08/07/2025
You guys know i help raise money for this rescue and right now they need help..
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I figure 6 weeks recovery is plenty enough time for me to recuperate enough for me to make a post or send messages to you all so you can say you heard it from the horses mouth.
I'm sure you all by now have heard about what happened July 11th . If you haven't here it is in less than 100 words.
At my niece's graduation my legs and arms refused to work. I collapsed on the ground unable to move yet fully aware . Rushed to hospital. Tests found a tumor on spine at the S 5 level, surgery, tumor non cancerous, 40 staples in my neck (picture below) some damage only time will tell. Infection followed another hospital stay. Several falls and a few flips of my mobility scooter, scrapes, some bumps, brusies and some road rash and now confined per Dr's to extremely limited physical activity!
Everyone has been working hard to make sure that my road to recovery is smooth and easy. Everyone , expect me that is. I can't sit still and watch everyone lend a hand and do things that benefit me and not help. The problem is I take it to the extreme and over do it and end up causing myself more harm than good.
I should (per nurse and physical therapist) be just starting to get out of bed with ASSISTANCE, moving from room to room with ASSISTANCE, venturing no further than the front step with ASSISTANCE ! Well, I think those that know me , know what I think of ASS istance..... Well sometimes humility is so much easier on the body. Take for example, maybe I shouldn't be 8 miles from home alone on my mobility scooter going down a major roadway on a narrow sidewalk at 10 miles an hour only to find myself flying in the air, over the curb and flipping on the road infront of an oncoming mini van!
Talk about my life flashing before my eyes! Lol at least the parts of my life where everyone's laughing and say what a dumb fu- - Bobby can be..
Or perhaps the dr saying "Now Mr Payne, you have to let people take care of you and help you. If you don't your going to hurt yourself. ONLY to wake up the next morning ready to move mountians and actually trying. Quietly waking and getting out of bed, gathering all the cleaning supplies and sneak into the bathroom, shut the door and start to clean like it's spring cleaning time at gram ma's house. Smiling and feeling like you've accomplished something and hour later when the bathtub, toilet and sink all sparkle , well kinda sparkle . Well kinda sparkle with some streaks. Damn it ! You realize you forgot to sweep and dust so all I've been doing is moving dust around. As I exhale and reach for the broom, tired and physically weak , I tumble ass over tea kettle into the bathtub. Defeated both mentally and physically I cant move, I have to holler to my already "I told you so husband " who has been nothing less than a saint for the last 6 weeks , while Ive been nothing less than a ogre.
Ok enough back story and now to the meat and potatoes of this post.
Regardless of what you may have heard from shinny valley of fools gold, or envious cant follow simple instructions family ,Sin City Great Dane Rescue isn't going anywhere. We have been saving , rescuing and rehoming Great Danes in the Las Vegas Valley and surrounding states for 10 plus years and will continue to do so until the last breath escapes my chest! Bet!!
This breed has saved my life, literally . They gave me purpose, gave me and taught me the true meaning of trust and unconditional love and I will continue to show the breed that nothing they taught me was for nought. If not for the constant and unconditional love that my Franny aka Franny Pants taught me I dont think I would be here today.
And if for nothing other than she I will continue to scrape the can for every last drop , and repurpose every blanket, towel , water bowl just to be able to carry on with my mission to help rescue and preserve this breed, I will do just that.
Given that I cant get out and do any physical work or type with any level of accuracy , so that you could understand or even hold the phone to talk so you would understand me, I have asked my amazing husband to listen and text what I say and post for you all.
Between my amazing family, both blood and of the heart, we have been able to and will continue to live as we do. Not to what we are used to but what we need. The issue is the housing for the dogs we do have in our care. And before anyone starts to be a key board warrior and tell me there are others who can do just as good or better for the dogs im my care. Just s**u and back up or block or close the page and forget what you've read, because there is no one that can handle or manage my dogs better than me PERIOD. You may know your dogs amd your friends dogs but not mine. No vet, no trainer and not a single living , breathing person alive could care for these dogs as I do. I've always said that I was sure no one could but after having 6 weeks to read all your posts and then the comments . I am absolutely positive that someone has played a cruel and nasty joke on us true Great Dane lovers and replaced our was reveered and respected teachers with bots that have escaped from the Looney Bin.
Sorry if I went a little off into spaces unchartered, but as I was saying we have our personal lives and things in order and addressed my concern now has to be 100% on getting the rescue things in order and self sustaining until I am back on my feet. My medical emergency happened on June 11th of this year and thankfully had paid all the utilities , rent and feed bills for April -June.
With me not being able to work to maintain the flow of funds to keep everything operating normally we have fallen a little behind.
I want to personally thank the following people for their generosity and willingness to help.
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Thank you to the Sherman Family Trust? who has covered the feed cost for July thru Sept.
Thank you to the Bowman Family for coming to our rescue and covering our utilities for July thru Sept.
Thank you to the Stone Family trust for covering the kennel expense of our medically fragile for July thru Sept
Thank-you to H.A. and to D. W for your generosity
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I believe that we've been able to cover every thing except the rent on the rescue space for July thru Sept . We are fortunate to have a true godsend for a landlord who has credited one month leaving us owing $1400 which will cover us through Sept 30, 2025.
This is where I have to turn to you , our Sin City Great Dane Rescue Family , friends and Supporters. Not to proud to beg if need be to keep helping Great Danes.
We need help or face losing whats taken us ten plus years to build. So look into your danes eyes and ask yourself if you should help us bring to someone else's family what we brought to yours.
If so please dig deep and help us raise that needed $1400 to keep our operating space.
If you can help and are willing , you and donate at the address/es below:
PayPal: Mel's Mutts-SCGDR-INC
Venmo: -Payne-45
Cash App: $Sincitydanes
It's sometimes too often that you hear me asking for help but it's not very often you hear me beg. This is one of those rare moments you have heard my beg.
Proverbs 19:17 ~~showing kindness to the poor is like lending to the Lord, and He will repay the kindness
Picture below is a little gross
