Dog is quoted as saying: "Two minutes alone with that cowardly, disloyal @#$%. That's all. Just. Two. Minutes."
But criminal charges are ridiculous.
Dog is quoted as saying: "Two minutes alone with that cowardly, disloyal @#$%. That's all. Just. Two. Minutes."
Finders-Keepers. Of course the rescuers should keep the ABANDONED dog. Jerk could have gone back for her if he’d cared enough. Rescuers did all the hard work.
Else they should charge him Search and Rescue charges that are appropriate to the amount of work they did, and not release the dog until fully paid.
Good.
Criminal charges are ridiculous. It isn’t like he abandoned the dog in his back yard. If you go out into rough country, you can find yourself in danger of dying. If a storm was moving in, and he didn’t have the equipment to take the dog out...abandon the dog.
Most of those saying otherwise have never been in the position of needing to worry about losing their life.
A real man with love in his heart would have found a way to get his injured dog down that mountain.
Thank goodness for the Angels who came across him and saved his life!
NO one in my FAMILY gets left behind!! My old Jack weighs in at 132 and I wold have found a way to get him out. That old boy loves me and trusts me and I will not betray that trust.
If I could not do it by myself, I would have got down that mountain and rounded up every able bodied dog lover in Hayfork to help me; and there would have been plenty of volunteers.
As for bringing charges against the sunofabitch that left the dog; no, no charges, just a rope and a tree limb.
God will make plenty more lazy, selfish SOBs in this world but God only makes so many loyal companions.
I am confused about the accusation. Did he tie the dog up so he couldn’t follow? Or hide from him and ditch in some way?
If not, I don’t understand how he “abandoned” him. The dog could follow, and chose not to, right? Was he supposed to catch and carry the dog?
I hardly know where to start for this one...
The dog owner felt responsible for a younger hiker, yet took along another helpless being. He brought no gear for that helpless creature, apparently neither food and water containers, nor booties to protect her feet.
OK, so it’s time to get the younger hiker down from the mountain and he doubts his ability to take the wounded dog down too. So why not return the next day with gear to do that?
The unfeeling jerk left her to die a painful death. With that kind of stewardship, he is not to expect Missy’s return.
Far as criminal charges, I do think the callous bugger can use the lesson, but the right thing is to ensure he repays every penny he’s cost to recover Missy’s health. Fines and fees to the “justice system” don’t make it right.
If the Washburns or any other of the mntn rescue group want to give her a home, they’ve paid already with their sweat and time, and she can’t have found a better home.
“”He [Ortolani] made no initial attempt. After three days, he thought the dog was deceased so he made no attempts to reclaim the dog,” Page said.”
I would walk into Hell to save my dogs.
Literally.
Even if I knew they were dead, I’d still go back for their body.
No dog left behind.
GSDs are one of the few breed of dogs who know when they are being abandoned.
Some value animal rights more than human rights. Amazing...