About Princess’s Rescues & Retreat

Hi my name is Elizabeth Stoltz. I started Princess’s Rescues and Retreat when I was 16 years old. I’ve always had a passion and love for animals. My family adopted our first dog when I was 4 years old. She was a 4 month old husky who we named Princess. Now this was our first time ever adopting a dog and we ended up buying her from the mall. 6 months later Princess was diagnosed with a parasite called giardia. Giardia is a parasite that lives in the intestines. It can be very fatal in puppies like Princess. When we contacted the place we had gotten her from they said to return her so they can euthanize her and we could have a new dog. We refused and decided to pay for Princess’s treatment ourselves. Princess’s lived for 13 wonderful years. She was the best dog ever. She was a sassy girl who loved all and took care of every animal we adopted or fostered. When Princess’s passed away, October 11th, 2023, I was heart broken. We had 5 other dogs at the time who all got very depressed after her death. I was on Instagram one day when I saw a post from Maricopa County Animal Care and Control about a husky who was up for adoption. She looked exactly like Princess. We went to go meet her we saw so many dogs at there shelter. I felt so sad for these animals and wanted to help so bad. I had always dreamed since I was little to start my own dog shelter so I decided to make my dream come true. I started out by baking dog treats and selling them at markets to raise money to buy a 501c3 to become a legal none profit. Then I got fosters and started taking in surrenders. After that we just kept growing. We hope to grow even more and help as many animals as possible.