Is this because of a PT'er?

[poofy]

Poor things, i hate that, it breaks my heart..Leah and Chujo next door are always chained, I hate it..i feel so sorry for them

[shais_mom]

Maybe it was an email or a link that Emily gave me - not for sure.
She was taking a break from PetTalk - I chatted with her on the phone this summer and just got a Christmas card from her yesterday.

[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!

[Daisy and Delilah]

Dot, I can't get this story off my mind. I want to tell everybody I know and I keep hoping and praying that a miracle will take place in this country some day. When will we ever see the day that the judge in these cases is an animal lover and justice is properly served? Animals are living, breathing, souls. They can't take care of themselves so we must take care of them. How do they fall into the hands of pigs like these two that have no regard for life whatsoever? I can only picture these mindless slobs in the warm house not even thinking of what was occurring outside. If they chose not to take care of the animals then why would they have them? I'll never understand this as long as I live but I hope that the day comes soon when legislation is passed to properly punish this type of crime. Thank you for posting this story. We can only keep praying for retribution. I would love to see these people released to a mob of angry Pet Talkers

[anna_66]

This is from today's Dayton Daily News regarding the abused dogs and cats:
The two charged with animal cruelty were arrested but were released without bail.

Oh that just angers me to no end

[sabies]

I agree, Anna. Something better happen to them. Why do these people who chain their animals and leave them even want a dog?