re: Dogs seized outside Gonzales home as freezing weather moves in; owner booked for animal cr

So I can keep chickens cooped up in a cage they can barely move in outside, but you can’t do the same for your dog

frick peoples “feelings”.

Right. That’s providing appropriate shelter in colder temperatures. They almost certainly had access to food and water too.

The dogs in the OP? Had no access to appropriate shelter in those temperatures because they were short-leash/chained in an open area. That’s abuse.

Pigs make fantastic pets. They are just as smart and have just as much “companionship” as dogs

I can get my pig then slaughter it and eat it for breakfast. What’s the difference? Oh yeh, “feelings”

Everyday on the OT

“Men aren’t men anymore. frick the pussification of America”

Also Ot hardasses

“Little fluffy sleeps in my bed and I feed her warm biscuits every morning because she is my little human fur baby”

Yeh guys, y’all really are trying to be like the real men back in the day

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That's a different arrest

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Same arrest - Frank Bell, Jr.

Weather is a variable that animal control considers though. When it’s X degrees (hot or cold), there’s a reasonable expectation that the animal should be able to shelter. If it’s 60 degrees out, the only variables that come into play are the access to food/water and length of the chain.

What kind of person does...



Oh. Makes sense now.

I'd have held him at gunpoint if I'd have seen the dude beating a dog relentlessly. I'm not very neighborly when it comes to asshats.

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the only variables that come into play are the access to food/water and length of the chain.

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Look, I agree that the short chain is an issue, not the being outside part. However, couldn't the animal control take a moment to educate the owner instead of bringing him right to jail. I don't know if I've ever seen any kind of regulation on how much leash was required for an outside dog. Kiran's post says the dogs were malnourished, but pics said otherwise. Also, the neighbor says that he beat his dogs. Did they provide video evidence, or was it just one person's word against another? Some people define abuse to animals very differently, and spanking a dog for attacking another dog or growling at a kid is different than kicking and busting a 2x4 over it's head. I just think they could have handled the situation differently.

Idk if this local situation was cruelty or not, but when i was a kid we lived in the midwest. Temps would get 40 below. My dad had a large terrier breed that never came in the house. He had a doghouse that was built so that when he was inside it he stayed warm from his own body heat. They can be warm outside if the owner isn’t a dumbass.