Is this because of a PT'er?

[Kfamr]

http://petoftheday.com/talk/search.php?searchid=72747

That's what I found.. one thread by Denyce is pretty big - there's a few about this dog though.

Poor dogs don't deserve "life" on a chain.

[JenBKR]

That website made me sick. How horrible, I just want to cry. And with all that some of those dogs have been through, they still look like they are smiling. I think we can learn a lesson from those dogs.

[lvpets2002]

http://petoftheday.com/talk/search.php?searchid=72747

That's what I found.. one thread by Denyce is pretty big - there's a few about this dog though.

Poor dogs don't deserve "life" on a chain.

Oh it is the same dog == How horrible

[lv4dogs]

Thanks Kay, thats what I thought.

[slleipnir]

http://petoftheday.com/talk/search.php?searchid=72747

That's what I found.. one thread by Denyce is pretty big - there's a few about this dog though.

Poor dogs don't deserve "life" on a chain.

Hmm..for some reasonthe link doesn't work anymore..or is it just me?

[lv4dogs]

Hmm..for some reasonthe link doesn't work anymore..or is it just me?

Won't work for me anymore either. Weird.

[Dot]

Yesterday in Dayton, Ohio a dog named Baby Girl was found frozen to death in her dog house, with a bucket of frozen water nearby. In the same yard, another dog was found chained to a pole, with no shelter, food or water in reach. The dog was frozen into the ground, but alive -- just barely. It was rescued and may possibly survive. Inside the house was another nightmare: http://tinyurl.com/atasg

It's wonderful that a neighbor reported the freezing dogs, but too bad they didn't do it sooner. Maybe they did, but often the law protects the dog owners rather than the poor animals.

(I think Roxyluvsme13 has deleted her thread just now....didn't want to read any more posts about her dog being chained up 24/7.)

[Daisy and Delilah]

What can we all do to stop this from happening? I'm sick to my stomach and the tears are pouring!! Dear God, please stop this nonsense!!

[Dot]

I know, it really hurts inside, doesn't it? I could hardly bear to watch the news coverage last night. It showed the Animal Shelter people pulling the dogs from the house (there were several dogs and many cats inside, too). Of course, they had to use a noose on a pole to catch them because they were wild and scared, but it was terrible to hear them howling so piteously in fear. After what they had already lived through, they had no way to know something good was happening to them!

The report said that someone has already asked to adopt the dog that was frozen to the ground, and the others will be put up for adoption, if possible. I wish I could take them all and show them what it is like to be in a loving home! Our family has chosen to forego exchanging presents this year, and will give to charities of our choice instead, so my giving is going to the shelter that rescued these poor dogs. In some small way, maybe I'll be able to help them or others like them.

[anna_66]

Yesterday in Dayton, Ohio a dog named Baby Girl was found frozen to death in her dog house, with a bucket of frozen water nearby. In the same yard, another dog was found chained to a pole, with no shelter, food or water in reach. The dog was frozen into the ground, but alive -- just barely. It was rescued and may possibly survive. Inside the house was another nightmare: http://tinyurl.com/atasg

I see they've arrested both the owner and the owners girlfriend. I'm glad and I hope they get severe punishment for this.

[Daisy and Delilah]

We can all at least pray as hard as we can that these people will be given a fitting punishment. Someone needs to be used as an example to show people like this what can happen to them if they commit the same types of horrific acts. I am hoping and praying that it might start with these two useless morons!! How can anyone allow defenseless animals to live in these conditions? What are they thinking? Would they like to be treated like that?

[Dot]

This is from today's Dayton Daily News regarding the abused dogs and cats:

DAYTON | After two Dayton residents pleaded not guilty to charges of animal cruelty — after 12 cats and a dog were found dead in their house and yard — at least two animal rights groups are calling on Dayton to adopt an ordinance banning the practice of tethering animals.

Earlier in the week, one dog, a year-old shepherd pit mix called Baby Girl was found dead in the backyard of Jerry Welch's Geyer Street address. Another dog — a 3-year-old hound named Squeezer — is recovering after being rescued from the same property. Squeezer had been found frozen to the ground, also without food.

The national animal rights organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals wrote to Dayton Mayor Rhine McLin, asking her to consider an ordinance that would either ban or severely restrict the practice of tethering dogs.

To support its request, PETA Cruelty Case Worker Dan Paden pointed out that chained dogs are three times as likely to attack as dogs that are not tethered. A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study reached the same conclusion in 2002.

The two charged with animal cruelty were arrested but were released without bail. It just breaks my heart to think of those poor dogs lying outside alone, and finally succumbing to the cold and hunger. Squeezer's chain was wrapped around the pole so tightly that he couldn't even move! Oh, dear God!