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4worldlovers: At Stray Paws, we have been busy this past quarter improving the lives of cats and dogs in our community. Here are some of our most notable accomplishments:

Hosted Spay Shuttles for TNR (trap-neuter-return) initiatives six days a week.

We conducted Mobile Clinics for our rescue partners like Luxe Paws.

We are proud to make a tangible impact in our community and are grateful for the support we receive from countless people who share our mission. At Stray Paws, we hear your cries for help and we respond.

4worldlovers:
In 2010, our founder, Janie Lynn Heinrich, was involved in a freak accident at a grocery store resulting in severe spinal trauma that forever changed her life. After spending time in a wheelchair and working hard toward functional independence, her first grandchild was born in 2012. Janie strived for FUNctional independence! Working with her Poodle, Occupational and Physical Therapists, and Service Dog Trainers Brenon & Penny, Janie and Phoebe became a service dog dream team, with Janie spending more time on her feet and less time in her TiLite manual wheelchair. In 2017, Phoebe turned ten; it would soon be time for her to retire. Janie needed a new service dog to continue her functional independence but met countless roadblocks and barriers in her attempts to secure a new dog due to her age and not having served in the Military. During this process, she learned of the numerous other individuals encountering similar roadblocks. In January 2018, with a new puppy by her side, Mobility Service Dogs West Coast Project DBA MobilityDog was established, a non-profit organization dedicated to raising service dogs, supporting the mobility-disabled community, and educating the community at large. In 2023, almost five years later, MobilityDog has 24 Service Dog Teams working towards functional independence. In 2019, Janie was asked to teach about what a service dog does and invited into schools and businesses with MobilityDog’s WAG and PAWS educational workshops. In 2020, Janie was honored with the Molina Healthcare Neighborhood Champion Award for her work putting the fun in FUNctional independence and ability in disability through her efforts to advance equity, raise awareness, and make service dogs a reality for mobility-impaired individuals. In 2021, MobilityDog won the Talking Rain Beverage Company’s Sparkling Ice Cheers to Giving Award, 6000 nonprofits were nominated, and three nonprofits shared the $150,000.00 cash award. Janie’s vision to raise dogs and awareness for all mobility-disabled humans for the young, aging, and other underserved populations are being realized with an outstanding Board of Directors, trainers, raisers, handlers, stellar volunteers, and generous donors. In 2022, MoblityDog won Albertson’s Community Grant, $15,000.00, and Walmart Hero Grant, $5,000.00. In 2023, the next step is finding a home for MobilityDog -The Center of Excellence will be a garden with multi-level walkways for all people with disabilities to find solutions to navigate life confidently. A place to gather as you learn to navigate ramps and pathways of different materials and inclines, discovering solutions allowing for confidence. We will host classes and workshops to support equality for all people as they rebuild their lives and live their dreams. Those looking for a roof can receive meals in exchange for feeding, walking, and bathing the SDIT & SD as we assist them in finding permanent housing. Our local students can come for mentoring to learn a trade, such as dog walking, dog grooming, and basic dog training to support themselves as they follow their dreams. A bond will form between the community and MobilityDog. We need your assistance to raise funds to create The Center of Excellence, AKA The Poodle Palace creating a positive environment for all. Janie is deeply grateful for her Service Dog, Beckett, moving in unison. With SD Beckett at her side, there is nothing that this Service Dog Team cannot accomplish together.

An essential aspect of our service dog program that sets us apart is the community network we build for those with disabilities with or without a service dog. This network breaks the barriers of isolation facing many individuals living with disabilities.


Words from our community and why we do what we do!

“We have learned to walk together as one unit, which gives me the confidence to live all of my life. My service dog makes it so I can fly to my grandchildren and live safely.”

“My life changed after a devastating car accident 2018, leaving me a person with paraplegia. My life changed again, meeting my service dog, Baldwin; we go everywhere. He is my best friend and my service dog.”

4worldlovers: Pet Rescue Solutions was founded in 2012 and is located in South El Monte, California. We originally sold affordable pet tags to communities in need of identification tags for their pets. Since our name included the word "Rescue," many people believed the idea that we were a rescue for cats and dogs. Adam Melendez, the president of P.R.S., made the decision to turn the pet tag business into a non-profit organization. We received our 501(c)(3) letter on July, 2014 but decided to keep the name Pet Rescue Solutions. Since then, we have saved over 1,500 cats and dogs and found them forever homes.

With a productive and dedicated P.R.S. team, we are able to make a difference in our furry friends' lives.