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South Dakota governer executed her puppy because she didn't like it

Puberty in dogs starts when they are around 7 months old and continues until they reach sexual maturity sometime between 2 to 3 years old.

She killed the family dog because it was a rambunctious teenager. She killed the billy goat because it was a normal adult billy goat.
 
thebeave said:
I wonder if Kristi is, in a somewhat subtle way, comparing her handling of an aggressive "bitey" dog to that of Joe Biden's (frankly incompetent and reckless) handling of his aggressive dog, Commander?

How Is Joe Biden’s Dog Not Dead Yet?

Commander Biden—the German shepherd adopted by President Joe Biden and the first lady—has terrorized the White House to levels not seen since, at least, Dolley Madison’s violent macaw. Rumors of Commander’s “biting problem” have leaked from the nation’s capital since the moment the pup took up residence in late 2021. Consider, if you will, this report from last autumn, where the interloping canine took a chunk out of a Secret Service agent for the 11th time on record. Now, thanks to a recent investigation conducted by CNN, we know the full extent of Commander’s bloodlust: The newsroom unearthed records revealing that Commander attacked presidential personnel on at least 24 separate occasions. Mathematically speaking, that means Commander is liable to fly off the handle about twice a month. These are not small bites, either: One Secret Service agent required six stitches in his forearm after Commander caused a “severe deep open wound” and a “significant amount of blood loss.” White House tours were shut down.
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As to those who say Kristi wasn't doing enough as an owner...

In fact, there is no guarantee that the best trainers—or the most patient owners—can totally stop the violence. “The prognosis is: maybe,” Madson put it. That’s why “behavioral euthanasia,” as the veterinary community calls it, is an option for those who have reached their wits’ end. It’s a controversial topic among pet owners, but when a house is unsafe for children and the elderly because of a German shepherd, putting the pet down—for everyone’s sake—might be the most humane course of action for all parties involved. In fact, Madson said that a dog with Commander’s record certainly fits the bill.

“For a dog with this number of bites, and the level of severity, a regular dog owner would be dealing with the question of behavioral euthanasia already,” she said. “Management always fails at some point. You might leave the door open. A dog might jump over the gate. And if you have management failure, you think about the worst thing that could happen. That’s what we would look at.”
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And for those who think just dropping the dog off at a rescue organization is the solution...

Pike added that it is difficult to rehome canines with a troubled past, even through rescue organizations: “They won’t take dogs with a history of bites. Most people looking to adopt won’t, either. So a lot of owners are put in a position where they have to choose between either keeping the dog or behaviorally euthanizing.”
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Also, the OP is just a tad on the polemic side, isn't it? Terms like "death sentence", "execution" for what is otherwise known as "putting a dog down". And calling it a "dog she does not like" as opposed to a "dangerous dog". Not to mention some important info from the article is missing in the OP. Like the fact that the chickens were not just attacked, but killed. And Kristi herself was bitten by the dog. Frankly, that dog is a lawsuit waiting to happen, and perhaps a risk to her kids and/or her kids' friends. As a parent, and as much as I like dogs, I wouldn't keep it around in the (probably false) hope that training will fix him.
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Ignoring the silly comparison with Commander, would you euthanize the dog and then brag about it in a book?
 
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Elixir said:
Loren Pechtel said:
I read this one as the dog bit because it didn't like being stopped. That's a dominance issue and a big problem.
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Dominance issue - perhaps. Big problem? Not likely. 14 mos is about when a person with a puppy bred to control cattle or sheep for instance, should anticipate a possible confrontation. It's just what they do as they mature - other organisms have to establish the relationship, or control is their default. If the dog gets physical, all that is generally needed is one good demonstration.
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If it were done, yes. I think the dog had been getting away with it up to the point where it bit her.

Elixir said:
Bigtime biter. Gave some stitches to Mrs E one time (not all the dog's fault; she was defending against a mistakenly perceived threat to Mrs. E) but The Best Dog in so many ways...
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Provoked bites generally mean nothing.
 
Loren Pechtel said:
Elixir said:
Loren Pechtel said:
I read this one as the dog bit because it didn't like being stopped. That's a dominance issue and a big problem.
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Dominance issue - perhaps. Big problem? Not likely. 14 mos is about when a person with a puppy bred to control cattle or sheep for instance, should anticipate a possible confrontation. It's just what they do as they mature - other organisms have to establish the relationship, or control is their default. If the dog gets physical, all that is generally needed is one good demonstration.
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If it were done, yes. I think the dog had been getting away with it up to the point where it bit her.
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It isn't clear that Cricket did bite her.

She says she attempted to restrain the dog as it was going after the chickens and that Cricket "whipped around to bite me", not that it whipped around and bit.

It sounds like there was a lot of screaming from Noem and the family, not to mention the panicking chickens. It was a stressful situation. Noem lost her cool and killed Cricket, then apparently decided to kill the goat because, why not? Sometimes the goat pissed her off, too.


 
Noem also killed three horses. Stay away from her sand pit.

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Noem’s weekend comments followed earlier remarks addressing the dog-killing story. On Friday, she said on social media: “We love animals, but tough decisions like this happen all the time on a farm. Sadly, we just had to put down 3 horses a few weeks ago that had been in our family for 25 years.” That’s right, she added to her publicly known body count!
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www.vanityfair.com

Kristi Noem Doubles Down on Decision to Kill Family Dog, Adds That She Killed 3 Horses “a Few Weeks Ago”

Cricket was a 14-month-old puppy.
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Wait, what the hell? I'm a country boy, and I know that faunal euthanasia is a thing, and indeed I kind of thought this scandal was being a tad overblown, but... three horses in a month? What the fuck is this family even up to, to have such a growing body count? Did the trio of them contract a communicable? I can't fathom why else you would do that. They are at the least guilty of some negligence, to have so many fatal solutions within a broad range of animals.
 
Cheerful Charlie said:
Noem also killed three horses. Stay away from her sand pit.

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Noem’s weekend comments followed earlier remarks addressing the dog-killing story. On Friday, she said on social media: “We love animals, but tough decisions like this happen all the time on a farm. Sadly, we just had to put down 3 horses a few weeks ago that had been in our family for 25 years.” That’s right, she added to her publicly known body count!
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www.vanityfair.com

Kristi Noem Doubles Down on Decision to Kill Family Dog, Adds That She Killed 3 Horses “a Few Weeks Ago”

Cricket was a 14-month-old puppy.
www.vanityfair.com www.vanityfair.com
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Apparently the way they put down these animals is shooting them to death, likely shooting them in the head. I know lots of folks who have had animals put down but none of them opted to shoot them in the head. Very Gestapo of her.
 
Politesse said:
Wait, what the hell? I'm a country boy, and I know that faunal euthanasia is a thing, and indeed I kind of thought this scandal was being a tad overblown, but... three horses in a month? What the fuck is this family even up to, to have such a growing body count? Did the trio of them contract a communicable? I can't fathom why else you would do that. They are at the least guilty of some negligence, to have so many fatal solutions within a broad range of animals.
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She was probably trying to get everyone to forget about the puppy.
 
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