For those of you who don't know me or my doodle Blake, I rescued Blake in August 2007 from a Humane Society in PA. When I adopted him, he was 6 months old. He was ematiated (nearly 20 lbs. underweight for his size) and riddled with illness including a severe case of Sarcoptic Mange, Giardia, 3 different kinds of worms, horrible ear and eye infections and was plagued with severe diarrhea and intestnal issues...His paw pads were pink and perfect..Why?..Because in his 6 months of life he had never been out of a cage, never felt grass beneath his feet and was unable to walk when first rescued because he had never had the opportunity to do so outside of the confinement of his small cramped cage.....

BLAKE FIRST DAY HOME PICTURES

I was told at the time that he one of close to 100 doodles pulled from an Amish puppy mill in Lancaster County PA and the shelter was reluctant to give me any more info than just that. A few months ago I was invited to volunteer to pull dogs from the mill that Blake supposedly came from. I did...It was an Amish farm in Lancaster but wasn't anywhere near as bad as I was initially led to believe and I was relieved .....

....but thanks to our Doodle Rescue Collective and our new alliances with with various shelters and rescue organizations, this particular Humane Socity being one of them, I was able to obtain Blake's actual rescue information. This shelter was kind enough to tell me that in actuality Blake was one of many doodles pulled from "Almost Heaven Kennels " in Pennsylvania in 2007..........I was shocked.....I am wondering if there are any other DRRC members who have doodles from "Almost Heaven" either through purchase or rescue?

If you adopted a doodle from any rescue organization with dogs from Pennsylvania or any ASPCA or Humane Society in the state of Pennsylvania between 2006 and 2009 and are uncertain of your doodles origins you may have a doodle from "Almost Heaven".

"Almost Heaven Kennels" made national headlines in 2008 when breeder Derbee Skip Eckert's Emmaus farm was raided and 800 animals, mostly dogs were seized from his property by the PSPCA....He is a dog breeder with animal cruelty charges that go back as far as the early 1990's.......He used to breed Boxers, Spaniels and Standard Poodles til his AKC licence was revoked for life in 2002....He then began breeding Labradoodles and Goldendoodles because they are not AKC recognized dogs and the demand and profits make the doodle breeding biz very lucrative.....Our discussion link, News video footage of the 2008 raid and seizure are below complete with pictures of some "Almost Heaven" doodles .....

I look forward to hearing your "Almost Heaven" adoption stories and experiences as well as updates on how your doodles are doing.

Thank you!

http://doodlerescuecollective.ning.com/group/doodlerescueinthenews/...

NEWS FOOTAGE OF "ALMOST HEAVEN" RAID
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