ERC - Emergency Rescue Consultancy

08/26/2025

✨ The Story of Tails ✨

On August 13th, a transport was making its way from Texas to Canada when Tails slipped away and got lost in Rolla, MO. 💔 Thanks to a wonderful volunteer who created big, bright, bold signs, we received a sighting from someone who had been feeding him.

Tonight, after weeks of worry, Tails was safely trapped! 🐾❤️

His new owner, who hasn’t even met him yet, is driving all the way from Canada to pick him up just so he doesn’t have to endure another transport or a flight after his rough few weeks. What an incredible act of love! 🇨🇦🚗💨

Meanwhile, Brittany continues to juggle several long-distance cases with a full caseload. Wrapping up Rolla while actively helping families in Waynesville, Lebanon, and Springfield. ERC is truly reaching people far and wide across Missouri, and it’s amazing to see the community come together for lost pets. 💙

Welcome back to safety, Tails! 🐶✨

👉 How can YOU help?

💥 DONATE — Emergency Rescue Consultancy never charges for rescues. We survive solely on donations from amazing supporters like you.
💥 SHARE this post — The more people who know about ERC the more we can help.

📲 We’re a licensed 501c3 charity, and are verified as such on both Venmo and PayPal. Please double-check before donating, as lookalike accounts do exist.

✅ Venmo:
🔗 venmo.com/u/EmergencyRescueConsultancy

✅ PayPal: [email protected]
🔗 paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=BU8XUE4BEWLHL

💯 Every dollar helps keep traps in the field, signs posted, and gas in the car as we continue burning up the road - and most importantly, helps get the next dog home safe where they belong.

🐾 Help us keep showing up. One dog. One trap. One family at a time. The right way.

08/05/2025

💥 ACTIVE CASE: SPRINGFIELD, MO💥

🚨 Important Update Regarding Kaylee– Please Read 🚨

We are currently working closely with Kaylee’s owner, Kelly Plants Golden, to help bring her home safely. Kaylee's an older dog who is in survival mode and has been on the move for several days. She’s now covering long distances daily and avoiding all human interaction — even from people she knows.

Because so many well-meaning people have tried to call to her, follow her, or catch her, even someone simply looking in her direction has become a trigger. She immediately flees and keeps moving, which is putting her at greater risk and making it much harder to help her.

👉 The best way to help Kaylee is to NOT interact with her in any way.
No calling, no approaching, no following, no eye contact.
Please pretend you didn’t see her — and call in the sighting right away.

📞 All sightings should be called in directly to Brittany Scherff at 417-619-1076.
Please include the location, time, and what Kaylee was doing (e.g., walking, resting, sniffing).
💥💥Do not post sightings publicly. We need to limit human pressure so she can settle in one area.💥💥

We are working on setting up a safe feeding station to help condition her to return to one location. But this will only work if we give her space and stop pushing her from place to place.

We know it’s hard not to act, but in this case, ignoring her is the kindest and most helpful thing you can do.

Thank you so much to everyone who has shown concern and care. With your continued support, we’re hopeful Kaylee will be home soon.

07/30/2025

Thistle update!!! Thank you all for sharing and for spreading the word! This sweet baby actually was not trapped, but instead she went to a house she was familiar with that was about a 1/2 mile from the feeding station and they were able to get her caught and she is now resting after a stressful couple of weeks. She had been to a vet already to be checked out and they will get her back to a healthy weight now that she's home!

Big thank you to the City of Mountain Grove, MO Animal Control for reaching out to me for help, and the 2 wonderful ladies that volunteered their time and efforts in keeping up with the sightings, mapping them, and we're willing to stick it out with me to trap this girl, even though we didn't end up needing to trap her. ☺️

So glad she is safe and back home!!

Great News! Thistle is home!

After weeks of running on her own, the deaf Great Dane, Thistle, is now back at home and recovering after being checked out by the vet!

I want to say thank you to the community for helping to report sightings, to the volunteers who mapped the sightings, to everyone who shared our posts, and to ERC - Emergency Rescue Consultancy for offering her time and services.

I bet she is taking the best nap of her life, safe and comfy on the couch!

07/30/2025

💥THISTLE IS BACK HOME! PLEASE SEE NEW POST FOR MORE DETAILS 💥

🚨ACTIVE CASE🚨
📍 Mountain Grove, Missouri

This is Thistle. A beloved, DEAF, Great Dane that has been on the run for 2 weeks now.

We were contacted by our good friends at the City of Mountain Grove, MO Animal Control and asked to help catch this pup as they know we have a trap large enough to accommodate a great Dane easily, and the skills and understanding of how to get a dog that has travelled over a 15+ mile stretch already to stop running so she can be trapped.

She is definitely in flight mode and as with many cases, won’t even come to her owners. Her owners desperately want her home and we are going to do everything to help make that happen!! A feeding station was set last night and confirmed camera footage showed she did eat, which is a huge blessing, as this is the first confirmed feeding she's had since she escaped her home.Her condition has been declining and she is becoming very thin. Thistle has been covering several miles at night both in town and outside of town. Now that a feeding station has been set it is imperative she continues to come back to that station to eat and feel safe. Once she has shown up a couple more times to eat, we will set a trap for her here.

👉 How can YOU help?

❗️DO NOT approach this dog. (The wonderful community in Mountain Grove has been doing great with this, and we are so thankful!!) If you see her, do not stop and look at her or try to call her towards you. Please just ignore her and stay away from her. She will bolt and we do not want to drive her out of the area. We are very close to having her caught and this is the most important thing right now is to pretend she is not there and don't acknowledge her.

❗️DO NOT put food out for this dog. We are aware she is skinny, and very hungry. She has food available at a feeding station in an area she frequents, we need her to go to that location to eat so we can get her trapped safely.

❗️DO report sightings directly to Brittany Scherff vis messenger, or text/call 417-619-1076 or Pamela Riehl via messenger.

💥 SHARE this post — have neighbors, family, friends that aren't on social media? Please share with them so that they are aware also!

💥 DONATE — Emergency Rescue Consultancy never charges for rescues. We survive solely on donations from amazing supporters like you.

📲 We’re a licensed 501c3 charity, and are verified as such on both Venmo and PayPal. Please double-check before donating, as lookalike accounts do exist.

✅ Venmo:
🔗 venmo.com/u/EmergencyRescueConsultancy

✅ PayPal: [email protected]
🔗 paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=BU8XUE4BEWLHL

💯 Every dollar helps keep traps in the field, signs posted, and batteries running - and most importantly, helps get the next dog home safe where they belong.

🐾 Help us keep showing up. One dog. One trap. One family at a time. The right way.

07/01/2025

Brittany made it to Kansas for her surgery!! Thanks again, Rescue One, for taking this baby in and not giving up on her!

Brittany has made it to Overland Park, KS for her surgery this morning! We can't wait until this baby feels better! Stay tuned for updates!

PS- for those interested, graphic photo in the comments of the fracture of her jaw.

07/01/2025

Second update on Brittany!

07/01/2025

Update: Sharing the updates for the dog, who they named Brittany, which I'm honored to share a name with this sweetie, that has a broken jaw that we trapped. SHE is now in the care of Rescue One . Without them saying 'yes', ERC wouldn't have been able to help this sweet baby. They will share updates about her, so if you don't already, be sure to follow their page so you can see the updates!

Note:

We will be sharing their second update with more info on her condition jn a separate post from this one.

Another urgent rescue - if everyone who saw this post donated even $1, it would be life changing for this dog!

When we say yes to an animal in need, we often don’t know the full extent of their injuries until they’re in our arms. This is one of those cases.

Meet Brittany, a sweet soul who just came to us tonight in critical condition with a severely broken jaw. She is also dehydrated and also has an injured foot. She’ll be spending the weekend at the emergency vet and next week she’ll need to be transferred to a specialist to determine the best course of action for what will be a complex repair.

Despite her pain, Brittany wagged her tail. She knows she’s safe now. She knows she’s been rescued.

We’ve named her after the trapper with ERC - Emergency Rescue Consultancy who got her to safety at Rescue One . Now she needs all of us—because this is going to be an expensive journey to healing.

If you'd like to help us give Brittany the second chance she deserves, here’s how:

VENMO: rescueonespringfield (last four of phone number 7694)
PAYPAL: [email protected]
ONLINE: rescueonespringfield.com/donate

Thank you for believing in the forgotten ones, the broken ones, and the ones who just need someone to say “yes.”

06/28/2025

Thank you all who joined the live!! This baby is headed to the emergency vet for full evaluation and Rescue One has stepped up to help this poor baby!

ERC - Emergency Rescue Consultancy can’t safely trap dogs and help save them without licensed rescues committing to them. That includes all the vetting (from broken jaws, to spay or neuter, to fully vaccinated) and then placing them in a loving foster home to learn to feel safe and loved.

Thank you Rescue One and all the other rescues! It takes a village!

06/28/2025

🚨EMERGENCY DOG RESCUE
IN PROGRESS 🚨

💥 TUNE IN — We’ll be going LIVE so you can see your donations in action and meet this brave pup as Brittany retrieves him from the trap!!

Brittany with Emergency Rescue Consultancy is on the road NOW to Billings, MO to rescue a dog in critical condition. 💔

This poor pup’s jaw is stuck wide open—he can’t eat, drink, or survive much longer without help. We’re working fast now that he has been safely trapped to transport him for emergency veterinary care.

👉 How can YOU help?

💥 DONATE — Emergency Rescue Consultancy never charges for rescues. We survive solely on donations from amazing supporters like you.
💥 SHARE this post — The more people who see this, the more help we can get.

📲 We’re a licensed 501c3 charity, and are verified as such on both Venmo and PayPal. Please double-check before donating, as lookalike accounts do exist.

✅ Venmo:
🔗 venmo.com/u/EmergencyRescueConsultancy

✅ PayPal: [email protected]
🔗 paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=BU8XUE4BEWLHL

💯 Every dollar helps keep traps in the field, signs posted, and batteries running - and most importantly, helps get the next dog home safe where they belong.

🐾 Help us keep showing up. One dog. One trap. One family at a time. The right way.

06/19/2025

Four years ago today, the path of Emergency Rescue Consultancy had been laid and set - and on that same day, this path changed two human lives, forever.

It started with a single post by our late founder, Richard Morrison - looking for someone to train. Someone who could learn the craft of humane dog trapping, the right way. After years of developing his craft and serving as a pinnacle of the lost dog community - he knew it was time to find someone to show the ropes, who could then take the reigns of the incredible cornerstone he started from the ground up.

What he didn’t know then, was that his post would find the right person, at exactly the right time.

Just a week later, Brittany volunteered to go on a trapping case with him after a chance connection over a shared heart for a dog in need of medical care. When she read his checklist of what it would take to fill his shoes, she got butterflies. It just felt right. And... it was.

That first trapping case, turned into a calling. What began as a one-time offer to help, has grown into the work ERC does today - still rooted firmly in Richard’s standards, still focused wholeheartedly on fulfilling our mission, the right way.

One dog at a time.

Richard didn’t just teach trapping. He taught patience, he taught fortitude, he taught purpose, and most of all - he taught what it means to truly show up for any dog in need.

Today, we carry on what he started all those years ago, and his voice, direction, lessons, and expertise resonate throughout every tried and true method that ERC embodies.

We wanted to share this post today in celebration of the service we have built, and continue to foster in this region. We need your support now, more than ever.

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💥 ERC’s funds are nearly gone — and the dogs haven’t stopped running.

If you believe in this work, or in the quiet legacy of someone who changed so many lives, or if we have helped you, we need you behind us.

🟢 We’re a licensed 501c3 charity, and are verified as such on both Venmo and PayPal. Please double-check before donating, as lookalike accounts do exist.

✅ Venmo:
🔗 venmo.com/u/EmergencyRescueConsultancy

✅ PayPal: [email protected]
🔗 paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=BU8XUE4BEWLHL

💯 Every dollar helps keep traps in the field, signs posted, and batteries running - and most importantly, helps get the next dog home safe where they belong.

🐾 Help us keep showing up. One dog. One trap. One family at a time. The right way.

05/11/2025

Aaaaaaand another pup is safe and off the streets!

This sweet boy was shared on Leigh's Lost and Found and got a lot of attention — and rightfully so. I was asked to trap him, but we still needed a rescue to step up. That’s when my good friends at HavaHeart Rescue said they would take him when I caught him.

Tonight, while setting up feeding stations, I found him curled into a little ball, shivering along the side of a house— terrified from someone nearby shooting a gun for target practice. Thankfully, he trusted me enough to let me slip a lead on and get him out of there.

He’s had a rough go. His skin is itchy, and his nails are so long they’ve started curling under and sideways. But tonight, he’s safe with me, snuggled up in a soft blanket, and finally able to rest. Tomorrow, he’ll head to HavaHeart Rescue to get the medical care he’s needed for a long time.

Despite everything, he is incredibly sweet, gentle, and loving. I can’t wait to see his coat come back and show everyone what I already see: a truly beautiful soul.

💥If you’d like to help with his medical care, now is the perfect time!!💥
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HavaHeart has an angel donor matching ALL donations made through tomorrow — dollar for dollar. That means your gift will go twice as far for him and others in their care.

Please note your donation is for "Brody" — the name he’ll go by unless an owner comes forward. Donation info is below!

Donations:

🔗 PayPal: PayPal.me/havaheartrescue

💰Venmo: HavaHeart_Rescue (Watch for scammers - look for us under the charities tab)

🔗 https://checkout.shelterluv.com/donate/hrmo

05/10/2025

🐾⚠️⚠️This pup is safe!⚠️⚠️🐾

After first being seen in the Oak Grove neighborhood a week ago and ending up all the way over by the airport, this little traveler has finally been trapped. Covering serious ground along the railroad tracks, this pup gave us a run—but with the help of some amazing people, we got the job done.

A huge shout out to Nancy, who stepped up not only to foster but also to be my go-to for the feeding stations. She was my right hand throughout this entire capture. This pup is now safe and being cared for by 4 The Love of K9s.

If this is your dog or you have information about them, please reach out with proof of ownership.

We rely entirely on donations to keep doing this work. It takes time, lots of sleepless nights, specialized techniques, a comprehensive understanding of dog behavior when lost, and money—fuel to get to the site, high-value foods to lure dogs, trap maintenance, camera monitoring, and more. If you’d like to help us help more dogs like this one, here’s how:

Venmo:
💥💥💥IMPORTANT NOTE: 💥💥💥You’ll need to search for us under the Charities tab—there are multiple imposter accounts, but we are a verified 501c3 and the only one listed in the charities section!

PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=BU8XUE4BEWLHL

You can also donate here on this post on Facebook below ❤️