Owner should have kept dog penned or chained
First, I would like to say I am sorry that the dog was killed. I have a cat I love and treat as a member of my family. I am an animal lover who doesn’t like to see any animal hurt or killed.
I wonder though if you think about other people’s feelings who live in that area when your dogs and all the other animals leave messes in our yards. If I am not mistaken, there is a leash law stating animals need to be penned, leashed, or tied up. I would never let any of my animals run free where they could be poisoned, hit by a car, or stolen by someone.
You and many others may think keeping your animals penned or chained up is cruel, but isn’t it crueler to let them run loose taking the chance they might have something bad happen to them and not come back home to you? I believe if you love your animals so much, you would not let them run free where they can get harmed.
There are probably many other people like myself who have had to deal with newspapers missing or chewed up, garbage bags or other property shredded all over their yards, flower beds and gardens dug up, or walking across our yard only to step in the surprise these animals have left behind. There were even times when my child and I were chased, growled at, and almost bitten while just trying to walk down the street.
I lived in the area for 1-1/2 years and had to personally deal with each of these situations. Even though I don’t live in that area any more, I still have some of the same things happen by the animals that run free where I am now. I am not saying someone didn’t intentionally leave antifreeze out for your dog to drink, but have you thought that just maybe your dog drank the antifreeze from a container someone had stored on their porch, in their garage, or near a vehicle they were still working on?
I hope you and others who let their animals run free will consider your own plea, “Please, please, think before you act.” Maybe everyone should think about what could happen to their pets before letting them run free. People are a major contributor to what happens to their pets as well as those that do harm to them.
Jane Cammack
High Street
McMinnville