I saw an article in the paper that the Wisconsin Humane Society purchased a puppy mill. Hope they have a clause that prevents the owner from starting another one. I wondered if this had anything to do with the project you were working on.

Sorry for the duplication.  Thought the first post had disappeared into thin air.  Too stupid to figure out it was on a new page.

Bella got delivered to my house at 630AM today!  The dogs all went nuts! Miracle LOVES Bellylivers...so she was smiling today!  Blondie was man handling her, she is such a tomboy girl....  So Blondie got time out already this AM for being rough with Bella.  They are all in lock up now, cept for Bella, who has probably just figured out Maggie is missing.  I used to leave Bella and Maggie with free run of my upstairs when I fostered Bella...so we'll see how she does on her own today.  She's only staying till Sunday.  So much for a quiet weekend for me.  We've been invited to show an adoptable and work the AWARE-WI booth at State Fair, but it's on a Monday, 8/4, and we work it from noon to two PM.  So I did get the day off, now just gotta figure out best parking place, so there is less parading thru miles of WI State Fair with a dog and cart of literature.  I got lucky and Miracle did not pee on my bed again this AM, she did that yesterday AM, so I was washing everything before work yesterday...she will submissively do that sometimes, espec with other dogs in the house, like Blondie!  We are moving Green Lake Maggie today to foster in Marquette MI area.  The lady walks dogs for the shelter, and has a GSP, so she has experience with GSPs and shelter dogs, hope it all goes ok, cuz from the sounds of it, this dog will be a challenge.  Former chained out dog, not potty trained, will take off, can scale a 8' chain link kennel...  a true challenge girl. Has Lymes; is on docxy.  She comes from same shelter as we got Ace from, who died of accute Lymes before he even turned 4 yrs old!!  EVERY dog we get from that shelter has tested positive for Lymes, URGH.  A prime deer tick area!  I also gotta call from a fella who has a GSP in MN wanting to foster too, so passed his number over to MN rescue, and if they don't want him, I have a dog I can use him for right now, sitting in MN.  So we'll see.  Trying to line up a field in Sept for all ability testing, and picnic, maybe make it a reunion, like we'd planned to do all these years....waiting on forest commissioner to call our trainer back about dates and avail fields now, so I can get announcement out.  And I finally got to meet MI Remy last night, he is gorgeous, very small male, very industrious.  Jumps thru screens out windows to get out!  So switched his chip info today, got adoption paper work signed, and he is home.  Also got to see his brother Hunter, who Tim adopted last fall from us.  The boys get along GREAT together, Tim is so lucky with dogs!  He made a really nice donation as well.  I'm so tired, I need for this week to be over any time now.  Two more dogs in WI to attend to, just need some freed up foster homes, urgh.  Have a good weekend all! 

You stick to your guns Lisa, sounds like a messy divorce thing & lawyers that are related trying to intimidate you. You can always hide her in MN at my place, they would never find her here. I think you have her legally. If they did not go & claim her from the shelter then to bad for them pretty sure he doesnt want the dog, just wants it because the wife gave it away. Jeesh, I hope they don't have kids, poor things.

Alice

They DO have children I'm told, cuz it was the kids that saw her little face on Petfinder and pointed it out to their dad.  I now  have all her paper work, and a transfer slip from shelter saying I have the dog.  I have not heard from the police, nor did they fax me the case number yet.  I chose Quizno's as my "last meal".  tehe.  The dog is already in foster out of the state of WI.  Only four people know where to find her, me, her foster mom and two of my board of directors.  And we are not talking unless they hit me with a court order saying I have to.  I sincerely doubt it would come to that, butcha never know.  If it does, then plan B kicks into effect and we have one fugative dog in hiding.  Ya know when Steve and I got divorced, we KNEW we better decide on our dogs fate, or the courts would, as property.  The judge didn't like it much, but he agreed, and it worked.  We shared those dogs, then again, all of ours were current on all vet work and housed indoors at all times.  I trusted my ex with them, even tho sometimes I shouldn't have...but it all worked out fine, and now they are all dead.  So the only thing that ties us still is the fact he rents 1/2 my garage for his stuff in lieu of work done for me.  So far, knock on wood, so good.  Thanks Alice!  

New pic of our fugative on the beach free as a jay bird today.  To me this photo tells me it will be worth all the drama so this dog can have her freedom!

I'm here for you , Lisa  I should be in Minneapolis most of next week., so I will be close to WI

Alice

Lisa,

As you know, you took in the shorthair legally and in good faith from the shelter, whom followed Wisconsin law, so the attorney and cops cannot intimidate, harrass or force you to return her with their stances, however 'informal' their methods  - like calling, emailing or showing up at your door with thinly veiled threats.  I would think Mr Esquire would need to start any process with the shelter and their legal counsel in any case?

Deb O

Well intimidation appears to be their tactic, but they don't seem to know who they are dealing with here.  I was getting ready to load Blondie up for our stint at WI State Fair yesterday, in the muggy heat, with black flies biting us, and just then, of course, some prickish officer from this county sheriff office calls for my statement.  He demanded I produce the stolen goods for identification.  I didn't say anything.  He said do you know where the dog is?  I said yes. Big, long silence....then he goes, are you gonna tell me?  I said no sir.  I told him I was advised to have him contact the shelter I got the dog from for a statement and with that, I said good bye.  Got to state fair and shelter mgr called me to tell me of her conversation with officer prickman.  And when she told the guy she had legal surrender papers signed, he took off his prick mask.  Guess he's gonna be outta town for a few days, so nothing will happen for now.  I'm not telling them where the dog is.  Their divorce is none of my business.  I got the dog legally, fair and square, they had 10 days to put in a claim for the dog, and recover her, and they didn't.  But my bet is, this has only begun.  Before I will produce the dog, I will want a court order to do so.  Or take me to jail.  After I got Blondie outta the fair, and she showed excellent, the crowds LOVED her, and she's such a good girl, she loved them all back; I had to zip out to the vet, and pick up Michigan Logan finally!  FINALLY he is over pneumounia, and kennel cough, so was neutered yesterday, tested neg for heartworm and Lymes, but does have hook worm, no biggie, on dewormer now.  So I got him home, tossed him a crate for quiet, fed everyone supper and Logan starts in, high pitch whining, and barking to get out.  Too bad, so sad...quiet!  Went to bed at 9PM, so exhausted...and he never stopped all night.  I got up several times to let him out for potty, put him back in, start all over, finally about 1AM got up went thru everything to find my bark collar, dang, couldn't find it anywhere.  Moved him to basement crate, and his whining just traveled up the heat ducts, urgh.  THAT'S IT, got up, fired up Mr. Ecollar, and crawled back in bed with the remote.  That all kept me awake most the night!  I see his foster dad never crate trained him.  Maybe he doesn't even need one, I didn't want to take the chance, and with him just having surgery...and Miracle was groweling at him, needless to say LONG NIGHT.  He's in lock up till I get home from work and his foster dad comes to get him.  He's probably gonna get me a barking ticket today, I cranked the AC and turned on radio and heard him whining all the way out the garage this AM.  Just lovely...  and finally we have a good looking hit on him in Mpls area!  Alice, you got time for a home visit while you are there?  I need to make sure they are smart enough to handle a GSP.  And the good Lord was watching out for Angie's Jake this week.  She needed to downsize by one GSP, so I posted her Jake on my site and gotta wonderful lady in KY who went over to see Jake last night and took him home.  She already has an 8 yr old GSP female.  Angie can see Jake whenever she wants now.  They only live 10 mins apart!  The Lord works in mysterious ways for these dogs sometimes.  Now let's see if he will help me keep Maggie safe so she can move on.  Loose one Maggie, save another.  I'm not giving her back, so sorry.  Will keep you posted.      

I have not heard from the officer yet. I think he works not only evenings but weekends as well, so his Sat/Sunday is probably Mon/Tues. Maybe tonight, I dunno I'm not chasing him. He knows I have the dog, and he knows I am doing a complemetary hold on her till this is squared away. They SAY they called the shelter every day, but shelter says nope. It's all hear-say that I have. They could have been on Petfinder trying to FIND their stolen dog? I dunno. I guess the cops asked the shelter questions about dates, and her posting on Petfinder. I knew she needed help, so I did post looking for a foster home before we pulled her. As an owner surrender, (we know now), legally the shelter would not have had to hold her at all. They felt 1/2 of the ownership was enough for surrender, and I'm sure they deal with this all the time. I WILL not agree to give the dog back, because I do not have any way to baby sit them. They already told me and the officer they put up a new outdoor kennel. That is not allowable housing for one of my dogs. They are a distance from me or any volunteer to be baby sitting them. The difference between them and you and me is we know where our dogs are at all times, obviously they were not paying attention to the dog then, what makes me think they will now? I even have a locked fenced yard for my dogs, and NOW I do not trust them, to not show up at my house and do something to MY dogs! I stand out there when they are outside, because I don't want anyone taking it out on MY dogs! Pretty crappy way to live, but I've heard worse before, and it's not the first time I've been threatened by people, so I don't trust anyone. I put their water bowl far, far away from the fencing so no one can put poison in it too. And that bowl is washed out nightly. Yeah, I want to get this over with. According to the surrender paper work, the soon to be ex wife stated dog limps on front foot when it's cold outside. I know that is first sign of Lymes disease. Did they ever check? Did they even care? Just like Ace, in another year she could have been in kidney failure from the Lymes. I'm NOT sending her back to live that way and die in that outdoor kennel. I will fight for rescue dog rights, even if I have to go to jail for it. Maggie deserves at least that.  They have not called me in over two weeks to check on the dog either.  I think what we have here is a bitter divorce fight, and they are using the dog as one ploy.  I do not have time for their games.  I need the foster home for the next dog.  So hope this gets cleared up soon. 

Whatta weekend!  First I heard from the cop in the Maggie case.  He was fairly decent to me finally.  I did draw the line in the sand, and told him I'd prefer not to give the dog back based on standard checks and knowing these folks did not take care of the dog when they had her, I sure do not want to give her back to live in that situation again, with Lymes disease.  So the cop said he would speak to the DA Mon or Tues and get back to me and shelter. He did not speak to the wife.  Then I zoomed out to meet Rob and Ashlee from MN to pick up Logan.  Chip, Logan's dad came to say good bye too.  They played like the old days.  It was very hot all weekend.  I finally flipped the AC on yesterday and closed the house up.  I got website updated, then was in the garage cleaning up and the garage phone rang, so I grabbed it and it was Fritz's dad, wanted to know if I remembered who he was?  I said sure...how is your boy doing?  He said just fine, then when I asked what I could do for him, he tore me a new asshole and took part of my heart with him.  He called me a liar, a scam artist and a FAKE.  He informed me I had not followed up on them for a year.  I explained I had emailed him a couple times, and gotten no response, and that some adopters do not choose to stay in touch.  I could barely get a word in edgewise, with him nailing me to the cross.  Then he informed me he never wanted to hear from me again and hung up.  WOW!  Let's remember this folks.  Rescue people are volunteers.  We have our own dogs, jobs, homes to take care of, some have kids, and we have a foster dog too.  For me, on top of all that, I also rescue dogs.  I run the show.  I know where dogs are at all times, in shelters, in our care, on spread sheets, in file cabinets.  I do this on MY time, on MY buck.  YES, we are here for our adopters if they need help.  We cannot make an adopter have a relationship with us after the adoption, but we do try.  Most simply send pix and stories and donations as they can, and we love hearing from them.  I don't understand what Fritz's adopter really wanted, other then to give me a piece of his (sounded like) drunken mind.  I was in his direct line of fire, for whatever reason.  That really bothered me; still does.  Our VP said he would handle this guy.  Thankfully...  My stomach is in a knot today still.  And I moved Blondie out of her crate nights now.  She sleeps in a doggie bed next to my bed, with no problems, no potty issues, all night long.  Whoohoo!  We are gonna put up the Rally to Rescue canopy in Petco's Germantown location this coming Sunday.  And I also heard from lemonhead Dixie's folks, they are not  trusting her with their young son and want to return her.  I've suggested a swap for Rubin, who is a liver/white and fantastic with kids, cats, other dogs, has hunt potential. So let's see how that goes. And heard from a military guy yesterday, maybe foster to adopt.  Before he had to leave for Iraq, he had to surrender his 8 yr old GSP to shelter, and has since seen him, and he's doing fine in his new life.  So maybe, after Frita's vet work is done up in Superior, I can move her to Mike's place, see how they do.  My ex called, and his field trial female maybe going into heat, and he has a trial to do Labor Day weekend, can't take her if she's in heat.  So of course, she can stay with me, she ALWAYS stays with me while she's bleeding all over, she's got a perminant stain on my mattress pad already.  Urgh.  Will find out pretty soon.