Neighbour suspected in attack on dog (2 stories) UPDATE #14
I wonder IF the dog was barking 24/7? Still, this bonzo did not try to solve the problem properly. Poor Bo!:(
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Beau's owner, Matthew Pacaud, said the dog lost at least four intact teeth and swallowed others that broke off during an attack. (CBC)
Neighbours' quarrel suspected in attack on dog
Last Updated: Friday, May 15, 2009 | 4:25 PM MT
CBC News
The RCMP, SPCA and local authorities are investigating a brutal attack on a dog that was hit so hard he swallowed some of his own teeth that were broken in the assault.
Matthew Pacaud, who lives on an acreage in the Municipal District of Foothills, southwest of Calgary, said he came home on Tuesday but his dog, Beau, did not meet him at the front gate as usual.
"When I walked up to the front door I noticed blood, feces, teeth laying everywhere," Pacaud told CBC News on Thursday.
Beau, a four-year-old Great Pyrenees, was lying in his doghouse whimpering. Pacaud said he found four intact teeth on the ground, as well as blood near the front door.
Angry telephone message
Pacaud said the veterinarian told him Beau's injuries were the result of being struck by a blunt object. He also said the dog is missing more than four teeth.
"When we quickly looked, there's teeth that's broken off as well that the dog swallowed," said Pacaud, a carpentry student who lives at the acreage with his mother.
Pacaud, who owns two other dogs, said he received an angry message on his answering machine on Tuesday morning from one of his neighbours.
"It's half past 10. Your f---ing dog's been barking for about three hours, you inconsiderate horrible peasant," said a man said in the message that was played for CBC News.
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Matthew Pacaud speaks to a protective services officer from the Municipal District of Foothills on Thursday.
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Constant barking at all hours of the day from Pacaud's property has been a problem for years, the neighbour told CBC News on Friday. He declined to give his name.
He said he's tried to reason with Pacaud for years, even offering to buy a special collar for the dogs that deters barking.
The neighbour said he went to Pacaud's house to talk to him on Tuesday morning, but no one was home. The man said Beau attacked him and so he defended himself with the walking cane that he uses for a chronic back condition.
The neighbour said the barking has gotten so bad, he's looking for a new place to live with his wife and two sons.
Okotoks RCMP confirmed that they're reviewing the case with the SPCA and the Crown prosecutor and considering several possible charges, including trespassing and other Criminal Code offences.
A protective services officer from the M.D. of Foothills also interviewed Pacaud on Thursday.
Beau was undergoing surgery and x-rays on Friday.
With files from Tara Fedun, Bryan Labby
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Cruelty charges to be laid after dog injured in dispute
By Deborah Tetley, Calgary HeraldMay 16, 2009
Okotoks Mounties say animal cruelty charges are pending after a neighbour dispute over a barking dog led to the canine being bashed on the muzzle and losing several teeth.
But the neighbour, who admits hitting Bo, a four-year-old Great Pyrenees, over the head with a cane, says he was acting in self-defence.
When Bo's owner, Matthew Pacaud, arrived home to his mother's acreage in Okotoks Tuesday night, the dog wasn't there to greet him as usual.
Then Pacaud noticed broken teeth, blood splatters and feces on the doorstep. The gruesome discovery prompted him to search for Bo, who he found hiding in the garage. When Pacaud, 25, noticed blood around the dog's mouth, he peeked inside.
"I pulled up his lip and all the teeth on the top and front of his mouth were gone and he was bleeding.Several teeth along the bottom gum were broken. The left side of his face is pretty mangled up."
At first Pacaud thought Bo had been in an accident.
But then he went inside and listened to a phone message from his neighbour.
"It's half past 10, your f------dog has been barking, you inconsiderate, horrible peasants," is the voice-mail message.
RCMP Const. Bryan O'Rourke said several charges, including injuring an animal and trespassing, are pending against the neighbour.
"Animal cruelty charges are pending,"O'Rourke said Friday, adding officers found blood, feces and several teeth on Pacaud's property.
RCMP decided to charge the neighbour after interviewing him Tuesday night.
"This is a man who didn't go through proper avenues when dealing with a noisy neighbour," O'Rourke said. "The guy lost his temper."
Bo spent Friday undergoing surgery to remove three broken teeth, bring the total number of lost teeth to eight.
Pacaud said the vet was shocked by Bo's injuries.
"The vet figures he was hit with a piece of steel pipe, or the blunt side of an axe," he said.
"He said it must have been an overhand swing coming down on the top of his muzzle to knock the teeth out the way it did."
But the neighbour, Nigel Warren, says he hit the dog with his walking stick in self-defence.
The man said he went to Pacaud's house Tuesday morning to complain about "incessant" barking after being awoken at 6:15 a. m.
"It's bedtime and we hear bark, bark, bark,"Warren said. "It's morning time, bark, bark, bark. The dogs bellow all day long. It's ruining our lives."
The 64-year-old said when no one answered, he tried to leave and became terrified by Bo, who is 68 kilograms.
"I thought the dog was going to bite my butt.He's massive with huge jaws,"said Warren. "I needed to defend myself so I took my walking stick and whacked him in the mouth and then I got out of there."
He saw teeth fly out of the dog's mouth, Warren said.
"When I hit him, the stick caught in his mouth, so I pulled the stick and his teeth came out. It was a tug of war. I wanted my stick and he wanted me."
Bo underwent surgery Friday to have several broken teeth removed, Pacaud said, adding the dog is traumatized by the incident.
"He cries when you touch him and he's really timid, and cowering."
Pacaud, who says he has res-cued many animals over the years--including abandoned ducks on Deerfoot Trail and orphaned hawks he takes to sanctuaries--is looking for justice for his dog.
"I just can't let this go and let somebody get away with something like this,"he said. "He's my best friend and someone hurt him."
Warren said the situation spiralled out of control.
"I did not go there with every intent on whacking the teeth out of a dog.
"I was protecting myself from the surging jaws of a large dog."
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Neighbour charged with animal cruelty in dog attack
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Neighbour charged with animal cruelty in dog attack
Last Updated: Monday, May 18, 2009 | 5:43 PM MT
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Beau's owner, Matthew Pacaud, said he found at least four of his dog's teeth on the ground. (CBC)
A southern Alberta man is facing a charge of animal cruelty in connection with an attack on his neighbour's dog.
Matthew Pacaud, who lives on an acreage in the Municipal District of Foothills, southwest of Calgary, said he found his dog Beau bloodied and missing several teeth last Tuesday.
As CBC News first reported last week, Beau's veterinarian said the four-year-old Great Pyrenees had been struck by a blunt object.
A neighbour had left an angry message on Pacaud's answering machine complaining about his dog's continuous barking.
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Beau underwent three hours of dental surgery on Friday and is expected to make a full recovery. (CBC)
The neighbour told CBC News that he went to Pacaud's house to talk to him about the longstanding problem but no one was home. Instead, Beau attacked him, so he defended himself with the walking cane he uses for a back condition, he said.
Nigel Warren, 62, has been charged with one count of injuring an animal under Section 445 of the Criminal Code, the Okotoks RCMP said Monday.
If convicted, Warren faces up to five years in prison. He's scheduled to appear in court in Okotoks on June 16.
"For neighbours to escalate to this is very unusual. I don't have many calls to this magnitude. Usually people use the proper avenues to resolve the situation," RCMP Const. Bryan O'Rourke said. "Either calling us before this happens, calling the [Municipal District] of Foothills, possibly writing letters to your representatives — those are all good options before escalating to something like this."
Beau underwent three hours of dental surgery on Friday and is expected to recover from his injuries.
Accused dog attacker speaks
Apparently another person knows this dog is not gentle...I hope the dog owner also gets taken to task.
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The dog is now recovering at home with owner Matthew Pacaud.
Accused dog attacker speaks
Updated: Tue May. 19 2009 18:42:04
ctvcalgary.ca
An Okotoks man is facing a criminal charge in connection with a dog attack.
Nigel Warren, 62, is facing one charge of Causing Injury to a Dog.
He is accused of hitting his neighbour's Great Pyrenees and smashing out four of the dog's teeth.
CTV spoke to Warren Tuesday afternoon. He says the dog attacked him.
"I wish somebody had been there to see me attacked by these massive jaws trying to jump up at me."
The dog is owned by Matthew Pacaud. He says he called his neighbour after receiving a phone message complaining about a barking dog.
"I said you've hit my dog. He was backed into a corner, there's blood and feces everywhere. He said, 'I'm not denying it' and I said I'm phoning the RCMP."
Pacaud says vet bills have totaled 15-hundred dollars so far and his dog isn't a problem animal.
But another neighbour told CTV that Pacaud's dog is a problem and is both aggressive and constantly barking.
If convicted, Warren faces a maximum of five years in prison.
He is expected to appear in court next month.
Common sense editorial in Calgary Herald
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Neighbourliness goes both ways
Calgary Herald
May 20, 2009
There are no winners in the case of the Okotoks man charged with beating his neighbour's dog, but there is certainly a cautionary tale for those on both sides of the dispute.
Nigel Warren, 64, will be up on charges of injuring an animal when he goes to court June 16, after he bashed Bo, a Great Pyrenees, over the head with his cane. Bo lost eight teeth as a result of the beating.
Fed up with the dog's allegedly ceaseless barking, Warren went over to Matthew Pacaud's house last Tuesday to complain.
"It's bedtime and we hear bark, bark, bark. It's morning time, bark, bark, bark. The dogs bellow all day long. It's ruining our lives," Warren said later.
Finding nobody at home, Warren said he hit the dog with his cane in self-defence, afraid it would bite him.
Neighbourliness works both ways. Warren should have left the premises without touching the dog and waited until Pacaud returned to discuss the matter with him.
However, Pacaud should have shown some consideration for his neighbour and dealt with his dog's barking long before matters escalated to their current state.
Dog owners need to take note. Part of responsible pet ownership is ensuring your dog does not torment your neighbours with its behaviour, including barking. Few things are more annoying than the jarring notes of a dog's repetitive barking. Well, maybe there is one thing more annoying --an inconsiderate dog owner who allows it to go on.
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