Posted on 02/18/2022 9:21:12 PM PST by nickcarraway
An Albuquerque family is heartbroken after they say their dog was shot and killed in their own backyard on Valentine’s Day.
"They stole much more than our pet they stole our friend, our companion, our loved one. Our sense of security," said Rosa Padilla, the dog’s owner. "His favorite food was pizza. Loved pizza and rice crispy treats."
She and her two young daughters loved their dog Chance more than anything.
"He loved to jump on the trampoline," Padilla said.
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They had just gotten to their home after spending the day away. Her daughter, 8-year-old Sophia, called for Chance and their other dog Halo to come inside.
"I told my daughter to call in the dogs for the night because it was getting late and it was getting cold and only one came in," Padilla said.
Halo came in covered in blood. Sophia then walked outside to see where Chance was. She noticed a trail of blood in the backyard – following that trail, she found him not moving in the corner of the yard.
"He had already passed. There was blood everywhere," Padilla said. It wasn’t until the next day when they realized just how sinister the situation was.
"We found what was a gunshot wound between the shoulder blades," Padilla said.
Chance was shot dead. When they looked at their back yard gate, they noticed it was ajar and they found a tool in their driveway, believing someone tried to get inside and killed Chance while doing so.
“Just the traumatic event of finding him that way and your eight and nine year old kids witness such a tragic event at that age," Padilla said, adding that she and her family have only lived in their home for six months and now want to move.
They said police arrived but told them there was nothing they could do without a witness or video of what happened.
"I just hope that justice could be served for Chance," Padilla said. "He didn't deserve that, no animal deserves that."
Now Padilla and her girls just want whoever did this to be caught.
"We just want to tell everyone who has fur babies just to hold them tight. Love them, tell them you love them. Get them a treat because you never know if that's going to be the last day you see them. That you can hold them and hug them."
KOB 4 reached out to the Albuquerque Police Department. A spokesperson says if anyone has any information on this case to give them a call.
I’d say that family needs to arm up if they haven’t already done so as well as take other security measures for their house and property. And not waste time before doing so.
Probably a good idea to keep pets inside when you’re away from home, too.
Yeah, what’s up with that?
I mean, leaving the dogs out while you’re away all day?
Unless you have a real kennel all set up right, that isn’t nice OR smart.
Well, I don’t know what kind of neighborhood they lived in. I wouldn’t leave my dogs out here, if I were going away all day.
Albuquerque. Someone needed drug money, planned to steal a few things and a dog got in the way. Drugs, like cocaine and crack, make people do really bad things.
ATF?
Somebody is planning on robbing, or something, that house. They need to hire security.
No one in my family would ever think of that. At the very least, they could be stolen.
Albuquerque has turned into a real $hithole over the years.
Wrong. The animal who shot him deserves that.
Dog probably barked 24/7, except when he was being fed pizza and rice crispy treats after being left outside for days on end. I bet some neighbor snapped.
... and I love dogs and cats and all of God’s four-legged creatures
I can think of a few animals who deserve just that. But they're all of the two-legged variety.
I don’t what makes more noise in my ‘hood the tree service wood chippers or dogs left outside all day.
There was a period in this neighborhood where people would leave their dogs out 24/7 but a concerted effort of phone calls to police and animal control put a stop to that that... everything is pretty much in by 10pm now.
I have a theory... if a young couple with children buy their first house in a neighborhood, some dog gets purchased and stuck in the backyard and lacks attention and training, never walked... for the rest of its life. But they got’em their dog, and mom gets the duty while the children graze, and zone out gaming.
It’s ridiculous.
A pitty.
I read the article twice, and no mention of the type of dog. No mention of the history of the dog. Sorry, can’t get too worked up over this when people leave their dogs outside, potentially to roam and injure other people. Without knowing more, I doubt this was fluffy. I will assume until someone can prove otherwise that someone did a community service by killing the dog.
The article at a picture of a little girl hugging her Pitbull.
Agreed! Prolly barking off and on all while the owners are gone. If so, it ruins quiet enjoyment of property for anyone in earshot. We have “new” naybors who brought in a barking pit. But two houses away from me with interspersed trees, so not too bad, but...owners...
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