We are sorry to hear of your loss. Jack and Jill are part of our family, we call them "the babies."
Its been a rough two weeks, if you check our site and Jack's blog, you'll often see that I'm up and posting and searching for info on the web and learning how to develop web pages, etc. often till 4 or 5 a.m. Last night was the first night I actually slept from 11 on.
Keeping our wits about us and not going off the handle is key, it only lowers ourselves to the level of the person that did this. I have talked to every person on our street and 9 out of 10 of them own dogs or dogs and cats. Due to some discussions we had with people, we think we know who did it. There have been other incidence, one cat was even shot with a pellet gun. Which makes it even harder to not go off the handle.
Yes you are right about the fracture, it was so severe that it must have been a very strong (adult male) swing with a bat. Which is what the vet thought had hit him. We also found the fence broken where it looks like someone climbed it and broke a piece coming in and a piece when they went out. Sure they bark, but never did we leave them out for more than 1/2 an hour if we were not with them. We've got neighbors that have 7 dogs that bark all the time. That's what dogs do, they bark when they see something. Plus we live with lots of trees and squirrels around, so there's always something to bark at. But it was not excessive.
I have told the police, but we get the "brushed under the carpet" feeling. It was 2 weeks ago today that Jack was attacked and even though we've called them, submitted to every local news station with the exception of one, the only thing that we feel has gotten some response was actually going out to the online community and speaking out. In response to an earlier post, no we have no enemies, I haven't fired anyone -
Whoever attacked Jack (and as I said I'm 95 % sure I know who it is) lives nearby and is a nutjob. I just hope that despite their lack of response to us the police are doing their work. In the meantime I'm hoping to raise awareness, that acts of cruelty to animals (dogs, cats, every pet that people) occur all the time, at the hands of owners, neighbors, and even in well funded animal fighting rings occur all the time. People need to report such acts to their local police or SPCA.
Violence such as what happened to Jack are often the early acts of a sick person that will eventually (if they have not already) moved on to abusing people. The Michal Vick thing is just scratching the surface of that industry - people need to remain vigilant and active in these times. I've done a lot of reading these past few weeks and its sickening what goes on.
Anyway - sorry for the long winded response - it keeps me occupied.