Tracy
My love for animals began early, and throughout my life I have helped animals whenever I could. In 2020, during a trip to Mexico with my late husband Pancho, I met Pris and learned about the work she has devoted herself to through Los Adoptables.
Pris has spent years rescuing dogs, caring for them, and doing everything possible with limited resources to give them safer and healthier lives. Seeing her dedication, along with the overwhelming number of animals needing help, inspired me to become involved.
I created my rescue I named Chapo’s Serve and Protect Rescue Dogs after Pancho’s dog, Chapo. Before we ere together, he was taken by ambulance from Mexico to the United States for medical care. Chapo followed after him and was never seen again. When Pancho shared Chapo’s story with me, Chapo’s legacy became part of what eventually led me to Los Adoptables and to Pris’s rescue work.
With Pancho’s support, I began helping some mother dogs and puppies travel to the United States, where I worked to find them loving homes. He later encouraged me to study dog training so I could better understand and help dogs coming from stressful situations.
Over the years, I have helped in different ways, including transporting animals, finding homes, providing food, arranging veterinary care, and supporting rescuers when I was able. At times, helping one animal at a time felt like only a small drop in a very large ocean, so I prayed for a way to make a greater difference.
4 the Paws Alliance grew from that prayer and from my desire to continue helping animals and the people who dedicate their lives to them. It is still growing, and I am working toward expanding its ability to support food, veterinary care, training, spay and neuter services, and adoption efforts.
There is much more I hope to accomplish. For now, every purchase, donation, shared story, and animal helped is one step forward. I believe God places people and animals in our paths for a reason, and that together we can make their lives better.
Pinta was a sweet, affectionate, and playful dog I met during my time in Mexico. When I first found her, she was extremely thin and wandering the streets in search of food for herself and her five puppies.
Once her puppies were about three to four weeks old, they began following her throughout the village as she searched for something to eat. Sadly, two of the puppies did not survive.
I began bringing Pinta food and was eventually able to locate her family. I treated her for worms and arranged for her to be spayed, helping protect her from enduring another difficult pregnancy.
Many families in Mexico love their animals deeply but struggle to afford even basic necessities for themselves, making veterinary care and pet food especially difficult. With food, treatment, and support, Pinta gained weight, became healthier and happier, and was able to remain safely with her family.
I brought her three surviving puppies to the United States, where each one found a loving home. Pinta’s story is a reminder that rescue does not always mean removing an animal from its family. Sometimes it means offering the support needed to help them stay together.
