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K-9 dog dies for love of partner
Star-Telegram ^
| 6-23-06
| BILL TEETER
Posted on 06/23/2006 5:37:26 AM PDT by Dysart
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Now this is sad. There have been a lot of heat-related deaths involving dogs 'round here lately.
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posted on
06/23/2006 5:37:29 AM PDT
by
Dysart
To: Dysart
How unfortunate. 8 years old would be late-middle-age for a German Shepherd, right?
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posted on
06/23/2006 5:42:14 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("The root of the state is in the family. The root of the family is in the person of its head.")
To: Tax-chick
A photo of the dog and handler is available on the link provided.
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posted on
06/23/2006 5:45:45 AM PDT
by
Dysart
To: Dysart
Awwww.
We had K-9 officers come to speak to our Cub Scouts every year in Oklahoma. The boys loved seeing how well-trained the dogs were, and the handlers were so committed to the dogs. I'm sure this is heartbreaking for the officer.
Wonder if the city plans to file suit against the kennel? Trained police dogs are very valuable.
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posted on
06/23/2006 6:11:11 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("The root of the state is in the family. The root of the family is in the person of its head.")
To: Dysart
Shame that a K-9 dog was left in a kennel. Too bad he couldn't be kept by another handler or stay at another cop's home.
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posted on
06/23/2006 6:18:05 AM PDT
by
NautiNurse
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This is sad! :*(
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posted on
06/23/2006 6:41:04 AM PDT
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue.)
To: Tax-chick
Yes, pretty much. Don't expect them to live beyond 11 or 12.
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posted on
06/23/2006 6:42:51 AM PDT
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue.)
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To: Tax-chick
Let's not start blaming the kennel. I think keeping strange dogs is very difficult.
My only blame would be for them not using choke chains. A vet not using a choke chain was how the Grand Victor the other year slipped out of the handler's lead/collar and got run over by a car. Another great reason for chokes. A straining dog will not escape unless you let go of the lead.
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posted on
06/23/2006 6:46:09 AM PDT
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue.)
To: NautiNurse
Doesn't mean he wouldn't escape them, either.
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posted on
06/23/2006 6:46:48 AM PDT
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue.)
To: the OlLine Rebel
Especially if you have a dog that's an escape artist.
We don't know ~how~ he got out, only that he did... and that he was smart enough to get home. It's just a shame he did it.
To: the OlLine Rebel
I'm not blaming the kennel, as I have no idea of the circumstances of the dog's departure. I just wondered whether the city might try to hold them financially liable. Depends on the terms of the boarding contract, probably.
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posted on
06/23/2006 6:59:27 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("The root of the state is in the family. The root of the family is in the person of its head.")
To: Tax-chick
That's what I'm thinking, although according to my vet it's past late-middle age. My German Shepperd was supposed to have hip-replacement surgery this summer, but my regular vet has talked me out of it because he's 8 as well. She feels he is too old for the surgery, and that he will risk injuring his other joints during the recovery process. She also said his arthritis would get worse. The surgeon my husband took him to for an orthopedic consult was a bit too much of a champion for surgery. We're going with our regular vet, right now because our dog doesn't seem to be in much pain (he regularly chases squirrels in our backyard) and we have medication on hand to help him if he needs it.
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posted on
06/23/2006 7:10:27 AM PDT
by
MissEdie
To: Tax-chick
We had to put our mastiff Tinker and our minpin Bebe in a kennel for 4 days when we moved, in January this year.
We called every day to check on them, 2nd day they told us Tinker was depressed and wouldn't eat or drink, so they put Bebe in with him for 24 hours to cheer him up. We had sent their beds and toys with them, too, but he is really attached to us...For a month after we moved, he stayed glued to our sides...
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posted on
06/23/2006 7:14:55 AM PDT
by
Judith Anne
(Thank you St. Jude for favors granted.)
To: Judith Anne
oh what an adorable duo! and a sweet story!
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posted on
06/23/2006 7:16:07 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: xsmommy
Tink is under my feet right now as I type. He is a really nice dog. Bebe is on that couch in the picture, sleeping on the pillow.
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posted on
06/23/2006 7:19:59 AM PDT
by
Judith Anne
(Thank you St. Jude for favors granted.)
To: Judith Anne
yeah, loosh is always at my feet if i am working at the computer, too : )
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posted on
06/23/2006 7:20:57 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: Judith Anne
I kenneled my now-departed Labrador ONE time, when I had to go out of town for a funeral on short notice.
He licked and chewed the hair off both front legs he was so nervous... a habit that was really hard to break, and a habit he would start to do any time after that when he was stressed. Some dogs take things in stride, some see separation as a major trauma.
To: Tax-chick
>Wonder if the city plans to file suit against the kennel? Trained police dogs are very valuable.<
Dogs with a lot of "drive" (read that hyperactivity) tend toward a syndrome that causes their body temperature to soar out of control. It's common in Belgian Malinois, but can also afflict German Shepherds. Police dogs are selected because of their drive to work (and to fight with a suspect). This is not a trait one would have in the average housepet.
It's not necessarily the fault of the kennel, if the dog became agitated, and went into hyperthermia. Boarding kennels are set up to handle pets as a rule, and many people are unaware of the hyperthermia syndrome that affects working shepherd-type dogs.
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posted on
06/23/2006 7:24:41 AM PDT
by
Darnright
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To: Darnright
I think he probably became overheated on the trip home... not at the kennel.
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