Andrea Rosebrock 
Now this one really ticked me off this morning when I read it. A 23-year-old woman noticed the family dog, a 9-year-old Rottweiler laying in the backyard, unable to get up. She took the dog to a vet and was told that the dog “had suffered trauma to its spine just below its head that caused the vertebrae to become separated, resulting in paralysis.”
She told the vet and police that her father, 50-year-old Gerald J. Laux of Clintonville, WI, regularly beat the dog with a shovel handle because he whined. Laux brutally beat the dog with that shovel handle until he broke the dog’s back then left him to suffer in the yard, without care or attention. The dog had to be euthanized.
Laux was charged with felony mistreatment of an animal. Although the charge carries a max penalty of 3½ years of prison and extended supervision, we know he’ll never get anything close.
Now what really burns me is that the daughter knew this poor dog was regularly abused but never did anything about it. She’s not a child, she’s a grown adult and should have had some responsibility.
I know that if I saw someone beating a dog with a shovel handle I would never stand back and just let it happen. What I would want to do is to take that same shovel handle and use it on the abuser!
I think that this woman, the daughter of Laux, should be charged with something, even if just negligence to have known about this and allowed it to continue. As for Laux, well, I’m not even going to go into what he deserves….
What do you think about this?
WTF THIS SO CALLED WOMEN SHOULD GET TWICE AS MUCH AS HER POS FATHER FOR ALLOWING HIM TO CONTINUE TO DO THIS. THESE PEOPLE NEED TO BOTH FINED $200.00 A MONTH EACH FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES FOR WHAT THEY DID TO THIS DOG.
Let me beat them please !!!!!!!!!!!!1
@Katrina – SORRY YOU’LL HAVE TO GET IN LINE BEHIND ME AS I’M NEXT AFTER DEANNA & I DON’T THINK YOU WILL BE THE LAST.
I agree. HIs daughter is just as guilty as him. She knew it and left it go. She also should be charged for animal cruelty/neglect. Totally unnecessary. If they did not like him whining then they should have found a GOOD home for him. One that cared. God bless the dog.
R.I.P LITTLE ONE GOD HAS YOU NOW & YOUR FREE TO RUN & PLAY FOREVER YOUNG!
WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!! jeez, i’m so bloody angry over this. i sure wish that these ppl who DON’T wanna hear their dog “whine” should treat them with respect n bring them inside where the dog wants 2 b. NOPE!!!! they figure that beating them will stop their whines. when i let my dogs out i check them every 5-10 minutes 2 make sure they’re ok. some ppl will tell u my dogs r spoilt….they’re NOT they’re all members of my family. they’re fed~regularly! they’re loved. around where i live i can hear some dogs barking into the wee hours of the night….it is SO beyond me that ppl can leave their dogs outside in the cold like that.
ok, ok, ok…i’m just gonna shut up now otherwise i’ll get more n more angry n i’ll RANT n RAVE on…
u’re ok now sweet pup. u’re away from those horrible POS who will more than likely get away with what they did 2 u.
there are no words to express the disdain that i have for these people. they suck as humans, both of them. now, here’s another dog who has no one to wait for at the rainbow bridge. well, when it’s my turn to cross that bridge, i’m sure as heck going to adopt a few of them.
pets are sooo much more dependable than people.
This is an indication of other issues that were happening in that household. Knowing that the dog was regularly being beaten is an indication of the mindset of the man who was doing it. This woman more than likely spent years suffering abuse from this same individual. She more than likely did not have the where with all to stand up to this individual. As an individual who was raised by an abusive parent I can tell you I was much older than 23 before I learned to stand up to the individual who abused me. Were their others in the home? If you are going to hold the woman accountable should they not all be held accountable? Where was the wife? Why did she not step in? What about the neighbors who did nothing to intervene?
What I see here is a tragedy on many levels. One that this poor dog suffered at the hands of this man for many many years until he finally, basically, killed the dog. But a second tragedy is that this is a family who lived in terror at the hands of this “man” who was suppose to be the one to protect and watch over his family. Being raised in this type of environment, this young woman did not have the power to step in and stop this man. She showed a tremendous amount of courage to take the dog in and to admit what has been happening. She will pay consequences in the family for her actions. Rather than being furious at the woman for not doing something to stop her father before this time, I applaud her for finally finding the courage and strength to stand against him when she took the dog in for help and admitted what had been occurring.
Yep, Doni is onto it. The daughter probably suffered something akin to Stockholm Syndrome, but nonetheless she still knew right from wrong and could have made an anonymous report. She is typical of people raised by abusers who are inured to the suffering of another sentient being and either lack empathy, or are more concerned for their own survival.
The neighbours need to look at themselves. They must have heard the howls during such beatings.
The ‘authorities’ need to get their act together. This is far more wide-reaching than the death of a dog. This entire family is dysfunctional and dangerous and will probably take a couple of generations to straighten out. Meantime they should be banned from pet ownership, and their children need to be very closely monitored.
it surprise me the amount of bad people that are on the world … are they just not intelligent enough to figure out that cruelty is one of the worse thing that can exist on the world…
poor dog ): reading this breaks my heart
&& i’m thankful for all people who like to help this animalss
I guess I have a strong will. If it was my dad that had done that to a dog and I knew it. I would make an anonymous call to authorities, if I couldn’t stop it myself. I had an abusive dad too. I could not just stand by and let the abuse go on without trying to stop it.
God bless that poor dog. At least he isn’t suffering anymore.
After reading the other comments from other readers, there really isn’t much left to be said, I agree with everyone in that this is a dispicable crime that should, but probably won’t be, punished to the full extend of the law. This just breaks my heart and all I can say, sadly as it is, that this poor dog’s abuse is finally over. What is with these stupid humans?
She should be charged as an accessory to a crime! Just give me a bat and turn me in the right direction! Human sick monsters! Abusing the innocent and voiceless! Put them both behind bars!
I agree 100000000 percent! This woman (the abusers daughter) should be charged with negligence… ABSOLUTELY!
Here are a couple of quotes that I think will pretty much sum up the reason why:
“The world is a dangerous place not because of those who evil but because of those who look on & do nothing.”
– Albert Einstein
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” – Martin Luther King Jr. -
I hope that when these poor excuses for bad human DNA stand before their creator on their judgment day that God has four legs!
YOU KNOW I’VE BEEN READING ALL THESE COMMENTS & I TOO WAS READY TO HANG THIS WOMEN TOO UNTILL I READ WHAT #8 SAID. DONI JUST MAY HAVE HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD WITH THIS ON. IF THIS POS HIT HIS POOR INNOCENT DOG LIKE THAT FOR YEARS JUST THINK WHAT HE DID TO HIS POOR CHILDREN. THIS POS DOESN’T DESERVE TO WALK THE EARTH.
Is it possible to pay someone to inflict the same torture and abuse on these subhumans? Why are they alllowed to pay a few $ and continue to commit these acts over and over again. Both father and daughter are criminals and will get away with murder!
I feel abuse or no abuse you don’t let this gone on for that long without telling someone about it or removing the dog from the hand of the abuser. Many people would have taken that dog. Sometimes, if I am doing something and my dog is outside, she will bark to come in, but I don’t yell at her or beat her for barking. I had a neighbor call me once and say that they worked late and was trying to sleep and my dogs barking woke her up. I told her to get a life, her bark is the only voice she has and I was in the bathroom. Told her if she couldn’t handle it she could move. I don’t take anything from anyone when it comes to my dog. If she knew how to open the door she would have just come in. I too suffered from abuse as a child, but I would NEVER let anyone abuse anyone that I love, even my animals. They are my family. So what if this woman had a child that cried and her dad beat it to shut up, is that different? I don’t think so. She is just as guilty if not more.
Again , lowlife inbred pieces of shit , that poor dog was probably beaten every day
Low life scum is what these people are, this daughter needs to be locked up too, she knew this old son of a bitch was beating this dog on a regular basis and she should have stepped forward before it came to the poor baby having his back BROKEN, someone needs to break this sob’s back and leave him unattended in his jail cell for a few years, I wish we would hear someone got revenge for this dog, this story makes me SICK, I have had Rotts my whole life and they are the biggest lovers, will forgive you everytime and this SOB most likely was still loved by this dog up to is last breath!
Judge Raymond Huber sentenced Gerald J. Laux, 50, Clintonville, to six months in jail for a fifth drunken-driving offense plus 30 days in jail for a misdemeanor conviction of mistreatment to an animal.
Laux appeared in court on March 12 for sentencing. Huber also placed him on three years’ probation and ordered him to pay $1,748 in fines and court costs.
http://www.waupacanow.com/content/court/stories/PC-courts-laux-rc-090319-web.php