In my previous article in this 3 part series, I introduced you to Ozzy. A brucellosis positive dog in Texas that a Retail Rescue named "This Is Houston" was offering for sale to the public.
In the resulting public backlash from their attempts to sell an infectious dog that is a hazard to humans, some interesting supporters came forward. One of them is Jennifer Quesenberry Aufdenberg, the co-founder of Shenandoah Shepherd Rescue in Stephens City, Virginia.
For those of you following what Retail Rescue is doing these days, it should come as no surprise that her rescue had resold a brucellosis infected dog around 18 months ago to an 'adopter' who has an auto-immune condition. For people like her, its all about the tax-free cash and the social justice warrior halo polishing.
I had to laugh as one of the first posts I saw on her page was a cross post about allegedly stray purebred German Shepherds outside the FOHA shelter in Aldie, Virginia and begging for help. In a former lifetime I spent 10 years researching the truly ugly history of FOHA after seeing one of their properties in person. The cruelty, the abuse, the hoarding, the warehousing. It just doesn't get much uglier than FOHA's history. I should know, I FOIA'd the court records of several of their criminal trials over 10 years ago. I still have the records. (someone reading this is squirming right now).
If you are a reputable rescuer in Virginia for any serious length of time, you know FOHA's dirty history. In fact, it was FOHA itself that put me on the path I am today. All of my work to expose dirty rescues can be traced back to the horrors I discovered about FOHA. Turning my back on Retail Rescue itself and becoming a proud American dog breeder for the past 20 years can also be traced back to FOHA. Thanks rescuers! You showed me the truth.
Unfortunately Shendandoah has only been around for less than 5 years according to their records. Even for such a newcomer though, they have the Retail Rescue blackmail language down pat. Every dog is in severe need. Every former owner is 'abusive.'
If you look at Shenandoah's Facebook page its filled with fundraising statements like, "This dog has 1 hour to live unless you help." Amazingly enough Shenandoah Shepherd is also sourcing dogs out of Texas. Which as I pointed out in my previous article in this series, are mostly coming out of Mexico. Just like "This is Houston" Jennifer seems to make a specialty out of dogs hit by cars. As if every stray dog in Texas has been hit by a car.
There's no one's word but Shenandoah's that this story is true. Stop falling for everything you read.
Like many Retail Rescues , they charge a $20
non-refundable fee to 'apply' for one of their special dogs. They sell on average of around 12 dogs a week. They are nothing more than a rescue mill.
"They" claim to have resold 2,000 dogs since
2017. Well really its just Jennifer Aufdenberg. She's the only one behind the curtain.
Her cheapest fee to purchase one of her dogs is $250. That doesn't count her endless fundraising to pay the vet bills of all the dogs. Just to purchase the dog is $250. That means she has a base income of $5 million dollars in less than 5 years for reselling dogs that she more than likely gets for free. Don't forget that each dog had a $20 non-refundable application fee. That's an additional $40,000 in just application fees that we KNOW about. How many applied for a dog and never got one?
Of course her IRS 990's do not match her social media boasts. To the IRS she claims to have only made $500,911 in 2019, with $88,299 in adoption fees alone. Poor Jennifer, she only had $66,769 cash in her pocket after the year was over with. She shares these sad financial facts with her 'president' who is listed as Kaitlin Vazquez.
Funny how these Retail Rescuer's make a living slandering American dog breeders to the public so they can live off of all tax free donations but these rescues sell off more dogs than any American dog breeder could ever be producing.
Where are all the dogs housed that she's selling for tax free profit? Where is that brucellosis infected dog now?
They may be housed at the mysterious "president"s place. The woman that isn't part of the group..... The group of ONE.
The mysteriously disappearing 'president.'
What American dog breeder has made $5 million in undeclared income in 4.5 years? None of us!
Besides all the money she's pulling in, where are the dogs? Shenandoah Shepherd Rescue has a mailing address and a 'process serving' address. Neither property looks suitable for housing dozens of Mexican street dogs. So where are they?
Where are all the dogs housed that she's selling for tax free profit? Where is that brucellosis infected dog now?
They may be housed at the mysterious "president"s place. The woman that isn't part of the group..... The group of ONE.
YOU can act in these situations. Here's some steps to take. "Shenandoah Shepherd Rescue" is run by Jennifer Aufdenberg, 122 Littlewing Way, Stephens City, VA 22655. Report her to the USDA via their online complaint form. Has the USDA inspected her and has every single dog imported over Virginia state lines arrived with a health certificate as required by law?
Report her to the Commonwealth of Virginia and to the CDC for reselling a brucellosis infected dog. This case may have already been reported but chances are good it hasn't. Make sure it is! How do you know that dog isn't in your community exposing your children to an infectious disease?
You can also contact the following entities and complain about them allowing Jennifer at their events:
You can also contact the following entities and complain about them allowing Jennifer at their events:
Virginia has a notorious reputation as a HOT MARKET for Retail Rescue. There are 'Jennifer's' on every corner reselling imported dogs to Virginia residents and making a fortune. This will only stop when you take a stand and report them.
Stay tuned for Part 3 of this series, as I take a deeper look at This Is Houston.
Stay tuned for Part 3 of this series, as I take a deeper look at This Is Houston.
Update: This has turned into a multi-part series.
Part 1: Could Your Neighbor's Dog Kill Your Child?
Part 2: Another Brucellosis Positive Dog Sold In Virginia
Part 3: Living Off Animal Suffering - Retail Rescue Exposed
Part 4: Exposing Cons Brings The Home Girls Out
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