Horrible. I'm Crying. Why Do People Have To Be Cruel!!

[RileyMay]

I am now crying!! This is sick, stupid, and I could kill the person who did this!! UGH, poor little girl is lost without her best friend!! If you live near, or whatever, keep an eye open. This poor dog and his family need justice!! This makes my stomache knot up!! This person probably did this, because she doesn't like Pit Bulls!? So dumb!! I pray that this person is found, and punished.


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[MountainGSDs]

It certainly is a gut wrenching story BUT the end part IMHO could be a fabrication based on what people want to believe. If the dog was running across a street to get home and got clipped or actually hit the car the trauma would be almost the same as a bat. I have actually seen it many many times with deer and dogs. They do not drop immediately many times.
Why think the worst? Perhaps the dog-napper read the story and released the dog nearby thinking it would go home but tragedy struck.

[RileyMay]

Originally Posted by MountainGSDs

It certainly is a gut wrenching story BUT the end part IMHO could be a fabrication based on what people want to believe. If the dog was running across a street to get home and got clipped or actually hit the car the trauma would be almost the same as a bat. I have actually seen it many many times with deer and dogs. They do not drop immediately many times.
Why think the worst? Perhaps the dog-napper read the story and released the dog nearby thinking it would go home but tragedy struck.

That's true, but it wouldn't have been hit if this woman didn't take the dog in the first place, if that did happen.

[MountainGSDs]

Originally Posted by RileyMay

That's true, but it wouldn't have been hit if this woman didn't take the dog in the first place, if that did happen.

Absolutely but perhaps after seeing the news she had a change of heart. It is after all the season.

"Last Tuesday, neighborhood children witnessed"
Are they reliable, are they involved? Lot's of holes not to mention how was it so easy to take the dog? Fence? Why would one take a dog if it was light enough out a witness could see them.
Sorry but in my world 2+2 must equal 4.

[RileyMay]

Originally Posted by MountainGSDs

It certainly is a gut wrenching story BUT the end part IMHO could be a fabrication based on what people want to believe. If the dog was running across a street to get home and got clipped or actually hit the car the trauma would be almost the same as a bat. I have actually seen it many many times with deer and dogs. They do not drop immediately many times.
Why think the worst? Perhaps the dog-napper read the story and released the dog nearby thinking it would go home but tragedy struck.

Originally Posted by MountainGSDs

Absolutely but perhaps after seeing the news she had a change of heart. It is after all the season.

"Last Tuesday, neighborhood children witnessed"
Are they reliable, are they involved? Lot's of holes not to mention how was it so easy to take the dog? Fence? Why would one take a dog if it was light enough out a witness could see them.
Sorry but in my world 2+2 must equal 4.

That's true, but it's still sad. I mean, seriously, why steal somebody elses best friend. That dog was needed.

[MountainGSDs]

There is only some children's word and that is anecdotal evidence. We do know the dog is missing there doesn't sound like there was a fence, I can't see the lost poster well but can't see an e-collar and it doesn't mention being tied out. All that is conclusive is that the dog was out and now missing and he died of blunt trauma from an unknown origin.

Again I see no fence, no e-collar and if tied that would be a long driveway to head down. Looks like a busy road they live on too.
The more I see the less I buy the story.

The sad part is there is a little girl missing her friend.

[PaddyD]

Originally Posted by MountainGSDs

There is only some children's word and that is anecdotal evidence. We do know the dog is missing there doesn't sound like there was a fence, I can't see the lost poster well but can't see an e-collar and it doesn't mention being tied out. All that is conclusive is that the dog was out and now missing and he died of blunt trauma from an unknown origin.

Again I see no fence, no e-collar and if tied that would be a long driveway to head down. Looks like a busy road they live on too.
The more I see the less I buy the story.

The sad part is there is a little girl missing her friend.

Agreed. This is probably why there are 12 people on a jury rather than just one. Different perspectives.

[RileyMay]

Originally Posted by MountainGSDs

There is only some children's word and that is anecdotal evidence. We do know the dog is missing there doesn't sound like there was a fence, I can't see the lost poster well but can't see an e-collar and it doesn't mention being tied out. All that is conclusive is that the dog was out and now missing and he died of blunt trauma from an unknown origin.

Again I see no fence, no e-collar and if tied that would be a long driveway to head down. Looks like a busy road they live on too.
The more I see the less I buy the story.

The sad part is there is a little girl missing her friend.

That's very true. I'm just upset that the little girl lost her best friend. I don't think of these things like you're pointing out much. Just the fact that the little girls dog is now dead, it just sucks. My little brother has some kind of autism we're learning about, and he loves Banjo. Banjo is there for him and loves him too. Banjo makes him happy, calm, relaxed, and feel safe. I mean, what you're saying is true. I totally agree. I'm not scared to admit it, but it's just sad.

[msvette2u]

That's what people are counting on, the inflammatory nature of the "crime" outweighing any common sense people might have.
The woman (if she exists) who picked the dog up may have even thought it was a stray and was protecting it from being ran over.

[AbbyK9]

I saw this posted somewhere else yesterday where the dog was described as a Therapy Dog rather than a Service Dog and thought it was very sad, either way, that the child is now without her best friend.

I did wonder, however, how true the story is. I know they said the dog was "hit with a bat", but I am wondering how they could possibly know that unless it was witnessed. Blunt trauma looks like blunt trauma, if the object that causes it is a bat or a bumper.

Since the neighborhood children are the only witnesses, I wonder if what actually happened was that the children let the dog out of the yard or off a tether to play with it (I would think being neighborhood kids, they might have known the dog?) and it ran into the road and was hit by a car. Depending on the ages of the kids, they might be scared to tell the truth about what really happened.