A Pomeranian is reportedly tied outside to its doghouse on Brookville Road in Alexander and has no water, which is a dangerous condition in this hot weather -- 82 degrees wth a heat index of 87. An officer will be responding to check on its welfare.
UPDATE 11:09 a.m.: An animal control officer reports the dog is not outside at this time and it does have water.
ONE MORE TIME FOR THE
ONE MORE TIME FOR THE MONEY!
MIND YOUR OWN GD BUSINESS PEOPLE.
YOU HAVE NO IDEA IF THE DOG HAS BEEN There 5 min or 5 hours.
Im pretty tired of our police having to respond to HOT DOG situations. There is much better things they could be doing.
Did you trespass to see if the dog had water in its house? Behind it? Did you stop and talk to the owner? Maybe knock on the door to see if anyone was home.
NO YOU DIDNT, you drove or walked by, and with your limited knowledge and brainpower, you decided that you should call the police? wtf is wrong with you?
Now the police are at someones house, looking in their yard, making them look like a criminal or a suspect to their neighbors.
You know who is responsible for the dog? Its owner. Who is going to face charges if the dog dies of heat stroke, the owner, who is going to have to explain to the kids why the dog died? the owner. STOP TRYING TO FORCE PEOPLE INTO BEING SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE BY USING THE POLICE AS YOUR OWN PERSONAL SNOOPER.
Chistopher, you don't think
Chistopher, you don't think that animal cruelty is not something our police department should be looking into? Regardless if the animal has been outside for 5 minutes or 5 hours, the dog should have water. There are rules, regulations and laws that must be followed. Failure to provide proper sustenance, such as water, breaks the law (see http://www.agriculture.ny.gov/AI/AILaws/Article-26.pdf - section 353).
I don't think that in this case there should be any legal action taken, but just a quick check on the animal and bringing it to the attention of the owners can't hurt.
Yes, maybe the complainant could have very well stopped and talked to the owner. If it were me, I probably would not have done so, in fear of my safety. You don't know who you are going to encounter by walking up to a person whom you do not know and having this type of conversation. I would've called Animal Control, as well... I have done so in the past and will do so in the future.
If you don't like hearing or reading about it, turn your head to it. It is what the police department does, whether it wastes money or not. There are plenty of other things that waste more money than this 5-minute check on a dog. Why not choose something else more worthy of a rant than this.
Just my two cents... do what you will with it.
Nice post Elizabeth, I agree
Nice post Elizabeth, I agree with you. It's a good thing most people don't think like Christopher!
To be honest Christopher
To be honest Christopher Putnam your opinion on how to handle these dog calls is just that, an opinion. Opinions aren't facts, they aren't lies either they aren't right or wrong they just are.
That being said let me air my opinion, there are animal cruelty laws, the police's job is to enforce the law. Your opinion of minding ones own business and not bothering the police is what allows crime to creep into neighborhoods and towns. If people watched out for one another and called police when something suspicious is going on, it would be the criminals that were fearful. Not neighbors or other citizens. Its a sign of a decent person to be concerned with animals, people's property and our neighbors welfare.
As for what better things the police have to do, you and I don't decide what an officer's priorities are that's for their immediate supervisors, the Chief of Police and the City to tell them. I can tell by the content of your comments that you barely have a concept of what the "police's" job is in the community.
It's people who apply your opinion about "dog calls" to the rest of life that have led to the state the govt is in as well as the deterioration of our neighborhoods. The MYOB lifestyle and not getting involved leads to a desolate and crappy environment in a neighborhood and is pretty sad to see.
I will call on any dog I see locked in a car, or person crawling through a window in a home I know he doesn't live in, and so on, do you know why? 1) Its the right thing to do, 2) Its what I would want someone to do for me. (Yes if I left my pet outside and forgot to put water out I would accept police intervention if it meant my pet survived my mistake, as we are all human and make them) 3) Because it aggravates people like you who are of the mindset that minding your own business is an acceptable excuse to ignore others and indulge in selfishness to the point that others could get hurt or die.
UH OH..HOTDOG!
UH OH..HOTDOG!
[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqAPAcyAku4]
That's a fun, silly clip,
That's a fun, silly clip, Doug, but leaving real dogs outside today without water is not amusing.
I too would much rather
I too would much rather "error" on the side of caution, than to hurt my dogs, snoopers welcome.
What a surprise! UPDATE: The
What a surprise! UPDATE: The dog had water. The owner was attentive to his animals needs.
SO this is how this went down.
Someone driving past, with a maybe 15 second view of the dog and its immediate surroundings, decided that they didnt see a water bowl, and that they were going to be an "i know better what you should be doing than you do hero"
Instead of making another pass in the car to get more info, or maybe stopping on the shoulder for a min to see if the animal was in obvious distress, you call the police?
Why didnt you stop on the shoulder and pretend to take a cell call? Oh wait, because you are smart enough of a hero to call the cops, but dont have enough forethought to work out that you can EASILY tell if an animal is in distress by observing it for maybe 2 min.
I would suggest again that you mind your business and trust that people tend to do the right thing if given half a chance.
Seems to me there are two types of people, ones like me, who expect, and hope, that others were raised to be responsible and moral. And ones like the caller, who see every situation in the light that others are immoral and irresponsible, and its their job to watch and make sure that you act how they would.
Turns out the caller was wrong, the owner of this dog was responsible, but the caller has lost hope in his fellow humans, he feels it his job to make sure! TO MAKE DAMN SURE that a dog that aint his, has water.
So yeah. i see a dog tied outside, and i think, wow pretty dog, i bet he loves being outside, hope he has some water and some squirrels to watch.
short form: I believe in others. Half Full. Shepard.
The caller see's a dog tied out, and thinks, OMG it so hot outside, i better check if it has water, i dont think it does, other people are irresponsible, let me call the police to make sure they are staying in line.
short form: You do not believe in others. Half empty. Sheeple.
Keep baaaaaaaaing!
Glass half full/empty
Glass half full/empty Christopher. Justify it any way want it still is just more of the myob or snitches get stitches mentality that makes our society so apathetic.
better to be sure than
better to be sure than not...too many ignorant people just dont get it. I would have been concerned too as its happening all over. In buffalo a few days a dog passed away because it could not tolerate the heat. Glad the owner is a good parent. If I was the owner and someone was concerned for my dog I would thank them for that concern. On the other hand, there are those that took their "kids" to the park on those hot days and you can easily see the dog was in distress...makes me wonder why they even have a pet...
kudos to the caller...animal
kudos to the caller...animal control is a paid position for reasons like this