I Asked South Dakota Dog Trainers About Kristi Noem [View all]
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/08/us/politics/dog-trainers-kristi-noem.html
She knows that some dogs are wired inappropriately and that, sometimes, for the safety of humans and other animals, it can be necessary to euthanize. She knows that not everybody turns to a vet for that task.
Since I live in a very rural agricultural state, there are people that do that themselves with a firearm, Davenport told me.
What she does not get, though, is the way the governor of her state, Kristi Noem, talked about shooting her dog Cricket, as well as an unnamed billy goat, in her memoir, No Going Back, which came out yesterday.
I dont know a single person that would brag about it. Most of the time they feel bad, Davenport, a Republican, said. I dont know anyone who wouldnt at least be sad.
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We dont go out shooting our dogs. We dont shoot our goats, either, Davenport said. When a dog must be put down, she said, We actually have a mobile vet out here that can come to your house.
Confetti doesnt like loud noises, she said, so shes not much of a hunting dog, but shes very social. Her youngest dog, she joked, hasnt been trained as well as her others.
I think hes growing up feral, she said. He better hope Kristi Noem doesnt move in next door.
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