I wonder IF the dog was barking 24/7? Still, this bonzo did not try to solve the problem properly. Poor Bo!
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.
Matthew Pacaud speaks to a protective services officer from the Municipal District of Foothills on Thursday.
(CBC)
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
http://www.calgaryherald.com/enterta...352/story.html
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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