Dog thrown from window during “crisis”
The most disturbing part about this story, in which a West Island man freaks out, breaks all his windows and throws things out, including pitching his dog from the second-floor window, is the almost casual mention that a vet will patch up the animal’s injuries and it will be returned to the family.
Ephraim 11:39 on 2021-05-20 Permalink
It says he was struggling with mental health. We have to assume that he had a bipolar episode. Back on his meds.
walkerp 12:54 on 2021-05-20 Permalink
He has my sympathy. I, too, would probably be throwing my dog out the window after a few months of living in DDO.
Kate 13:50 on 2021-05-20 Permalink
You guys are more forgiving than I’d be. I don’t care how much a person’s struggling – if they deliberately hurt an animal, they shouldn’t get it back.
Ephraim 14:03 on 2021-05-20 Permalink
That’s the part Kate, if it’s a psychotic break, there was nothing deliberate.
Blork 15:48 on 2021-05-20 Permalink
To be precise, the *family* is getting the dog back. The person who threw it out the window (presumably the father of the family) is in hospital and is facing charges. While I agree that a *person* who does this to their pet shouldn’t get it back, it’s a bit different if it’s a family. I know I’d be pretty pissed at the authorities if I was a kid and my dad tossed my dog out the window, and then the authorities said “sorry kid, you can’t have your dog back because your dad is a dick.”
Kate 16:32 on 2021-05-20 Permalink
True enough, Blork.