But Torren did not learn for 12 days that the dog had been brought to the pound and she spent nearly every one of those days knocking on doors and making phone calls in search of her beloved pet.

Why the hell would you do this??? A quick petfinder search shows about 50 Yorki or Yorki mixes in the area. Give your friend a dog that doesn't already have a person who loves her!!

Torren has decided not to press charges against Bousquet.

Why the hell not?

It sure sounds like there is a whole lot more to this story that isn't seeing the light of day.

Police officers (or girlfriends thereof) receiving stolen property at the very least...

Wow, this is all kinds of farked up. I'd be extremely pissed if someone stole my cat. I can only imagine how much worse it would be if it was the farking ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER who did it!

Gamer Grrrl: Wow, this is all kinds of farked up. I'd be extremely pissed if someone stole my cat. I can only imagine how much worse it would be if it was the farking ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER who did it!

I'd feel kinda sorry for the poor bastard who tried to steal my cats. think 'facehugger' only with a lot more fur and claws.

In the end, she said, Bousquet got what she deserved. Last Friday, after about seven years as an animal control officer for Stoughton, she was fired by the town manager.

And nothing about the town cop? Typical.

what_now: But Torren did not learn for 12 days that the dog had been brought to the pound and she spent nearly every one of those days knocking on doors and making phone calls in search of her beloved pet.

Why the hell would you do this??? A quick petfinder search shows about 50 Yorki or Yorki mixes in the area. Give your friend a dog that doesn't already have a person who loves her!!

My question is:

How the hell do you search for 12 days without ever once calling the local pound? My beloved dog was let out of our yard by vindictive neighbors. They took his collar off and just let him loose.

The very first thing I did was call every single shelter in the entire Baltimore area including the city pound as well as the dozen or so other non-profit locations scattered about. I also called the surrounding county shelters even though he would have had to travel a few miles to get that far (I assumed somoene might have picked him up and taken him home only to take him to THEIR local shelter in the adjacent county).

We found him no more than 24 hours after he was let loose. He was gone Sunday afternoon/evening and I took off of work half-way through Monday to go pick him up after a round of lunchtime calls to local shelters.

I mean seriously... how do you not once think to call animal control?

Ups, I'm a tard... did not rtfa and it shows:

She called the Stoughton pound many times, but was told they did not have her dog.


I'd sue that animal control officer... too bad most places don't allow you to collect more than the value of the dog (e.g. a few hundred bucks), since it's viewed as property.

Talon: How the hell do you search for 12 days without ever once calling the local pound? My beloved dog was let out of our yard by vindictive neighbors. They took his collar off and just let him loose.

I hope you went next door and beat the ever-loving shiat out of those people.

Talon: My beloved dog was let out of our yard by vindictive neighbors. They took his collar off and just let him loose.

When I was a little girl, some local boys let my pony out of her corral, and started messing with her. She kicked one of them, and the little asshat's parents tried to sue.

tnpir: Talon: How the hell do you search for 12 days without ever once calling the local pound? My beloved dog was let out of our yard by vindictive neighbors. They took his collar off and just let him loose.

I hope you went next door and beat the ever-loving shiat out of those people.

THIS.

I Said: Why the hell not?

Dog as property isn't worth much. Depending on the law the value may not even rise to a felony theft. The control officer was fired from her job and the owner probably considers that to be enough justice.

My folks were moving back to Toronto from a small town. While they were packing, they asked a neighbour to look after their small dog. When the time came to get the dog, it had "run away"

Two weeks of posters, calls to the police and a radio ad finally revealed the truth.

It seems that the neighbour took it upon herself to "save" the dog from living in a big city.

We pressed charges... the stupid c*nt

what_now: When I was a little girl, some local boys let my pony out of her corral, and started messing with her. She kicked one of them, and the little asshat's parents tried to sue.

I was going to feel bad for you, but then I realized you were a rich little girl with a pony. I will now have to tag you Veruca Salt.

/kidding

what_now: Talon: My beloved dog was let out of our yard by vindictive neighbors. They took his collar off and just let him loose.

When I was a little girl, some local boys let my pony out of her corral, and started messing with her. She kicked one of them, and the little asshat's parents tried to sue.

wait - you were a cute little moppet with her own pony?

well aren't YOU just gonna rack up the cool points with the farkette contingent....

EvilEgg: what_now: When I was a little girl, some local boys let my pony out of her corral, and started messing with her. She kicked one of them, and the little asshat's parents tried to sue.

I was going to feel bad for you, but then I realized you were a rich little girl with a pony. I will now have to tag you Veruca Salt.

/kidding

42 seconds. dammit!

EvilEgg: Veruca Salt

Veruca Salt?

what_now: When I was a little girl, some local boys let my pony out of her corral, and started messing with her. She kicked one of them, and the little asshat's parents tried to sue.

When my daughter was two, she called a penis a "pony" so I'm laughing my head off right now.

EvilEgg: but then I realized you were a rich little girl with a pony

HAHAHAAHHAHA**gasp** HAHAHAH

We adopted the pony from the ASPCA. I lived in NH, on 14 acres of scrub land under power lines (which gave me cancer) and a defunct granite quarry. There was another 50 acres of woods that didn't belong to me, but I could putter around in. We fed her by letting her loose on the lawn.

My brother's built the paddock and we had an old tractor trailer as her shelter. I come from a long line of WT.

Weaver95: well aren't YOU just gonna rack up the cool points with the farkette contingent....

Well...yeah.

what_now: Weaver95: well aren't YOU just gonna rack up the cool points with the farkette contingent....

Well...yeah.

Oh c'mon - you HAD to know what the response would be when you posted that.

Weaver95: Oh c'mon - you HAD to know what the response would be when you posted that.

*shrugs* I've talked about my pony before. It's a pet thread. I've only had two of them in my life.

But it is funny when people assume that because I had a pony I was wealthy. The complete opposite, really.

what_now: But it is funny when people assume that because I had a pony I was wealthy. The complete opposite, really.

I don't buy it - you've been here long enough to know better.

what_now: Talon: My beloved dog was let out of our yard by vindictive neighbors. They took his collar off and just let him loose.

When I was a little girl, some local boys let my pony out of her corral, and started messing with her. She kicked one of them, and the little asshat's parents tried to sue.

What her little pony might look like.

OlafTheBent: When my daughter was two, she called a penis a "pony" so I'm laughing my head off right now.

what_now: *shrugs* I've talked about my pony before.

Weaver95: what_now: But it is funny when people assume that because I had a pony I was wealthy. The complete opposite, really.

I don't buy it - you've been here long enough to know better.

Yeah, I've also been here long enough not to care ;)

jehovahs witness protection:

What her little pony might look like.

I had a bunch of those!! I actually found them a year ago and gave them all to my niece.

jehovahs witness protection: What her little pony might look like.

Porn Star or My Little Pony?

tnpir: Talon: How the hell do you search for 12 days without ever once calling the local pound? My beloved dog was let out of our yard by vindictive neighbors. They took his collar off and just let him loose.

I hope you went next door and beat the ever-loving shiat out of those people.

Nah. I'm a short girl. I wasn't about to take on a house full of grown men. Instead my father ended up calling immigration services on them. One morning they had a truck with an open trailer on the back unloading everything in the house in an awfully big hurry and I never heard from or saw any of them again. I'm conflicted about it, though, because they're people and a dog is a dog... but all the same I can't say I really care about people who would do that to a family pet. I'm just glad I don't live there anymore.

DarthBrooks: In the end, she said, Bousquet got what she deserved. Last Friday, after about seven years as an animal control officer for Stoughton, she was fired by the town manager.

And nothing about the town cop? Typical.

The article says the town cop didn't know the dog had been dognapped.

pudding7: The article says the town cop didn't know the dog had been dognapped.

Receiving stolen goods is a crime whether or not you knew they were stolen.

/I have a GED in law, so you know I must be right
//Actually it's only a Certificate of Completion

EvilEgg: Receiving stolen goods is a crime whether or not you knew they were stolen.

/I have a GED in law, so you know I must be right
//Actually it's only a Certificate of Completion

The town cop didn't receive the dog, his GF did.

Talon: tnpir: Talon: How the hell do you search for 12 days without ever once calling the local pound? My beloved dog was let out of our yard by vindictive neighbors. They took his collar off and just let him loose.

I hope you went next door and beat the ever-loving shiat out of those people.

Nah. I'm a short girl. I wasn't about to take on a house full of grown men. Instead my father ended up calling immigration services on them. One morning they had a truck with an open trailer on the back unloading everything in the house in an awfully big hurry and I never heard from or saw any of them again. I'm conflicted about it, though, because they're people and a dog is a dog... but all the same I can't say I really care about people who would do that to a family pet. I'm just glad I don't live there anymore.

Yeah but they're stupid people. Those aren't worth as much as the smart ones.

Animal control, or whatever they call them in your area are likely pretty shady too. They won't ever see another penny from me that's for sure.

EvilEgg: pudding7: The article says the town cop didn't know the dog had been dognapped.

Receiving stolen goods is a crime whether or not you knew they were stolen.

/I have a GED in law, so you know I must be right
//Actually it's only a Certificate of Completion

Only if you can be shown to have reasonably expected the property to be stolen.

a) Item off of the rack in an established retail outlet. No problem even if the stock was "liberated" from it previous proper owner.

b) Super deal out the back of a white van. More of a problem.

That's what you get for not training your dog.

Mine will come to an open doorway but will not come out unless I give her the ok.

JohnnyShotMe: Talon: tnpir: Talon: How the hell do you search for 12 days without ever once calling the local pound? My beloved dog was let out of our yard by vindictive neighbors. They took his collar off and just let him loose.

I hope you went next door and beat the ever-loving shiat out of those people.

Nah. I'm a short girl. I wasn't about to take on a house full of grown men. Instead my father ended up calling immigration services on them. One morning they had a truck with an open trailer on the back unloading everything in the house in an awfully big hurry and I never heard from or saw any of them again. I'm conflicted about it, though, because they're people and a dog is a dog... but all the same I can't say I really care about people who would do that to a family pet. I'm just glad I don't live there anymore.

Yeah but they're stupid people. Those aren't worth as much as the smart ones.


That's generally true when comparing bank accounts.

Talon: I'm conflicted about it, though, because they're people and a dog is a dog... but all the same I can't say I really care about people who would do that to a family pet. I'm just glad I don't live there anymore.

Que? They were quite likely illegal aliens and on top of that, they had no problem letting your dog loose and quite likely trespassing at the same time. I think they got off easy considering the circumstances.

FFS, get over yourself, stupid pet owner.

what_now: I lived in NH, on 14 acres of scrub land under power lines (which gave me cancer)

No they didn't.

Talon: tnpir: Talon: How the hell do you search for 12 days without ever once calling the local pound? My beloved dog was let out of our yard by vindictive neighbors. They took his collar off and just let him loose.

I hope you went next door and beat the ever-loving shiat out of those people.

Nah. I'm a short girl. I wasn't about to take on a house full of grown men. Instead my father ended up calling immigration services on them. One morning they had a truck with an open trailer on the back unloading everything in the house in an awfully big hurry and I never heard from or saw any of them again. I'm conflicted about it, though, because they're people and a dog is a dog... but all the same I can't say I really care about people who would do that to a family pet. I'm just glad I don't live there anymore.

If they did something like that they aren't what I would call "people."

Kind of like the jackass from this article.

Sun Worshiping Dog Launcher: Talon: I'm conflicted about it, though, because they're people and a dog is a dog... but all the same I can't say I really care about people who would do that to a family pet. I'm just glad I don't live there anymore.

Que? They were quite likely illegal aliens and on top of that, they had no problem letting your dog loose and quite likely trespassing at the same time. I think they got off easy considering the circumstances.

Yeah, but you launch dogs while worshiping the sun. Your argument is invalid.

Talon:
How the hell do you search for 12 days without ever once calling the local pound? My beloved dog was let out of our yard by vindictive neighbors. They took his collar off and just let him loose.

I can relate. My brother let out this twit:

while yard work was being done so he just walked out the open gate without us noticing. It took us maybe an hour to realize he'd gone on walkabout, and then we searched the cul de sac we live on trying to figure out where he'd gone to. When he didn't respond to us calling him, my mom and brother decided to drive to see if they could spot him.
Why he didn't show up? Neighbors across the street and three houses down closed him into their back yard. We were home, they know where we live, but they didn't call us or come ask us to retrieve him. Just closed him into the back yard and left the house. My mom and brother saw him when they drove by, he was plastered to the chainlink and very glad to see them. They never did tell us WTF that was about.

/sometimes neighbors suck
//these same people claimed he belonged to them, nevermind the rabies tags, name tag, and license we put on him

JohnnyShotMe: Talon: tnpir: Talon: How the hell do you search for 12 days without ever once calling the local pound? My beloved dog was let out of our yard by vindictive neighbors. They took his collar off and just let him loose.

I hope you went next door and beat the ever-loving shiat out of those people.

Nah. I'm a short girl. I wasn't about to take on a house full of grown men. Instead my father ended up calling immigration services on them. One morning they had a truck with an open trailer on the back unloading everything in the house in an awfully big hurry and I never heard from or saw any of them again. I'm conflicted about it, though, because they're people and a dog is a dog... but all the same I can't say I really care about people who would do that to a family pet. I'm just glad I don't live there anymore.

Yeah but they're stupid people. Those aren't worth as much as the smart ones.

I believe the ratio is that one smart person is worth fourteen dumb ones. I could be wrong on the international conversion index, though.

tnpir: Talon: My beloved dog was let out of our yard by vindictive neighbors. They took his collar off and just let him loose.

I hope you went next door and beat the ever-loving shiat out of those people.

Or at least took as much of their stuff as you could carry. They set the precedent by indicating that they think it's acceptable to go onto someone's property and take (for all practical purposes) something that belongs to them.

Maybe follow up with a big sign in front of their house that says "Owners are out every day from 8:30am to 6:00pm. No burglar alarm. No guard dog. Valuables are kept mostly on the second floor. Go for it."

/spends a lot of time plotting revenge against morons

This is the sort of thing where you rent a wood chipper, call up a best friend, and go for a little drive way way out into the country.

I would be murderous if somebody took my dog away. She's like my child.

Could be worse. One of my Army buddies swore up and down that his Korean neighbors ate his St. Bernard for a wedding feast.

/cool story bro? That's Racist? One of 'em has to fit...

That woman was making her saga up. If she cared for her dog, she would have pressed charges.

After reading that, I just want to spray her with a water while saying "bad... bad owner."

FTFA: "As for Shai, life is now a party. Torren and her husband celebrated her return last weekend with doggie cookies, a Yorkie stuffed animal sex toy, and an ice cream cake."

Fixed.

Ringshadow: Talon:
How the hell do you search for 12 days without ever once calling the local pound? My beloved dog was let out of our yard by vindictive neighbors. They took his collar off and just let him loose.

I can relate. My brother let out this twit:

while yard work was being done so he just walked out the open gate without us noticing. It took us maybe an hour to realize he'd gone on walkabout, and then we searched the cul de sac we live on trying to figure out where he'd gone to. When he didn't respond to us calling him, my mom and brother decided to drive to see if they could spot him.
Why he didn't show up? Neighbors across the street and three houses down closed him into their back yard. We were home, they know where we live, but they didn't call us or come ask us to retrieve him. Just closed him into the back yard and left the house. My mom and brother saw him when they drove by, he was plastered to the chainlink and very glad to see them. They never did tell us WTF that was about.

/sometimes neighbors suck
//these same people claimed he belonged to them, nevermind the rabies tags, name tag, and license we put on him

You're neighbors should be rolled in feces.

We have a "Wander" named Murph in our neighborhood. He's a roly-poly chocolate lab with teenagers in the house that never close a door, so he takes a couple of walks a week. I first found him the week I moved in, and didn't know who he belonged to, so I grabbed a couple of pieces of cheese and sat on the front step and had a snack with him until I saw someone come calling for him.

Of course now he only wanders to my house, but he's ok in my book. Now I usually put him in my yard with my dog until he gets picked up.

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