As I said last May, please point out whatever I’ve written that isn’t true.

Also, just because you start a rescue doesn’t make you a saint or prevent you from being criticized. If you want to run a rescue, do it the right way.

Slander is deliberately lying about someone. Please let me know what I wrote that isn’t true. You appear to acknowledge that she has sold sick pets to people. Also, you act like rescues have no control over adopting out sick dogs. Not true. Lots of rescues that adopt out more dogs than Desiderata rarely, if ever adopt out sick dogs. And if for someone reason a dog on one of their transports is sick, they treat it and don’t allow it to be adopted until it’s well. If you’re going to rescue dogs, do it the right way and don’t allow people to adopt sick dogs. Fix the problem instead of yelling at the people who point it out.

As an animal lover and veterinary worker I must say, shame on YOU! Your blog claims to care about the well-being of pets but your article consists of bashing a rescue that’s goal is to actually save pets. You seem to care a lot about the financial aspects and not about the actual well-being of the animals. It also seems like you have a personal problem with the rescue owner! I would assume your a grown man hiding behind your computer screen, slandering a rescue that has helped AND continues to help an immense amount of pets. I would also like to bring up that you must not know too much about animals, funny that you choose to run a blog about animals. Of course pets are bound to get sick during transports they are extremely stressful however, the numbers do not compare to the number of healthy, happy pets this rescue has helped find their forever home! With any rescue, business, etc. unfortunate things are set to happen. If you want to actually help animals, get off your computer & donate your time and money to a rescue! Get a life!

I am super interested in why you are slandering a rescue who is saving animals. Based off of the way you type and respond to others with differing opinions than yours, it seems as if you have a direct problem with Miriam. Desiderata Rescue is saving animals and you are out here trying to shame them, SHAME ON YOU! These sick pets are very unfortunate but what about the thousands of others she’s saved? Of course pets can get sick on transport, it’s extremely stressful. Yet again, SHAME ON YOU!

Still waiting for examples of the “lies” I spread.

Please point out what false information I published.

This blog constantly posts false information about Desiderata Rescue and spreads lies regarding the animals. She is working hard to get these animals healthy and rescued from horrific situations.

I’m so sorry. I hope your dog is ok now. Cash only rescues should raised red flags for adopters. If the rescue doesn’t have a bank account for checks, the money is most likely going right into someone’s pocket, right Miriam Kelly?

I purchased a dog from her in 2018. It became clear she is running a scam as we sat in the parking lot of the dog park waiting for her to show up for a meet and greet with a four month old Pit-Dane. She showed up with a sick, filthy puppy, covered in cat poop and gritty kitty, two hours late. She blamed “the foster family”. She “dropped” the price from $600 to$550, because the paperwork “was not in order”. She handed over a file folder with a printout of of the website ad for the pup, and a baggie of what she claimed was doxycycline. She wanted cash, but who the hell goes to a park in Tacoma with that much cash? So we did a credit card transaction via her Facebook website as a donation, and I walked out of the park with the dog.

This isn’t the first time she’s done that. There are other reliable rescues with puppies. Please don’t buy one from Desiderata.