposed to pick him up and take him to Storm Rescue.
Max had done well with his training/socialization, and after his rescue from North Central Shelter he hadn’t bitten anyone, but he was still edgy and fearful around new people. When the facility owner came to get him out of the crate he barked aggressively at him and snapped at his gloves. Eventually the owner removed him from his crate with a catch pole, which I’m sure increased Max’s agitation.
While Terri was on her way to pick up Max she checked in with Oasis’ owner. When he told her about Max’s reactive behavior when he tried to get the dog out of his crate she decided not to take Max to Storm out of concern for her safety.
Upon hearing that the transport wouldn’t take Max, Christine drove to Oasis to see him for herself. Here is what she told me she saw:
“I drove out to Oasis to see Max. He was very shy confused and afraid. I walked into his 10 x 10 kennel and visited with him. He sat and ate off my hands cookies and greenie he felt at ease but didn’t feel comfortable with David at all. He sat and laid down…he felt safer. I called Yasin to share. Max was ok just doesn’t know the place so felt insecure felt like a shelter situation all over again for him. I spent about 1 1/2 hrs with Max in his kennel, Yasin and Nicole picked him up the next morning.”
Here is Christine with Max:
Max was jumping for Joy seeing Nicole again and he sat next to David the owner of Oasis through the kennel with zero reactive behaviour…another video was taken to document. Max drove back to Rialto Ca again.”
Here is a happy Max greeting Nicole:
After Max’s transport fell through, Christine Evans began looking into Storm Rescue. She didn’t like what she found. Someone with connections to law enforcement told her that Storm was being investigated for allegedly euthanizing some of the dogs they rescued.
In addition, in a September 4 text message David Repp told Christine that Storm was “at the point of bankruptcy” after a huge windstorm inflicted severe damage on the rescue’s facilities. This concerned her because she didn’t know if Storm had the resources available to take care of Max.
Based on what she heard about Storm Rescue, Christine tried to stop the transport from taking Max there. Unfortunately, a rift had already developed between her and Max’s other rescuers when she started to raise concerns about Storm, and they decided to send Max to Storm anyway.
Max arrived at Storm Rescue on September 27, 2015.
Steve Miller and Monica Rolan agreed to transport Max to Storm. They picked him up on September 26th.
Steve and Monica reported they had no trouble with Max during their trip. Steve said Max was friendly to them both in the car and when they walked him on leash.
An email sent to Max’s rescuers in California in February by a volunteer after she learned that Max had been killed confirms what Steve and Monica reported about him. She had taken Max to a veterinarian, and her email attests to the progress he had made:
“I took Max to Loma Linda Animal Hospital for his health cert, a few days before the date of his first transport, which wound up canceled. We had a muzzle on him for safety purposes. He jumped into his kennel when we picked him up from Nicole’s house, his trainer/boarder.
When we arrived, he jumped out of his kennel with a little bit of smooth coaxing, then walked around the vet grounds with me, leashed. I was able to pet him and walk him, although he was scared the first few minutes, and shook and cowered from my touch. After 5 minutes of showing him we were the good guys, he was fine.
The vet techs came out to meet him, and he was scared of them and cowered away and pushed his muzzle into my legs “to hide” from them. He also would not walk inside the vet’s office. Once we reached the doors, he would jump away and shriek. So the vet did the exam outside.
We drove him back to Nicole’s and let him sit in the backseat, where he nestled his head on my passenger’s shoulder. When we arrived back at Nicole’s, Max’s demeanor went from scared to confident, happy, exuberant – he was so excited to see her. He pranced around her, licked her, held his tail high and proud, and it was wonderful to see what a confident boy he could be with love and patience and trust.”
STORM RESCUE SAYS MAX IS ALIVE WEEKS AFTER HE WAS EUTHANIZED
Max arrived at Storm Rescue on September 27, 2015. On October 6, Drew Repp from Storm filled out a form referring Max to Joint Animal Services for Thurston County “for assessment as a dangerous or potentially dangerous dog” due to “unprovoked human aggression” and behaving “in a menacing manner w/intention to attack.”
KEY QUESTIONS REMAIN UNANSWERED
The people who pulled Max from the shelter and spent thousands of dollars to pay for a trainer to work with him expected Storm Rescue to continue his training and ultimately find him a permanent home.
But once Max arrived in Olympia on September 27, they heard nothing from Storm Rescue about him until October 9, 2 days after they had him put down at Joint Animal Services. On November 1 they even said “Max is a very special dog. He needs lots of LOVE and attention.”
Storm only admitted Max had been euthanized after Christine Evans learned about it from Joint Animal Services.
What I don’t understand is how they could determine Max was so dangerous he had to be put down after having him for only 10 days. Dogs need more time than that just to decompress and get used to new surroundings/people, especially a fearful dog like Max.
Pictures, videos, texts and testimonies prove that, at the very least, Max had no problem being around people he trusted. They also contradict many of the explanations Storm Rescue sent to me in response to my questions about Max. In my opinion, he wasn’t given the opportunity to trust anyone once he arrived at Storm Rescue.
It’s also unclear why Storm didn’t simply ask Christine to take Max back, which she would have done. Legitimate rescues would not put down a dog without consulting the rescuers who sent it or sending it back to them.
STORM’S ACTIONS INVITE SCRUTINY
I’d be more inclined to believe Max was so dangerous he had to be euthanized if Storm hadn’t pretended that he was alive weeks after he had been euthanized, made several false allegations against his rescuers, and sent pictures showing Drew Repp’s injuries that were taken before Max was even at Storm.
Instead, the evidence I’ve seen indicates that Storm Rescue spun a web of deception intended to convince whomever asked about Max that he was still alive. When given the opportunity to explain what happened or answer questions about what they did with him, they attacked the people who asked what happened to the dog they spent 5 months and thousands of dollars trying to save.
Of course dog rescues make mistakes, but legitimate ones don’t attempt to conceal them from the public. Trying to cover them up only compounds the mistake and creates a tremendous amount of public distrust.
Storm Rescue’s explanation of what happened to Max leaves several questions unanswered:
Why did Storm claim Max was still alive weeks after they had him euthanized?
Why did Storm say Max had bitten 3 people after he arrived in Washington but didn’t mention he bit anyone when they surrendered him to Joint Animal Services?
Why did they use a gruesome, 2-year-old picture from a Japanese newspaper about a dog attack to show the damage Max supposedly inflicted on Drew Repp’s hand?
Why did they send me pictures they claimed were of Drew Repp’s injured hand that apparently were taken before Max even arrived at Storm Rescue.
If Storm had problems with Max, why didn’t they contact any of the people that worked for 5 months to train and socialize him?
Why didn’t they simply send Max back to California instead of having him euthanized?
I advise shelters or rescues not to send any dogs to Storm Rescue until they answer these questions, give a thorough explanation about what happened to Max and provide evidence to back it up.
RIP Max. You deserved better.
Here are additional texts and videos about Max. The texts from Storm Rescue use these 4 names – Drew Repp, David Repp, Lisa Repp, and Athyna MA M – but as you will see they are all about Max.
THESE DOCUMENTS PROVE MAX WAS EUTHANIZED ON OCTOBER 7, 2015
On Oct. 6 Drew Repp reported to Joint Animal Services that Max “acted aggressively toward rescue staff.” It doesn’t say that he bit anyone.
MESSAGES ABOUT MAX BETWEEN STORM RESCUE AND HIS RESCUERS
On October 26 Storm claimed Max is “still aggressive” and that Drew had surgery for his hand that Max had supposedly bitten. Storm provided no proof of the injury.
Storm told Christine Evans on Oct. 26 that they still had Max, would not send Max back to CA, and would keep him “safe.” He was euthanized almost 3 weeks earlier.
Storm told people asking about Max on Nov. 1 that he was “fine”.
On November. 1 Storm had told Christine Evans that Max is a “special dog” that needs “lots of LOVE and attention.” He had been dead for 3 weeks.
Storm claimed Max was sent “against their wishes” but this text from June 9 of last year shows otherwise.
There is no excuse for what they did to Max. No dogs should ever go to this so called rescue. They only had to call Cynthia Munoz instead they lied and lied and lied again.
Max should of never been killed, there were other options that would of let him live. He was only 2 yrs, he was still a baby
To Storm Rescue,
You have lied endlessly to me about Max the whole time. In lying to me was a mistake. I’m not an easy push over ever in life for those that truly know me will tell you. I do everything right no matter what I touch. Shame on you both David and Drew Repp get out of animal rescue it’s not for you.
Max should have Been returned to California it wasn’t up to you both to make the dicision to kill him. A very healthy dog with a smile that didn’t bite either one of you at any given time or anyone else in your Mickey Mouse Rescue.
Pathological liars is what you both are and even deeper then that you’re displaying mental challenges. A sick act that now deserves legal action against you. Pls provide me with that attorney you were talking about I’m still waiting! Empty words blowing smoke up everyone ass on fb rescue doesn’t work in my world. You had no funds not even to purchase toilet paper for your personal use how did you think you were going to help Max? We are all curious!
501 c3 does NOT ever guarantee great rescue word EVER, that part is for tax Break purposes ONLY.
Your actions were discusting all you needed to do was pick up the phone and dial us for Steve Miller and Monica Rolan they would have picked him up in a heart beat and returned him back to California safely. Shame on you both I pray and do hope Karma is close by.
@ Shannon S you supported and attacked me without getting the full facts you publicly posted on your wall, egg on your face today.
Cindy W to too! Posting on your wall the way you did to support these vile people words and believing in them so strongly and then saying to me “oh, I’m only sharing” shame on you as well do your homework.
David and Drew leave the dogs alone they dont need your help! I hope you will both walk away fast from Rescue what you did was extremely wrong.
Change your fb profile page to your real name! That’s another lie you live under…one of the few fake fb profile “Lisa Repp” is your dog’s name! Is there anything real about you? Can you ever tell the truth? So disgusting you are both dog killers!
Too bad people couldn’t get out of their own way and listen to your warning or even go so far as to “check out this rescue” themselves. Would have saved this life. I hate how “personal billshit” overrides common sense with many people working rescue these days. Sorry that we all failed this poor boy. Shame on the kill brothers in WA state. Should not have taken the killing of this dog to prove you right. Check ANY/ALL rescue people. You did good Christine. Rip max.
I adopted a dog from them over a YEAR ago. They told me they would fix her and they have yet to send her to get fixed so I have a date setup to do so. They also blocked me about 3 months after adopting her. Now they show up outta the blue and threaten to take the dog for violations to the adoption agreement when there is none. Mind you they came to my house and did the inspection when I wasn’t home to talk to them. My now ex friend let them in. She works with them. They told me after a or they can’t do investigations on dogs adopted out. Now they wanna take away my dog away and she is training to be my service dog. They do not care at all about the dogs. Just the money. They should not be allowed to work with dogs. They had another dog that was extremely aggressive they kept trying to adopt out early 2015. She bite this guy that was training her and the guy put her down. They have NO paperwork on it and she was still available for adoption a month after that.
would you like to do that again they can do check up on their dogs they have adopted out and Scarlett can not be a service dog because she has killed another dog my 17-year-old Aussie mix, Storm does right by their dogs and they care and you were told many times to have her fixed but you come up with excuses not to, I have two from storm and if they so chose they can take my two from me if I do not follow the contracts I have signed which I have and I keep them up to date. so if I do volunteer for them makes no difference. You just did not read the contract but just signed it, where as I read and signed. Stop with the half says.
You should actually quit before you’re left at the starting gate. The very fact that you could defend this rescue in any way, shape or form just shows exactly what kind of character/moral compass you possess… or lack thereof. If I were you, I’d take one giant leap back from people who try to profit from the misfortune, abuse and killing of dogs who cannot speak up for or defend themselves from their blatant misrepresentation.
So sad that this happened but I have found a few rescues that I thought were doing awesome work in their communities have some very ugly secrets, that only come out when others have invested their hearts and souls in saving that special dog that has so many possibilities and entrusted them to others who were thought to have the same only to find that they did not have that same commitment or mission which resulted in deadly consequences for Max. The sad fact is that it is happening more often, I think that at some time there is going to be the need for some over site to make sure that rescues are doing what they need to do to stay true to the mission of saving lives. I think that Tia from VRC was saying that she is going to start helping other rescues and shelters with oversight and support to help them not make some of the mistakes that she did in the past if they asked. Just to weed out the bad ones I think people are going to have to start being honest and deligent in making sure each rescue is verified and that details and progress is measured by a human visually checking on these by verifying by several sources. So sorry Max, you will be missed.
I agree this is happening more often and it will continue until states regulate private shelters and rescues. Washington currently has no rules that regulate them.
One thing is clear as day. These people are complete LIARS. What kind of morally decrepit “Rescuers” would send a photo stating was a result of Max biting and it is 100% Proven to be a Lie with Google images?!! The documentation of repeated lies is disgusting and so scary. Makes me very concerned about any dogs who have ever gone to this “rescue”. This poor dog was so failed by people in this rescue who clearly are not experienced and have no skills to work with or handle a fearful dog so they had him KILLED by ANIMAL CONTROL after only 9 days? Oh how that makes me ill to think of how terrified Max must have been prior to his killing. A rescue with any decency would NEVER take Dogs to be killed at the SHELTER! Only shady loser disreputable rescues do that. Responsible rescuers have compassion and if and when they ever need to Euth a dog they take him/her to the VET and they are sedated prior to Euth and calmly cross over? Does this rescue seriously not know this or are they too cheap and heartless to send THEIR dogs to a shelter to be killed. Was poor Max dragged to his death on a catch pole? That’s what SHELTERS do when owners state Aggressive and killed. I’m ill thinking of how much this scared boy suffered with these lying incompotent losers.
Storm said he was euthanized in his crate but who knows if that’s actually what happened. And yes, I agree that reputable rescues wouldn’t send dogs to be put down at a shelter. Storm confirmed with me that they sent other dogs to JAS to be euthanized as well.
Max was wronged by so many humans on so many levels — from the “rescue” that pulled him from N. Central and immediately washed their hands of him (Homeless to Forever Rescue/Catherine Macias whose trainer/puller Gregg Sokolsky pulled him & decided he “may be too much” for him to handle a few minutes after he pulled him. Why were they left out of this article?) — to his 2nd “rescue” (STORM in WA) that eventually “took him in” only to euthanize him less than 10 days after arrival. Max’s entire story is just wrong & heartbreaking. Please never, ever allow STORM to ever take in another dog, but please also realize Homeless to Forever Rescue is just as awful & irresponsible. I hate drama & dragging rescues through the mud, but Max’s story from start to finish is inexcusable. This is the 1st time I’m hearing the pics of his supposed bite were fake. Nicole was willing to take him back at a moment’s notice. I truly do not understand why David/Lisa (whatever their names are) did this.
The focus of the article was how Storm failed Max and deceived his rescuers, but thanks for the info. People can provide information about how Max was pulled in CA if they want.
My heart went with Max from the day he was rescued from No. Central Shelter on to training with Yasin and Nicole. I was delighted watching his progress on his videos, donating monthly from 5/1 up to 9/15. I was disheartened to see no real updates or videos came from STORM. Late in October I listened in on a conversation with David as he was claiming Max was with a trainer and was safe. It came to learn he had Max killed on 10/9. Months of love and passion were invested in Max and prayers he would find a loving home. I can not express my disdain for this so called animal loving rescue STORM. No dog should ever be sent to STORM believing a dog would be in safe hands
Thanks for what you did for Max.
Dave looks nothing like he cones off at people online. Like a tough guy, not an out of shape blimp. (Sorry. Not trying to be mean, I am just really shocked as I have been bullied by him & my envisionment of him was FAR different!)
Anyway- I told several people YEARS ago I didn’t like this rescue’s behavior and I didn’t trust them. I was in a group PM trying to help Nicole from Paws, Claws & Peaceful Hooves in WA w her very 1st pull. A DA pit named Carla from SBC (re-named Hope) I spend weeks in this PM TRYING to educate Nicole about getting a crate, how to use a Herm Sprenger, proper intro, pack walks, etc.
Well Carla (Hope) got into FOUR fights in a short time. Enter Repp. One of the boys in the love affair. Not sure if it was Dave or Drew, as they were posting as “Lisa”. I believe it was Dave. He was a complete menace to the PM. Pushing his weight around literally. Sheesh.
Someone needs to contact Nicole since she won’t talk to me when I got firm w her after Carla/Hope’s FOURTH fight. We need to find out WHERE Carla is. Melissa Kinser Lucas (sp?) or Maria Sanchez will know which dog I am talking about. So will Cindy Willis who was ALL ABOUT STORM. OMG. Just like how she wss ALL about The Shepherd’s Way & OTHER BAD RESCUES.
Anyway- Nicole SENT CARLA (Hope) to Mr. & Mr. Repp. (Never saw her again. Since Nicole won’t speak to me once I stopped coddling her after Carla’s FOURTH FIGHT, CAN SOMEONE PLEASE ASK HER WHERE CARLA/HOPE IS???
The Repp’s have put down MORE than just Max!!! There are many. These “men” (using word loosely) need to be BURIED in court docs. I will pitch in some $$$ to sue them;)
Everyone should. They have killed too many. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. WE ARE THE VOICELESS’ VOICES!!!
This began occurring from the very inception of Storm in 2013. The warnings have been out. They have been on legit DNA/DNR lists. This is one of many that have been euthanized. Why do rescuers sling dogs to non registered rescues they don’t know? They share in this dogs fate.
Being registered with the state doesn’t mean anything. Storm is registered with the state. So are many of the other shady rescue groups I’ve written about. The Secretary of State just processes applications – it doesn’t do any investigations into nonprofits that register with the state. Dog “slinging” is usually used to describe groups/people that find dogs wherever they can (shelters, craigslist, lost dogs) and sell them immediately for exorbitant fees.
True to a point but they were operating for several years without even registering. Legit rescues do want to be seen as such and operate within the framework of the law. Registering is the first step in that process. Sure its not a guarantee but it does point to doing things in a legal manner. Actually the term Buncher is the term coined for those acquiring dogs and selling them generally to class b kennels. Slinging was a term coined for the new trend in rescue to pull and send somewhere out there and calling it rescue or rescue to rescue transfer. It amazes me how many who are registered rescues and 501c3 that this is all they do. The days of adopting dogs into local homes and following them for their lifetimes is sadly becoming a thing of the past.
WA needs laws creating standards/regulations for animal rescues. Currently there are none.
HOLY MOLEY! Thank you for sharing this story. I have had a hard time getting people to believe what happened to our rescue dog here in San Diego. Or to share the story of what happened to our little Sandy we left at a “trainer”. I am the founder of Lucky Pup Dog Rescue, here in San Diego. Our group rescued a tiny terrier from San Bernardino City Shelter and he was terrified, so one of our donors paid for him to get some extra help at a local training facility. We took our dog in and paid the trainer $ 4300. But instead of working with him, she took the money and took him to the shelter ordered him killed after just 17 days, she lied on the forms saying he was her dog. We also found out she has done this two other times from our public records search. AFTER HE WAS DEAD, she pretended he was still alive for almost 2 weeks, sending fake progress reports via email…. to secure a transfer into her care, so she could “help find him a home”. This woman, Cate Sacks paid Chula Vista Shelter $15, to have our little frightened dog killed and tossed out him out like trash. Chula Vista Shelter, San Diego Animal Control and Cate Sacks covered up this story for months on end. They all knew what she did. But we didn’t give up. She tried to keep the training fees and we sued her in small claims court, and subpoena’d San Diego Animal Control and Chula VIsta Shelter to tell what they new. We got our money back. And found out the truth. Here is the blog about our story. Thank you again for standing up and telling this story!! http://www.ShelterDogsToDreamDogsSucks.com This woman is still advertising her “boot camp” and “training” facility for $ 1000 a week and got a free pass from all the authorities you would think would advocate for the truth. In California, ANYONE can print a business card and say they are a trainer. There are no laws to protect consumers or their dogs from con artists like this.
Thanks for the info. Unfortunately I’ve run across many stories like this. As long as private dog “rescues” are unregulated this problem won’t go away.
Not to belabor the point, but this was a “trainer” who killed Sandy, not a rescue.
We just filed a law suit on June 7, the second anniversary of killing of our rescue dog, Sandy.
I will send you a copy if you would like. You can send your email address to: LuckyPupDogRescue@gmail.com
It is an 18 page document.. She is being sued for fraud, conversion, negligence… This could be a land mark case for people who pretend to be trainers/rescues and kill their students/rescues. It took 2 long years to find out what she did.
I am curious about an update to your case Christine! Have things progressed in your fight against this horrible injustice or is it still tied up in court? You can email me privately if you prefer? Locoetta20@hotmail.com
Thanks!
This makes me physically ill. I rescued a fearful, reactive female a year ago. I still have her, am still working with her. I swear I would kill someone if they did such to her. We so desperately need some regulating and monitoring of rescues. The bad apples give all the rescues a bad reputation, and people go adopt from breeders. If these asses cared at all for animals and life, they would not behave in ways that ultimately prevents them finding forever homes. I’ll be an auditor, let me go check these “rescues “!!
I guess you guys like all the headlines, BSL, and other terribly destructive issues that plague the American pit bull now that, after 30 years as a fad breed a large portion of the animals V
CALLED “pit bulls” are reactive a, dangerously unsound and NOT typical of a well bred authentic pit bull temperament.
As a pit bull owner for over 30 years, pit bull author and most of all lover, I applaud Storm rescue for being FAR from the weak link, but rather the only one with the common sense to remove a potentially dangerous dog from circulation.
Are there not enough sound, friendly dogs needing homes that you must gamble ANOTHER headline for the breed?
The fact is this….ALL the bites, all the negative headlines come from people who put THEIR feelings ahead of the breeds. It’s easy as hell to yell about someone putting a dog down – far harder to do it. In fact, it takes far more LOVE of the breed to put down iffy dogs then to just keep passing them along.
This post is not about pit bulls. It wasn’t in the headline, and although I’d have to check the post more carefully I believe I only mentioned that Max was a pit bull one time in the post.
The article is about a rescue that accepted a dog with the understanding that it would continue the dog’s training and find a home for it, but instead, it had the dog killed and then lied about it for six weeks. It also claimed the dog bit multiple people but provided pictures of the bite injuries the dog allegedly inflicted that were taken before the dog was even in its custody.
For the 5 months Max was in the care of the people who pulled it in CA he didn’t bite anyone. By all accounts his training and socialization during that time went well. I would think a defender of the breed would be critical of Storm Rescue for using fake, graphic, and in some cases gory pictures that stoke the public’s fear of pit bulls.
I do believe dogs, regardless of the breed, should be put down if they are truly dangerous to the public, but based on the information I read and saw about Max, he did not fall into that category.
If Storm Rescue really believed Max was dangerous, then they shouldn’t have posted fake bite pictures and pretended he was alive after he had been euthanized.
This poor dog suffered the fate of too many dogs “rescued” by “no kill” mentality people. First, pulled from a shelter by someone wanting to act the “hero” but with no intention of taking responsibility for the dog. Then the dog is kicked from place to place, all the while people claim they care about him.
Ok. If you care so much – take him home and keep him. If his temperament was sound why have to keep him in conditions that keep him stressed and unsettled? That 3000 could have altered a lot of pets.
But then this poor dog gets kicked around some more. Great life, huh? “NO kill” far too often simply means “kept alive- no quality of life”.
The dog was unstable and had to be carefully handled by the professionals at animal control. I worked there 20 years – they are good, humane peeople. The dog was a mess. Who is to say if it was genetic or a result of the unsettled and stressful existence he was put through by that first person who pulled him and FAILED TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR HIM.
The only reason I mention pit bull is because I love them, and sadly they r a breed far too often abused like this by so called “no kill” people who put feeling like a “hero” way ahead of the welfare of the dog.
You’re making incorrect assumptions and misstating the facts stated in the article, but you’re certainly entitled to your opinion.
Agree with the author. She’s making points that have very little to do with this situation, other than the argument of $3000 being able to s/n a lot of other dogs. Her apparent hatred of “no kill” is clouding her logic. The rest of her comments are tangential and show she really knows nothing of rescue and didn’t bother to really read (or understand) the article.
Storm rescue what happen to nala the blur nose pitty from doweny u never send me pix once she got there did u kill her too BC she was only 6 months old u better show pix BC I know what really happened u POS rescue think u better then others u are dam wrong and u don’t know Mr u better be ready for what coming to u dam ass
Did they kill her too? Do you have her Facebook thread? These people need to be called out if they have killed her as well.
Guess Dianne missedreading the details of the article that the bite Photos were fake and couldn’t have been from Max because 1 Storm sent was from a Japanese article from an Akita in 2013 and the other photos they sent were date and timestamped from Months Before Max ever arrived. If Max really did Bite then the rescue would have no need to send different people fake photos of bites now would they? Tsk tsk…that’s the problem about lies..one has to keep them straight. I shudder to think about what else they lie about and why so many other dogs they have sent to a flippin shelter to be killed were all killed. Makes one think doesn’t it?
It certainly does.
Can you Robert Address your own allegations against you from last year about you raping a dog?
When I Googled your name to find your blog it was the first thing that came up. Just in case you were wondering.
I find it hard to believe what your saying is true. When in one part of the article you state drew was bitten an the next you state it was Dave. How can we as a community trust what your “reporting” when you yourself can’t keep your story straight. Especially with the very damning allegations against you ?
Haven’t you ever heard those who live in glass houses shouldn’t cast the first stone?
My other question is to the ppl who had bonded with max why continue to move him from his comfortable environment? Why didn’t you do the transport yourself? Especially if you knew he had a fear of knew people.
Robert I feel like you to rushed to publish this story an still missing alot of facts not only from the rescue in question but to the so called rescuers in California. especially the ones to seem to have cared sooooo much about max that they sent him off to strangers knowing it could be detrimental to him to be with those whom didn’t know him as well as you all claimed to . Look forward to your responses.
Sure. It’s not true. Someone posted it last year when I exposed another shady dog “rescue” group in WA called P.U.R.R.R. Now, whenever I write about other questionable rescue groups, their supporters dredge up this article in an effort to smear me and raise questions about what I wrote. That website has several other outrageous posts against other folks who try to help dogs and expose bad rescue groups.
And thank you for correcting my mistake. I did say several times in the article that Drew is the one who was bitten, but I did make a mistake and wrote David’s name instead of Drew one time. I’m a terrible proof reader. But regardless of this mistake, it doesn’t change the fact that Storm Rescue used fake pictures of Drew’s injuries to prove how “dangerous” Max was.
I’ll let the people who sent Max to Storm answer your other question.
I stand by everything I wrote but if you believe the story is missing facts then please feel free to post them here.
Id be happy to answer the first question. Robert was a victim of Lemore Aizenmann as was myself. A mentally disturbed individual who makes up lies to libel others and posts them publicly in blogs. A person only accepted by the irresponsible of the rescue community and due to her jealousy tries to slander and libel those that are doing legit rescue work but don’t wish to have any involvement with her. She has a trail of legal problems associated with her behavior. There is a record of the dogs killed by Storm rescue at Animal Control. Their pictures can be proved to be fakes. So one can deduce what they wish from the facts provided. Storm was taking aggressive pits with high pledges and it seems those dogs are not dead. Advertised adoption fees on rescue me of $50 now that has to make one pause. Timid non aggressive dogs being called aggressive and euth’d but no info on the aggressive pulls.
Thanks, Debbie.
Nala is alive, Max was human aggressive And did a bit on Drew’s hand. I saw the after effects it the pierce county shelter who made the call and max was beyond help. California 95% of the pit rescuers don’t have a clue as to what they are doing because they get scared. just like the Hybrid rescuer’s not a clue. and you Robert are a sick SOB that needs to never be around any animals again, so you are not an expert on animals or an expert on rescues so shut up and sit down, and let the rescuers do the jobs that need to be done and we will weed out the bad rescuers out with no help from you.
As I notice in my post, the picture of Drew’s hand was a fraud. “It was actually a picture from 2013 of a Japanese man’s hand after he fought off an Akita that attacked his daughter. I asked Storm to provide a medical report verifying that Mr. Repp had been bitten. They declined.
Stom also didn’t report to animal control that Max bit anyone, and for weeks they pretended Max was still alive whenever anyone asked about them. And they’ve sent several dogs to the shelter to be euthanized. If you want to weed out bad rescues you should start with Storm and shut it down.
This joke of a rescue “Storm Rescue” is causing tornadoes. Shame on them. This is a crime! They are animal abusers and need to be shut down and never allowed to have animals again. Story shared FAR AND WIDE!
~ A real rescuer
I wonder if there has been any further investigation on this tragedy?
Nothing I’m aware of.
I wanted to applaud STORM RESCUE’S David and Drew for supporting us in this challenging season of early cancer diagnoses, and for encouraging my family to see the best in our pup, Winston. David only shared words of life and enthusiasm for my Pit Bull’s uncommon demeanor. David was vocal about Winston’s noteworthy build, behavior, his temperament, and social adaptability. Until David’s great report on our new Pit Rescue, I was at my wit’s end as to what to do with him(!). Thank the Lord for David’s and Drew’s grace over this seemingly problematic adoption. My husband and I are nothing but encouraged about this life-giving dog now. Thank you!