Andrea Rosebrock 
Robert Brunette, 46, of Boulder Creek, CO, was arrested this past summer after police responded to a call about “animals crying in pain” at his property at 100 block of Hartman Creek Road. What they found almost defied description; dogs found locked in small cages covered in their own urine and feces, others running loose over the property. Puppies as young as only two days old were rescued. One old dog was found in the cab of a truck where it had probably been living for a year or two, the cushions were torn up, covered in urine and feces, no food or water. Inside the house, animal control and sheriff’s department investigators found one dog locked in a crate with no food or water and a dog that weighed only half what it should have. The dogs, many of them with ribs protruding, had mange, worms and scars. Many were almost wild and had never been socialized. Many were scared and timid, others were covered in scars from fighting, fighting for food with each other.
In all, after puppies were born, more than 50 dogs were rescued.
Brunette was known for breeding and selling dogs and trying to create his own line of guard dog.
There were also dog skulls and paws scattered around the property and hanging from his “house.” The whole situation turned into a fiasco after he was released and took off, a $50k warrant was sworn out and he was eventually taken into custody again.
Initially facing 10 counts of animal cruelty, including felony charges of neglect, Brunette could have been facing up to four years in state prison plus thousands in fines but we should have known that would never happen, even with all the BS surrounding this case. Brunette was sentenced by Judge Paul Marigonda to one year in jail plus 5 years probation. He will also have to pay restitution in the amount of $150k to county Animal Services Agency to cover the officers’ time, veterinary bills and boarding fees for his dogs. He is not allowed to own dogs and he must undergo counseling.
Well, I guess we should be happy for something but if you’d been following the case from the beginning you’d know that as usual, this is no more than a slap on the wrist. Those dogs in his case suffered and suffered for a long time, no probation for them, just “jail” for many that were stuck in cages or other makeshift enclosures, starvation, sickness and more. But then again, they were “just dogs” so who cares? That’s the mentality so many have and that’s why so much suffering happens and continues to happen with little to no ramification for the abuser.
Will things ever change? Only if we take a stand and demand changes and force our legislators to enact stronger laws and let our judges know that these “slap on the wrist” sentences are not acceptable. We put these people in office, one way or another and we can remove them too. I think that’s something too many of them forget. I think they need to be reminded!
Good old time hanging would stop this … as soon as people saw one….
that’s my KatrinaB….i’ve still got that new rope in my garage, grrrrlfriend. LOL.
n Terry, u’re SO right. he IS ONE ugly bastard!!!!!
Thats a great conclusion to sorry poor excuses for humane beings. I’ll supply the rope, only if I get front row seats.
The judge is a joke just as the sentence he handed out. With the guy’s history as a flight risk, they will not see one dime of the restitution, he will most likely re-offend the first day he’s out, and [*snort*] they actually expect him to show up for counseling?
Show up for counseling. OMG what are they thinkig. They should of slapped his happy camper a** in one of these crates he was so fond of using and left him there till his trial date.
Look at this ugly bastard , he should not be alive never mind own animals .Kill him and do the planet a favor
This sounds like SERIOUS, sick and willful animal abuse, not a “hoarder” who needs help. Shame on the judge for this light sentence. I keep hoping things are changing in the sentencing of animal abusers; this instance is disheartening.
Why is God permitting the continuity of such abuses?
I do not know why, but if I could be just one day taking God’s place while He went on vacation somewhere I would get rid of every
dog abuser and I would not have one bit of remorse. How long is this horror with animals going to last?
What can we do?
Best,
Anne
Why stop with dog abusers lets get rid of them all. There isn’t a species out there that some vile piece of walking garbage hasn’t abused. So lets just down load the whole disgusting mess.
Smith & Wesson education is the only answer folks. What a depraved MONSTER!! Rot in Hell you ugly bastard!!! Where the he** do these “judges” come from..another planet? I am once again, angry, disgusted, heartbroken and angry.
Where do they come from, why from the land of no back bone, thats where. For people whos job it is to deal with the lower than low of humane scum, they don’t seem to have much of a grasp of right and wrong. How else can anyone explain case after case of slaps on the wrist. But by God they always manage to get that fine in there.So tell me. The animals are the victims, so why aren’t the animals getting the money? They are the ones that paid with theit pain and suffering and alot of times their death. So why is the courts getting the fine money and not the victim? Like the crime was so awful that they have to pay a large fine, but not bad enough for them to get put on a chain gang out in an aligator swamp.For life with no chance of parole : )
Yeh I think they need reminding too
ooo, aligator swamp!! bloody brilliant…get rid of ‘em, totally!!! n the gators get fed. i’m sure they won’t care what they’re eating, eh?
This sentence is a joke what is wrong with the judge I agree with everyone else hanging is to good for him, put him in a cage and leave him for a month without water and food and see how he like’s it, I think the same as people do to there dogs should be done to them, unless strikter punishment is given it is going to continue all this cruelty, how a human being can do that to an animal is beyond me I would rather starve myself. Why isn’t more done to prevent this happening before it gets to this stage, how these dogs must have suffered gives me nightmares, it is heart breaking, those poor dogs. What goes through people’s minds who do this they can’t be right in the head.