[SLB]

Read the reader comments and feel free to post to the article. More to this then what meets the eye (black eye for Ft Knox?)

[SLB]

I would imagine this article was on the desk of the new Ft Knox CG this morning. Wonder what the outcome will be?

[Frantzie]

It sounds like the dog was stolen. She had tags a collar etc. Sickening. They need to give her the dog. Awful.

[MEGoody]

Eventually, post officials cited HIPAA — the same federal law which prevents hospitals from disclosing patient information – as reason behind their unwillingness to shed light on Riley’s whereabouts.

Post officials told The News-Enterprise the same thing: The dog was considered a patient of the pound, and that details about it and its adopted owners were not subject to open records laws.

This is one of the most ridiculous things I've ever heard.

[Lion Den Dan]

I bet some LTC or full bird has the dog.

[mom4melody]

HIPPA rules????

For a stray dog?

Give me a freaking break Someone saw the dog, took it, released it on base, and either they adopted it or someone they knew did.

The owners need to sue the fullest bird on base until they get their dog back.

[Gondring]

I must say that the current possessors of the dog sound dispicable.

Unless there's more than meets the eye, it seems like this dog should go back.

[sodpoodle]

This looks like a deliberate dognapping. Someone put in an order for a weimaraner and got one.

Dog stolen June 15th and sold June 26th.

That was so down & dirty - everyone should be investigated for grand larceny. Those dogs are expensive.

http://www.puppyfind.com/weimaraner.php

[cquiggy]

No matter how the dog came to be in possession of the military family it is still property of the original owner. This now becomes an issue of honesty and character. I certainly wouldn’t want to drop my wallet on Fort Knox. Two phone numbers are available to express your thoughts with Fort Knox personnel. They are 502-613-3164 and 502-624-2749
Please take the time to call them and ask why stolen property should not be returned. What Fort Knox officials decide to do will surely say a lot about the state of today’s military.

[tacticalogic]

I had some neighbors that had a weimeraner, or I think more properly, it had them. It actually belonged to some people who lived about a quarter mile down the road. My neighbor had a young daughter (adopted) and this dog would come to their yard and play with that little girl. Every day. When she started school, it soon learned to come to the bus stop every morning, and meet the bus in the afternoon every day.

Then the people that owned the dog moved (about 15 miles away). They took the dog with them. Two days later the dog was back. They came and picked it up, took it home and penned it up. As soon as it got a chance it got loose and came back. They gave up and let the dog stay where it wanted.

[M1928A1 Thompson]

The pound on post is run by the Veterinairan, so it does come under the MEDDAC, Still using HIPPA as a dodge is a real stretch. I wonder which JAG came up with that one?

But since the post is now commanded by the ultimate in staff weenies, U.S. Army Accessions Command, I don't hold much hope for an honorable solution. But the Army did pull a similar stunt with a 1904 Maxim gun stolen from a New Jersey VFW. When it turned up years later in the museum at West Point, the Army refused to return it. Look up Wheaton v. Caldera. The ATF testified that the NFTR was never intended to reunite stolen property to the owner.