Police: Woman Beats Dog Breeder With Dead Chihuahua

The Indy Channel ^ | 06/08/06 | AP

[Abathar]

ST. PETERS, Mo. -- Having your new puppy die can be tough. But it may have pushed one Missouri woman over the edge.

Investigators said she went back to the breeder's home and forced her way in. A fight broke out, and eventually the two women ended up on the porch. That's where police say the angry owner used the dead Chihuahua puppy to repeatedly whack the breeder over the head.

According to the Saint Louis Post-Dispatch, the breeder told a neighbor to call police. That led the dog owner to get in her car -- taking the dead puppy with her, which she waved from the sunroof as she drove off.

Police aren't identifying the woman, but said she could face burglary and assault charges. The breeder wasn't seriously hurt.

The woman told police she had taken the puppy to a veterinarian, who said it was only 4 weeks old and needed to be returned to its mother. But before she could return the puppy, it died.

[Tax-chick]

Assault with a dead weapon?

[sissyjane]

If the puppy was only four weeks old, that was no dog breeder. She was the owner of a puppy mill. May she rot....

[Mears]

Some people should NOT have animals--and in this case I include the breeder for selling the pup a 4 weeks.

[llevrok]

doing a job no American dog wants to do....

[fieldmarshaldj]

[Abathar]

Have you ever seen a 4 week old chihuahua? I can hide the thing in the palm of my hand, what did she do, use it like brass knuckles?

[Hegemony Cricket]

drop the chilupa

[Grut]

This - parrot - is - DECEASED!

[Izzy Dunne]

This is #68 in "101 Uses for a Dead Chihuahua".

[Tax-chick]

I never thought about that!

[kitkat]

***If the puppy was only four weeks old, that was no dog breeder. She was the owner of a puppy mill. May she rot....***

Agreed! I hate puppy mills, and I won't even buy pet food, etc. from any store that imports pets from the puppy mills.

[evets]

Dog beats man.

[singfreedom]

I'm guessing it would weigh in ounces, like one of my little Yorkies did, and the "buyer" was probably just holding it in her hand as she pummeled the "breeder" on the head--otherwise, it would be worse that the proverbial wet noodle.

[Feiny]

Yo quiero Taco Bell.

[BJClinton]

Woman Beats Dog Breeder With Dead Chihuahua

She should be glad it wasn't a mastif cuz that would hurt.

[Feiny]

GOOD DOGGIE!

[Feiny]

Dead puppies aren't much fun
When you call them they don't come
Dead puppies aren't much fun

My puppy died last fall
That's him lying in the hall
Dead puppies aren't much fun

You can't make them beg for food
You can try - it's no good
Dead puppies aren't much fun
They won't roll over, they won't play ball
They'll play dead, that's all
Dead puppies aren't much fun

When you pick them up they sag
When you walk them it's a drag
Dead puppies aren't much fun
Mummy isn't feeling well
I think she doesn't like the smell
Dead puppies aren't much fun
Not much fun

[LongElegantLegs]

Hee hee hee!
As sad as it is that the puppy died, I can think of no more appropriate punishment for the breeder.

[Gay State Conservative]

Bereft of life,it rests in peace!