dogs

Citizen complaint of the day: Lack of snow means early arrival of JP turd blossoms

adamg — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:51:05 +0000

A disgusted citizen in Jamaica Plain complains about neighborhood dog owners:

what is up with all the dog crap on the sidewalks in JP? winter is usually bad, with sneaky dog owners leaving layer on layer of crap piles to be covered with snow until the spring thaw reveals what looks like anarchaeological dig gone very wrong. but we haven't had snow and crap is everywhere! can we at least get some signs up, not that i think the troglodyte owner can either read or care. and no, i don't have a photo-- do u really want one?

Dognapping outside Beacon Hill Whole Foods leaves local woman heartbroken

adamg — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:26:07 +0000

UPDATE: Dog found safe in Lowell.

Pebbles, a 4-year-old yorkie/chihuahua mix was stolen by two women around 6:30 p.m. at the Cambridge Street Whole Foods as her owner dashed inside to buy some dinner.

Her owner is offering a $1,000 reward for her return, no questions asked. If you spot a little dog with one ear up and one down, send info to bringpebbleshome@gmail.com.

Citizen complaint of the day: Damned middle-of-street parkers and barking dogs

adamg — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:41:21 +0000

It's a South End twofer. First, a South Ender reports the neighborhood's quaint Sunday tradition of parking in the middle of the street is "out of control," at least, on Warren Avenue, where he or she spotted somebody parking in a crosswalk:

But that's just once a week. Another fed-up citizen complains about the dog park in the Southwest Corridor Park by Carleton:

Please please please please put a huge "NO BARKING" banner in the Carleton st dog park. The park is surrounded by residential units but selfish and inconsiderate dog owners allow their dogs to bark constantly. It's so antisocial. We are woken as early as 6am by barking dogs and sometimes to as late as 1am. Please do something about this. It's driving me mad!

Resident of house with dead, dying pit bulls in basement arrested on animal-cruelty charges

adamg — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 20:12:07 +0000

The Dorchester Reporter reports that Tyrone Perry, 44, is scheduled for arraignment tomorrow in Dorchester District Court on charges he ran a dog-fighting arena in his basement.

Perry turned himself in today, police say. Last month, acting on a tip, police raided the basement of his Mather Street home, where they say they found 11 maimed pit bulls, one dead pit bull and 4 malnourished rabbits, along with copious amounts of feces, urine and blood. The Suffolk County District Attorney's office says he will be arraigned on 12 counts of animal cruelty - one for each of the dogs.

Innocent, etc.

Police seize several maimed dogs at suspected dog-fighting arena in Dorchester

adamg — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 01:25:28 +0000

Boston Police report recovering 11 malnourished, badly injured pit bulls, one dead dog and four poorly treated rabbits from a Mather Street basement stained in feces, urine and blood.

Doggie warnings go up around paw-burning manhole covers in the South End

adamg — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 18:58:58 +0000

Complaining to the Mayor's Hotline gets results. Roving UHub photographer Sean Connor forwarded this photo today of the excessively hot manhole covers on Harrison Avenue, a day after somebody complained one had burned his or her pet's paws.

Citizen complaint of the day: The paw-burning manhole cover on Harrison Avenue

adamg — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 15:13:30 +0000

A concerned citizen with a newly wounded pet reports on a manhole cover on the sidewalk on Harrison just outbound from E. Brookline:

Water and steam boiling out and cover is HOT. Burned dogs paws.

Dogs sniff out yappy hour at local hotel

adamg — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:06:17 +0000

Rhea Becker was on scene for the yappy hour at the Liberty Hotel yesterday. She reports their owners snapped up hors d'oeuvres and sipped cocktails.

More than two dozen Cairn Terriers rescued, to be put up for adoption

adamg — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 13:14:25 +0000

The MSPCA reports it's rescued 26 Cairn Terriers from a South Shore hoarder.

The dogs were "filthy, scared and in need of veterinary care," but are expected to recover - half of them are at Angell Memorial Hospital - and be put up for adoption.

The MSPCA did not name the hoarder or town.

Somebody in West Roxbury is a real creep

adamg — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 14:58:20 +0000

Channel 4 reports somebody's stolen the little wheeled device a disabled dog uses to get around because his hind legs no longer work.

Sick shih-tzu stolen from Angell Memorial

adamg — Wed, 25 May 2011 00:47:46 +0000

Jamaica Plain Patch reports on the dognapping.

Charming: Chocolate chihuahua chomps child

adamg — Mon, 23 May 2011 19:08:42 +0000

The parents of a girl bitten by a brown Chihuahua in Cambridgeport last week are hoping the owner will come forward and let them know if she has to complete her painful rabies injections, Wicked Local Cambridge reports.

What if Lassie came home, but there was nobody there?

adamg — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 14:19:03 +0000

UPDATE: Harley was found, safe and sound.

Marlo Fogelman reports that she and her boyfriend put his two dogs in a South End kennel as they got ready to visit his dying father. But one of the dogs escaped:

She ran home to the Back Bay from the South End and came to our bldg and into the stairwell but someone let her out. She's been spotted on the Esplanade and, most recently (yesterday), in Southie. She is moving so even if you think you're too far away--maybe you're not. We have no idea where she's going to go next!

Harley is a 3.5 year old Australian Cattle Dog. She is about 50 lbs, black w/ brown markings under her neck and on her legs. She is not wearing a collar (escaped from it) but is chipped. She is up to date on all of her vaccinations. She is not coming when called....if you see her, try to lure her with food or literally, please, just pounce on her -- she will not bite (just nips a bit).

Dog found alive in rubble of Readville house that burned down a month ago

adamg — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 15:01:49 +0000

Channel 4 reports a woman burned out of her River Street home last month recently returned to the property to look for belongings - and promptly heard scratching noises being made by her pet, Lola the long-haired dachshund. Lola had somehow survived not only the two-alarm fire but being locked inside the remains of the building for a month.

MSPCA forced to euthanize sick puppies illegally shipped to Massachusetts

adamg — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 21:13:20 +0000

The MSPCA reports on a truckload of puppies and adult dogs that bypassed legally required checks and quarantines to wind up crammed into cages in a Norfolk County home being used as a pet adoption center:

Of the infected dogs, four of the puppies were severely ill. The puppies would not react to stimuli and would collapse when they tried to stand, some unable to lift their heads. Due to the four puppies' increasingly poor health and continued suffering, the decision was made to humanely euthanize them.