> From: NancyJo123@aol.com
>
> I don't know what to say to the message that Shannon forwarded to the
list.
> My heart is breaking to know that these little ones are in a place like
this.
>  You work so hard to get them out of a hell hole and their little hopes
are
> high thinking that they are finally going to a safe place that will love,
> protect and keep them healthy and where do they go????  To another hell
hole.
> :(
>
> Wayne and I give people a chance. We try to see the good in everyone.
> Sometimes that is very difficult to do.  I guess we just live in a
fairyland
> at times.  Bev and Marci seemed to be a dream come true for all of us here
in
> Missouri.  That should have caused alarms to go off right then and there.
> Unfortunately, it didn't or we had our earplugs in and didn't hear them.
>
> I'm not sure who had the gut feelings first about these two.  Victoria or
> Kelly.  I think it was a close tie though.  Kelly has been told over and
over
> that she "over-reacts to things" and Victoria was more or less "blown
off."
> What a shame that we didn't all listen to them right at the beginning.
>
> When Wayne and I were notified from Kelly and Victoria of their concerns,
we
> didn't ignore them.  We started keeping an eye on Bev and Marci and what
they
> were doing.  I immediately contacted some people that were sending dogs to
> them and said that something was fishy and hold off in sending anymore to
> them.  Unfortunately, they either didn't get my message in time or they
> thought it was still ok to send them.
>
> Victoria contacted me when the 2 little Crested girls were going to be
> transported.  I remember her words like it was today. "Nancy, I'm not
going
> to get the one girl, they are going to keep her.  I don't trust them."   I
> blame myself for not heeding her words and that this little one ended up
> possibly at Rainbow Bridge because of my neglect.
>
> I wrote to Bev and Marci to thank them for helping to transport these
little
> girls down to Victoria.  I gave them a chance to prove to me that they
were
> indeed rescue people.  They led me to believe that they weren't going to
keep
> either one of them.  Until they got them there.  I wrote to them after
> hearing what they did and voiced my strong objection and that they needed
to
> make things right and send her on immediately.  They then said that they
had
> planned on keeping her at the very beginning and they had made all the
> arrangements.  They also said that they had been in contact with Victoria
> right from the beginning of this rescue and that it was planned that they
> were to keep the one little girl and send the other one on.  They even
called
> me to say that they respected Wayne and myself so much that they did not
want
> us to be upset with them and that if we would like to see the proof of
what
> was written back and forth to Victoria, they had kept the copies of the
> letters.
>
> I wanted the proof and asked them for the copies.  Did they produce them?
> No.  I gave them many opportunities to produce those copies.  I then asked
> Victoria for any copies of letters that she had with Bev and Marci.  She
> immediately sent them to me.  After reading her letters and the response
that
> Bev and Marci were giving her, the connection with them was ended at that
> time.  The only thing that I wanted to do concerning Bev and Marci was to
> keep an eye on them.  Warn others about them and this time be very firm of
my
> objection of sending them anymore dogs.  They heeded my warning this time.
>
> I am not saying that Wayne and I nor Tender Heart Animal Rescue is perfect
in
> any way, shape or form.  I don't think that any rescue group can say that
> honestly.  I will, however say that our main concern are the lives and
well
> being of the dogs.
>
> I know that Victoria has forgiven me for not heeding her concerns.  I just
> have to forgive myself now.  Maybe it would be best if I don't forgive
> myself, that way my eyes and ears will be opened in the future to prevent
> this to ever happen again.
>
> Please, if you are on any other rescue lists or have contact with them,
Tell
> them about Little Bit O'Heaven.  I don't want other little ones to suffer
> because of our neglect.
>
> Thank you
>
> Nancy
> Tender Heart Animal Rescue