Mods, I think this is where this post belongs but feel free to move. I recieved this message from a Newf-Mix rescue group.
Gin
***Permission to cross post***
Please make note of this name for your Do Not Adopt lists. Please pass along to anyone you know in rescue.
Sue
To My Newfie Adam:
There is a hole in your life until the truth is found.
The hole in your heart is forever.
The truth has been found and I promise justice will be served
JUSTICE HAS BEEN SERVED...YOU WILL BE MISSED FOREVER
Very interesting- especially in light of the TN thing and the calls I received this week...
I had also received a call on one of my dogs some time back from a couple that was in GA, they offered to fly out here and meet the dog. Once we started discussing applications and things like that - and I wanted them to send photos at the very least and said I would try to find a rescue that could do a home check- they stopped communicating!
Christi Chapman, CDT
-307-320-5214/307-324-5562
-- SHELTER ADOPTION ...THE OPTION
Christi Chapman
Rescue Me Dog - Certified Dog Trainer
www.RescueMeDog.org
WYOMING
Rescue Me Dog
P.O. Box 1243
Saratoga, WY 82331
WY Phone 307-320-5214
WY Fax 307-326-9839
"The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing." Albert Einstein
"With some training, man can be dog's best friend"- unknown
EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOOD
Subject: Urgent!! Nationwide DNA!! - Richard Hayden
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:59:30 -0800
PLEASE ADD THIS MAN TO YOUR DNA LIST NOW!
Richard Hayden of Fairbanks Alaska, but seeking dogs throughout the US, most recently in California and Florida .
Phone number: 907-378-2807
Email: flyingrichard@ hotmail.com (at hotmail.com)
Richard Hayden is currently seeking dogs throughout the US, from rescue groups, shelters, and from private individuals via sites like Craigslist.
Rescues and shelters are often impressed that he is willing to adopt at such a long distance and assume that someone willing to spend so much money to get a dog must be a good home. According to some of his information he lives in an RV with three German Shepherds. In other applications he states he lives in a house with a yard. Sometimes he says he has one dog, in other cases no dogs.
He is an experienced con man and knows what to say and how to work the system... He has groups of devoted followers on Internet forums who think they know him and believe that he’s a good home.
The truth is very different.
He has adopted countless dogs that have since disappeared. At least 3 dogs from rescues have died within weeks of arrival in Alaska . He told the rescues that two of them died of cancer (after being in perfect health and vet checked prior to sending) but he has been unwilling to produce any veterinary references to support his claims. The third dog supposedly drowned. He has adopted several other dogs from Anchorage and Fairbanks animal control that have since disappeared. He has potentially gotten many other dogs from Craigslist and similar sites.
He usually has multiple ads in different cities running. He will typically back off when rescues and shelters request a home visit or reference checks but is savvy to adoption screening systems and is good at manipulating well-meaning people to pull dogs for him.
He flies a small plane and sometimes comes for dogs himself, in other cases he has them shipped to Alaska .
He prefers German Shepherds, but is known to have taken Labs, Pit Bulls, and a Malamute mix. The dogs he gets are always large breed spayed females.
He prefers dogs that are overweight with passive, docile temperaments.
Please cross-post widely!
It is especially important to warn shelters who may not typically receive these alerts, or be as likely to do the home visits and veterinary reference checks that would immediately expose this person.