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.