The CEO of Richmond’s SPCA, Robin Starr, left her 16-year-old dog in her car where he suffered heat stroke and later died.
The blind and deaf dog was put into the backseat of the car by Starr’s husband Ed because she often took him to work with her. Unfortunately her husband forgot to tell her and she didn’t realize until four hours later that Louie, their cocker spaniel/poodle mix, was in there.
It wasn’t until she left her office about noon that day — after the dog had spent nearly four hours alone in the car — that she discovered Louie in the back of the station wagon, showing signs of heat stroke.
She took the dog inside to the SPCA clinic, where it was stabilized and taken to the Veterinary Emergency Center in Carytown. Veterinarians worked unsuccessfully to restore kidney function in Louie, and the dog died about midnight.
“I just forgot . . . and didn’t think about it until I got this frantic phone call from Robin. I knew immediately what I had done,” Ed Starr recalled yesterday at the SPCA offices on Hermitage Road.
He added, “It wasn’t her fault. It was mine.”
Robin Starr has been one of the area’s most outspoken advocates for animals. While her supporters are standing by her there are those that think she should resign. I cannot imagine anything more painful than knowing your beloved dog died on account of your actions.
I want to thank Wilson for barking this cute story to me.
If you live in the Macon, GA. area be on the lookout for a red haired beauty riding on the back of a candy-apple red Roketa 250.
When Johnny Ray rides his scooter down Gray Highway, he’s used to people pointing and staring.
Gizmo, his Pomeranian/cocker spaniel-mixed pooch, rides in style in her own “K-9 unit” fastened to the bike.
“She loves it. She rides good,” Ray said.
She took an interest in the scooter as soon as he drove it home last year.
“When I got back from my maiden trip, she put her little paws on the running board like, ‘Daddy, I don’t know what this thing is but I want to go with you,’ ” said Ray, 64, who retired in 1996 from doing in-house printing for the Atlanta Braves for 15 years.
Ray at first thought he could hook her up with a harness and leashes, but he decided instead on a double-decker contraption. He hinged two black milk crates together and fastened them with bungee cords.
Ever since Bo was a pup he’s tried to tell us baths were bad, and he would do anything to try and stop us from giving him one. Normally he got a bath after an outside romp which left him covered in goo, nothing was going to persuade us from giving him a good cleaning. However, I just read the following article and realized maybe Bo was right, baths are dangerous.
LONDON – A British pup had a narrow flush with disaster after his 4-year-old master decided to give him a bath in the toilet. Daniel Blair was quoted as telling Britain’s Daily Mirror tabloid that he tried to clean the muddy 1-week-old cocker spaniel because he was muddy, and he flushed him down the drain.
His mother Alison was quoted as saying she thought the dog was dead, but a drainage firm was able to locate the beleaguered animal in a pipe 20 yards away from the house using specialist camera gear.
Here’s video of the trapped puppy taken by Dyno-Rod’s, the drainage firm who saved him.
Seahawk Aaron Curry that is. It turns out the newly drafted Curry has a love besides football, his black lab Ali.
He made a promise that the first thing he was going to do after signing a pro contract would be to get another dog. The great news is he kept his promise and got a new pup, and because of his love of dogs there may be more additions in the future.
“When I get older, I’m going to get dogs, and they’ll be my dogs, and nobody will tell me what to do with them,” a teenaged Curry said to his mom.
He used to bring home strays — his mom remembers a dalmatian and a cocker spaniel in particular — and give them a temporary place to stay while permanent homes were found.
“He just loves dogs,” his mom said.
Last month his fiancee, Jamila, gave him a yellow lab and Chesapeake retriever mix for his birthday. Luckily, Jamila is also a dog lover because if she wasn’t I don’t think she would have accepted his marriage proposal.
Last spring Oprah had a show on the horrors of puppy mills and pet overpopulation. She vowed that when it was time to get another dog she would go to a shelter.
About a year ago Oprah lost her beloved gal Sophie, a 13-year-old Cocker Spaniel. After waiting 11 months she decided it was time to bring home a new family member.
Winfrey, who had previously sponsored a dog room at the state-of-the-art no-kill shelter, stopped by Saturday to look at available dogs. She was drawn to the litter of cocker spaniels.
Winfrey returned Sunday with Steadman Graham, and they adopted the goldenish cocker.
It’s nice to know Oprah keeps her promises, hopefully this will inspire others to visit and adopt from their local shelter.
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