Posted on 01/04/2015 9:22:33 PM PST by Don W
A rescued yellow Labrador retriever mix was popularly named Reagan by Rick Scott Facebook fans as the now Florida governor campaigned in the 2010 close election against Democrat Alex Sink. Unfortunately, Reagan's photos disappeared shortly after Scott was sworn in on January 2011, reports the Tampa Bay Times.
So what happened to Reagan the rescue pooch? Introduced as the newest addition to the Scott family back then, all sorts of dog friendly and Rick Scott photos were plastered everywhere. Of course, animal advocates love that kind of compassion; statistics reveal that 39% of Americans have at least one dog in their homes.
Scott was even praised for rescuing a dog; not like the Democrat President Obama who purchased two Portuguese water dogs from a breeder.
But when a Tampa Bay Times investigator wanted information on Reagan the Labrador who was ceremoniously named after President Ronald Reagan, officials at the Tallahassee mansion weren't barking. Although the Governor's latest communication director, Melissa Sellers stated she was much too busy with government work to comment on Reagan, the investigation pushed forward.
On Monday, the answer trickled out with Governor Scott stating:
"He was a rescue dog, and he couldn't be around anybody that was carrying anything, and so he wouldn't get better."
(Excerpt) Read more at examiner.com ...
Zippy say all dogs taste like chicken!
Noooo, don’t fall for it, iq!
You might not like Scott, but to “like him less now” based on a liberal media “business as usual” hit piece sells him and you short.
# 26 & 27 link to JANUARY 2013 article:
Reagan bit an employee and proved untrustworthy around people (#39 & 42).
FISHRAG HIT PIECE
THAT DOES NOT
GET THE FACTS STRAIGHT.
THE DOG BIT AN EMPLOYEE.
The Daily Mail did what our domestic media was unwilling to do (and a YEAR AND A HALF earlier). And, YES, this is the real article title:
The liberal media may as well have put up a billboard saying "We are liars and incompetent to ferret out, much less pass on, the truth."
Iow, our very own Pravda. How nice for us.
And that is why I advocate for most people to buy from a reputable breeder than get a rescue. A lot of times people with little or no dog experience get in WAY over their head with rescues.
It depends on the animal and the situation they come from. Our first dog was a rescue. His male owner beat him and kicked him down a flight of stairs requiring him to have a pin in his leg. The wife gave the dog to a friend of my wife's and we ended up with him. Best dog I ever owned. Two years later we rescued a mix dog from a house that had no less than 40 animals living in deplorable conditions.
When the first dog passed we got another from the pound she was not a rescue, just an adoption. He had been surrendered to a pound due to allergies. She had a congenital heart condition and passed away in her sleep from a heart attack. 6 months later a woman from Church had to move into an apartment that didn't allow dogs so my wife brought home Cassie. Not a rescue.
The second dog we rescued (the mix) if now 14 years old. I wanted another female for her to train, so we went to the rescue sites. Long story short my wife fell in love with two male litter mates that were in a kill shelter. Instead of one small/ medium female. we ended up with two larger males that were literally two days from being put down. They have no puppy manner since they were separated from their mother at age 3 weeks but are responding well to obedience training and are eager to please.
This is just my opinion based on what I have seen over 15 years.
The OP is derived from a Tampa Bay Times fishrag story published 1/14/13:
http://www.tampabay.com/news/bizarre/after-2010-campaign-gov-rick-scott-gave-back-dog-reagan/1270497
The language is so flowery and complicated today, every little deviation is creating a new set of words and formal categories.
I have 3 rescue dogs that are a LOT OF WORK. But I wouldn’t trade them for the world.
Still this looks like a Democrat Hit Job.
What about LBJ and his abused beagles!!!!
I’ve rescued dogs, also, who were considered “dangerous” and rehabbed them into model citizens because I did not freak out or give up on them at the first hint of trouble.
Where is the dog, now?
True that is why I limit my use of the term to those that are in imminent danger or have been injured.
I have a rescue teacup chihuahua, tell me about a whole lotta work < BG >. Spazz has mostly stopped messing in the house. He had been mistreated to the point of broken ribs and was deathly afraid of everything that moved, and utterly HATED women. He’s over most of that too.
I also had a cat that I literally rescued from starving to death (abandoned kitty I took home from work). I had Torzie put down last June after 15 years. Miss my kittie.
I came by a cat that way once many years ago. Actually, it was my son — about 8 at the time — who did the rescuing.
I have never owned a cat or a dog that was not from a shelter, except for that cat and a dog that I acquired while I was in college because the owner wanted to find him another home.
My dogs? At my home.
:D
No, the dog in question.
Standard hit piece by the Tampa Bay Times (St. Pete Times). I’ve read vile, disgusting personal attacks on Scott by this rag! Most call it St. Pete Pravda.
Don’t know,in a loving home I hope.
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