gyro_jumper's Blog

I just watched the story about the lady who was walking her dog in Portage county and it ended up getting killed in an illegal animal trap.
First of all- why on earth did she take her dog off the leash? Doesn't Ohio have a leash law? Using illegal traps is wrong! I am in no way saying it is right, but it is the pet owner's job to be responsible for their animal.
You realy hit on a sore spot with this story.
In March of this year I was woke up at 6:00 am by my neighbor telling me his dog got loose and killed my pet goat. I was devastated!! It turns out my goat wasn't dead, but when the vet finaly got here my goat was barely breathing and it was a miracle he was still alive. My goats are in an enclosed, 5 ft. high fence. This dog got into the pen somehow and thrashed my goat around like a rag doll, and killed 5 of my chickens. My goat slept on my front porch for a month while I had to give him pain killers and antibiotics four times a day. He couldn't walk, he would fall flat on his face. I had to flush out deep puncture wounds in his neck to prevent infection. He went through hell because of irresponsible pet owners. Alot of people may not understand, and say it's JUST a goat. My goat means as much to me as city people's dogs. My goat is forever disabled by that attack. Loose dogs are a danger!! To people, property, and livestock. If you love your dogs- keep them on a leash!!!!! I have dogs too, so it's not like I am an animal hater, quite the opposite. I love animals.
I feel very bad for this lady loosing her pet.
But I have a question>>>>>>>>>>>
Why did her story make the news and when I contacted channel 8 about my story, and the problem with loose dogs in Portage county I was ignored??!!
I hope they catch the person who set the trap, but I also hope people learn to keep their dogs on leashes.
Just needed to vent.