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Showing posts with label Australian shepherd. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Australian shepherd. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 27, 2016

College Football Star ‘Suspended Indefinitely’ Over Animal Abuse Investigation


A Missouri State football star was suspended indefinitely after allegedly punching a dog three times and breaking its jaw, according to reports Sunday.

Bears quarterback Breck Ruddick, 20, hit the 42-pound Australian shepherd so hard, the pooch, Luca, lost teeth and was rushed to a vet with a shattered jaw, the Daily Mail reported.

The player was suspended Friday for “conduct detrimental to the team” just hours after a Facebook post detailing the attack emerged, the paper reported.

The player lost his cool, punched the dog and let him “run off, all alone and bleeding profusely,” Shelby Filbeck, a friend of the dog’s owner, Katie Riggs, wrote in a Facebook post Friday afternoon.

Riggs “spent the whole night looking for her dog,” Filbeck said, according to the Daily Mail.

On Saturday, the college said the suspension was linked to the animal abuse allegations. Reddick won’t play again “until the situation is resolved,” said athletic director Kyle Moats.

To read more on this story, click here: College Football Star ‘Suspended Indefinitely’ Over Animal Abuse Investigation



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Friday, September 9, 2016

Max Scherzer: "Adopt Star, an 8-Month-Old Australian Shepherd Mix Puppy from the WHS/WARL and I Will Cover Your Adoption Fee"


Washington, DC -  Maxwell M. "Max" Scherzer is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball. He posted to facebook:

Anyone looking for a new family member? Star is a beautiful 8 month old Australian Shepherd mix and even better, she has dichro eyes!! She's a little shy but very sweet and needs a loving home. Star is at Washington Humane Society-Washington Animal Rescue League Oglethorpe location and if you tell them I sent her, I'll cover the adoption fee! #AdoptDontShop


STAR
Animal ID: 33374074 
Species: Dog 
Age: 8 months 7 days 
Sex: Female 
Color: Black/White 
Declawed: No 
Site: Oglethorpe Street 

Hello! My name is Star. Despite my name, I'm afraid of the limelight. I'm a shy girl who needs a forever home that's quiet because sometimes loud noises and too much energy scares me. You might have to help me come out of my shell first before I show you my silly side. I'm a good fetch player and I've been known to jump up and give kisses to the staff at WARL! Because I'm a little nervous, I would do best in a quiet home with older kids. Hope to see you soon :)

To learn more about Star, click HERE

If you are interested in adopting Star, please contact:
Oglethorpe Street Adoption Center
71 Oglethorpe Street, NW 
Washington, DC 20011
202-726-2556

Open for adoptions:
Tues-Sun 12 p.m.-7 p.m.*
Closed for adoptions on Mondays

Please read: Steps to Adopt

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Monday, August 18, 2014

Afghanistan Veteran and His Former Canine Comrade for Two Years, Reunite After they Both Returned from War


Any reunion between two war buddies is bound to be emotional, but after a nationwide search brought together a U.S. Marine Corps Veteran with the bomb-sniffing dog he served with, tears and wags were in order.

Lance Cpl. Dylan Bogue served in Afghanistan for seven months with the black lab Moxie, but hadn't seen his former partner for two years.

'I'm very happy, very grateful for the people that made this come together. It's really truly a dream,' Bogue told (WHDH- TV).


Bogue and Moxie were paired up at a training course in North Carolina in 2011 before being deployed to Afghanistan, where they worked to detect improvised explosive devices.

Still, Bogue insists that Moxie did more than just protect his unit from bombs.
"It was comforting and reassuring to myself and my unit to have a dog there in the stressful situations of a combat deployment," he told the Boston Herald.

Bogue said that he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, and believes that Moxie does too.

After returning to the U.S., Moxie began working with Boston's transit police and was an integral part of security at this year's marathon, searching for explosives on Boston's metro line.

"We did a lot of security work leading up to the last Boston Marathon, we were all over that Green Line," said Chip Leonard, the handler who gave up Moxie.

At the handover ceremony on Wednesday, Leonard was emotional as he saluted Bogue and said goodbye to his trusted partner.

"This was probably one of the toughest things I've ever gone through,' he told WBZ. Leonard later posted to Facebook that Bogue has "got his good pal back with him."

The reunion was made possible by Vietnam vet Lon Hodge, who sent out a call to find Moxie through his blog where he writes about the importance of service dogs to veterans' well-being.

Now that Moxie is retired from service, he'll join the civilian canines at Bogue's home, which include three pit bulls and an Australian shepherd.




Companion: Lance Cpl. Dylan Bogue had not seen his former partner Moxie for two years after the pair served together in Afghanistan.




Comfort canine: Bogue says that he and Moxie have PTSD but that his partner's presence with his unit was reassuring.




Service dog: Moxie will be with civilian dogs when he returns to Bogue's home. Here he dozes with Bogue and his unit.

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