[Dead Corpse]

The dog was a recent rescue. No telling what it had been through before these people took him in.

Further, the cop could have just gone to the front door. Two-care garage on a newer brick front home from the news video I've seen. Why he tried entering the garage is a bit of a head scratcher. House was also clearly marked on the mailbox out front, so the whole "wrong address from improperly marked house" won't fly either.

This cop effed up. Big time. No two ways around it.

[Paladin2]

"Further, the cop could have just gone to the front door. "

THAT's exactly my problem with the local cops. They are more than happy to just "bust" into my backyard w/o knocking, without a warrant and without exigent circumstances. They are welcome to approach the front door, but THAT's IT.