Melanie A.

That was then- I moved to New York three years ago. That is around the time when I rescued my first dog in NY. Her name was Mala (which means mean in Spanish.) I immediately changed her name to Molly. She was a mutt who’s owner passed away so the … Read More

That was then-
I moved to New York three years ago. That is around the time when I rescued my first dog in NY. Her name was Mala (which means mean in Spanish.) I immediately changed her name to Molly. She was a mutt who’s owner passed away so the tenants decided to lock her in a dark, smelly basement for a few months. When I found her, her collar was embedded in her neck, she was tied to a doorknob and she slept and ate in the same horrific place where she went to the bathroom. She was so terrified I could not even get close to her in the beginning, I took her home and started the rehabilitation process immediately. After a month or so she was doing a lot better so I started to contact shelters in New Jersey, New York and even Connecticut. I was willing to drive for someone to help us get her a well deserved home. I went onpetfinder.com and called almost all the shelters in the tri-state area and I am not exaggerating. Can you believe that every shelter was full and no one was willing to help us? It was about the fifth day of me trying to contact shelter after shelter for long hours when I called Bobbi. By that time, I was so discouraged because I knew I had to get rid of her soon (I am only allowed to have one dog according to my lease and my landlords lived five blocks away from the house.) Bobbi answered the phone and she told me she was going to help me out. I thanked her continuously and promised to volunteer and help out as much as I could. Bobbi was the only person in all of the tri-state area that was willing to help us out. Isn’t that unbelievable? No one else cared about Molly like she did. A few weeks later, we found an amazing home for her and she has been happy ever since. When I called Bobbi I was so close to giving up and that is why I feel like she was sent to me from God. Not only did she help me get her a good home, but she gave me tips on training, taught me how to find her a good home as well as how to help other animals in need.

This is Now-
Since then, I have been a different person. I would not be who I am today if it wasn’t for Bobbi and for that I thank her greatly. I have been volunteering and fostering dogs for Bobbi ever since. Thanks to her, I even changed my career and am going to be doing what really makes me happy. Work with animals and hopefully one day, I will make a lot of money so that I can help Bobbi get her own facility so that she doesn’t have to pay rent at the Vetport in the JFK airport anymore. For the past three years, I have been fostering dogs for her. I started with Molly, then came Marshy, Luna, Bella, Muffin, Nicky, Dino, Nico, Nate and hopefully God will continue to allow me to rehabilitate the dogs that need it the most. Thank you Bobbi for affecting my life in such a positive way. I have never met such unique, hardworking and incredible people like Bobbi and her volunteers. Someone that works to achieve their goals every hour of every day. Bobbi never stops, never and that is what I love about her the most.

Moral of this story-
You must always help those in need because you never know where it is going to take you and what comes around, goes around. Helping Molly, lead me to form a great friendship with Bobbi who changed me as a person. I have met a lot of amazing people (from Bobbi & the strays) who all have the same goal in mind: help as many animals as possible.

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