| March 1, 1999 | [SrDogRescue] Rescue needed: Diabetic Poodle & Shihtzu-poodle - Susan Flewelling circulates a request from the owners of Poogie and Albert for new homes for the dogs. |
| March 22, 1999 | old, discarded dogs - Susan contacts LBOH with a request to take in Poogie and Albert, who were still in Connecticut. |
| August 19, 1999 | [MPD] RE: Little Bit O'Heaven - LBOH posts to the Muffin list. They describe adoption practices that include firm enforcement of a spay/neuter clause. This is later called into question when at least one unspayed dog is placed in an adoptive home. |
| September 13, 1999 | Re: The Raffle - LBOH describes their history and intentions in detail, in an effort to jump-start ticket sales for a Muffin raffle to benefit LBOH. Again, practices are described that contrast with eyewitness accounts of their procedures, including spay/neuter enforcement, follow-up contact with adoptive homes, placing animals without reference checks and quarantine of newly arrived animals. |
| October 1 1999 | A Pekingese is introduced as Poogie - A visitor to LBOH asks to meet Poogie and is deliberately shown a Pekingese instead of the Poodle shown on the LBOH website and in the photos sent to the members of the Muffin Pet Diabetes group who had been sending mony for his care. |
| October 13, 1999 | [MPD] need prayers in Mississippi - LBOH reports to the Muffin list that Poogie the Poodle is not doing well. He now has heart problems. |
| October 18, 1999 | Very Long - VERY IMPORTANT!! - Susan contacts LBOH privately to ask for their explanation to several questions that have been raised regarding their operation. |
| October 18, 1999 | RE: Very Long - VERY IMPORTANT!! - LBOH responds with an invitation to visit: "as for someone coming to see Poogie... please have someone contact us at home and we will arrange a meeting with them or they can come here." No other explanations are offered for the allegations Susan has asked about. |
| October 19, 1999 | Subject: part of the answer to your questions... - a second LBOH reply, in which they state "you are welcome to send anyone you well please to see poogie". In answer to Susan's questions about crates and software not returned: "We have NEVER EVER asked for money or recieved any money from any other group other then Muffin.. " No other explanations are offered for the allegations Susan has asked about. |
| October 19, 1999 | need response this evening - Susan again outlines her questions and asks that LBOH supply details that will calm her concerns. |
| October 19, 1999 | Subject: [MPD] Poogie/Raffle/LBOH - LBOH's replies do not answer Susan's questions to her satisfaction. The Muffin Raffle to raise funds for LBOH is put on hold. |
| October 20 1999 | [MPD] Poogie/Raffle/LBOH - plans are announced to remove Poogie from LBOH |
| November 1 1999 | [MOreRescue] Poogie/Raffle/LBOH - more concerns from people who've had problems with LBOH in the past, including supplies borrowed and not returned, dogs kept by LBOH instead of transporting them as agreed, more dogs who's fate is unknown after arriving at LBOH, and dogs killed in pack fights at LBOH. |
| November 3 1999 | [MPD] OT: LBOH REFUSES TO RELEASE POOGIE - a Muffin emissary reports that LBOH has been reached by phone, that Poogie is recovered from his problems, but visitors are _NOT_ welcome. LBOH is removed from the Muffin email list. No list mail was ever received from LBOH that acknowledged the Muffins' concerns and Susan never received permission to crosspost their replies to her. |
| November 3 1999 | [DOG-RESCUE] AVAIL, ISO, CHAT, MISC: Please Read - Concerns are posted to Dog-rescue, crossposted to MOreRescue |
| November 8 1999 | [MPD] OT: More info and sad news on Poogie and LBOH a Pekingese was presented as Poogie (a Poodle) on October 1 to a visitor to LBOH |
| November 8 1999 | I've been to Little Bit O' Heaven - a firsthand account of LBOH's adoption practices, and of meeting a _Pekingese_ named Poogie. LBOH's inability to provide vet records on a dog they placed, and a description of the physical state of one dog placed recently by LBOH. |
| November 9 1999 | LBOH/Bev and Marci's Imposter Poogie Fundraiser - more information about how LBOH positively and purposfully identified a Pekingese as Poogie the Poodle. Also, more on the conditions at LBOH, including communal dog pens, dogs escaping from pens, lack of reference checking before placing a dog, worms and fleas and other health problems in a dog placed by LBOH, and LBOH's flip-flopping statements on whether one of their dogs had been spayed. |
| November 9 1999 | [MOreRescue] PLEASE READ: Little Bit O' Heaven - a Missouri rescuer reveals that LBOH told her of dogs in their care that died of neglect, of a killing rampage that happened when LBOH dogs were left without reliable supervision, and of placing intact dogs. |
| November 9 1999 | [MOreRescue] Little Bit O' Heaven - a Tennessee rescuer answers questions posted to the MOreRescue email list regarding her concerns about LBOH, including the large volume of dogs she personally help them to transport from Missouri to LBOH, and how she witnessed their discussion about what would happened if they kept a Chinese Crested instead of delivering to breed rescue in Florida as planned. |