Overview of the Logres Farm Situation as of Late May, 2015
This PDF contains three documents:
An email exchange between Lisa Mallory, who visited Elaine
Greenwood very soon after it became clear there was a
problem to be addressed. Lisa helped clean up, bathe dogs,
and took one of the dogs home to ease Elaine’s burden and to
provide a real home for it.
This email exchange contains DPCA Recording Secretary
Theresa Mullen’s response to this post on Cyberdobes. This
represents the attitude of the DPCA leadership that chose to
cover up the problems at Logres Farm instead of addressing
them. Repeated requests to remove Logres Farm from the
Breeder listings at the Parent Club website, dpca.org, have met
with resistance and they are still listed as breeders. Being
listed on the Parent Club Breeders site should be reserved for
breeders who have and continue to abide by the Code of Ethics:
http://dpca.org/club/DPCA_COE.htm
---------------------------------------------------The February 27, 2015 DPCA rep assuring that all is well. This
DPCA rep is signed by Michelle Santana, DPCA President (and
owner of the sire of the oldest litter on the property at Logres
Farm, a litter that is just about a year old at this time).
---------------------------------------------------The March 2, 2015 DPCA rep which issued a retraction of the
statement that Elaine Greenwood has passed AKC inspection.
This retraction was mandated by Heather McManus, Senior
Attorney for the AKC. This rep was also signed by Michelle
Santana, DPCA President
Page 1 of 5 Theresa Mullen on the Logres Farm Dobermans in response to reports from one person who was there, and who
brought home one of the neglected almost year old puppy
From: "Lisa Mallory" <[email protected]>
To: "cyberdobes" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2015 9:41:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Cyberdobes] The Facts - Riding High for Everyone to See!
Hi Everyone,
I really don’t have time to get into any of this with anyone, but I feel I need to speak up. I belonged to Cyber Dobes
a few years ago and left because I didn’t have time then. I joined again recently because I’m too nosy for my own
good, and wanted to see what everyone was talking about concerning the Greenwood issue.
I haven’t had time to read all the latest Cyber Dobe contributions. I’ve skipped through. I really don’t know much
about all the mess going on now with the DPCA. Again, because I’m just too busy with my own life to have time for
it all. I Don’t know anything about the Greenwood’s case in the past with the DPCA and AKC.
Here is what I do know and must speak up about. Sandy Haney Teague works her fingers to the bone for the DPCA.
She is honest and will give the shirt off her back if someone is in need. She doesn’t take crap from anyone and
doesn’t care what other people think, making her in my eyes, a wonderful person to have
in our breed club. Secondly, this is what I know. I must preface it with this statement, made by, I believe, by
Tammy Kaplan (in blue) I have seen very similar statements on other venues as well. (I will add some comments
in red, and then more at the end):
The acts of Elaine Greenwood are her business.
Absolutely. I believe that to be true in so far as her acts do not contribute to the abuse of her
dogs. She made the decisions she felt she had to make for her own survival - Again, absolutely, NO
ONE knows what went on in her marriage to Arthur behind closed doors but her, Arthur and the
dogs. And none of us are qualified to judge them (I also believe that to be a very important
statement.) As individual members of the DPCA we should all try to keep out of other peoples
personal business especially when we haven’t lived or seen it firsthand. Assumptions, as an old
saying goes, “make an ass out of you and me." I was assured early on, as all DPCA members were,
that the dogs were perfectly fine despite Elaine’s narration on the videos. That has since been
corroborated by:
1. The local Animal Control unit who came out and inspected the dogs.
I was on a Facebook list when the video was released and the s..t hit the fan. I sat back for a day and
saw most people type their fingers off, but I couldn’t see anyone doing much for the DOGS. Someone
called animal control in Elaine Greenwood’s home county. I called as well. None were seized
because all were well cared for. Here is the email I received back from Moore County AC:
"We did visit the reported location and verified that the dogs were receiving the care required by law. The
investigating officers did not find the conditions depicted in the links, although there were a large number of
dogs. We can only address the requirements of the law and we are still working to document all of
those aspects in this case. If you are aware of any problems in the future with the keeping of animals by this
Moore County resident, please make us aware. We respond to all reports of animal cruelty.
Page 2 of 5 Theresa Mullen on the Logres Farm Dobermans in response to reports from one person who was there, and who
brought home one of the neglected almost year old puppy
Sincerely,
Brenda Sears
Animal
Operations Director
County of Moore NC
This email does not say the dogs were well cared for. It says "the dogs were receiving the care
required by law.”
2. The AKC found the care and condition of the dogs ?acceptable? which is the highest inspection rating
they provide.
I was there when 2 men from the AKC were at Elaine Greenwood’s house doing the inspection. I
arrived after they did, so I may not have seen their complete inspection. During the time I was there
I never saw either man put a hand on a dog. I never saw either man look at a dog. What I saw them
doing was checking records. If 16 dogs living in crates, and then transferred from crates to outdoor
chain link kennels or X Pens, and back to crates again is acceptable to the AKC, then they should get
the heck out of the dog business. Can dogs live in those conditions? Yes. Are their physical needs
met. Yes. ARE THEIR EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL NEEDS MET? HELL NO!!!!!!
3. A DPCA member provided a sworn affidavit and acted as a liaison with the USAF in conducting an
inspection of the property, including the dogs, which was videotaped in its entirety.
When was this inspection done? After the AKC came to inspect I returned to Mrs. Greenwood’s
home, and can say that a substantial amount of change had been made. Muddy X pens taken down,
the room with so many crates in cleaned up and de-cluttered. This is what I noted. Maybe many
other things were done as well, but I can only speak to what I saw. And for the DPCA member who
facilitated the inspection with the USAF, I think they missed something - THE EMOTIONAL AND
SOCIAL NEEDS OF THOSE DOGS!
These reports and eyewitness accounts (Who are the eyewitnesses?) support the fact that the dogs on the
Greenwood property are healthy and well cared for and any continued claims of animal abuse are
completely without merit.
Well, I happen to disagree and I’ll explain why below.
I’m going to use the words of a very well known dog trainer and advocate for shelter dogs, Sue
Sternberg. Sue is an expert in dog aggression and an innovator in the field of shelter dog welfare,
and she develops programs to prevent pet relinquishment and overpopulation, to match families
with safe pets, and to help shelters attend to the mental health of the animals in their care. Training
Wheels, a mobile community outreach program, and Assess-a-Pet, a method to evaluate animal
temperament, are two popular programs developed by Sue. With more than 23 years of experience,
she shares her knowledge of dog behavior on radio and television shows, as a popular speaker at
national humane and dog training conferences, and through books and videos.
Sue Sternberg says about shelters and their dogs:
“We have a commitment to the dogs once they end up in our care, a commitment to ensure
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brought home one of the neglected almost year old puppy
they are healthier, happier, BETTER dogs behaviorally, emotionally, physically, and mentally
each and every day we choose to keep them alive. Just because we are an animal care facility,
does not mean we are in any way exempt from cruelty to animals. Life itself is not
automatically better than death. Dogs live in the present. They, (thank God) don’t dwell on the
past, and, cannot daydream, fantasize, nor hope for a better future. Dogs live in the present,
and therefore, at the shelter, it is our commitment that every day is a nourishing and
enriched day for the dogs in our care, behaviorally, emotionally, mentally, physically. It is,
plain and simple, cruelty to animals to let a dog spin obsessively in his own excrement day
after day, while we hope that maybe over the weekend someone will come in and adopt that
dog.”
I believe that breeders of dogs have that same responsibility. Arthur and Elaine Greenwood bred
Doberman Pinschers. As with anyone else who breeds dogs, it is their responsibility to provide for
the primary needs of the dogs in their care - food, water, shelter, veterinary care. But it is also a
need for a dog to have emotional, behavioral, mental and social stimulation. No one single person
can provide for those needs to 16 dogs on a daily basis. I haven’t heard anyone blaming Arthur
Greenwood for leaving Elaine with all those dogs and horses to care for. He left well knowing all
those dogs were there. He and Elaine also made the decision to breed two litters in 2014. I don?t
know, but I would imagine that they were already having marital problems. Who breeds all those
puppies when two care givers may end up being one? But they did. And it is the puppies that
suffered most of all. Did Arthur and Elaine leave those puppies with no proper socialization and no
behavioral, emotional, mental and social enrichment on a daily basis? YES, I believe so. Is this abuse
and cruelty? I guess not in the eyes of the law, the DPCA or the USAF. The DPCA should know better.
How do I know that the pups didn’t get this?
Because I have one of those pups, and put my hands and eyes on many others. I feel I am very well
qualified to assess whether those pups had adequate socialization during the critical times in their
lives. I am a professional dog trainer tested by the Certification Council for Professional Dog
Trainers. This agency is the only independent testing agency offering psychometrically sound
exams in the US. They are considered the Gold standard of agencies for evaluating trainers.
I have a 15 month old bitch out of Logres’ Matine? X Foxfire All Star. I have had her since about a
week or so after this whole mess turned up in the public eye. When I was first handed her leash on
the Greenwood property she crouched and cowered. Within several minutes she began walking
around with me, but still in a somewhat crouched position. She did not try to escape, but didn’t offer
any interest in me. This was better than the first pup I walked. That pup practically crawled around.
I had explained to Elaine that I wanted a pup for a performance dog. I wasn’t prepared for such
profound fear and shyness with a stranger on their own property. I knew the chances of me making
a performance dog out of one of these pups was slim, but I also felt I couldn’t leave a puppy there
another day without the stimulation and socialization it so desperately needed. My 15 month old
puppy was not house trained, didn’t have a clue about what living in a real house was like - o ne
with plasterboard on the walls, and heat, and furniture, and the noises of a vacuum, the TV,
dishwasher, running water, the blower on a fireplace, and all the other daily noises of a house. She
couldn’t begin to walk steps. Was clumsy and uncoordinated, lacked muscle, ran into glass doors
and through screens. Is afraid of strangers and is even still fearful of my mother-in-law who lives
with my husband and I. This puppy walked around for several weeks with her tail down and
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brought home one of the neglected almost year old puppy
crouched whenever she approached us. She was afraid of loud or novel noises in the environment.
Fearful of just about everything. Not much of a way to live life - right?
Fortunately, as a dog trainer I know the most reliable and scientific way to treat this - with
desensitization and counter conditioning. I’m skilled in this, but it is a long and weary process with
this puppy. My husband and I love her. And I must say to credit her genetics, she has a stable
temperament underneath it all. She may never end up being the performance dog I wanted. But, in
the end she’ll have a good life. I don’t know about the other pups that ended up in homes with the
average dog owner. Are they doing ok? I don’t know. What about the pups still left at the
Greenwood home. I saw some of them on another visit there. One was a younger male puppy that
barked at me in fear and backed himself into a corner. That pup could no more be placed in an
average home than a scorpion in a room full of barefoot babies! So for all the people who
emphatically say that since Animal Control, the AKC and the USAF think the dogs are ok, then they
are ok - BULLCRAP! There are still pups left in that house. And by the way, since when is the USAF
qualified to make assessments about whether dogs are being kept in the correct conditions or not?
Maybe this is a new program they have set up I wasn’t aware about.
And for anyone complaining about the people who are troublemakers, for continuing to question
the welfare of these dogs, why don’t you go look at the dogs yourselves. Elaine was fine having me
come to meet her and her dogs. All I did was ask. I believe her adult dogs are doing ok. I helped her
place an adult bitch that was completely normal and well socialized. She was healthy and in great
shape. She is doing very well in her new home.
I’m too tired to write more, but my thoughts are that this whole thing was swept under the rug. I
think Michelle Santana should have hopped a plane and gone straight to Elaine?s house considering
her dog sired one of the two litters living in these conditions. Don’t get me wrong, it certainly is not
all her fault, but can’t we somehow try to figure out a way to help Dobermans in need without all
this fighting amongst ourselves. I’m NOT tooting my own horn, but I got off my buttocks and just
drove to her home and did something - offered to help her with the house, the dogs, whatever she
needed. I helped her reduce the number of dogs she has to care for.
I gave one puppy a loving and home. I didn’t want a shy, scared, fearful puppy. I was waiting for my
breeder to have a litter so I could have another wonderfully adjusted, beautiful Alpha Doberman to
be my next performance prospect. But I gave that up to help a Doberman in need. I also helped find
another bitch a loving home.
Lisa Mallory RN, CPDT-KA, CNWI
Certified Professional Dog Trainer - Knowledge Assessed
Certified Nose Work Instructor
Tester/Observer Therapy Dogs Incorporated
Good Dog! Training, LLC
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Response from Theresa Mullen, who signs her post as DPCA Recording Secretary:
From: Cyberdobes On Behalf Of Theresa Mullen
Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2015 4:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Cyberdobes] The Facts - Riding High for Everyone to See!
Page 5 of 5 Theresa Mullen on the Logres Farm Dobermans in response to reports from one person who was there, and who
brought home one of the neglected almost year old puppy
Dear Lisa,
Learn for the future....
When one starts off in a benevolent, kind gesture to help dogs in need, realize that those dogs have not had
the **ideal** situation to be raised!
One does NOT go get a dog that has had no continuous "outside" socialization......
and has not lived independently of other dogs/littermates.......
and had no intense training and play patterns developed from "birth"....
..
and walk in the door and "assume" the leash of a 15 month old plus Doberman.........
and trot away.....
and expect to have "my next performance dog".....
and then to think one could possibly reach a higher pinnacle of "performance" other than that of a pet??????
Those Dobermans will more than likely end up as someone's pet and no more.
This is the bottom line....."SHIT HAPPENS.....LIFE HAPPENS"!!!!!!!!!!!!
The **unexpected tragedies of life** affect man and beast every day!
Thousands of divorces, family breakups, fires, repossessions of homes, loss of jobs.....and on an on....
that cause **children, elderly, pets, and just regular people" to be thrown into crisis!
Let's call this the tragedy that it is......a hateful, revengeful divorce....with animals caught in the middle!
You all want to verbally "flog and whip" Elaine Greenwood for "choosing a bad husband".....go for it!
But no normal person plans to have adverse issues affect their lives!
Lisa.....you rescued a dog!
Plain and simple!
All you **perfect** people move on with your righteous, holier than thou attitudes here on this list!
Perfect people.....not!!!!
THERESA MULLEN
DPCA Recording Secretary
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First DPCA Rep About Elaine Greenwood and the Dobermans at Logres Farm
February 27, 2015
Dear DPCA Membership,
As many of our online-internet members know, Dr. and Mrs. Arthur and Elaine Greenwood are going
through a difficult time in their lives and I will say no more about it out of respect for the privacy of any
individual facing a life-altering journey.
I understand that many of you are/were concerned about certain home videos that were on YouTube
and linked to a website which showcases Mrs. Elaine Greenwood's difficulties. I can assure you that
myself and others have been in constant contact with Elaine to ensure that she receives adequate
financial support regarding the animals in her care. Several DPCA members were made aware of this
situation before it became public and we made sure that she understood she has our support, in any
way needed, whenever she needs it.
Two DPCA members have independently traveled to her residence to insure that financial aid and
other resources are/were provided for the support of the animals in her care, as well as for Elaine.
Additionally, a DPCA member has provided a sworn affidavit and acted as a liaison with the United
States Air Force in conducting an inspection to hopefully compel Major Greenwood to conduct himself
as an Officer and a Gentleman in financially supporting his responsibilities in this matter. As a result,
the United States Air Force was able to obtain a Power of Attorney signatory from Major Greenwood
so that the Dobermans and horses at the residence could begin to be placed.
At this time Mrs. Elaine Greenwood has passed three inspections regarding the care of the animals at
the residence. All three agencies had the power and authority, that the DPCA does not have, to
remove the animals if they felt there was any imminent danger/abuse occurring:
* United States Air Force
* Local Animal Control
* The AKC inspection office
Their reports chronicle that of the two DPCA members' reports. The house is in disrepair. The
animals are well provided for.
We appreciate the outpouring of concern for the Greenwood's Dobermans and hope that the positive
inspections noted above have provided you with relief.
Those of us involved in this private situation will continue to help Mrs. Greenwood with anything that
is needed.
Michelle Santana
DPCA President
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March 2, 2015
Dear DPCA Membership,
On February 27, 2015, I, as DPCA President, issued a message to the membership regarding
Dr. and Mrs. Arthur and Elaine Greenwood.
My message included the following paragraph:
At this time Mrs. Elaine Greenwood has passed three inspections regarding the care of the
animals at the residence. All three agencies had the power and authority, that the DPCA does
not have, to remove the animals if they felt there was any imminent danger/abuse occurring:
* United States Air Force
* Local Animal Control
* The AKC inspection office
Per Heather McManus, Senior Attorney for the American Kennel Club, I have been mandated
to issue a public retraction and correction to this paragraph.
Firstly, it must be noted that while Logres Farm received no "unacceptable" marks in Section 3
(Care and Condition of the Dogs) of the American Kennel Club Kennel Inspection Report,
there were indeed other sections of the report that received ratings of
"unacceptable". Although those areas do not pertain to the care and condition of the animals,
the fact that Logres Farm received unacceptable ratings in other categories, the AKC has
informed me that it precludes me from stating that the breeder has indeed "passed" the AKC
inspection.
So again, while the inspectors found the animals to be healthy and in good condition, with no
fecal matter present in the outdoor and indoor facilities, and ample food and water provided
(the areas of prime concern to the DPCA membership), the AKC inspectors did find certain
aspects of the facility and internal record keeping insufficient and this was duly noted on the
report and must be addressed in 45 days time.
I apologize for this error on my part.
In my DPCA Rep of February 27th I focused on Section 3 of the AKC Kennel Inspection report
pertaining to the "Care and Condition of the Dogs". As that was my primary concern all along
in this matter.
I should have been clearer on this distinction of the AKC Kennel Inspection report sections I
was reporting to the DPCA membership.
Secondly, I must note that I misspoke regarding the AKC's authority to remove animals from
the premises if they felt that there was any imminent danger or abuse. The AKC, much as the
DPCA, does not have this power. Insofar as I have been able to ascertain, the only agency
with the proper authority to remove animals from the premises is the local Animal Control
office. As we all know, the local Animal Control authorities have inspected Logres Farm and
Page 2 of 2 Second DPCA Rep: Retraction mandated by AKC regarding Greenwoods/Logres Farm
will likely visit again. If at any time those officials believe the dogs and horses are best served
by removing them from the premises, they will do so.
Again, I thank the DPCA membership for their concern regarding the Greenwoods and the
Logres Farm Dobermans and horses.
Michelle Santana
DPCA President