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The Russell Rescue CA Team
Kathy Sube, California State Representative
Kathy Sube, California State Representative
I first became involved with Russell Rescue, Inc. shortly after my beloved Jack Russell Terrier, Tayler died in 2006. It began innocently enough:) There was an injured dog at a local shelter, no one visited him, no one wanted to go through the door where the "sick" animals were. I watched the shelter website until I couldn't take it any longer. I contacted Russell Rescue and they provided the support necessary to rescue him and find him a wonderful home! Over the next few years, I rescued and fostered dogs for RRI. Then in 2009, the State Rep. decided to resign...and I was asked to take over...
Karen Wagner, San Diego Foster Coordinator joined the team in March of 2009 when she answered an ad and agreed to help! Looking back we both laugh... I was clueless and she was wonderful! The first dog she fostered was Miso who was renamed Ziggy. Ironically, Debi and Jim Matlock traveled all the way from Ventura Co to adopt him in San Diego. Soon after that I asked her if she wanted to be a coordinator and she asked what that meant.I told her I wasn't sure but that we would figure it out.
Joy O'Neil, Central Valley Foster Coordinator contacted me in April 2009, she had helped in the past and had been contacted by an adopter that was struggling with one of the two JRTs that she had adopted. Joy held the adopters and my hand and showed me what it meant to be really committed to a rescue dog. The adopters worked through the dogs issues and Joy agreed to continuing to assist us. Anyone that knows Joy, knows that she has a heart of gold and a love for these dogs that runs deep!
Ania Tysarzyck, Los Angeles Foster Coordinator decided to give fostering a try in May 2009. We knew each other from a great online forum of many wonderful Jack Russell Lovers. Ania has an amazing knowledge of homeopathic medicine and has worked her "magic" on many of our sick rescue dogs. I truly believe that without Ania Romeo (the wonder dog) wouldn't be alive today.
Ally Edgerton, San Diego, Foster Coordinator also contacted me in May 2009. Anyone that does rescue in So. Ca. knows of or has heard of Ally Edgerton and if they don't they should! Ally loves all dogs but has a special place in her heart for Jack Russells. At first Ally helped by arranging transports, recommending fosters and calling upon her many connections to get Jacks saved soon she joined our team.
Julia Campbell's fiance Joseph answered an ad in Craigslist in July 2009. We needed a foster for an 8 yr. old dog that was destined for the shelter without a foster. Max went on to find a wonderful new home and Julia became the No. CA Foster Coordinator until they returned to the Los Angeles Area. Coincidentally Julia grew up very near to my house and actually tutored my daughter in law when she was in high school. Julia and Joseph continue to foster for Russell Rescue.
Julia Campbell's fiance Joseph answered an ad in Craigslist in July 2009. We needed a foster for an 8 yr. old dog that was destined for the shelter without a foster. Max went on to find a wonderful new home and Julia became the No. CA Foster Coordinator until they returned to the Los Angeles Area. Coincidentally Julia grew up very near to my house and actually tutored my daughter in law when she was in high school. Julia and Joseph continue to foster for Russell Rescue.
Debi Matlock, Ventura County Foster Coordinator just recently joined the team. She adopted Ziggy from Karen and saw my plea on Facebook for Foster Coordinators. She and her husband, Jim, have been helping with transports for the past several months. She already has two fosters and is proving to be a wonderful asset to our team.
Of course there are so many others on the team that foster, transport and provide endless support! It is not possible to name them all but we thank them from the bottom of our hearts!
Rescue is not for the weak of heart it is certainly one of the most rewarding and frustrating things that I have ever done. Every day we are presented with more needy Jack Russell Terriers, and when there are no foster families to help take them in, it can be a heart-wrenching ordeal to turn any away. Since we don't have a shelter, fosters are invaluable to us, their numbers dictate how many lives we can save. Without Rescues and Fosters, most dogs never make it out of the shelter alive.
We can't save them all but we keep trying!
Kathy
Kathy
Updated with a little more history.
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