Andrea Rosebrock 
Update 10/2/09 – How’s Trooper? Update on Abused Dumpster Pitbull
This little pitbull girl, dubbed Trooper by those involved in her rescue, is one of the sad, innocent victims of dogfighting. Found last Friday in a dumpster wrapped in a plastic bag sealed with duct tape, she refused to give up and even severely injured, managed to chew a hole in her plastic prison big enough to poke her head out.
A woman disposing of trash in the Washington DC dumpster at her apartment on 4220 block of 9th Street Southeast opened the door and saw the bloodied head of the dog looking out at her. Another resident showed up to help her.
“He was in a bag at first,” said Leroy Robinson. “And he came out of the bag and stuck his head out of the door as if he was trying to get out of the trash can door, but he couldn’t get out.”
The good Samaritans called the Washington Humane Society and Officer Eve Russell was nearby when the call came in and went to the scene immediately to lend help help to the desperate little survivor. She believes that whoever bagged, taped and dumped the dog probably believed she was already or close to dead and just wanted to dispose of “trash.”
“It was one of the most disturbing things I’ve ever seen,” said Officer Russell. “She was covered in flies. I couldn’t believe it. I couldn’t believe anybody would do that. That’s why we named her Trooper. She wanted to get out– she did not want to be in that bag anymore.”
As Officer Russell was releasing Trooper from the bag, the dog actually leaned against her and managed to wag her tail a little. Even after the hell she had been through, she was ready to trust again.
Trooper was rushed to Friendship Hospital for Animals in Northwest DC where she underwent treatment and was in the intensive care unit for a couple of days. They believe she will pull through.
“She’s probably one of the worst I’ve personally ever seen,” said Dr. Ashley Hughes. “She was in a lot of pain. We immediately started her on some IV fluids to sustain her and put her on some pain medication.”
Now the Humane Society want to know who was responsible for tossing away this little girl like trash and Officer has plastered the area with Reward fliers.
It still amazes me when I see people trying to defend dogfighting as if it’s a legitimate sport. They compare it to prize fighting and other violent sports that people engage in. How can they possible look at the victims and find anything defensible? How can they not understand that in sports that people engage in, they have a choice whereas in dogfighting, these dog have no choice! It’s kill or be killed and even for dogs that fight their heart out, who come out on the losing end, a cruel heartless death is often their only reward.
I would love to see whoever did this caught and punished and although $1000 is quite a bit of money for you average person, the reward pales in comparison to some of the “purses” in some dogfights. Maybe not in inner city Washington DC but time will tell if the reward loosens an tongues. I have serious doubts. 
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What kind of inhuman piece if shit would do this ? They are the trash .This poor girl has had a life of pain .Dog fighters like Vick do not belong on our planet .Hopefully someone will look past the scars and give her a chance to see what real people are like .I hope all dog fighters die a painful death
AMEN to that 10 fold!
I am just thankful someone was in the right place at the right time. It just may give Trooper a second chance at a happy and loving life. Please Dee, keep us updated as to what happens. This POS should be caught and knocked out and then put in a trash bag and thrown away. We can always say we thought they were dead. Maybe after they feel what poor Trooper went through, they will think more clearly.
Moe, I’ll def update when I get more info. This just breaks my heart. Look at that face!! It’s gonna be so sweet once she’s all healed and I just bet she’ll have that pittie smile that gets me every time!!
D.
I pray to God that there is a hell, a hell worse than we can imagine!!
Gig, I’m sure God has a special place and plan for the wastes of human life who get their thrill out of torturing these innocent babies!
D.
And that goes for Michael Vick, too!!
I am so disgusted with the people who did this to this poor girl. What goes thru their sick twisted minds? Yes, Terry, dogfighters all belong in hell. How can they think this is a viable sport????
I hope and pray that she survives, and I know that there is a wonderful loving home waiting for her once she is healed and ready to go home. She found that people can be nice, as she did with the good samaritans and Eve and Dr Ashley. I would like to get my hands on the bastards that did this to Trooper.
This is not a sport , these are low life ex cons and gang members that have no job or future .How many are caught? If you do catch, them they pull out a gun . Poor dogs that end up in their hands
Terry, We do not see it as a sport, but in their sick minds it is a sport just as boxing is. (which to me is not a sport either) We will never see it as they do. Yes, we would probably get shot if we ever interferred with this type of activity. It is a lifestyle for these sickos, and these poor babies are not aware of any other life. They don’t know the kindness and love that we give our furbabies.
How the NFL can take Vick back is beyond my realm of thought. Young kids emulate these sports figures, so guess what we will get when they grow up? Thugs and gang members, and we can thank Michael Vick for that.
Actually we can thank the NFL and all those people that want to treat Vics crimes like they never happened : (
Just think this is in Washington DC where the laws are made Hmmmm do you think anything will change? Would be nice if the people making the laws were sent to work in the animal rescue trenches for one week. Laws might be changed if the idiots that make them saw the horror of dog fighting or puppy mills first hand.
I still think a million dog march on the nation’s captital would be effective. DON’T bring any poop bags.
Especially with thousands of these beautiful pitti babies!
You got the right Susie and there are so so many out there in desperate need. What a reception that would be!!
Thats not a bad boy that is walking puke!
HaHaHa ~ Air I’m with you : )
Andrea, gotta saw that thought got a chuckle outta me. Just imagining it…
AIR – I agree – these marches supposedly work….this is just disgusting and to think nothing will be done, I’m sure.
This baby is adorable – even with the injured face – even tho that just brings tears to my eyes.
Thank god that people threw out their trash when they did……..God Speed Trooper!!
Just wait until Vick struts his stuff on the NFL field. If you think dog fighting is bad now-you haven’t seen anything yet!
NFL and America will be cheering a dog killer. Now the NFL and fighting dogs will be synonymous – the NFL has no problem with hiring a pet killer. And young people are attracted to bad boys and will want to get their own pit bulls and do the Michael Vick and fight dogs and make all that big money!
Poor baby.My heart breaks for all these poor dear souls forced into this cruel life of pain and suffering.Yet when rescued what is the first thing she does???Leans into her rescuer and wags her tail.My heart just melted and the tears flowed for this little doll.May she find comfort and peace with a family that will love her and treat her the way all animals should be treated.With love,compassion and respect.Love ya Trooper.
Deanna I love you too & I have shared this on Facebook.xo
Aw Sissy, thanks so much for sharing. Hopefully the further we can spread this the more chance there will be of someone coming forward with some info. This little girl is one of the lucky ones, she will have a second chance. There are so many that aren’t and the more trash we can get off the streets, the more lucky ones there will be! Hugs my friend!
D.
They CAN’T work fast enough to bring an end to this disgusting activity.
Too true Andrea!! Now if only the punishment can fit the crime….
Amen!!!!
will you be able to keep us updated on her? poor thing.
Of course Bernice! She should do fine. She’s got a lot of spunk and a lot of people caring for her and giving her the TLC she needs right now.
The POS that engage in animal fighting should be disposed of like the garbage that they obiously are : (
help enact laws to prohibit people like Michael Vick from regaining high profile jobs and multi-million dollar contracts or book deals that can be perceived as reward and a slap on the wrist for dogfighting and other felonies – please sign and send this petition to your state senator or governor: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/my/dashboard/294447515
If the people that work so hard for dog fighting would work that hard at making a legitimate living they wouldn’t have to make a living off of blood money from a poor frighten dog. It turns my stomach every time you see something like this, it is not the dog fault they cant talk, and they are not asked what do you want.Some cheap dumb uneducated piece of humanity thinks they know so much and they know nothing. There will be judgment from God he did leave us in charge and people that have violated this convent will feel the pain also, and I hope its 3-fold for what the dogs felt.
I like that thought Whitecat! There sure doesn’t seem to be justice here… be nice to think.. know… there will be judgment and it will pale in comparison to anything we mere humans could mete out! Still like to see some punishment here tho, I admit to that selfishness!
D.
Sure these A**h***s are actually going to get a real job, that would require them to actually work, Yeh Right LOL LOL LOL!
I CAN SAY ANYTHING AS I HAVE TEARS COMING OUT OF MY EYES.
This is so bad , I guess since I have rescued 2 Pities I have seen this for about 10 years this picture is repetitive .Can you imagine the fear of fighting for your life with a bunch of screaming ——- .How can it stop? As long as there are scum usless morons this will go on .Who will go in the slums of Detroit or Harlem to check it out ?
Give me a gun and a bunch of animal loving thugs, and I will go, just to take these wonderful dogs and show them there are loving people who will treat them like they should be treated in this world.
Even tho I am not a pitti parent, this makes me just sick inside. This little girl deserves to be treated like a queen, and with medical treatment and a little rehabilitation, she will soon be able to forget what her previous life was like, and learn to enjoy all the comforts of a loving home.
Wanna join me on a field trip Terry?
I’m in .I just don’t understand this , in Canada we do not have this problem . I know why you do , but will hold my tongue
Terry, don’t hold your tongue, I personally and I am sure others here who value your opinion as I do, would love to hear your thoughts on this – maybe your thoughts and suggestions will help us to comprehend why it is not prevalent in Canada as it is here in the US, and your thoughts probably will entice us to find the right person in our government to help put an end to this brutality that goes on with the beautiful pit.
Hi Terry I to wish you would give your comments as to why Canda does not have this problem. As a person that has worked in animal rescue over 20 years I would like to see if your comments are the same as mine.
To Susie and Lea , some things are better left unsaid politically
I just can beleive someone would do this, what a beautiful little girl she is aswel, when she should have been hugged and loved she was put in a ring to fight, what has this world come to and more importantly, what are people turning this world into dogs love humans inconditionally, surely they should get the same back. May the people get caught for this and burn in fucking hell!
It is very very Sad to see anybody torching animal and Dogs.I wish Government put people torching and abusing animal to the life time prison.
we living 2009!!!it is shame someone doing Dogfigthing or it is shame to see puppy mill.
I am Praying every day for our Dogs and our animals.
maziyar shirzad from Texas.
I SAY PUT ALL AGNG MEMBERS AND DOG FIGHTERS ON AN ISLAND~ALCATRAZ IS EMPTY~ and give them all guns and let them blow each others heads off~the world be be such a better place if they were all gone!
Sorry typo~ I meant GANG MEMBERS!
Terry, I understand, but boy, would I like to have you handle the whole pit bull issues we have here in America. Sounds like Canada has that issue under control!
Yeah, I’ve been kind of waiting for the answer here too! C’mon Terry… give!!
D.
I will not give the answer as it will be taken as prejudice , and i am definitely not .But I look at facts
Terry, I can totally understand you witholding your feelings, and maybe the truth to the problem here. But, if you would like to email D and I off the record, pehaps your insight will help the two of us can work together with your thoughts on this to stop these types of horrendous acts of cruelty in America. Remember Terry, we are on your side – we all have the same feelings towards animal cruelty.
Well you lost me on that statement Terry as all walks of life are mixed up in this inhumane crap : (
Bottom line is we are all going to have to work together to stop this kind of activity. We must put our personal feeing to the side not be afraid to say what we think even if we fear someone else will place judgement. It is not our place to judge anyone it is our place to stop what is going on. I don’t play in politic’s I deal in facts if you have factual information that will help to stop this activity please feel free to e-mail me personally I will be happy to carry the information forward for you. I’ll do what ever it takes to get the laws changed so every animal has protection under that law.
Lea, I understand where Terry is coming from. I do not know how active you are in rescue/advocacy, but I have been in it a long time, and these changes are not going to happen overnight. We have to find steadfast political figures to help aid in this horrendous situation. Maybe Terry feels pressured now, so let’s lay off of him, and he might email D privately with his insight. Yes, we are all working together on this, but some things must be done on the q t.
Oh, sorry, I can’t move it… Excalibur, just repost it and I’ll delete this one.
D.
Okay, sorry all.
Don’t be sorry – I can imagine you typing away, and not being aware of where you were posting it in your state of anger!
She had the will to live you must respect that and she can bring the police to the dog fighting area just letting her sniff … I don’t think people take dog fighting serious …Michael Vick back with the Eagles no one cares about the dogs..worse no one cares about the crime and that it is a sign that humans can be victims. Dog fighting exposes, drugs, guns, abuse for the children who are made to watch, it is worse than people take it to be…Our senators, our gov must take this serious it is a sign of back times to come more abuse. I pray she does not go to a home who will use her again to fight…I pray they keep her as an example of what is out there and have her greet people show hope.
My heart just aches when I see such disregard for life. All bloodsports, spousal abuse and child abuse, rape, murder, violation of any other human being’s rights are so deeply connected to teaching children respect, kindness, and empathy.
A child who is loved–truly loved–and who has been taught right from wrong generally never strays from those teachings–no matter how difficult his/her peers may make life. Inate respect for life dictates how you treat others.
Every effort to punish those who engage in dog-fighting should be made. We need to treat these crimes with the same importance that we treat crimes against human beings because, these tragic abuses and deaths happen to every one of us. Any human being with a mildly-functioning conscience is traumatized by knowing how this pathetic dog suffered.
We can no longer turn away. We simply must get involved to reach children. We need to make it a mantra. We need to demand of our legislators that they address it in every community. Gangs would disappear if parents would be held accountable for their treatment, or lack thereof, of their children.
I pray this sweet dog can be healed–both physically and mentally. For a dog to wag her tail in response to humane touch after enduring such brutality is a testament to how valuable these wonderful, sensitive creatures are to our very existence. I ask, would you trust another human if it was you in that dumpster?
Any updates on the little darling?
Sissy, last I hear Trooper is doing better, think there was more surgery but this is one fighting survivor!! So far, so good!
D.
This is one of many sad cases of dog fighting. At least this poor gal was a fighter, dogs are smart, they know how to survive it is instinct. I do not understand what the entertainment of watching dogs maul and kill each other is. If it is gambling and the money, geez go to casino where there are people of the same height, weight. I dont think so, these dog fighters would never go against someone that might beat the crap out of them, yet they use innocent animals where they can control then dispose of them after they are done with them. How would they like to be treated that way in pain. no meds, thrown in a filthy smelly trash bin covered in who knows what. Animls have feelings too.
I had to come back to this story. Can this poor gal put all this behind her and find a caring, patient, loving human to care for her. I would take her if I could.
This god needs good nutrition, too thin.
Update 10/2/09 – How’s Trooper? Update on Abused Dumpster Pitbull