Andrea Rosebrock 
I’ve heard many people try to make a case not to enact tethering bans. People say that it will kill more dogs because there are many people who don’t believe in having a dog in the house… that it’s the only way they know to keep their dog at home… excuses on top of excuses on top of excuses.
I still ask, why even have a dog if you’re not going to make it a part of your family? They are not lawn ornaments. If you want a dog for security, don’t you think they can better protect you and your family when they are with you and your family? If your house is too fussy and not dog friendly, you don’t need a dog anyway.
And for all the people who are still not convinced, how about you take a look at what a day in the life of a chained dog is like…
This video depicts twelve hours in the life of a chained dog. The video was taken after a whistleblower came forward about this poor dog’s situation. We worked with the whistleblower to record the dog for 12 hours on a day when the temperature reached 92 degrees. The dog had no water and for several hours, no shade. The dog’s guardian has been fined, but little has changed for this dog since the video was shot. We are still working with local authorities to seize the dog.
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The following is the latest comment posted by IDA yesterday… they are working on getting this dog rescued;
We took this video with the purpose of presenting it to animal control. Fortunately, our community has a tethering law and we wanted to video tape as a? way to document this case, but also raise awareness of chained dogs. We’re working to get this dog, but have to work within in the law – which can be a slow process. Squeaky wheel gets the grease – never give up!
Unbelievable that someone could watch this and not think there is anything wrong with chaining that poor dog. I hope that dog is able to get out of that home environment, the owners fined and never allowed to own a dog, and the dog finds a real home inside with a family that will love him. This video needs to be posted far and wide!
Does anyone know the address of this pig? I’d like to contact the officials to make SURE that this dog is seized IMMEDIATELY!!
There was no location information and IDA is working with authorities. Wish I had more info so we could flood the media and authorities regarding this. Just makes me beyond angry!
D.
The person who took the video must know the address. No?
I believe it was someone involved with IDA, the group which is working to rescue the dog. It’s an excellent organization, very strong with a lot of contacts and pull.
D.
Might be time to contact Rescue Ink!
ya some one find out where he is???? ill make sure that poor baby gets off that chain
Thumbs Up Jessica
I just don’t get the mentality of leaving a dog outside. I understand that ages ago when America was mostly rural, having dogs outside was the norm. But they ran free on big properties, and sat on porches with their humans as well as coming in and out of the house at will. Then came suburbia and the only way to keep up that old tradition of having a dog, at least in some mentalities, was to chain them, since there were no more large properties to roam, explore and play on, and doing that got them in trouble. But a dog is a family member, plain and simple. My heart aches when I think of not only what the poor dogs go through, but what those humans are missing – looking into the eyes of that precious baby and seeing reflected back all that unconditional love and devotion. To miss that companionship is sad beyond words. For the dog, it is so lonely and heartbreaking. I work from home and am alone most of the day except for my Sasha. When I think how it would be to be trapped here with no one at all, I would go insane. I pray this dog gets rescued and finally knows a loving home and real family, and I hope this heartless monster is never allowed to have another dog in his lifetime.
I have watched this again and again. The dog is panting very fast, a sure sign of heat exhaustion and close to heat stroke. He also looks very thin, and it’s clear that tiny scrap of food coldly tossed from the porch into the dirt wasn’t much. He wanted so desperately to have just a tiny bit of attention from that monster, but it looked like when he might have licked that subhuman’s hand, the man jumped back. The dog wanted not only water, food and shade, but just SOME kind of affection. My heart is just aching for that poor baby. No dog should be on a chain, but this is intentional cruelty to take those bowls, make him think he’s finally going to get some cool, clean water, and then sit there expectantly, waiting for absolutely nothing. Someone HAS to get this baby out of there. He looks like such a sweetie. OMG. I hate demons like this man. I want to just smack him and chain HIM up for hours on end with nothing to relieve the heat and unrelenting thirst.
And lets not forget to include any other subhumane that might be in the house. As it appeared that it was talking to someone when it put the bowls on the porch.
This sick POS should be left outside on a chain without food and water and see how he does. Oh yeah, throw him a couple of table scraps to pacify him. Something should be done immediately and if not then there is certainly something wrong with our system. Another day like that one and it may just be too late. What State and City is this in. I will make calls. I don’t want to read about this poor baby dying the heat with no food or water. That human waste needs to be forbidden contact with any other animals. I even hate to put my dogs on a leash. If you have your dog under control then that should be it. I know some dogs have to be on a leash, understandable. When I have my sons Lab. I try to stop when there aren’t too many people and just let her run. She sleeps better for the car ride and calm. This poor baby may not have a chance if something isn’t done NOW!!!
I’m with you. These lazy idiots that get a dog and the don’t want to deal with it. Did you see how that POS didn’t want the dog to touch him. OMG what the hell is he doing with a dog? And what is taking so long in getting this poor thing out of these jerks UNCARE???????????????
he couldn’t get his hand away fast enough. like that sweet puppy was gonna bite him or something. all he wanted was a wee pet on the head….i CANNOT understand why that POS went out for those bowls if all he was gonna do was stick them up on the porch!!!! n that sweetie waited n waited n waited!!! cruel bastard. hopefully, this baby will b freed SOON!!!
That video is awful but I have an even worse story….A Doberman is chained to the corner of a beer joint, Borski’s in Willis, Texas….and in the heat of the day here it is sometimes 103 with a heat index of 110. At noon this dog is in direct sun with no shade and a small wooden dog house. I have called the bar several times to comment that this is against the law and I am told that the owner goes out and checks on the dog often. I suggested the owner put on a fur coat and go outside and sit in the sun all day like they make the dog do, day in and day out. Animal Control is no help…I was told that a tree is considered shelter. I told them that is not correct. A tree is only considered shelter for livestock. What more can I do?
I hope the person filming this at least tried to get some water to the dog–b/c if not there just as awful as the owner
MY THOUGHT EXACTLY!! as bad as this was for the owner, some sicko just sat and filmed this dog’s agony!! who the hell are they to point the finger?? would you just film a child being beat to have some evidence? God, I hope not! the film was obviously coming from the neighbor’s window…. at least simply walk over with a bowl of water and ask if YOU could give it to him…. how quick we are to judge instead of just help the helpless…. you could have done that with no lecture or screaming at the owner… just a little help…. REMEMBER….. kindness to animals is learned by EXAMPLE—- not freaking police action!!! We have to make everything a war in this country… just quietly do a part and shut up about it….
What an asshole , does he need a dog ? he should concentrate on that junk car that will be there for the next five years.This could be a happy pet on a couch not suffering every day .
I watched this again , and sorry I am very angry . I would like to knock on his door then flatten him . What kind of Dog house is this? Dogs need 24 hour water supply and a constant food supply , whats he feeding him ? This is a typical looser who should not be allowed to own animals . How about when he jumps back like it’s a rattle snake , what a moron .
i can’t fathom the mentality of people that tie their dogs out. even when i had to do it, it was tie out, do potty, come in. now i’m fortunate enough to have a yard. it has sun, shade, always water. but i never leave them out there. lol. in the morning they lay in the sun. they get warm, in they come. i just don’t understand. how hard is it to incorporate the dog into your daily schedule, even if you leave him tied out there. fresh water in the morning, oops it lunch time, fresh water again. make sure he’s out of the sun. how hard is that?
The problem is the dog is smarter than the owner
Yes, dogs are much better people than most people are.
I can’t understand this, how horrible! And I really can’t understand why this poor dog can’t be taken away from the abuser! We need both stronger laws for animals and people willing to actually enforce them.
When that person came out, he looked like he was trying to intimidate the dog. I have NEVER understood people that get an animal then keep them chained up….it’s miserable for the dog, and what pleasure is the person getting from a chained up dog?Is it the American stereotype of marriage, 2.5 kids, a picket fence and a dog? There really needs to be some kind of campaign that shows most people are ill equipped to own a canine.
That is no way for any creature to live, and the worst part of it is that there are so MANY dogs in that exact same situation or worse. And the really sad thing is that if the owner had even pet the dog and talked to him a little, it would have made the dog happy even without the water because the poor dog has to be so damn lonely out there. I just can’t stand the thought of a dog living like that day after day after day and then dying on the chain all alone and suffering. I hope this poor baby is taken away from this guy – it sounds like he has a chance to be saved. So many dogs live and die like this without anyone ever knowing.
Someone like Tammy of Dogs Deserve Better should use that video for a tv commercial to show people what these dogs go through living on a chain, and maybe more people would help get anti-tethering laws passed. I know there are commercials and billboards – some focus on the dangerous dog factor (chained dogs become territorial and can become aggressive) but I think the focus should be on how sad and miserable and lonely their lives are when they live day after day on a chain like that.
I agree , but how many in the rural areas go unnoticed , I always am on the look . Look at the idiot in this video , he does not have the brain to clue in
Debbie that would be a great idea. Maybe the stations would donate some air time for this great cause.
Yes, Excalibur, I think most people don’t have a clue about how dogs suffer each day. I didn’t realize it myself all these years until the last couple years. I wish I has been more aware and I would have made this my career. If I had money, I’d make this my career now (I’m almost 50 though). I swear that many folks who might get involved are just so caught up in their own lives that they just do not think about or realize how many dogs are suffering. I have always loved dogs but just never even realized that so many dogs are in shelters – I was just ignorant. Now that I’ve been more observant and involved, it makes me upset that I didn’t realize what has been going on.
Well Debbie in that respect, you are not alone. The important thing is that now you are aware and involved.. That is why it is so important to get the word out and wake people up.And to get tougher laws enacted. If we all do as much as we can, when we can the tide should eventually turn in the dogs favor : )I’ve got my fingers crossed and my prayers are constantly being said, no matter where I am at. God bless you , be safe.
I GOT A MESSAGE FROM THE LADY THAT POSTED THIS VIDEO
Thanks for your concern for this dog. We are on it. We’ve been working with animal services and have to work inside the law. The “guardian” has been fined over a $1000 thus far and now has 30 days. Unless he appeal the fines, the dog will be seized. It’s a painfully slow process, but we have a neighbor keeping us well informed.
I would like to know if the crime against the dog is serious enough to get that hefty a fine, why are they allowing this POS to keep the dog? Why wasn’t the dog seized and the POS barred from ever owning another pet. A lot of offal things could happen to that poor dog in 30 days. If that thing would go into a fit of rage, of course in its mind(what little mind it has)It would all be the dogs fault. God watch over that poor helpless little dog.
Thanks for posting the video and raising awareness.
I’d like to have a “one-on-one chat” with this idiot. Trust me, he would give the dog water. It appears he doesn’t work, so it’s not like he didn’t have the time. F’in looser.
I completely disagree with anti-tethering laws. The dog in the video is obviously not being well cared for, but just because some people are idiots does not mean everyone who tethers their dogs are, nor does it mean tethering is in any way cruel or wrong. First off, if you only have one or two dogs, I agree there is no reason to keep them chained up in the yard. However if you breed and show or train dogs, how can you house enough dogs as needed for a successful program in your home? You can’t. My outside dogs do have crates in a barn where they sleep at night, but other than that they are tethered (unless we take them to the park, for a walk, to a show, etc.) Also, lets look at space, compare a crate, a dog run, or the floor space of an average sized area a dog is allowed to have free roam in a house to a 12 foot chain on a central axis. Crates are tiny, and to keep a dog inside one all day is cruel in my eyes, yet people prefer that over keeping their dogs outside on a chain. Take a 10 foot by 10 foot dog run, pretty good size, but still only 100 square feet of room for the dog. If you put a dog on a 12 foot chain, it is over 450 square feet of room for the dog [square feet in a circle is 3.14 (pi) times radius squared (which in this case is the 12 feet of chain)]. Now, the square footage of the average American home is only 1100 sq ft. A little more than twice the room a 12 foot chain provides, but consider the dog shares that space with furniture, appliances, and perhaps other dogs that take up alot of that space…..plus, do most people let their dog go in every room of the house? Not likely. Also, let’s face it, a strong chain that is checked daily for any hardware malfunctions is the best way to keep the public safe from your dogs (if they are human aggressive), and your dogs safe from the public….but it’s obvious by the number of dogs I see running loose everyday that most pet owners aren’t responsible enough to think of things like that. But, that guy in the video probably doesn’t deserve the right to own a hamster let alone a dog, he is clearly clueless about proper containment methods. My dogs have shade, nice dog houses, always have water (not food though, we don’t “free feed”) their poop is cleaned everyday, we do their nails weekly……just because we tether our dogs does not make us irresponsible, and I object to any law that punishes those of us who have done nothing wrong. Unfortunately, it is all too easy to get public opinion swayed to the side of those who are anti-tethering because the general public has no need for that kind of containment for their pet dogs. Most people don’t have the number of dogs a breeder would, so any situation in which alternative forms of containment are neccessary seems unfathomable to the average person. And if anyone thinks chaining a dog makes the animal aggressive, think again. After a 20 year study cunducted by Cornell University, dogs were found to be much more likely to become aggressive that were housed in kennels when compared to dogs that were tethered. 20 year long study……that’s pretty conclusive if you ask me.
I agree with Bill. I think sometimes its too easy for us to get lost in our cause so that we miss the big picture. IMO that is what is happening here and with anti-tethering laws. Everyone sees that ONE video and automatically in their minds have now placed EVERY owner who tethers their dogs into the same category. That is not only ignorant it does a disservice to all the responsible dog owners out there.
There is a correct way and an incorrect way to chain your dog, just as their are correct and incorrect ways to train them and interact with them. If there was a video of a mexican or black or chinese man beating his dogs would you then all rise up to make a law that no one of that nationality could own dogs anymore? You may say I’m comparing apples and oranges but open your eyes, look at the big picture and you’ll see I’m not.
In either case you are punishing everyone, even those who have done nothing to deserve it, because you dont like what ONE or Three or Ten people are doing. Should ten thousand people be punished for the acts of 100? Laws should not be made to punish a general broad spectrum just because that is easiest, laws should ALWAYS punish the guilty, not the innocent, and should be made so that you have accountability from the irresponsible for their actions. Period. Anti-tethering laws go after an inanimate object, the chain or tether, and ignore all accountability and do not punish the guilty.
Is a dog in a backyard with no food or water, being ignored all day and night any less neglected than the one on the chain? Is the dog inside the house locked in the crate it can barely turn around in for 18 hours also without food and water as often as it should have it being treated better just because its inside? What about the inside dog who roams free but gets beaten and screamed at for the tiniest misstep? Are anti-tethering laws stopping the neglect/abuse and irresponsibility of those owners? No.
A dog abandoned and neglected on a chain that cannot be chained anymore because of an anti-tethering law but remains in the hands of its owner will not magically become loved, cared for and a part of the family. It will suffer the same neglect just no longer from the end of a chain and that does not make the neglect any less horrific or cruel. Everyone here needs to remember that.
Shell your point is well taken, but I can speak for myself and say, I do remember that, as I am sure that most on this site does, also.
The bottom line is that it doesn’t matter what laws are on the books. Untill this world starts reconising animals as living, breathing,and not property, whats on the booksdoesn’t do a whole lot of good.Or untill all our officials stand up and be counted in this worldwide crime. Its an endless uphill fight for those that can not speak for themselves.
And everyone is trying their best to get that next foothold in that hill, all the while grasping for any and all branches that might help. Sure the law coveres a wide spectrum, but if you have seen an animal dieing or dead at the end of a chain because of sheer miserable neglect, then inconvience by a law should be over looked by any animal lover. If it will save even one from that fate.
I have seen many dogs dead and dying of neglect and abuse. I have taken many of them in myself. And NONE of them were chained dogs. They were outside free-roam in a yard dogs, locked in a crate all day dogs, and inside/outside dogs. Protesting chains does NOT stop abuse, but it will occasionally stop a good owner from being able to get a dog, because they have an unfenced yard, or a fence the dog can easily jump. So continue to deny dogs the possibility of good homes and I will continue to fight for laws that address the ACTUAL problem.
Shell there is only one true ACTUAL problem: So called poor excuses for humane beings.
I agree with that statement.
I wonder how tempted I would be (as I would be EXTREMELY tempted if I had been the person behind the video camera) to attempt to release the dog myself, go into his yard when no one is home and TAKE the dog myself. It is considered theft, but I would totally take that chance. No more waiting for authorities to do anything about it, since in the meantime these animals are suffering, and should not have to wait one more minute for relief. If it is apparent that an animal will not be properly cared for, people who witness this should take responsibility and do something about it themselves.
And I think it was a great thing that someone videotaped this, it’s one way to take action.
What a horrible man. Is there any recent news on this dog
Most of the anti-tethering laws with which I am familiar address the problem of dogs who are continuously chained outside unattended, limit the number of hours a dog can be tethered and specify what type of tether must be used.
The best way to confine dogs is to provide them with a fenced-in area.
This is just one of the many chained dogs!! it is awful to do this to a dog. I f you can not afford to put a fence up and ensure your dog stays in it then I don’t think you need to own one! No animal should be treated with such disrespect. I have two dogs myself and would never Chain one of them up.
Does anyone know if anything has been done yet to rescue this dog? It’s been months! Maybe it’s time to have the Rescue Ink boys get involved! They’ll straighten this POS out!
Say D any update on this little baby? I hope the poor little thing, has new living accomidations by now.
WHOEVER VIDEO TAPED THE SUFFERING OF THIS DOG AND DID NOTHING IS JUST AS GUILTY AS THE OWNER. SHAME ON THEM!!!!!!!!!!