NO NEWS is NOT good news

I have just emailed the reporter at WKRG (CBS affiliate) in Mobile, Alabama, asking what the latest is on the dog killings and mutilations. When he answers, I'll let you know. In the meantime, here again is contact information for the Mobile, AL Sheriff's Office, the Citronelle Police Department, and the County Commissioner's Office in Citronelle.

Deputy Josh Rhodes,  jrhodes@mobileso.com
Citronelle Police Department: no email address was located, however, you can TELEPHONE them at:
(251) 866-5527
And the telephone number for the Mobile County Commissioner's office in Citronelle is 251-866-3163.

Keep those calls and emails going!

Application to Adopt An Airedale Terrier

Ready to adopt an Airedale Terrier? Please print out the following application, fill it out entirely, scan & email it to Alabama Airedale Rescue. Our email address is at the bottom of the application. 

Application for Adoption

Name:_________________________________________   Telephone:______________                                                                          

Address:________________________________________________________________

City:______________________________  State:___________  Zip:________________

Occupation:_______________________________  Work Telephone:______________

Would you prefer Male or Female:__________________     Age:_________________

Have you ever owned an Airedale?_________________________________________

What other breeds have you owned? ________________________________________

Tell us about your current pets.       

Breed                          Age     Sex      Neutered

______________        ____    ____    ________

______________        ____    ____    ________

______________        ____    ____    ________

______________        ____    ____    ________

How and when did you lose your last dog?

________________________________________________________________________

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________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Have you ever given up a dog?  ( ) Yes   ( ) No

If Yes, please explain______________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________

Under what circumstances would you consider giving up your dog?

_______________________________________________________________________

When will you be ready for your new dog?___________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________

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Where will your dog stay when no one is at home?____________________________

_______________________________________________________________________

For how many hours per day?_____________________________________________

Is your back yard fenced?________________________________________________

Type of fence & approx height:___________________________________________

Is the fence detached from the home so that you have to walk into it or does the back door open directly into it? _______________________________________________

Approx size of the fenced area: __________________________________________

                                          

What type of residence do you have? (house, apt, condo, manufactured home, etc)

Do you own or rent your home? __________________________________________

Living Arrangements:

Where will your dog stay when no one is home during the day?_________________

_______________________________________________________________________

                                                         

For how many hours & how often?_________________________________________

Will your dog have the run of the house? ___________________________________

If your dog is confined, where will he/she stay?______________________________

Will he use a crate? Where will it be located? _______________________________

Where will your dog sleep? _____________________________________________

Will he be allowed on the furniture? ______________________________________

When you travel, where will your dog stay? ________________________________

References:

Your Veterinarian:_______________________________________________________

Address: _______________________________________________________________

City: ________________________________    State: ________  Zip: ______________

Groomer Reference: _______________________  Telephone: ___________________

Address: _______________________________________________________________

City: ________________________________    State: ________  Zip: ______________

Personal Reference: _______________________________ Telephone: ____________

Address: _______________________________________________________________

City: _______________________________    State: ________ Zip: _______________

Are you prepared to make a donation to our rescue organization?  Each ADT takes almost $300 to rescue.  We never turn down an application because of the lack of funds, but we sure could use the help!

Signature: ___________________________________  Date: _____________________

Please Return the completed application to:  ALAIREDALES@yahoo.com

                                         

Thank you for your application.  One of our volunteers will contact you to set up a convenient time for a pre-acceptance visit to your home.  Please understand that follow-up phone calls and house visits are routinely made to insure that all is well with the adopted Airedale.  We reserve the right to refuse placement.

ZERO TOLERANCE for ANIMAL ABUSE

This will be my last post on this subject until I have a follow up story to give you.   I am still talking to reporters about the pet killing spree in Citronelle, Alabama and I will continue to do that. But I know some of you can't bear to hear about it all the time, so if you want updates after this, please email me and I'll let you know how it is going.

The reporter I contacted today, Blake Brown from WKRG TV, said he spoke to the Citronelle chief of police yesterday but the chief didn’t have any answers. The chief said he is looking at 3 people but nothing has happened yet. Blake said he will continue to check with the police chief.

 

My frustration level over this situation is so high, I can’t begin to describe it. I’m sure you all feel helpless and frustrated, too. It’s inconceivable to me that, in a community with such a small population to deal with, the police don’t have any answers yet. I want to drive over to Citronelle myself, and just ride around looking for suspicious behavior.

I guess prevention is our best defense to keep this kind of sociopath crime down in our own towns. While I am not a political activist, I do sometimes visit the ASPC website. They have some suggestions on how to stay informed in your neighborhood by creating a neighborhood community watch program.

The ASPC website says that an animal is abused every 10 seconds.

They suggest building a team of neighbors to get to know the animals in your area, who their owners are and where they live. Pay attention to the animals’ living conditions and external health condition. If you see a bad situation getting worse, ask the person if he or she needs help with vet bills. Many churches now have animal ministry programs and know of vets who will provide services at reduced rates.

If you notice pets are disappearing from your neighborhood, talk to the residents and find out if anyone else has noticed and what they think is happening. Sometimes animals do stray from home.

Keep an eye out for suspicious activity: unfamiliar vehicles that cruise the area, strangers who pay unwarranted attention to neighbor’s pets. Together, your small team can prevent animal abuse, pets being stolen from their back yards, and even neglect. Pay Attention to what is going on!

Finally, please don’t be afraid to make phone calls. Let your local police department or mayor’s office know that you are starting a neighborhood watch program. Ask them to help by giving you suggestions on how to proceed. Call your local government representatives, Congress-people and your State Senators. Their contact information is readily available online. Get the phone numbers of everyone you need to call when you see an animal abuse/cruelty problem and distribute fliers with those phone numbers on every doorstep in your neighborhood. Put them in vet offices and grooming salons. And if you see something bad happening, let local news people know, too. They are your biggest resources for making the larger community aware of what is going on, especially if you think the law enforcement agencies aren’t doing enough to stop animal cruelty.

PREVENT animal abuse by letting people know that you won’t tolerate it. Right now, that seems to be all we can do.

STILL NO ANSWER from CITRONELLE POLICE

Last week we told you about the heinous dognappings/killings/mutilations taking place in Citronelle, Alabama.(http://www.fox10tv.com/dpp/news/local_news/mobile_county/7-dogs-found-mutilated-2-more-missing). 

As of Friday, October 21st, two more dogs had been found dead, apparently from poisoning. After seeing nothing in our local newspaper over the weekend and no online updates this morning, I wrote to the reporter who broke the story originally and asked her for an update. Here is her response:

"As of right now, there is no update. I just got off the phone with the Sheriffs Office and hopefully they will have something soon. The second information comes along I will post it to the web and it will be on FOX10 News. Thank you for your concern and hopefully we will have some good news soon!"

Yes, hopefully we will. In the meantime, should any of our Readers want to check on the progress of the investigation personally, here is contact information for the Mobile, AL Sheriff's Office, the Citronelle Police Department, and the County Commissioner's Office.

Deputy Josh Rhodes,  jrhodes@mobileso.com
Citronelle Police Department: no email address was located, however, you can TELEPHONE them at:
(251) 866-5527
And the telephone number for the Mobile County Commissioner's office in Citronelle is 251-866-3163.

Other Costumes at the Party

Mom finally revived enough to upload a few more pickshures from the party for you to see. We'll save the winner of the costume contest for last! The winning costume was made by the mom of the dog wearing it and she was dressed to match, 

Sort of. You'll see.

There were two liddle dogs 

dressed up as a witch and a pirate. The witch

one was a shihtzu mix and the pirate one 

was a sheltie. Everybuddy thought they were cute.

There was another princess there, 

dressed in purple like Maizie.

I like GRRLs with long legs, though.

And this guy was supposed to be a Fire Chief. 

He wuzzent vewwy happy about being 

at the party. Can you tell?

And then there was THIS guy.

He was a Newfoundland (bbiigg dog)

dressed up like a stegosaurus 

dinosaur! Can you see the scales on the costume? 

Don't know if you can tell

from the photos but his

costume was paw-some!

He won the contest.

Bro said that was because the Newfie's 

mom was dressed like Tarzan's mate.

Might have had sumpen to do wid it.

But it was a really really cool costume anyway!

Can't wait to do it again next year! Only next year I ain't going as a dumb reluctant Leprechaun. I'm gonna pick out my own costume. If y'owl have any suggestions, let me know as soon as you can becuz it'll take Mom a whole year to 

get around to making it. 

AAARRROOOOOOOO!

HOWL-O-WEEN!

We went to the Halloween party at PetSmart today. Except they call it "Howl-o-ween"! There were LOTS of dogs there and even some really really nice hoomans who don't have their own dogs but they come every year and bring folding chairs to watch the doggie games. We did a couple of rounds of musical sits, and then musical downs, and then there was a costume contest. which I diddent win because I kept taking my hat off. Mom said I was a "reluctant Leprechaun". Whatever. I still had a bunch of fun and made some new friends and renewed some old acquaintenancez. We had cookies and biscuits speshully made just for us and there were a few that were for hoomans, too. Of course, Mom had her iPhone so that she could bring pickshures home for you to see.

Who is dat behind da hat??

Yep, iss me!

Princess Maizie came in looking regal. 

Notice her purple wig!

And she curtseyed to me!

( I think I am in love)

Bro was a pony.

Can you see the hand-stitched saddle

he's wearing?

Mom has more pickshures of other dogs that were there but she said she is too wiped out to upload any more today OR to take any more dictashun from me. So Dad iss ordering pizza and we are all gonna sack out in front of the TV and watch some college football tonight. Hope you all have a Howling Halloween too!

AAARRROOOOOOOO!

I GO TO THE OFFICE WITH MOM

Mom woke me up this morning and said we were going to have some fun today. We got in the car and zoomed away while Maggie howled and the other Hooligans tried to ignore her. When Mom turned the car onto Business Park Drive, I sat straight up because I knew where we were! We were going to work!

When we got there, I sniffed around and decided to lie down in the middle of the doorway to Mom's office. It seemed like a good place to be; I could see people coming from all directions and alert Mom to them.

But then I met Miss Paula and she said if I was gonna be at work today,

I needed to work today. Huh?

So she showed me the copy machine and the desk

where she wanted me to spend the day.

To which I replied, "NOT THIS BROWN DOG!"

"I'm gonna work the way Mom does!"

Got my coca cola, got my smart phone. That's all the work I'm gonna do today.

AAARRROOOOOOOO!

DON'T LET YOUR doG READ THIS ARTICLE

But you should read it and if anything like this ever happens in your community, make sure the news reporters keep after the story. The town where this abuse is occurring has a population of  only about 3,659, according to the 2000 Census. It's hard to believe that the police department of such a small area has no idea who the perpetrator is and can't -- or won't -- say when an arrest will be made in the case. I have emailed the reporter who broke the story and asked her for a follow up article.

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http://www.fox10tv.com/dpp/news/local_news/mobile_county/7-dogs-found-mutilated-2-more-missing

Dogs found mutilated, two more missing

Updated: Tuesday, 18 Oct 2011, 10:03 PM CDT
Published : Tuesday, 18 Oct 2011, 10:03 PM CDT

• Paige Malone
• Photojournalist: Robert Brown

CITRONELLE, Ala. (WALA) - Police in Citronelle said someone is mutilating family pets. There have been seven dogs found so far around Russell Road, and there are two more reported missing.
Citronelle Police Chief Shane Stringer said nine pets have been taken right out of people's yards. Seven of them have been found.
"One of the dogs had been decapitated. The other dog had its throat slit. While investigating those cases, we’ve had three other dogs that had been killed. One of those appeared to be poisoned and the ears cut off. The other two appeared to just be poisoned,” said Stringer.
They are shocking discoveries that are scaring citizens like Mary Vise who has dogs of her own.
"They are my family. Yeah, they are my babies,” said Vise.
Vise can’t imagine why someone would do such a thing.
"I don't know if they are doing it in reaction from the devil because you don't know,” said Vise.
Janine Woods is the Executive Director of the Mobile SPCA. She said in her experience, people who commit such acts are either psychotic or dangerously angry.
"They lash out on animals very often because, more likely than not, they will get away with it, or the animal is not going to be able to defend itself,” said Woods.
Woods said police need to look at the fact that the majority of serial killers have a history of animal mutilation or animal cruelty.
“One thing you need to look at in a case like this is that every serial killer that has ever come along has been accused of or has done some sort of animal abuse or animal mutilation before they were caught or before they got old enough to be a serial killer,” said Woods.
It's a fact Stringer is not taking lightly.
"That’s a major concern of the police department. Hopefully, we will be able to catch who's doing this soon and put a stop to it before it gets worse,” said Stringer.
Stringer said he received a report of another dog found decapitated 15 minutes away in Calvert. He can’t help but think they are connected.
Woods said whoever is responsible could serve jail time if it is a felony. Animal cruelty is only a felony if it is proven the person acted intentionally and maliciously. Woods said that shouldn't be a problem in this case.
First, police have to catch them. Right now, Stringer said they have no leads but have put extra patrols in the area and are doing everything they can. There’s also a $1,000 reward for any information leading to an arrest.
Call Citronelle Police at 251-866-5527 if you have any information.

EYES WIDE OPEN

Does your dog sleep with her eyes open? We do!

DUKE

MAGGIE

BRO

MAIZIE

Shhhh! Let sleeping dogs lie!

EARS!

Remember this photo of Maizie's right ear that 

we showed you about a week ago?

This next photo shows how much things have improved!

Maizie's new mom has been spraying both ears 

with colloidal silver every day. Isn't the difference a-MAIZing?

SATINBALL recipe

Special Report from Mom of Hooligans

Since we are working to put a few pounds on Miss Maizie, I thought I would tell you about Satinballs. I think the recipe started with people rescuing puppy mill dogs, who were malnourished due to neglect. The recipe has been on the internet for years and I have personally used it, successfully, to help several of my skinny foster dogs gain a little weight when they’ve first come to stay with me. This recipe is commonly shared on rescue email lists. It puts weight on and it makes their coats glossy. “Satinballs” is a full diet designed to be used short term (like maybe a week to ten days), however, as always, discuss with your vet the Satin Ball Recipe or any other dietary change before giving it to your foster dog.


SATIN BALLS

10lbs regular (not lean) hamburger, 1 box Quaker Oatmeal (not instant)
10 eggs, including shells, 1 ¼ cups unsulfured Molasses (regular 12oz jar)
2 large boxes regular TOTAL breakfast cereal
1 jar Wheatgerm (regular, not 'flavored'), 1 ¼ cup Peanut Oil
10 small packages regular (plain) Knox gelatin
and a pinch salt (actually about ¼ teaspoon)

Mix it up like a meat loaf. Then make up about ½ cup patties, flatten with your hand and freeze flat on a waxed paper layers on a cookie sheet. This way, once frozen, they can be separated and packaged in zip locking freezer bag and they won't stick together once they are frozen.
Thaw overnight in refrigerator.

Must be fed raw, but can be slightly warmed in the Microwave on 'defrost' or 'pastry' for a second or two to take the chill off and peak the aroma. Small breeds 1-2 patties a day in addition to regular diet. Medium breeds 3-5 a day and large breeds up to 10 a day, if you are using the ½ cup measurement. Because of high fat content, NOT recommended for Pancreatic dogs nor dogs w/ diabetes. This recipe is only for dogs that are generally healthy except for malnutrition due to lack of food. ALWAYS GET VETERINARY ADVICE BEFORE CHANGING A DOG’S DIET AS THERE MAY BE ENDOCRINE OR OTHER MEDICAL PROBLEMS AT WORK THAT YOU HAVEN’T BEEN MADE AWARE OF PRIOR TO FOSTERING.

GETTING ALONG JUST FINE!

Maizie and her foster Bro are best friends now. They do everything together and we do mean "everything". Their most recent habit is to share their crate together. And we have a pickshure to prove it! Now, don't worry about Maizie's ears being down in the photo. All it means is that she doesn't like the camera. She'll warm up to that. She has to. 
Wanna know why? 

Becuz the foster family has deesided to keep Maizie forever and forever! 

But you probably knew that was gonna happen, diddint you? <G>

Now that's something to howl about!

AAARRROOOOOOOO!

aMAZING MAIZIE - photos of a work in progress

Your heart will be lifted by these photos. She is coming out of her shell, her appetite is slowly growing AND she is drinking water from a bowl. It's Good.

In this photo, she is "play bowing" to her new brother,

telling him she feels like interacting with him.

This may look like aggression, but it isn't.

Airedales love to play "bitey face". Look at

Bro: he's bowing back to her.

And finally, Maizie is so happy that

she runs away in a silly scamper

across the back yard.

TODAY is dedicated to OUR JACK

We thought this is a good day to share some pickshures of Jack, age 13, getting love from Dad. There are several of them, so we hope you don't get tired of looking at them. The last one really tells the story.

Hey Dad! Glad you are home!

Could you give me a little ear massage, please?

oooh YEAH!

that's what I'm talking 'bout!

happy sigh!

That was pawsome, Dad!

I love you!

AMAZING MAIZIE

New pickshures of Maizie with her new brother. She's still not eating very much and she won't drink water. We are trying stinky canned dog food (the first ingredient listed is water!) and also trying apple juice mixed with water. Cross your fingers that she drinks it because we don't really want to have to hydrate her using bags of fluids and needles. That would traumatize her more, and she is just beginning to wag her tail an itty witty bit. Enjoy the pickshures! And please keep the good thoughts coming Maizie's way!

It might look like aggression, but it's not!

She is sniffing her new Bro and he is laughing at her.

This is Maizie with her new Bro.

When she gains the proper amount of weight,

she'll look alot like him.