Andrea Rosebrock 
There’s no doubt that a Great Dane is going to grow into a rather sizable dog so someone please explain to me why a woman, Crystal Santiago-Griego, 26, of Albuquerque, NM, would keep one imprisoned in a small crate for 7 months after she’d already been cited for the dog’s care! She kept that dog in a crate for so long the he was deformed and could barely even walk!
That’s right, about 7 months prior to finding the deformed Great Dane locked in a crate, animal control cited Crystal Santiago-Griego for not having the Great Dane, a puppy at the time, microchipped, vaccinated and neutered. She never bothered to take care of the citation and when animal control followed up in September, that’s when they found an apartment so trashed they had to have it condemned, the smell of urine overwhelming.
Animal control removed two cats, another dog and the Great Dane that Santiago-Griego had left in the crate long after he had outgrown it. The poor dog was badly deformed and could barely walk.
Why do people like this even have pets??
Crystal Santiago-Griego pleaded guilty to misdemeanor animal cruelty and was sentence to community service, 280 hours in animal shelters. Her husband, Ted Griego, also pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 32 hours of community service. They’re both also banned from owning animals.
Personally I think Crystal Santiago-Griego should have had to spend some time in a tiny cage just to see how that poor dog felt, to get a taste of her own medicine. As for being sentenced to community service in an animal shelter, I have to agree completely with what Heather Ferguson of Animal Protection of New Mexico says, “We advocate that they’re not put back in a situation where they’re given a chance to interact with animals.”
Animals in shelters are usually in a desperate enough situation, do you think they don’t know when a person around them doesn’t like or care about them. Animals are very intuitive, they know. If community service is sentenced, abusers should have to serve it away from animals and people! I certainly wouldn’t trust them around any living creature I cared about!
As for the Great Dane, he was adopted shortly after and his new family says he’s doing better, actually able to walk. No doubt he’s going to need a lot of TLC but it looks like he’s going to get it, now.
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God-my heart just breaks for these poor animals. What the hell is wrong with people?
At least there is a happy ending for the great dane.
Two Stupid slob losers , what a useless sentence .The dogs at the shelter are a lot cleaner than them already ,She may give the dogs some strange disease
THIS IS WHY IT WILL NEVER STOP~ are there any JUDGES out theree that have animals…we want to see these people in JAIL, I for one would not want her caring for my animal at the shelterm maybe that is what happened to Jayden, they allow people LIKE THIS TO WORK IN COUNTY SHELTERS for community service…GIVE ME A BREAK,,,,,she needs to be in a padded cell and her hubby as well, a cell 1/4 their size……an eye for an eye when it comes to animal abusem i am so sick of people getting a SLAP on the wrist when they torture, abuse and murfer animals. They feel pain damnit…..why when these people get sentenced they do not have to feel any of the pain they inflicted onto the animals! Thank God they saved this baby when they did and I can not even to begun to imagine to smell in that house…OMG…SICK PEOPLE~~
I agree that doing community service in an animal shelter makes no sense. Would a convicted child abuser do community service at a day care center or after school program? How about someone arrested for drunk driving working in a bar or a distillery? She needs severe jail time, rehabilitation, and sit in confined spaces with no bathroom facility for extended periods to understand what she did to this dog. Thank goodness there are angels out there who gave this dog a happy ending. The court system needs judges with more common sense – not just what they learned from books in law school.
Why the hell get an animal if you cant keep it like a friend. maybe the dog should have locked her in that damn crate. there is somethingwrong with this ignorant sack of potation for lack of a better word. haha, she needs weight watchers too. and a little exercise. sure that dog wasnt being cared for well either. this is horrifying. well now she will have a big crate to be in with big bars around it with other people that will play with her. how does she feel now. and oh yes that mug of hers, dart it. thats nasty looking. god, do they get any uglier. and stupider. is that a word oops im stooping to her level of intelligence. ihave to ask what was she on anyway. dope what?
BULL**** MAKE THESE 2 POS SIT IN A VERY SMALL CAGE & LET THEM GET DEFORMED LIKE THEY DID TO THIUS POOR DOG. SHE KNEW WHAT SHE DID AS DID HER SOB HUSBAND. STUPID JUDGE.
How about a little of do unto others as they do unto you for time to be placed in a cage … another great low life that genes pool is poor
I’m just shocked. Animals are so keen about who cares and who doesn’t. To force them to be around a demented sicko like this POS when they are already in a horrible situation as it is, well it’s just wrong. As someone else said, where are the judges who have companion animals and why aren’t sentences meted out that even come close to the crimes committed?? I feel so sorry for the poor babies at the shelter even coming close to this monster. That crate was ridiculous!! Lord, where is the island?
This story made me just sick. When I look at that little baby, I was so mad at that pos – what is wrong with the general population nowadays?
I agree that this pos should be far far away from any animals. You do not inflict that type of horrible person on anyone. The animals at the shelter will sense her evilness.
Our judicial system better take a hard look at the type of criminals that are out there, and start imposing sentences that will make a difference, because they are all going to be standing right there in front of the same judge time and time again. Throw out those outdated law books, and talk to those of us who are out there in the field working with these abused babies.
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>Why do people like this even have pets??<
They don't have pets…nor do they want pets. They're control freaks who take the obsession to sinister levels.
People who treat animals this way have some sort of warped need to wield power because they feel that they're not in control…and they want very badly to be.
Unable to control every situation in their daily lives…they turn to whatever they can hold power over. Sometimes it's animals…sometimes it's children…sometimes it goes much deeper. Rape comes to mind. As we all know, rape isn't about sex. It's about control, and imposing one's will on another being who is unable to defend against it. It's the stuff that serial killers are made of.
This is so sick!!! How dare them give her community service in an animal shelter….insane!!!!! Lets just LET her inflict MORE animal cruelty, because we all know she’s going to hurt them any way she can because she is pissed at having got in trouble because of a dog in the first place…..stupid judicial system…..they make me sick!
What stupid punishment. These are adults making the laws for our wonderful animals, God’s gift to us to take care of? What a joke. Kids can do better. I agree, put the woman and her husband in small cages and see how they like it. No makeup allowed.
At least they were given sentences & banned from owning animals. With some of the stories–most get zero.
I agree, it isn’t enough.
The couple is BANNED from owning animals so put them in shelters to do work. What is wrong with this picture. I say put them both in the same small cage for 7 months and see how they turn out. Then when the 7 months are up send them to that island. They don’t deserve to be in society. I am so happy that someone took the time and had enough love to adopt the Dane. I just hope that with much love she turns out to be a GREAT dog. I’m glad she got rescued.
I’m happy that the Great dane was adopted but … what about the 2 cats and the other dog that was in the apartment? I hope they all went to go homes and/or at least are safe!
This “B…” should be incarcerated and hot just doing 280 hours of community service! This is nothing/zilt/nada!
Okay give her 200 hours community service and the rest 80 hours let her linger in a cage!
That bitch should have the same treatment, leave her locked in a cage for seven months, give her to me I’ll sort out her punishment but it won’t matter what punishment she gets it won’t repair the damage she has done to that dog but it will give satisfaction to make her suffer. Community service what kind of punishment is that. To little unless the shelter she is working in they stick her face in dog poo every day for 7 months, they better watch out for the poor animals in there to make sure she doesn’t harm them, I’m sorry but I wouldn’t be able to work along side a person like her. EXTERMINATE EXTERMINATE
That stupid lousy no good ugnorany POS Bi*** and her Bi*** husband too soould be *********************************This scum needs the death penalty, as they are not fit to breath the air or keep contaminating others air. KARMA where are you?
Is she a legal resident here in the US? If not send her back to whatever rat hole she came from. They are used to living like rodent’s so get rid of her and her ???husband. Do not allow them to take anything more from this country then they already have sucked out and I hope every animal shelter will have her picking up dog feces with her bare hands.
Unfortunately her sentence will probably only mean more problems for the shelter as they will undoubtably have to assign a person to totally supervise this creepy woman so that she does not harm other dogs out of spite or vengence. I wish judges would get over their “only an animal” attitudes and recognize that people who mistreat animals are only a step away from mistreating people, even their own children.