Meet Our Team
Who We Are
The Board
Melez Dog Rescue is led by a dedicated team of animal welfare advocates committed to giving stray and abandoned dogs a second chance. Our board members bring a wealth of experience in rescue work, animal care, and nonprofit management, ensuring that our mission is carried out with compassion, integrity, and efficiency.
Each board member plays a crucial role in overseeing our shelter operations, coordinating adoptions, and developing initiatives to improve the lives of the dogs in our care. With a shared passion for animal welfare, we work tirelessly to provide the best possible future for every dog that comes through our rescue.
Would you like to meet the team behind Melez Dog Rescue? Learn more about our board members below.
Michelle
Boardmember
My name is Michelle Duman and I live in Drenthe with my husband Yoran and dog Kai. In 2019 I did a Turkish language course for beginners and met someone who followed our shelter's page on social media. I received photos of all those sweet faces every day and soon discovered that the shelter is located in a place close to where we regularly go on holiday. I decided to be bold and sent Lisanne a message asking if we could come over and of course we were very welcome.After our visit we stayed in touch, I have been maintaining the social media pages for 3 years since then and since autumn 2022 I have been responsible for adoptions from the Netherlands&Belgium, I am the first contact for our adopters and I am involved in all volunteer work. I do this with great pleasure and I find it fantastic to see when I have been able to match a dog with the perfect owner for him/her, because there is a suitable owner for every dog.
We find personal contact with our (prospective) adopters extremely important. We are there for them before, during and after the adoption. If things go well, but also if there are difficult things that people encounter, we provide tips that can help the dog and owner move forward. Even when the dog has been in his/her new place for a year, we check in every now and then to see how they are doing. To avoid disappointment, I can be critical when it comes to choosing a dog. With us it is not the case that you register for a dog and that you automatically ''get'' it. We always look very closely at the character of both the dog and the prospective dog owner and what his/her wishes are. This works best for everyone and you won't be disappointed.
In addition to my work for Melez Dog Rescue, I am training to become a dog behaviorist in order to better guide our adopters. I look forward to making even more dogs and their owners happy and who knows, we may meet soon!
Our Team
