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Man faces animal cruelty charge after abandoning dog on mountain
yahoo.com ^ | 8/18/12 | Annie Rose Ramos

Posted on 08/18/2012 11:45:21 AM PDT by ColdOne

Washburn and his wife were incredulous at how this dog, tucked into a tiny nook between rocks, could have ended up where it was. The whimpering dog was, as Washburn said, "in awful shape." He was convinced it would have died if left without food or water for much longer. The couple tried to coax the dog up out of the rocks and down the mountain but it was clear the dog was too injured and weak to move.

"We knew we weren't going to be able to get her out by herself," said Washburn. "Her paws were completely raw and her elbows were torn up."

Washburn got together a group of eight volunteers and the group headed back up the mountain that Monday morning. The group found the dog with all of its wounds Washburn had tried to bandage reopened. The rocks around the dog were covered in blood, and the dog was back cowering beneath the surrounding rocks.

The group of eight hikers traveled through a full-blown snowstorm that broke out during their hike. Eventually, after a nine-hour rescue mission, the group successfully managed to bring back the broken and bruised dog in a hiker's oversized backpack.

(Excerpt) Read more at gma.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: animalcruelty; dog; doggieping; germanshepherd; leftfordead
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To: Salamander; Odhinn

Odin could be the best dog on Earth, and you would still deserve him, as he deserves you.


101 posted on 08/18/2012 7:14:27 PM PDT by TheOldLady
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

Thank you for the ping, dear.


102 posted on 08/18/2012 7:19:22 PM PDT by TheOldLady
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To: ladyrustic

One of the accounts I read said the dog stopped following, but that she was still capable of moving. She was just tired and bloody and wouldn’t go further.

She was found in a hole between rocks. I doubt the original owner stuffed her in there. I also doubt the original owner COULD have found her, although I think he owed her the effort of trying.


103 posted on 08/18/2012 7:30:34 PM PDT by Mr Rogers (Liberalism: "Ex faslo quodlibet" - from falseness, anything follows)
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To: ColdOne

Some value animal rights more than human rights. Amazing...


104 posted on 08/18/2012 7:34:10 PM PDT by LA Woman3
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To: LA Woman3

Nah...some just value responsibility.


105 posted on 08/18/2012 7:40:20 PM PDT by berdie
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To: LA Woman3

Oh, please. No human rights are involved in this story.


106 posted on 08/18/2012 7:46:00 PM PDT by Politicalmom (Liberalism. Ideas so great they have to be mandatory.-FReeper Osage Orange)
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To: Mr Rogers

“I think he owed her the effort of trying.”

Thank you for that part of your post. The rest is...

She was tired and bloody and wouldn’t go any further? Perhaps couldn’t would be a better word.

I doubt, as do you, that the original owner stuffed her in the rocks. She more than likely found her own shelter.

She was immobile when he left her. She was probably in the area. The article says not only were her paws torn up..so were her elbows. She likely crawled to a safer place in the area. He could have found her.


107 posted on 08/18/2012 7:48:56 PM PDT by berdie
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To: rusty schucklefurd

I know NOTHING about mountain climbing or hiking but wouldn’t the name Sawtooth be kind of a clue that it is rough terrain?

I just looked at images of the area and can’t imagine a dog with unprotected paws NOT being injured.


108 posted on 08/18/2012 7:54:23 PM PDT by Mears
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To: berdie

“She was tired and bloody and wouldn’t go any further? Perhaps couldn’t would be a better word.”

I spent enough time in the military to know there is a big difference between what you think you can do and what you CAN do. Same with dogs or horses.

I have no way of knowing for certain what happened on the original hike. I do strongly doubt there is justification for a criminal charge of abuse. That normally requires intentional infliction of injury.


109 posted on 08/18/2012 7:59:32 PM PDT by Mr Rogers (Liberalism: "Ex faslo quodlibet" - from falseness, anything follows)
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To: null and void

Well, geeze...*we’re* already a given...:)


110 posted on 08/18/2012 8:05:14 PM PDT by Salamander (Snakes. It had to be snakes.)
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To: gundog

It is astonishing how many people head up into the mountains without being prepared for bad weather.

As you say, you shouldn’t go up above timberline without being prepared to spend the night in safety. A full-tilt blizzard can blow in any time of the year.


111 posted on 08/18/2012 8:16:55 PM PDT by Sherman Logan
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To: gundog

It is astonishing how many people head up into the mountains without being prepared for bad weather.

As you say, you shouldn’t go up above timberline without being prepared to spend the night in safety. A full-tilt blizzard can blow in any time of the year.


112 posted on 08/18/2012 8:17:17 PM PDT by Sherman Logan
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To: Salamander
Awwwwwww *blush*
113 posted on 08/18/2012 8:21:10 PM PDT by null and void (Day 1307 of our ObamaVacation from reality - Obama, a queer and present danger)
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To: AlmaKing

The stupid bastard got up there himself once, he could’ve done it again.

He made the choice to travel “rough terrain”, the dog did not.
It went where it was taken.
That makes him solely, entirely and irrevocably responsible for what happened to the dog.

He doesn’t deserve to own a pet maggot.

Stop making excuses for the inexcusable.


114 posted on 08/18/2012 8:28:51 PM PDT by Salamander (Snakes. It had to be snakes.)
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To: Mr Rogers

It’s been my experience as a dog/cat/horse owner that they don’t lay down unless they can go no further. Their pain tolerance level far exceeds a humans.

What happened on the original hike really isn’t important, barring the fact that he took the dog in the mountains, was ill prepared to protect the dog, himself or his companion and failed to make an attempt to verify the death/or rescue “his property”. I can’t make a better analogy than someone else on this thread already has, he didn’t throw down his i-phone and walk away. What he left was a living, breathing creature.

Criminal charges? I’m divided on that. I would like to slap criminal charges on the cretins that dump their pets in the country and assume they will survive. That being said...he wants “his” dog back. Sorry, Charlie you left “your dog” on the mountain.


115 posted on 08/18/2012 8:29:28 PM PDT by berdie
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To: TheOldLady

I could never be the person he thinks I am.

I consider him living proof of God’s undeserved, infinite mercy and generosity and am grateful for it.


116 posted on 08/18/2012 8:38:10 PM PDT by Salamander (Snakes. It had to be snakes.)
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To: Sherman Logan

I didn’t go up dad’s mountain without a gun, cell phone, coat and water and it’s only a 4 mile ‘loop road’.

Stuff happens and 2 miles could seem like 2000.


117 posted on 08/18/2012 8:41:54 PM PDT by Salamander (Snakes. It had to be snakes.)
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To: Mears

That’s why stuff like *these* have been available for at least my entire lifetime.

http://www.gundogsupply.com/dog-boots.html

[they even advertised hunting dog boots in Western Horseman magazine]

I have 4 pairs of MuttLuks that I’ll probably never need but have had for a long time, just in case.

[oh, wait...*I* care about my dogs...never mind]


118 posted on 08/18/2012 8:47:34 PM PDT by Salamander (Snakes. It had to be snakes.)
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To: TheOldLady
I'm a certified dog person; have had one (or more) at any given time, my entire life.

The mere thought of anyone abusing or neglecting one of these beautiful, peerlessly loyal companions is enough to put me in a black, murderous rage. That anyone might genuinely consider defending same --

... well. I was halfway convinced I might need you nearby, to hose me down. ;)

119 posted on 08/18/2012 8:58:35 PM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle ("If you're not fiscally AND socially conservative, you're not conservative!" - Jim Robinson, 9-1-10)
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

Alma [is she related to the guy or something?] has “suddenly” discovered the “real, heart-breaking truth”:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2920219/posts?page=5

He does nothing useful for the dog while it’s stranded but has lots of time and energy to post this “Jimmy Swaggart/I Have Sinned” screed?

*Somebody* knows he’s universally despised now and is busy trying to shovel his way out.


120 posted on 08/18/2012 9:17:38 PM PDT by Salamander (Snakes. It had to be snakes.)
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