An animal lover throughout childhood, Sybil worked as a veterinary assistant while in high school and then at a dog training facility during her college years. In 2006, she decided she wanted to adopt a Bernese Mountain Dog and found her Boris, abandoned and miserably hot in a Florida shelter. Then, in 2010, she learned about the huge need for puppy fosters and the idea of being able to love on and play with puppies whenever she wanted sounded like great fun and a wonderful way to support rescue!

Sybil spent the next couple of years volunteering with different rescues, learning what she liked and didn’t like about their practices. As a successful business owner, Sybil had developed the skills and contacts to start a non-profit organization so she gathered the support needed and founded Mountain Pet Rescue. She is forever grateful for the generosity of MPR’s legal/accounting professionals, administrative assistants, veterinarians, dog trainers, fosters and volunteers who have helped save and rehome over 3000 dogs in 10 years!

Jamie began following Mountain Pet Rescue on Facebook in late 2013 to smile over the new family photos as dogs found homes and giggle over the cute puppy videos. Also in those Facebook posts were requests for fosters and volunteers. After months of scrolling past those and hoping “someone does something”, in April of 2014 Jamie saw the eyes of Sara in Texas. Relinquished by her family to an overcrowded shelter that euthanized owner surrenders for space, Sara was on death row pleading for her someone. Jamie was on the phone with MPR volunteering to foster even before she told her (incredibly patient and supportive!!) husband, Mike, that they were about to become fosters. After quickly realizing Sara from Texas, temporary foster, was actually perfectly happy in her new forever home and not going anywhere, thank you very much, Jamie looked for other ways to continue helping MPR.

The more Jamie got to know MPR and how they worked, the more she believed in the vision and the more she wanted to do. It was a great opportunity to combine her business degree and over twenty years in finance with her love of dogs. As a result, you can often find Jamie alongside a plane or outside a van helping welcome dogs to Colorado or helping process applications or moving supplies to fosters around the Front Range while promising Mike that someday, maybe, his backyard shed will again be his and not full of dog supplies. Until that happens, Jamie and the ever-patient Mike will continue the hard work and the sometimes heartache that is involved in rescue because it is all worth it to see love at first sight in action and to know that, in some small way, they made a difference that day.

Mariana grew up on a flower farm in Argentina surrounded by, well, flowers! but also with lots of animals; dogs, cats, ducks, goats, cows, and horses. Her family moved to Los Angeles in the early 1980’s and as soon as they could, they adopted a dog and cat. When she met her husband, he came with a dog that she loved as much as him. Later on, together, they adopted a dog and a few cats and most recently, MPR foster failure Skadi.

After hearing about Mountain Pet Rescue they contacted MPR to help with transport and eventually were approved to become fosters. Her first foster, Marcus, arrived in the summer of 2022. Marcus was successfully adopted by a family friend of Mariana’s and she still gets to spend time with him. Mariana has had a blast fostering many puppies and a couple of moms. When Mariana lived in Denver, she volunteered at Dumb Friends League and she still volunteers at her local shelter, helping out wherever needed. She has even taken a trip to Knab, UT just to volunteer at Best Friends. Animal welfare is very important to Mariana and she is honored to serve as a member of our team.

Becky has always loved animals, with a particular affinity for dogs. One of her earliest memories is sitting with her Fisher Price tape recorder, documenting her ideas of building a dog zoo where she could have every kind of dog in the world. While that desire to “have all the dogs” never subsided, her childhood black lab taught her that loving a dog meant so much more than just giving it a place to live. So, her dream slowly morphed from “having all the dogs” to “helping all the dogs.” After finishing college and pharmacy residency, Becky moved to Denver for a job that provided the ability to have a dog – which became her first order of business. Within two days of touring shelters, she had adopted a one-year-old Ridgeback/Boxer mix. He turned out to be quite a wild child! By working through his medical and behavioral challenges, Becky learned about the benefits of positive reinforcement, routine, enrichment, and creative problem solving. She also realized that so many homeless dogs face similar challenges, preventing them from finding homes and living the lives they deserve. So, after years of training her dog and helping him build proper social skills, Becky decided she wanted to start fostering dogs to help them become more adoptable.

A friend mentioned they’d worked with Mountain Pet Rescue in the past and had a positive experience, so Becky reached out to volunteer and learn about the organization. She started by welcoming dogs at transport arrivals and chauffeuring them to their new homes. She quickly realized that her values closely aligned with the organization’s, so was excited to continue helping out. One day she saw the sweetest, saddest face of a boxer in urgent need of a medical foster. Within a few hours she was bringing that dog into her home, nursing her back to health, and falling in love with fostering. Since then, she has worked to help over 30 foster dogs on their journey to their forever homes, while continuing to be involved with other aspects of rescue. Becky later joined the organization’s Board of Directors currently serving as the Vice President, offering insight and perspectives based on her volunteer experience in different roles within the rescue. As a board member, she combines the critical thinking and organizational skills from her day job as a clinical psychiatric pharmacist with her love and passion for dogs and their well-being. By focusing on welfare and getting involved with rescue, Becky has found the perfect way to fulfill her lifelong dream, both having and helping “all the dogs.”

It was Emily’s love for animals that brought her to Mountain Pet Rescue. From the moment she joined this wonderful team of hard working volunteers, her eyes were opened to a whole new world of rescue! With her Bachelors of Animal Science and years of experience in administrative duties, Emily was ecstatic to have the opportunity to become MPR’s invaluable Executive Assistant. Having adopted three dogs of her own (MPR foster failure Red pictured here), Emily instantly fell in love with the mission of MPR and the goal of ensuring each dog finds their perfect forever home and that each adopter is provided with the tools to guarantee a successful adoption! She has a true appreciation for MPR’s dedicated team of volunteers and hopes she can contribute to the expansion of our organization to continue saving dogs in danger for years to come.