PLEASE help me get justice for Josie, and all of our animals.

This has been reported to Kaufman County sheriffs department and they are supposedly investigating, but I doubt it, since I keep getting the runaround. I can’t get SPCA or animal control to do anything. I have sent an email to the mayor of Forney and several news stations. I have still have not gotten a reply back from anyone.

This woman “Barbara Jordan Martinez” has been getting away with animal abuse, cruelty, and neglect for many years now. When I spoke with the investigator with Kaufman, County sheriffs office,  she had stated that Barbara does have a couple of animal cruelty cases in her file, from 2020. Several people have reached out and shared their stories with me. Their animals have also suffered at the hands of Barbara Jordan Martinez.

Many animals have died, been seriously injured, gravely ill, or lost under her care, dating back to 2020. Yet, she is still in business and she still has not been arrested. If you do a search on “Google, Yelp, fb for Forney Pet Sitter” you will see several people have complained about her neglect and abuse towards their animals.Our laws need to change.

Please help me change the law for our animals,. Our animals are being killed, or seriously injured under the care of negligent pet sitters. This needs to be stopped, once and for all!!!

We need stricter regulations, laws, criminal background checks, and guidelines in place.

We need to change our Texas laws to protect our animals. They do not have a voice, we have to be their voice.

Animal abuse and neglect has been going on for far too long, so something needs to change immediately. Please sign this petition and let’s get these laws changed, for our fur babies. 

Also, please contact your Texas representative and ask House Bill 978 be amended to include pet sitters and not just groomers.

Here is my tragic story; 

We left our sweet 13 lbs. fur baby Josie with Barbara Martinez of Forney, Texas, while we were out of town. My baby was attacked by a Pit mix that the sitter was also keeping for the first time. She stated she left them alone outside while she went back in the house to remove a casserole from the oven. She claims she went back out there when she heard my dog Josie screaming, and found her on the porch by herself. This happened on February 19th, she didn’t contact me until the next morning February 20th and didn’t take her to the vet until the next day, after I spoke with her, to get her checked out. She had to suffer in pain and bleeding internally all night. Josie was rushed into surgery immediately for exploratory surgery. She had a lot of internal bleeding and trauma, per my Vet. Several tears in her intestines and the muscle walls were shredded, and a hole in her heart. After 3-4 hours of surgery, she coded on the table and they were unable to revive her, they worked on her for 5 minutes, trying to get her back. I was on the phone with the vet the entire time, as they tried to resuscitate her. They never got her heartbeat back. My veterinarian told me she died of crush syndrome and shock. Dr. Bright also informed me, that it appeared as if she had been shaken like a ragdoll.  My sweet little fur baby is gone and it could have been completely prevented. I feel like I will never get justice for her. But if I can prevent this from happening to someone else’s baby, that’s what I intend to do. The sitter was completely negligent in not getting her immediate care, and also not separating a big dog that she didn’t know from the little dogs. A friend of the owner, of the other dog also informed me, that she was told not to put his dog around little dogs.

 My other dog Morty is a Chiweenie and he apparently saw the whole thing happened. We had him checked out, as soon as we returned from out of state. He was missing skin and fur on his nose. Barbara claimed it was from him being in a kennel. Although, I have in writing that she would not do that because he had never been kennel trained before. The vet had to put him on sedatives for his anxiety, nausea medicine because he’s been vomiting and not eating. As well as, medication for diarrhea. He is completely traumatized. Please do not leave your baby with this woman. I was told after the fact, that my sweet Josie was not the first animal to die under her care. She is a registered pet sitter with Rover,  and also a private pet sitter, Barbara Jordon Martinez, Forney Pet Sitter. I have received numerous messages in the last couple of weeks, from people stating that their animals were killed, seriously injured, extremely ill, or lost under her care. Apparently, this has been going on for years. No one has been able to get her shut down. I have reported this to Kaufman County sheriffs department, as well as Rover. I also contacted  Fox 4 news, NBC, CBS, and ABC, as well as several other news outlets. I have emailed several politicians and have not received any response. I am hoping they will run my story, so that other animals may not be hurt or killed. I have also reported this to PETA. Our fur babies do not have a voice, we have to be their voice! 

#justiceforjosie

I would really appreciate it, if you could sign and share my petition to stop animal cruelty, abuse, and neglect. I need all of the signatures and support, that I can get.

I will not stop fighting for justice for Josie and all of our animals.

Our laws need to change!

Thank you ❤️

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