Dog shot with BB gun
La Pine, OR (US)Incident Date: Thursday, Nov 6, 2008
County: Deschutes
Disposition: Open
Suspect(s) Unknown - We need your help!
A dog is healing at its owners home in La Pine after getting shot with a pellet gun. It's just a week after we told you about a cat from Bend that was shot with a BB gun.
A 4-year-old basset hound named Latte' stands about 10 inches tall, which seems pretty harmless.
But for whatever reason, someone shot her, causing the pellet to be lodged inside of her permanently.
It happened in a small, quiet neighborhood five miles outside of La Pine, where seeing the neighbor's dogs roam around freely isn't that big of a deal.
"Dogs do get out on occasion, so it's not that unusual to see dogs wandering out on their own," resident Patti Henson said Friday. "We've had very few problems with that, with other dogs wandering into our yard."
But for residents Andy and Nicole Goodman, after one of the rare occasions when their dogs sneak out of their back yard and visit the neighbors off of Rainbow Court, it has become a big deal.
"We came home from work and noticed that something was wrong with Latte," Nicole said Friday. "And anyone who owns a basset knows that she likes to eat her food, she's all about people. So when she wouldn't come in at night, we knew there was a problem. When she didn't eat her dinner, we knew there was a problem."
After coming home to find their dog Latte' acting almost lifeless, they were concerned and rushed her to the Animal Emergency Clinic in Bend.
"We found out that she has a pellet lodged inside of her, on her right side," Nicole said. "But she had been shot on the left side. So somebody shot her at close enough range that it actually went all the way through to the right side."
It was a shock for the young couple, who say they know almost all their neighbors and can't believe someone would do this.
"There's some people who have some serious problems that'd I'd avoid turning them in or avoiding them altogether," said Andy. "It's probably an early warning of something more to come."
To prevent things like that from happening, authorities ask that if you see a stray pet, call police or your local animal control, so the pet to can be taken to a safe place and reunited with its owner. References« OR State Animal Cruelty Map
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