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This Heist is a true story and was master-minded in The United States by two housewives with the help of one of their husbands. It involved the grand theft of 22 valuable Rutlands breeding dogs in Australia, belonging to Beverley Rutland-Manners. The dogs, comprising females, and males, were valued conservatively at a quarter of a million dollars. And the women even convinced Beverley to spend the $34,000.00 it cost to fly them all from Australia to Texas. How did they do it? Why did Beverley do it? And how did they stay out of jail?
Beverley and her Australian Cobberdogs were being threatened by animal activists and she feared for their safety. You can read about the seriousness of these threats elsewhere on this website. I went to Texas with a legal contract to mentor the Pyles about breeding Australian Cobberdogs. The contract would expire in 6 years with the Pyles owning any puppies they wanted to keep. The Pyles were paid handsomely in the meantime. It should have worked out well, but.....anyhow, this is all part of the history of the Australian Cobberdog and I hope you enjoy exploring this website to establish the true facts behind the development of your own beloved companion or therapy Cobberdog!
About three weeks after my visa expired and I was back home in Australia, A photo was published on the internet, of Charlotte McGrath, of Tamaruke Kennels in Australia meeting up in California with Twyla who had flown from Texas to California for the meeting, and with Kate Pappas and Linda Crawford Scott of California.
The purpose of the meeting and the photo was to announce a new Dog Breeding Partnership between Tamaruke and the Pyles to be operated on Mike and Twyla's Texas property where my Rutlands breeding dogs were living. The partnership collapsed 12 months later.
About three weeks after my visa expired and I was back home in Australia, A photo was published on the internet, of Charlotte McGrath, of Tamaruke Kennels in Australia meeting up in California with Twyla who had flown from Texas to California for the meeting, and with Kate Pappas and Linda Crawford Scott of California.
The purpose of the meeting and the photo was to announce a new Dog Breeding Partnership between Tamaruke and the Pyles to be operated on Mike and Twyla's Texas property where my Rutlands breeding dogs were living. The partnership collapsed 12 months later.
