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While the Post uses its cover to tout the Yankees' new pitcher - and the increasingly rare Yankees victory (you'd think NYC was a one baseball team town) - Daily News concentrates on the dog days of one woman. Connecticut resident Nancy Guastini is suing a Staten Island man for allegedly selling her a vicious Labrador retriever. Yes, a vicious Lab!
After hearing that Frank Farella wanted to sell his dog because his wife was pregnant, Guastini purchased Duncan the lab. However, two things that happened that now seem lawsuit-worthy in retrospect: Farella "repeatedly struck the dog with a leather leash" and "allegedly gave the dog 10 milligrams of Valium because he was prone to car sickness." Once Guastini took Duncan out of the car, he bit off her lip and nose.
Duncan only attacked Guastini once, but he was euthanized. Guastini is suing Farella for unspecified damages and believes he mistreated the dog. This is a sad story, but when you go and adopt a pet or buy a pet, try to know as much as about the sellers as you can.
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Does anyone know of a good resource that explains what you should be sure to look for and ask when you buy/adopt a pet?
The headline needs one tweak -- may I suggest Canem Caveat Emptor? What were six years of high school and college Latin good for if not this?
Always adopt; never buy.
As for a resource, how about ASPCA.org? Keep it simple!
Also try: www.petfinder.com
Geez. This Farella guy is about to become a father? Studies show that people who abuse animals are also likely to abuse people. Pity the poor kid.
why are you so quiet? dog got your nose?
...oh.
the key here is to make sure you know your breeder/who you're buying from! references and a reputation are priceless. and i would say the same about any shelter.
why buy, when there are thousands in shelters? pure bred dogs too. sad.
petfinder.org
www.1-800-Save-A-Pet.com
Labs may seem harmless, however, i was viciously mauled by a yellow lab many years back. i was very badly injured, and had i not known what to do I would probably be dead.
Any breed can inherit the bad traits of its father.
^The flip side to that, of course, is that there are many loving, friendly pit bulls that don't make the same headlines as the bad apples. So the breed gets stereotyped as inherently "gentle" or "vicious," and people respond accordingly.
On another note, that headline is priceless.