On Friday, December 1st, 2006 we were contacted by an independent rescue person in Indiana with the news that there were several afghans in urgent need of rescue and could we help.    While the all ugly details of this mess are not available to be published, I can share some of the situation with you.   Please understand that the terms of this rescue were that the owner of these dogs remain anonymous, and that we not reveal the name of the rescue coordinator who acted as our agent.  We have agreed to those terms.  We were not permitted on the owner's property, and only accepted custody of the dogs in a public parking area south of Kokomo, Indiana.

We were initially told there would be 3 adults - 2 males and 1 female in urgent need of our services; that the owner wanted the dogs gone within 48 hours or she would abandon them in the Indiana countryside.   After 2 days of exhausting efforts, a whole lot of coordination and very little cooperation from the owner, we now have in our care  2 adults and 4 - 8 month old puppies.  Sadly 2 adults were given away separately by the owner.  A male domino, approximately 2-3 years old, and a black mask red (dark blonde) female that was micro chipped.  We were supposed to get her also, but when the owner realized we could trace the breeder via the chip, she refused to surrender her. 

The conditions described by the contact rescue person were atrocious.   On a freezing cold winters day, several dogs were locked outdoors without food or water or access to shelter as the door of the barn (shed) where they were living had blown closed.  Several dogs  were indoors with no access out.  No one seems to know how long the dogs had been out exposed to near zero temperatures .   There were several old food sacks laying around the yard as if the method of feeding had been to toss a 40lb bag of Wal-Mart brand food over the fence for 8 dogs to help themselves.  Having personally witnessed how these dogs literally inhale their food and water, I can believe it!

From the information I have received via the contact rescue person  I am aware that the adults dogs have champion pedigrees and that there are probably breeder contracts on the adult dogs, however the owner refused to share any information with the rescue coordinator.  Owner refused to share the adult dog's names, although the rescue coordinator did learn that 2 of the dogs were possibly named Onyx and Diamond, but we don't know which ones.  The puppies were not named.

Description of the dogs we received:

For additional details and photos, please click on the hyper linked names.

Adult male - we named him Oliver.  Oliver is black and tan,approximately 2 - 3 years old quite tall, malnourished and underweight at 54lbs.

Adult female - we named her Maylie.  Maylie is a black mask red approximately 2 - 3 years old .   Very underweight at 40lbs. 

The Puppies - We believe the missing adults were the parents of the puppies.  The puppies are very cute and in much better condition that the adults.   They are about 8 months old.   Please click on the following hyper links for photos.

Sequin                Waylon                Wyatt                Cooper

I would like to thank everyone who has helped during this rescue.   Many people we don't know volunteered to help out.   Several  AHRCO's volunteer's have gone above and beyond the call of duty.  Thank to Don & Sue Cunningham, Cathy & Tom Shade, Sue & Gary Stine, and Anita Hackworth for fostering.  Thank you Susan Lutz and Elaine Barlow for the road trips to Indiana, and huge thank you to Lauri Bonebrook and Sheryl Burnside for transport, grooming and housing all 6 until we were able to transport them back to Ohio.

 And thank you to all the Affie Angels who have donated toward the care and treatment of the group we call the Kokomo kids.   With a rescue of this size additional funds will surely be needed.   We are an independent rescue organization and receive some support from the AHCA Rescue, however if anyone wishes to contribute, you may do so through our "Afghan Angel" program.