Paws for hope better together program rant

​I am making this post. I just kind of want to vent my feelings, emotions, and thoughts. The reality is that the Paws for Hope: Better Together program is not being properly run. You do not run a program without a human resource coordinator, and that has been the case since I have been in the program.

​Kathy Powelson does not prioritize animals or people. If she cared about animals or people, she would not be triggering people who suffer with complex PTSD. She knows I am already struggling with severe fibromyalgia, severe complex PTSD, and severe OCD. She knows how hard it is for me, yet she actively triggers and provokes me. This has led to what is known as reactive abuse. Reactive abuse occurs when a person is pushed to a breaking point by someone else's manipulation, hostility, or mistreatment, eventually causing them to react in an uncharacteristic way uch as becoming defensive which the original aggressor then uses to paint that person as the problem. I would not be doing this if she had not caused this reaction. Yet, when I asked for help, she said, "No." What type of reaction does she think she is going to get from an owner that has that puppy and is terrified?

​If Kathy Powelson is an executive director and is denying a 10-week-old puppy vaccines, that shows exactly what type of person she is. That 100% shows her character. If she does not want to help a puppy, she should not be an executive director. She is supposed to abide by the contract just as much as we are as clients. She is not doing that. Just because the puppy is not enrolled in the Paws for Hope: Better Together program does not mean she cannot help an animal that needs vaccines. She is just refusing to do it because she is biased against me. She does not like me because I speak up, I advocate for my medically necessary dog who has a physician's note and my puppy. I do not allow Kathy Powelson to talk down to me. I do not allow her to get away with things. I address things, I show proof and evidence, and I document everything. I have severe OCD, so I always have the proof and evidence to back up what I say. I am not a liar. I do not manipulate, I do not gaslight people, and I do not treat people poorly. I believe in karma. What comes around goes around.

​Kathy Powelson has traumatized me and caused me a great deal of trauma, and her refusal to act while knowing the medical risk to my puppy is a failure of leadership. I reached out to the board of directors president, Dr. Llewellyn who is my senior girl's vet and took on her care and I left him a message before I knew he was leaving for three weeks. He is away, which puts Kathy in total power. And with her in charge, of course, nothing is going to get done. Of course, I am not going to get help or support. I have not been able to sleep, I have not been able to eat, and I am constantly scared of what the repercussions are. I am sure that there are other individuals in the Paws for Hope: Better Together program who are just as scared to stand up or say anything.

​Kathy Powelson's suggestion of a clinic in Vancouver is not a solution. It is not supposed to open for months, and a 10-week-old puppy cannot wait that long for vaccines. She knows this. She also knows I rely solely on HandyDART for transportation, and that an 8-hour round trip is physically impossible with my fibromyalgia. She knows that HandyDART strictly refuses to allow my senior girl on the bus because she is not a certified service dog a policy I am actively fighting at the Human Rights Tribunal. Kathy Powelson knows I cannot access these things, yet she offers them to make it look like she’s helping.

​Kathy Powelson continues to weaponize false allegations and interaction against me.

​I am just one person, but I know I am not the only one being mistreated. Many are likely too terrified to speak out, fearing retaliation. Kathy Powelson needs to be held accountable for her actions, her reactions, and the way she treats clients. My dogs are my life, and I will do whatever it takes to ensure they are safe and my senior girl cannot be removed from the program. Pause for hope. Better together program for me, writing a blog and writing about my experience. I wanna make that very clear. There is no way that my senior girl is going to suffer due to me, creating a blog and talking about my experience, like I stayed, I have the email, and I put it in one of my posts where it states that they were doing story on cbc news about the program.And they wanted people that were enrolled in the program to talk about their experience.Well, here I am talking about my experience.

Furthermore, I want to be clear that this is my own personal blog and social media platform. I am fully entitled to share my own life experiences whether they involve the Paws for Hope: Better Together program, HandyDART, or the Human Rights Tribunal and there is nothing in my contract that prohibits me from speaking honestly about my experiences or the behavior of staff. I am not creating drama or fabricating anything; I am sharing my truth, backed by the emails and recordings I have documented. This blog is a necessary outlet for my mental health, and I will continue to advocate for myself and my dogs when I am being mistreated triggered and provoked and react of abuse is real and has been going on for a long time.