Tweet
My ex service manager saves a dog! Good on ya Paully!!
Read below. Copied from
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articl...gg13-buzz.html
Homeless man, rescuer and foster family in battle over 10-pound dog
Canada Press
Sept. 13, 2007 08:17 AM
CALGARY - A bitter feud over a 10-pound pooch named Kipper is pitting a down-on-his-luck homeless man against a would-be Good Samaritan and a family that helped rescue the animal.
Businessman Paul Piotto told Global TV Calgary that he recently took the Italian Greyhound from a car parked next to his shop where Gary Husband had been living with his pet.
Piotto said the dog was being left for hours at a time in the car and he finally acted one day when he saw Kipper yelping and screaming because his collar had become caught in the window.
To save the little dog from strangling, he said he took him out of the car and later recruited Alex and Sandi Schmidt to take him home.
But an unrepentant Piotto could now be facing charges of property theft for his actions.
"It was not right for the dog," Piotto said, adding he believes Husband is unfit to care for the animal. "I would do it again in a heartbeat."
On Wednesday, the two men squared off outside Husband's car.
Husband insisted he has always taken good care of Kipper and accused Piotto of holding his dog hostage.
"You stole my dog and I want him back," he told Piotto. "This man is a thief, it's as simple as that."
"You're negligent," retorted an angry Piotto. "Leaving your dog for six, seven hours a day? That's when I started taking him into my office."
Later, a tearful Husband said he has had Kipper for three years.
"I love him terribly and I miss him," he said, his voice breaking with emotion. "He's like my son. My life is in a bit of a shambles, and I'm trying my best to get it together. I don't drink; I don't do drugs; I don't smoke. I don't do any of those bad things and I just want my dog, that's all. He's the only one I have in my life."
The Schmidts, meanwhile, had to turn Kipper over to the Calgary Humane Society in order to avoid charges themselves.
"We're devastated," said Sandi Schmidt as she choked back tears. "We honestly thought that we had our forever dog."
The humane society said it will keep Kipper in its custody for the next 10 to 14 days until it can be determined who will get the dog.
(Global TV Calgary)
We'll see what happens next.
Read below. Copied from
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articl...gg13-buzz.html
Homeless man, rescuer and foster family in battle over 10-pound dog
Canada Press
Sept. 13, 2007 08:17 AM
CALGARY - A bitter feud over a 10-pound pooch named Kipper is pitting a down-on-his-luck homeless man against a would-be Good Samaritan and a family that helped rescue the animal.
Businessman Paul Piotto told Global TV Calgary that he recently took the Italian Greyhound from a car parked next to his shop where Gary Husband had been living with his pet.
Piotto said the dog was being left for hours at a time in the car and he finally acted one day when he saw Kipper yelping and screaming because his collar had become caught in the window.
To save the little dog from strangling, he said he took him out of the car and later recruited Alex and Sandi Schmidt to take him home.
But an unrepentant Piotto could now be facing charges of property theft for his actions.
"It was not right for the dog," Piotto said, adding he believes Husband is unfit to care for the animal. "I would do it again in a heartbeat."
On Wednesday, the two men squared off outside Husband's car.
Husband insisted he has always taken good care of Kipper and accused Piotto of holding his dog hostage.
"You stole my dog and I want him back," he told Piotto. "This man is a thief, it's as simple as that."
"You're negligent," retorted an angry Piotto. "Leaving your dog for six, seven hours a day? That's when I started taking him into my office."
Later, a tearful Husband said he has had Kipper for three years.
"I love him terribly and I miss him," he said, his voice breaking with emotion. "He's like my son. My life is in a bit of a shambles, and I'm trying my best to get it together. I don't drink; I don't do drugs; I don't smoke. I don't do any of those bad things and I just want my dog, that's all. He's the only one I have in my life."
The Schmidts, meanwhile, had to turn Kipper over to the Calgary Humane Society in order to avoid charges themselves.
"We're devastated," said Sandi Schmidt as she choked back tears. "We honestly thought that we had our forever dog."
The humane society said it will keep Kipper in its custody for the next 10 to 14 days until it can be determined who will get the dog.
(Global TV Calgary)
We'll see what happens next.
Comment