Its been a while since I have posted, but there has been some new developments with my neighbor. Just to refresh your memory, my neighbors Daschund was being starved. It somehow got into my yard where I found it and turned the dog over to animal control. They had the owner surrender her other dog to them and they were working on getting the daschund back to healthy and finding them new homes. That is where the story left off. Here is the update:
A month ago I get a subpoena in the mail to testify against my neighbor. So I go to court today and boy was that an ordeal. There to testify is the police officer who took my statement, the head of animal control, the vet that treated the dog and me. The vet informs me that if I hadn't found that dog and got him help that he would have been dead in a week. The DA who is handling the case says it should go quick as he is positive that it will be trial by judge cause no one in their right mind would pick a jury to hear this case as animal abuse is to emotional a case for the average citizen (meaning it would be safer to go with a judge who can put their emotions aside). Well my neighbor decides to go the jury route [sm=uhoh.gif].
So are you ready for her defense.... She just thought the dog was old and getting skinny, cause dogs do that when they get old and I am just a meanie who is picking on her by contacting the authorites.. [sm=angry.gif] WTF!!! And she didn't have the money to put the dog down (35 bucks at the animal shelther) but she had the money to retain her own attorney (at least 95 an hour).
Her attorney was just a snake but I understand that is his job. He asked me if the dog was limping or crying (cause apparently that is the only way a dog would be hurt). He then tried to imply that I turned the dog in cause I didn't like my neighbor but I shot him down. I said if I didn't like her then I would have constantly complained to AC about her dogs running at large, which I didn't, and I also wouldn't have taken an unpaid vacation day from work to testify ON BEHALF of her daughter when the boyfriend pulled a gun on her. Well her attorney pretty much was done with me after that. There is NO WAY a jury will find her innocent, the pictures alone can't be denied.
I do have more of an update on the dogs. The Daschund, Buddy, is now living in Corvallis Oregon with his foster family who have decided to keep him permanently. He is happy and fat and is enjoying his senior years. The other dog, Gracie, is with a resuce. She has some temperment issues that they are trying to fix. Hopefully she will find a new home.
I won't know the verdict till tomorrow but I will try to post once I hear something.
And on a lighter note... guess who is already going to be 1 in just 4 weeks!!!
