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Posted on 10/25/2007 7:05:29 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel
BRUSH PRAIRIE - The tracking dog Dakota was shot and killed Tuesday as teams of SWAT officers closed in on an armed convicted murderer - who allegedly had told an acquaintance he wanted to "kill a cop."
Dakota, a 5-year-old German shepherd owned by the Vancouver Police Department, was shot in the head and killed about 3 ½ hours after police were called to the Lewis & Clark Railway Co. tracks just east of Northeast Caples Road in Brush Prairie....
(Excerpt) Read more at columbian.com ...
This is another link for the story with some different aspects:
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I saw this worthless POS on the local news this morning when he was in court. He said some great lines like “I should have shot the other dog” and “Charles Manson rules”. Plus he was mugging for the camera, giving the devil horns and the shooting motion with his hand. Glad this turd is up for his third strike, hope he rots in prison for the rest of his life.
Sounds like a real nut. I mean, seriously. The “should have” comment is in the 2nd article.
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“Vancouver Police Department”
See what happens when you give a Canadian a gun.
Rainbow Bridge for you, big fella. Say hi to my girl Lita.
First, I’d like to be added to the doggie list.
Second, darn this story broke my heart.
I had a dog save my life once. Too, I have a dog looks almost like Dakota right now. She’d give her life gladly for me or my beloved granddaughter.
The dog that saved my life now rests in our garden under a handsome grave marker. What happened, my daughter had a boyfriend and hey, my daughter sure can pick them.
So one early eve this guy comes to my door and he’s all acting crazy. Seems he and my daughter had a fight of some kind and he wanted to see her.
Well my daughter wasn’t home but this fellow had been inside my house several times before and I was about to open the door to let him in, wait for my daughter maybe, I don’t recall.
But my dog, a normally friendly as all get out mongrel dog was barking like demons had possessed her. Which was odd as she knew this fellow and often sat and let him pet her. Anyway she was barking so much that I had to tell the fellow that I don’t know what’s wrong with the dog but she just wasn’t going to let him inside.
The next day we hear on the news that this same fine fellow my daughter with the questionable taste in men was dating had beat a GUY TO DEATH WITH A BASEBALL BAT!
The very next day...hand to God.
I am quite sure that my dog sensed something about this fellow that I didn’t pick up at all. Like I say, he’d petted her a few times in the past.
The dog I have now is a Belgian Malinois. These are the dogs that were used for searching the rubble at the World Trade Center. If you remember they got so bored that the rescuers had to pretend to be buried just so the dogs could be happy. In fact, Belgian Malinois are the preferred dogs of police departments across the land.
Anyway, I just broke down in sobs when I read this story. What a beautiful dog.
I am sure she gave her life gladly. How heartbroken her handler must be. Makes me want to scream.
Hope this cool guy spends some time in jail such a clever, happening guy.
Please forgive. I understand Dakota is a male.
sorry.
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1193293622323110.xml&coll=7
What a battle with the temptation to reciprocate!
Nice story. Glad you all got out of that 1!
But I must say, the vast majority of rescue dogs at WTC were German Shepherds, not Malinois. In fact, the “DOGNY” art project used German Shepherd molds as the basis for the painted dogs all over NYC the year or so after 9/11.
Mals are indeed encroaching on GS territory, probably because of so many problems with the huge popularity of the latter breed, and cliques coming up with bastardizations of what a GS should really be. But still, GS are the top breed in the whole world for police/mil work, and generally, too. There just aren’t enough Mals, yet.
OMG What a great loss to us all when something like this happens to one of our police dogs! DAMN that piece of scum to hell ... I’m so sorry. I’m just so sorry. God bless Dakota and comfort and prayers for his handler and all the cops that had worked with them.
Hey, maybe Ben Roethlisberger would make a donation to buy another dog for them! It’s his favorite charity effort.
I;d love a german shepherd every bit as much as I love my Malinois. They are two great breeds of dogs...majestic and obedient.
I stand corrected about that world trade center breed.
What’s the worst that someone who kills a police dog can be charged with? Animal cruelty? I’m genuinely curious.
> Dakota, a 5-year-old German shepherd owned by the Vancouver Police Department...
I am deeply saddened by this loss, as are my GSDs past and present. Akela mourns!
Goodonya, Dakota. Good dog! One day, when I go to join you in The Great Pack Beyond, I’ve got a biscuit for ya...
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