25/12/2025
A not-so-merry Christmas Eve for Lizzo!
*Before I launch into this sh*t-show story, I want to preempt it by saying, what you're about to read is me "holding back", as I have A LOT more so say about this situation. Not naming names, and blocking out people's last names, is NOT my style. I think if you're guilty, YOUR GUILTY, and everyone should know your name. But for the sake of "professionalism" I will do my best to stick to facts over emotion!
Lizzo was adopted on 12/01/2025 by Denise (Last name, 🤬). We had taken Lizzo to our local grocery store and Denise, an employee, fell in love. We did all the right steps, in person interview, phone interview, in-home assessment, foster-to-adopt for the first week, etc... Though Denise lived in an apartment, it was a big apartment, first floor, clean, cute, decorated for the Holiday's and Lizzo is a couch potato anyway, so we proceeded with the adoption!
Within a few days there were some yellow flags, but seeing that Denise lived, literally 1/2 mile from the shelter, and she worked at our grocery store, we knew we would always be close at hand to help Denise and Lizzo acclimate, and soon all seemed good. We received updates, and pics of a happy duo!
Fast forward to 12/19/2025. Denise calls and states that she "fell" and wondered if we might be able to come walk Lizzo for her. We jumped at the chance to visit and went right away. When we got to Denise's apartment, Denise did not look well and her apartment looked as if Motley Crue had been there!😱 (No offense guys Mötley Crüe Nikki Sixx Tommy Lee Vince Neil ) Empty beer cans EVERYWHERE, empty tequila bottles, 5 or 6 pizza boxes, chairs on their sides... Denise said she "needed to be honest with us" and that she had fallen off the wagon!
[To this I say...things happen, I'm not here to "judge" anyone. My main concern was Lizzo, and though the situation didn't look good, Lizzo was happy, healthy, and fine]
We explained that it wasn't the end of the world and that we were here for HER & Lizzo. We actually started cleaning her apartment for her. Emptying beer cans, tossing everything in the trash, taking the trash to the dumpster, picking up furniture...the works!
When we left Denise and Lizzo at 11am, she was "getting in the shower and heading into work" within a couple hours, she thanked us, and we left.
Fourteen hours later, 2pm 12/20/2025. I get an alert from 24 Petwatch that Lizzo is at County!!!!! (Pictured)😡😡😡
According to the County paperwork filled out by the "finder" Lizzo was "found" on Thomas and 5th St. The "finder" stated they "Opened their car door and she just jumped right in."
I immediately call Denise, whose phone was off, and drove straight to County to get our girl! The process at County took THREE HOURS and cost us $92 (BOTH of which we didn't have to spare)
Repeated calls to Denise go unanswered, as well as knocks at her door. I was able to speak with her neighbors who told me that Denise told them she was only fostering Lizzo, and they too hadn't seen her since Friday.
At this point we're all concerned as to if Denise was taken to the hospital, if she may have taken her own life and was still in her apartment... (Your mind runs wild when you have no information...) Her neighbors decided they would do a welfare call and let me know...
**Now, an interesting side note here; Lizzo had a collar with a County tag fastened to it when we adopted her out. She even had BOTH on when we visited her on Friday. Yet when I got her from County, her collar was on, as well as the tag's loop, but no tag! How did this come off? Did Denise take it off? Did the finder take it off? County DOES NOT take ANYTHING off of stray dogs, as they can be identifying material.
*** Another interesting note; Denise's apartment is gated. Even if Lizzo busted out of her door or window, there is another gate that would have stopped her from being out on Thomas road. And the apartment building only has four tenants, not a lot of "coming and going" where she may have "slipped past".
So, now with all of this in mind we are racking our heads trying to not only figure out where Denise is, but how did any of this happen... How was Lizzo out of a gated complex, on Thomas road, her County tag removed, and now at County?!?!?!
Then today 12/24/2025, Denise's neighbor sends me this screen shot. (Pictured) A message Denise's son (Justin, Last name 🤬) sent to him when he was inquiring what happened to Denise and explaining that Lizzo was "found" on Thomas. But, in Justin's sh*tty-ass message, he clearly admits THEY were the ones that took Lizzo to County! So how does County records state that Lizzo was "found" and "jumped right in the finders car"? Because THEY LIED! They lied when they turned her in because County charges a fee for owner surrenders! And instead of simply calling us, (Remember we're 1/2 mile away) to get Lizzo, they drove her down to 27th Ave and Durango, and heartlessly turned her in to a shelter where she EASILY could have been euthanized. Oh, and removed her tag so we wouldn't know!
But UNBEKNOWNST to them, Lizzo is microchipped to the rescue, FOR LIFE, and for THIS VERY REASON! So WE HAVE HER! She is safe. She is confused. But she is back with us and LOVED!
This girl was originally DUMPED, tied to a park bench by her owner who never returned, and now THIS?!?!?!
I glad to know Denise is getting the help she obviously needs, and whatever issues Denise is going through right now is her business, but to turn in your dog at a County shelter, remove it's tag to "save face" and then demand we not contact you about the matter further.... F**K YOU!
