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Tragic Dog Killed by Firework

  • 01-11-2013 12:38AM
    #1
    Claregirl
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    http://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/tragic-dog-killed-firework-explosion-2658540

    A family have been left devastated after a stray firework resulted in the death of their beloved dog and one of its pups.

    Snoop the six-year old Labrador panicked when the firework exploded close to him and was strangled by his chain.

    One of his six-week old pups also died in the incident in Drogheda on Wednesday.

    Leona Reynolds, 34, said she and her children are distraught at the death of their family pet.

    She said: “It was a freak accident but having said that there should not be fireworks in housing estates.

    “My daughter said that the firework landed in the garden and he panicked. He ended up with the chain being wrapped around his neck. It was a freak accident.”

    Snoop was the father of 10 puppies and their mother, Ali, a boxer another family pet.

    Leona added: “The ten pups had hidden underneath the shed and one of them also got caught up (in the chain).”

    The pup also died and it took Leona and her four children – Kayla, 14, Aimee, 12, Stephen, 10 and TJ, 3, an hour to coax the remaining pups out from under the shed.

    Leona said: “It was a firework that did this. It is wrong to have fireworks in a housing estate. There should be a display somewhere safe.

    “I do think this was accidental but it was brought on by a firework that came into my garden.

    “It is just horrible and a loss for everybody. Stephen loves football and Snoop used to play football with him.”

    I saw this in the paper earlier and it just made my blood boil this "poor family" suffering the loss of their "beloved pet" Seriously if it's that beloved what the fúck is it doing chained up in the garden?:mad: Whatever about the rights or wrongs of fireworks I think the owners of this dog have a case to answer the firework didn't kill the dog it was strangled on the chain that the owner placed on it:mad:


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  • #2
    July Rain
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    ffs


  • #3
    wazky
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,516 ✭✭✭wazky


    Claregirl wrote: »
    Seriously if it's that beloved what the fúck is it doing chained up in the garden?

    Dead right, if you can't have a dog without it being tied up most of the day then you can't have a dog.


  • #4
    Howard Juneau
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    I think it's a disgrace....who the fck names a dog snoop?!


  • #5
    Muise...
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    Howard Juneau wrote: »
    I think it's a disgrace....who the fck names a dog snoop?!

    Charlie Brown


  • #6
    anncoates
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    Pets should be inside tonight.

    Still very sad though, obviously.


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  • #7
    MonkstownHoop
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    D O DOUBLE G


  • #8
    Dravokivich
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    Claregirl wrote: »

    I saw this in the paper earlier and it just made my blood boil this "poor family" suffering the loss of their "beloved pet" Seriously if it's that beloved what the fúck is it doing chained up in the garden?:mad: Whatever about the rights or wrongs of fireworks I think the owners of this dog have a case to answer the firework didn't kill the dog it was strangled on the chain that the owner placed on it:mad:

    Labradors can escape quite easily and be hard to catch up with. A mate of mine had such issues with one. It's not uncommon to chain dogs that have a tendancy to be flighty in a built up area, such as a housing estate. The fact that the chain was long enough for it to end up wrapped around his neck suggests to me that this wasn't really an issue with how they cared for it.


  • #9
    Maximus Alexander
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    It's a disgrace is what is is Joe.


  • #10
    kenmc
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    Snoop was the father of 10 puppies and their mother, Ali, a
    boxer another family pet.
    so he was both their father and their grandfather. ffs. probably breeding them as Xmas puppies. hope the rest of the puppies are taken away, don't deserve the privilege of keeping a pet.


  • #11
    wretcheddomain
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    Oh I thought you meant it died after listening to Katy Perry's song of the same name, certainly I could have believed it.


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  • #12
    Stojkovic
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    Dogs shouldnt be tied up tonight.

    Owners fault, no sympathy for them, idiots.

    My dog was beside me on the couch all night.


  • #13
    Howard Juneau
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,901 ✭✭✭Howard Juneau


    Stojkovic wrote: »
    Dogs shouldnt be tied up tonight.

    Owners fault, no sympathy for them, idiots.

    My dog was beside me on the couch all night.

    How is your gf btw? :)


  • #14
    My name is URL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,225 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    They should chain the family up and have dogs fling fireworks at them... or dogs with bees in their mouth and when they bark they shoot bees.


  • #15
    dgt
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    Those pups will grow up with their eyes facing each other


  • #16
    Claregirl
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    Dravokivich wrote: »
    Labradors can escape quite easily and be hard to catch up with. A mate of mine had such issues with one. It's not uncommon to chain dogs that have a tendancy to be flighty in a built up area, such as a housing estate. The fact that the chain was long enough for it to end up wrapped around his neck suggests to me that this wasn't really an issue with how they cared for it.

    There are no circumstances to my mind where a dog should be chained up.

    I've always had a dog and never resorted to that it would be like chaining one of my kids up. If you cannot contain your pet securely without resorting to a chain within your garden or keep them inside your home you shouldn't have one.


  • #17
    Kovu
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    I don't think that the article meant he was the father of the pups mother. It says she is a boxer and he is a labrador. Seems more like a typo to me, possibly meaning to say 'with Ali' not 'and of Ali'.


  • #18
    daRobot
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    Dumb inbread fu*ks. Dogs have a tough enough time indoors now, let alone outside tonight. Pups outside too? Jesus fcuking christ.....


  • #19
    moc moc a moc
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    Dravokivich wrote: »
    Labradors can escape quite easily and be hard to catch up with. A mate of mine had such issues with one. It's not uncommon to chain dogs that have a tendancy to be flighty in a built up area, such as a housing estate

    The point is that the dog shouldn't have been left outside on Hallowe'en night when fireworks are known to be let off.


  • #20
    KKkitty
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    We were very lucky this year with not one firework or banger going off but on a night like tonight pets should be kept indoors if anyone is letting off them things. To chain a dog is the dumbest thing to do. His so called owners should be ashamed.


  • #21
    Stojkovic
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    Howard Juneau wrote: »
    How is your gf btw? :)

    She wasnt happy being stuck out in the kennel !


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  • #22
    Red Nissan
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    The moral of the story is twofold, don't chain up your pets and don't ban fireworks, it only leads to illegal firework smuggling which increases the risk of misfires and strays.


  • #23
    Gatling
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    Soooooooo who gets the blame this time

    Nidge or the luas
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  • #24
    AAN
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    It said in the article that education can prevent this type of incident from occuring again but it's not as if education can compensate for a lack of common sense. This family didn't seem to have the latter.


  • #25
    Vito Corleone
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    Those pups will have to grow up without their father now.


  • #26
    creep
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    A chain should only be put on a dog supervised. I put a chain on mine and leave him around the garden and play around him. A dog chained up unsupervised is only asking for trouble. Any dog should be left inside as well on halloween night. No sympathy for the owners only for the dog


  • #27
    meoklmrk91
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    TBF it wasn't the firework(as much as I hate them) that killed this dog, I have heard several stories of dogs being strangled whilst tied up, no one should ever leave a dog tied up unsupervised, it's asking for trouble, what a horrible death. Also if there is anytime of year that you should bring your pets in its Halloween, my dog does pretty well with them, he doesn't panic, but I spent all evening at home with him to make sure that he was safe indoors and he wasn't panicking.


  • #28
    Tigger
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    I love dogs
    I have two at the moment and have shared my life with dogs
    The most importa t thing when chaining a dog is to make sure thre is no way it can hang itself


    I don't agree with chaining but if it's happening it should be safe

    It's also important to take them in during Halloween and thunderstorms
    Bangers happen . Good dog owners would not be affected by "fireworks".


  • #29
    Amirani
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    AAN wrote: »
    It said in the article that education can prevent this type of incident from occuring again but it's not as if education can compensate for a lack of common sense. This family didn't seem to have the latter.

    There's generally quite a strong correlation with being educated and not being ****ing retarded though.


  • #30
    syklops
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    The deceased was chained up outside in a housing estate on Hallowe'en night. That alone is bad enough but the 10 pups were outside as well?

    Im hoping/assuming the ISPCA will be paying them a visit tomorrow.


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  • #31
    awec
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    Stojkovic wrote: »
    Dogs shouldnt be tied up tonight.

    Owners fault, no sympathy for them, idiots.

    My dog was beside me on the couch all night.

    No sympathy?

    Their dog just died.

    Have a shred of decency for fcuk sake. No matter what you think of the chain, if you can't sympathise with someone who lost their dog in such circumstances then there's something wrong there.


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