HALLOWEEN IS A COMIN & SHERIFF JOE

QUOTE OF THE DAY: (Czarina -- courtesy of Anne Katherine @ http://rottie-mom.blogspot.com/)

"The more I know about men, the more I like DOGS."

-- Gloria Allred

Hi dear friends,

Mommy & I had another wonderful day together. Except for when Mommy went to get her hair cut (she really needed it) and her nails done (she's 61 years old and still bites her nails), we spent the whole day together. We went to the Credit Union and the ladies there gave me a treat, then we stopped by Jeong's florist shop and he gave Mommy flowers to take to work tomorrow, then we went to the drive thru at the bank and I got a treat there too. Yahoo....I scored two times today.

Halloween is coming and I am very excited. Mommy's not quite excited as me but she's getting there. She's always a little sad on Halloween. So I begged Mommy to show you what my costumes have been at each "Halloweiner" that DROH has had since I was adopted in 2005.

But first, Mommy had my Aunt Judy make me a Halloween harness. It is so pretty and if you click on the picture to blow it up you can see the detail.

2005

I wore a bikini. I was very shy and made Mommy hold me the whole day.



2006

I was a dancer with a ruffled shirt. My brother Jacks was a male Lady Bug.



2007

There was no Halloween in 2007 for us. Mommy had emergency surgery on her knee two days before the Halloweiner, Uncle Ron picked me and my brothers up and took us to our vet to be boarded. Then the decision was made that Mommy had to give all but one of us back. Who was she to give up? It was the hardest thing my Mommy ever did, trying to decide who to send back to DROH. So it was me because I was the first. Jacks went to live in Indiana where the foster who saved us from the streets had moved. She wanted me too but Mommy said no. Toby went to a foster who took very good care of him, until he was adopted at the Reliant Dog Show 2008. After they came & got my brothers, I had to stay by myself at the Vet for a whole week alone. I was very lonely and I missed my Mommy & brothers and she cried everyday thinking about the boys.

Mommy got to see Toby again at the Halloweiner last year and his new family keeps in touch with us and we can't wait to see him this year.

2008

I was a princess.



2009 ?????????????????

Remember I having a contest to see who can guess my costume for this year. Ya gotta go to yesterday's post to see my picture with the top part of my costume. Yesterday I gave ya a couple of hints.

Here is yesterday's hint:

" It's too soon to reveal what are costumes are just yet but here's a little hint....me & George go together, Brooklyn and Bandit go together, Harley is going as an animal and Mommy & Aunt Judy are going in black & white strips. Wanna guess? The picture below is of me trying on my costume. This is the top part of it. " See my pic on my 10/04/09 post.

So today we will give you one more hint. The animal Harley is gonna be is a tiger. Guessing ends 10/15/09 at midnight. You can either leave a comment on my blog or send us an e-mail with your guess to redricca@sbcglobal.net. The first correct guess wins the prize!!!

Now on to something else. Mommy has decided the perfect place for Michael Vick to have been sent to jail would have been where Sheriff Joe rules. Here is his story.

MY KIND OF SHERIFF!!!

SHERIFF JOE IS AT IT AGAIN!

You all remember Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona , who painted the jail cells pink and made the inmates wear pink prison garb. Well.........

Maricopa County was spending approx. $18 million dollars a year on stray animals, like cats and dogs. Sheriff Joe offered to take the department over, and the County Supervisors said okay.

The animal shelters are now all staffed and operated by prisoners. They feed and care for the strays. Every animal in his care is taken out and walked twice daily. He now has prisoners who are experts in animal nutrition and behavior. They give great classes for anyone who'd like to adopt an animal. He has literally taken stray dogs off the street, given them to the care of prisoners, and had them place in dog shows.

Note....Mommy loves this idea but she'd never let Michael Vick ever touch another dog or any animal, except maybe a boa constrictor that would swallow him whole.


The best part?

His budget for the entire department is now under $3 million. Teresa and I adopted a Weimaraner from a Maricopa County shelter two years ago. He was neutered, and current on all shots, in great health, and even had a microchip inserted the day we got him. Cost us $78.

The prisoners get the benefit of about $0.28 an hour for working, but most would work for free, just to be out of their cells for the day. Most of his budget is for utilities, building maintenance, etc. He pays the prisoners out of the fees collected for adopted animals.

I have long wondered when the rest of the country would take a look at the way he runs the jail system, and copy some of his ideas. He has a huge farm, donated to the county years ago, where inmates can work, and they grow most of their own fresh vegetables and food, doing all the work and harvesting by hand.

He has a pretty good sized hog farm, which provides meat, and fertilizer. It fertilizes the Christmas tree nursery, where prisoners work, and you can buy a living Christmas tree for $6 - $8 for the Holidays, and plant it later. We have six trees in our yard from the Prison.

TO THOSE OF YOU NOT FAMILIAR WITH JOE ARPAIO HE IS THE MARICOPA ARIZONA COUNTY SHERIFF AND HE KEEPS GETTING ELECTED OVER AND OVER THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY:

Sheriff Joe Arpaio (In Arizona ) who created the ' Tent City Jail': He has jail meals down to 40 cents a serving and charges the inmates for them.

He stopped smoking and porno magazines in the jails. Took away their weights Cut off all but 'G' movies.

He started chain gangs so the inmates could do free work on county and city projects.

Then He Started Chain Gangs For Women So He Wouldn't Get Sued For Discrimination.

He took away cable TV Until he found out there was A Federal Court Order that Required Cable TV For Jails So He Hooked Up The Cable TV Again Only Let In The Disney Channel And The Weather Channel.

Note..........This federal law sticks.

When asked why the weather channel He Replied, So They Will Know How Hot It's Gonna Be While They Are Working ON My Chain Gangs.

He Cut Off Coffee Since It Has Zero Nutritional Value.

When the inmates complained, he told them, 'This Isn't The Ritz/Carlton......If You Don't Like It, Don't Come Back..'

More On The Arizona Sheriff:

With Temperatures Being Even Hotter Than Usual In Phoenix (116 Degrees Just Set A New Record), the Associated Press Reports: About 2,000 Inmates Living In A Barbed-Wire-Surrounded Tent Encampment At The Maricopa County Jail Have Been Given Permission To Strip Down To Their Government-Issued Pink Boxer Shorts.

On Wednesday, hundreds of men wearing boxers were either curled up on their bunk beds or chatted in the tents, which reached 138 Degrees Inside The Week Before.

Many Were Also Swathed In Wet, Pink Towels As Sweat Collected On Their Chests And Dripped Down To Their PINK SOCKS.

'It Feels Like We Are In A Furnace,' Said James Zanzot, An Inmate Who Has Lived In The TENTS for 1 year. 'It's Inhumane.'

Joe Arpaio, the tough-guy sheriff who created the tent city and long ago started making his prisoners wear pink, and eat bologna sandwiches, is not one bit sympathetic. He said Wednesday that he told all of the inmates: 'It's 120 Degrees In Iraq And Our Soldiers Are Living In Tents Too, And They Have To Wear Full Battle Gear, But They Didn't Commit Any Crimes,So Shut Your Mouths!'

Way To Go, Sheriff!

Maybe if all prisons were like this one there would be a lot less crime and/or repeat offenders. Criminals should be punished for their crimes - not live in luxury until it's time for their parole, only to go out and commit another crime so they can get back in to live on taxpayers money and enjoy things taxpayers can't afford to have for themselves.

Note.....Mommy & I agree with this sheriff 100%



For some reason, blogger has been cooperating with us for a change loading videos so Mommy loaded one more of me and my friends from Saturday. We was barking kinda loud so you might want to turn your volume down.

Mommy took this video early this morning before it starting raining again. The mat on the left floated away from the back door where it belongs when it rained last night.

Gotta go....Love, kisses and {{{huggies}}} to all............Mona