Bob Loves the Newspaper

Recently Bob tried to share this article with me from the Clermont Sun. They got the story from the Brown County Press. He could barely get through the reading as we were both laughing so hard. Now if you have a tender doggie spot, you might not want to read this. But once again, truth is stranger than fiction!

"According to Brown County Municipal Court, two warrants were printed for Georgetown resident Harvey Carter on Monday, April 22. One warrant was for animal cruelty, a first degree misdemeanor and the other warrant was for discharging a fire arm, a fourth degree misdemeanor.

Krista Kiskaden, operations manager at the Brown County Animal Shelter, said that Carter's dog was reported to them as being aggressive. "We received a complaint call a few days ago that there had been a dog that attacked another dog in the county," Kiskaden explained. "After our investigation, the owner of the attacker dog voluntarily agreed to have his dog euthanized to prevent it from ever happening again. Keep in mind that his dog was very people friendly and obviously loved his owner."

Kiskaden said that the very next day after the incident, the shelter received another call about a dog running at large with a current tag on. "The caller told me that the dog was great and was playing with her children," Kiskaden continued. The warden went out to pick up the dog and left a notice at the owner's home that the dog was at the shelter.

"The warden recognized the dog right away as the one that had attacked another dog the day before, the same dog that was supposed to have been humanely euthanized. When the owner arrived at the shelter to redeem his dog, that dog was just so happy to see his owner. But we reminded the man that even though he got along well with people and children, he was a danger to other dogs. We asked him to take the dog to be put to sleep."

Kiskaden said that following the incident, on April 15, the Mt. Orab Police were called out to a location where gun shots had been fired within the village limits. "The owner of that dog had tied him to a fence and shot him three times, " Kiskaden said. "Somehow the dog managed to break loose from his collar and run to a neighbor's porch. When the police officers arrived, the patrolman opened the back door of his cruiser and the dog jumped inside. This is such a sad thing to happen," said Kiskaden. "That dog loved and trusted his owner, just to have this happen to him. And the worse part is, all this happened so the man could save the fee of having a vet humanely and painlessly euthanize his dog."

The report did not say if the dog was injured by it's owner. We just saw comedy in the determination of the dog.. and of course, stupidity in the man's actions.