Sit Stay Rant

Season Finale – Sit Stay Rant For our season finale, Amy, Tiffany, Emily, and Gabby are joined by the full Knine Rescue team for a relaxed, lighthearted look back at the past year. In this episode, we laugh a lot, reminisce, and reflect on the highs, lows, chaos, wins, and lessons that come with rescue work,  from unforgettable saves to behind-the-scenes moments that only the team ever sees. While...

This week on Sit Stay Rant, Amy, Emily, Tiffany, Gabby and Brittany are joined by our guest Sam, known online as The Great Dane Scientist and a Great Dane breeder. After openly inviting our audience to connect us with a breeder willing to have a thoughtful, respectful conversation, Sam reached out directly. We agreed to sit down together to discuss both our differences and our shared values. In th...

In this episode of Sit Stay Rant, the team welcomes a special guest Kim from Friends of Montgomery County Animals (FMCA) to dive into the often-overlooked world of cat rescue. From managing colonies and trapping ferals to bottle-feeding kittens at 2 a.m., our guest shares the daily realities, emotional tolls, and small victories that come with saving feline lives. Emily, Amy, Tiffany, Gabby and Ki...

In this episode of Sit Stay Rant , the crew goes live on Amy Creel’s TikTok for a raw, funny, and heartfelt look at rescue life in real time. Amy, Emily, Tiffany, and Gabby talk about the six semi-feral Chihuahuas coming into Knine Rescue from a severe hoarding case, what their intake will look like, how to start earning their trust, and the slow, patient work that turns fear into hope. They also...

The chaos, laughter, and honesty continue in Part Two of Sit Stay Rant: Live on TikTok! Amy, Tiffany, Gabby, and Emily pick up right where they left off, answering even more of your burning rescue questions straight from the live chat. From navigating surprise litters and tricky foster situations to the emotional ups and downs of transport day, nothing is off-limits. This episode dives deeper into...

In this episode of Sit, Stay, Rant , Amy Creel goes live on TikTok with Tiffany, Gabby, and Emily for a night of chaos, laughter, and raw rescue talk. The crew opens up the floor to followers’ burning questions, about litters, fostering, Beethoven’s wild adoption story, Amy’s little mama dog who showed up pregnant, and everything in between. Nothing’s off limits as the team dives into what it’s re...

This week on Sit Stay Rant , Amy, Emily, and Tiffany talk honestly with special guest Milly about what life inside animal rescue really looks like. From inter-rescue drama and public criticism to hoarding cases and legal tangles, the team opens up about the chaos that rarely makes it to social media. Milly brings years of experience from the Humane Society, SPCA, and vet clinics, sharing firsthand...

Welcome back to Sit Stay Rant , where we unleash the real mess behind rescue! Amy, Tiffany, Emily, and Brittany are back at the mics, joined by the ever-adorable Mama Dumpling, (who provides few snores in the background) as the team tackles another week of rescue madness. This week’s episode centers on Beethoven, a nine-week-old puppy whose adoption quickly turned into a cautionary tale. The adopt...

In this episode of Sit Stay Rant , Amy is joined by her core volunteer crew: Tiffany, Emily, and Gabby, for a candid conversation with a special guest: Josh from K9 Optima . Josh, a Bay Area trainer with a fascinating past as a corporate investigator and Marine, shares his unexpected journey from organized-crime investigations to building a career training dogs. Together, the group dives into the...

In this milestone episode of Sit Stay Rant , Amy, Tiffany, Gabby, and Emily welcome two fellow rescue workers, Amanda and Maya, to the conversation. Maya shares an emotional update about her long-term foster Frenchies, Goose and Maverick, both born with cleft palates. After undergoing surgery, these resilient little dogs are thriving, and Maya reminds us that “they have such a will to live.” From...

In this episode of Sit, Stay, Rant, Amy, Tiffany, Emily, and Gabby pull back the curtain on a pretty intense week where we took in 66 dogs in just seven days. From endless pleas for fosters to the logistical scramble of getting dogs safe and settled, the crew unpacks what it really means to be a “yes” rescue, the exhaustion, the guilt, and the bittersweet victories. But that’s not all. The team al...

In this episode of Sit Stay Rant , the crew looks ahead to exciting changes, working with a new online platform they will be able to have guest appearances and even call-ins from listeners and haters alike. But the heart of the episode digs into a common frustration in the rescue world: unnecessarily rigid adoption processes that scare away good families. Amy shares the story of a warm, responsibl...

In this special Sit Stay Rant, we’re pausing the rants (mostly) and celebrating the real reason we all show up: the dogs who beat the odds and some of our recent adoption stories. We start with Matthew, yes, you heard right, a man trapped in a dog’s body (or at least that’s how he acts). Quirky, cute but weird finally matched with humans who get him and love him for who he is. Then there’s Wonton,...

Welcome back to another edition of Sit-Stay Rant, where we unleash the real mess behind rescue. Amy (yes, finally nailing the tagline) is joined by Emily, Tiffany, Gabby, and making her debut, Victoria, one of our powerhouse volunteers who doesn’t take nonsense from anyone. This episode dives straight into the surprises no one warns you about when you step into the world of rescue. From the first...

Welcome back to Sit Stay Rant , where we are unleashing the real mess behind rescue, cult vibes and all. Amy, along with Gabby, Emily, and Brittany M., dive into part two of their ever-growing list of dog rescue pet peeves . This time, the team tackles one of the most frustrating and dangerous habits in rescue: people exaggerating or mislabeling dogs to get them surrendered or moved faster. You kn...

Welcome back to Sit, Stay, Rant , where the tea is hot, the dogs are adorable, and the drama is real. Today, Amy is joined by Emily and Gabby, Tiffany, we miss you!  Today we dig into the pet peeves and “oh no they didn’t” moments of rescue. First, a disclaimer: we love our fosters. Without them, we’d be nothing but sad people with too many dogs in our kitchens. Ninety-eight percent are lifesaving...

In this episode of Sit Stay Rant , we confront the uncomfortable truths within the rescue world, the practices that claim to save dogs but sometimes cause real harm. This isn’t about villainizing rescue, but about holding up a mirror to the sector, calling for integrity and accountability. At the heart of the episode is the practice of warehousing dogs keeping them in kennels indefinitely without...

Join us for episode 12 of Sit Stay Rant. In this eye-opening episode we're joined by our favorite rescue crew Amy, Gabby (holding the shoulder-sitting superstar foster dog Parrot), Emily, and Tiffany as we dive into the very real crisis of shelter and dog rescue overcrowding. One local shelter just hit a 20-year high in intake, and we’re breaking down why. From backyard breeders trying to turn...

In this candid and complex episode, we explore a difficult but essential topic in the world of animal rescue: what happens when rescuers, despite good intentions, become harmful. We dive into the uncomfortable truth that some rescuers can become overwhelmed, under-resourced, and at times, slide into hoarding behaviors under the guise of “helping.” The conversation unpacks how rescue can turn harmf...

Join us for Episode 10 of Sit Stay Rant. In this raw, unfiltered episode, we open our phones and take you behind the scenes-real-time. You’ll hear the pings, scrolls, and sighs as we dig through the avalanche of messages that hit our rescue inbox daily. From heartbreaking surrender requests and sudden medical emergencies and foster family dilemmas, we’re tackling it all on the fly. No script, no f...

Welcome to Episode 9 where we spill the kibble! Sometimes, the hardest part of rescue isn’t the dogs - it’s the drama. In this candid conversation, we dig into the not-so-pretty side of rescue life: the whispers, the shade, and yes, the full-blown bark-fests from other groups. We’ll unpack some of the rumors, set the record straight, and share how we stay focused on the dogs while the haters howl....

On this episode of Sit, Stay, Rant we dive into the urgent, emotional world of Knine medical emergencies, where every second counts and every story matters. Join us as we explore the hidden struggles foster caregivers face when sick, injured, or neglected dogs arrive from transports often with little warning and even less medical history. From late-night vet runs to heartbreaking decisions and ins...

In this brutally real (and slightly unhinged) episode, the Sit Stay Rant crew dives into the gritty, behind-the-scenes world of dog transports—where freedom rides meet frantic foster fails, mystery crates arrive at 3 a.m., and poop-matted poodles ride shotgun. Amy, Gabby, Tiffany, and Emily (with a sleepyCharlotte in tow) talk everything from Arby’s parking lot surrenders to Amish breeder dumps, g...

This week on Sit Stay Rant , we’re sitting down with two of Knine Rescue’s behind-the-scenes superheroes— the Brittanys. These two are part of the rescue’s core team and the glue holding the whole chaotic circus together. From juggling foster homes and adoption inquiries to managing social media and putting out daily fires, they’re the ones keeping the rescue bus from driving off a cliff—sometimes...

They thought they were getting a Corgi from a sweet family in Pennsylvania… but the puppy was deaf, the result of irresponsible double merle breeding. That’s when Lexi and Maya discovered they’d unknowingly supported a puppy mill—like many hidden behind Amish farms, where dogs are treated as products, not pets. That eye-opening moment changed their lives. Today, Lexi and Maya are rescuing cleft-pa...