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Are_grits_groceries

(17,139 posts)
Sat Oct 5, 2013, 04:38 AM Oct 2013

Who ties a dawg to a park bench while she's having puppies?

Imagine the sort of heartlessness this takes: Your German Shepherd is having puppies, so you tie her to a park bench, look over your shoulder -- and walk away. You're finished. The dog is on her own. You've got better things to do.

Amazingly, that happened in Newark, California, earlier this week. Officer Jennifer Bloom happened upon a dog having puppies in Lakeshore Park while tied to a bench, according to ABC 7.

Even sadder, she said that the dog was in distress, frantically trying to bury one of the puppies who was already dead.

"You know we go through training on how to help a woman deliver a baby, but we never had to deal with puppies," said Bloom.



An uncertain Bloom gathered up the dog and her puppies, put them in her car, and headed to Central Veterinary Hospital in the neighboring city of Fremont. We aren't sure how many puppies were born in the park, but more were on the way.

"I heard some puppies screaming in the back and I knew she was actively giving birth to more as I was driving over there," said Bloom.

When she got to the hospital, she was rattled.

"The police officer was knocking on the back door. She was a little freaked out, just like I was," veterinary assistant Beatriz Retana told ABC 7.


Once at the hospital, the dog continued to give birth, and she had a total of nine puppies. Unfortunately, two didn't make it.

"She's been a great mom. She had a rough time, a really rough time," said vet tech Elizabeth Jardine-Pereira.
http://www.dogster.com/the-scoop/dog-tied-bench-park-having-puppies-german-shepherd

A complete asshole, that's who!

Good on Officer Bloom and those at the Central Veterinary Hospital!






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Who ties a dawg to a park bench while she's having puppies? (Original Post) Are_grits_groceries Oct 2013 OP
this is just horrible , she was trying to bury one of the pups which died and she still had not JI7 Oct 2013 #1
Too selfish and lazy theHandpuppet Oct 2013 #6
Sometimes I just cannot fucking believe what some people are capable of. dipsydoodle Oct 2013 #2
I can malaise Oct 2013 #3
As if the Baggers aren't trying to tie the American public to a park bench Snake Plissken Oct 2013 #13
I can't stand it. Granny M Oct 2013 #4
I can't stand it either. Almost didn't open the op up because narnian60 Oct 2013 #15
That poor mama and babies! LeftofObama Oct 2013 #5
Nooooooooo!!! MadrasT Oct 2013 #7
this!!!! littlewolf Oct 2013 #17
I don't understand why they tied her up. LuvNewcastle Oct 2013 #8
Tied up so she wouldn't follow them home? PADemD Oct 2013 #11
cruella deville.. Niceguy1 Oct 2013 #9
Maybe the owner got the idea from our prisons keeping women shackled during childbirth. SunSeeker Oct 2013 #10
Oh ugh. But yeah, point taken. K&R for this story... nt riderinthestorm Oct 2013 #19
Grrrrrrrrrr shenmue Oct 2013 #12
Someone so ignorant that they did roody Oct 2013 #14
Surely this is some kind of crime, narnian60 Oct 2013 #16
A worthless waste of oxygen. flvegan Oct 2013 #18

JI7

(93,876 posts)
1. this is just horrible , she was trying to bury one of the pups which died and she still had not
Sat Oct 5, 2013, 04:46 AM
Oct 2013

finished giving birth. really ? aren't there animal shelters and anything else they could have called even if they didn't want to deal with it ?

dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts)
2. Sometimes I just cannot fucking believe what some people are capable of.
Sat Oct 5, 2013, 04:47 AM
Oct 2013

What a nasty thing to do.

Yes - good on Officer Bloom.

Snake Plissken

(4,103 posts)
13. As if the Baggers aren't trying to tie the American public to a park bench
Sat Oct 5, 2013, 07:41 AM
Oct 2013

All you have to do is watch the Washington Teabaggers in action to see what some people are capable of.

Granny M

(1,398 posts)
4. I can't stand it.
Sat Oct 5, 2013, 05:14 AM
Oct 2013

I can't stand cruelty.

So glad that Officer helped the mama dog and the puppies. I wish I could take mama in, but I'm too far from CA. There are plenty dogs to help here, anyway. Hoping she gets a good forever home, and all the pups, too.

narnian60

(3,510 posts)
15. I can't stand it either. Almost didn't open the op up because
Sat Oct 5, 2013, 09:20 PM
Oct 2013

I get haunted by horrible animal stories. I know they usually end ok, but I still hesitate.

LeftofObama

(4,243 posts)
5. That poor mama and babies!
Sat Oct 5, 2013, 06:30 AM
Oct 2013


I hope this haunts the heartless ass who did this for the rest of their life!

MadrasT

(7,237 posts)
7. Nooooooooo!!!
Sat Oct 5, 2013, 06:40 AM
Oct 2013

No no no, that poor mommy dog.



Some people



Thank heaven someone with an actual heart came along.

LuvNewcastle

(17,911 posts)
8. I don't understand why they tied her up.
Sat Oct 5, 2013, 06:52 AM
Oct 2013

Even if they were going to leave the dog somewhere, they shouldn't have tied her down. Poor thing.

shenmue

(38,599 posts)
12. Grrrrrrrrrr
Sat Oct 5, 2013, 07:29 AM
Oct 2013

I can't say what I want to do with the jerks who left her there. I am just very happy that the officer and the vet saved the day.

flvegan

(66,512 posts)
18. A worthless waste of oxygen.
Sat Oct 5, 2013, 09:44 PM
Oct 2013

That's my answer to the question. I hope the dogs are all okay and find good homes.

My thanks to those who took care and are taking care of mama and her pups.

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