The Murder Of My Dog - Part 2 Options

[Cold&Lonely]

Please refer to "The Murder Of My Dog - Part 1"

I have once already lost a dear friend through tragic circumstances.

I live with my father now.

I had a boyfriend who had a dog called Leo... But he didn't look after him very well so I decided to adopt him. But it was more a case of Leo adopting me... He was such an excitable dog. He would jump up on me every time he saw me, happy to see me.

When i first got him I cleaned him up. De-ticked him, bathed him, combed him... Not that it helped, he loved to go roll in the dirt

I had a new boyfriend who worked at a service station down the road... Leo would walk down there during the day and hang out with him, he'd often sneak in the back door and lay INSIDE the shop in the air-conditioning. My boyfriend would sometimes give him a bit of ice cream that had melted.

That dog brought me to life when I was going through a hard time (I am still mourning the loss of my first pet)

Everyone knew him and loved him...

The night before he died i gave him a bath and he slept next to my bed.

I woke up the next morning to my step mum saying to my dad "Phil, come here... there's something wrong with Leo" I knew something was wrong immediately and got out of bed. Leo was in the laundry (He'd spent the morning laying down in the shower recess) his back legs had become paralyzed and he couldn't get up... At first we thought he had been bitten by a snake... But there was no sign of a bite, and he hadn't been outside all morning.

We rang the vet who was luckily in town at the time (we live in a very small country town) she came around quickly, and by this time, Leo was fully paralyzed and had started fitting. My step mum and I were holding him, comforting him. We had to place a folded up towel under his head to stop him from bashing his head on the tiles...

The vet made some calls and described his condition... His symptoms were very similar to that of what would happen when a dog gets baited. And the suspected poison was strychnine... He had no hope.

He lasted about 5 - 10 minutes before he had one last fit and his body gave up... I SAW him die... It was just awful.

I had this overwhelming feeling of "I can't believe this is happening AGAIN"

We spent the rest of the day digging a hole for him... We planted a tree on him, the "Leo tree"

About 15 baits were dropped around our area, killing a total of around 10 - 15 dogs. The culprit still remains unknown, we will probably never find out... There only remains that one clue, that they used strychnine - You need a license to obtain it.

I feel empty. I have lost my faith in humanity.

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[janika]

Dear Cold and Lonely

I read both of your posts, 1 and 2 several times. I just could not believe what happened to you, not just once but then again. I truly felt lost for any words and please forgive me for not replying earlier. I kept starting to type but the words just didn't seem adequate, now I know that just a 'thinking of you' , would have been better than nothing at all.

The forum has been very quiet just lately, we have lost two of the main contributers over the last few weeks, as they are going through their own nightmares, once again. I think this has put some of us regulars into 'shock' once again., and I find that at these times I feel so sad that I can't find suitable, comforting words. Also as mentioned, weekends are much quieter, I'm sure more people will be back soon.
Please keep faith that there are many good 'humans' out there, that must be hard for you to believe after your dear fur babies terrible experiences at the hands of those cruel, cruel people.
Please forgive me again for not being able to reply earlier, but know that my thoughts and prayers are with you and your fur Angels.
Love and hugs

Jan and my Angels, and newly rescued Pixie xx

[ladywolf]

Cold and Lonely--I'm so glad that others were able to respond to you. Notice also that the threads that have a LOT of responses have been up here for months--that's just the way it is around here. There are only five or six of us who post regularly right now--others drop in occasionally--it all tends to go in a cycle. I initially came here because of my own pain when Poppers was dying, and find that I have to "pace" myself when confronting other peoples' pain. My personal thing is that I just can't BEAR stories of cruelty by man to animals, I just can't BEAR it.

So I still haven't read your stories, but I've gotten the gist of them from other peoples' posts. A pox on all of mankind who does NOT love animals. I simply cannot understand it--but I can't understand fighting and war, either. I'm such a pacifist, and such an animal-protector, myself...

My heart, and Ladywolf's too, are with you in your pain.

Big hugs--

Margi and the Wolf