Commentary On a Dog Who Was Starved to Death

You’ve likely watched the videos and read the stories surrounding the death of Dallas, a dog who allegedly starved to death at a Board and Train facility in Tennessee. After the story initially broke, I purposely didn’t share it because I believe people are sometimes wrongly accused of horrible things through quickfire reactions online. We are an emotional species and often react first with our hearts instead of our heads. When I first read this story, I thought it was so disturbing that every ounce of my being wanted the facts to be wrong. I looked for the story for all of the days following hoping that I would see this as just another overreaction and nothing more. I was so hopeful that there would be some other crazy, but understandable explanation for the dog passing. When I saw the necropsy report however, I knew that this truly was the work of cruel people. There was no other explanation. I gave up hope when I read that the dog had died with 0% body fat.

Now, I’m not going to hold back in this post because I’m furious!

Beyond furious!

Furious at the owner of this facility for being so removed from her business that this was supposedly going on without her knowledge.

Furious with the people I REFUSE to call trainers. A trainer builds a dog up and helps them find their footing in the…