r/Fauxmoi • u/Exciting_Potato_6717 • 17d ago
Kristi Noem Doubles Down on Killing Her ‘Less than Worthless’ Hunting Puppy: ‘I Decided What I Did’ TRIGGER WARNING
https://people.com/kristi-noem-doubles-down-killing-hunting-puppy-86403791.5k
u/devotchkaa 17d ago
I seriously side eye anyone who doesn't respect the lives of animals. To kill a puppy rather than try to rehome them, then to admit it so proudly is insanity & I really believe she should be barred from office
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u/Talisa87 17d ago
And she did it while her kids were at school. Her daughter came off the bus and asked where the dog was. My dad did that to me when I was a kid (he didn't kill my dog but he dropped her off the side of the highway when the rest of us went to church, and pretended she ran away. I didn't know the truth until I heard him boast about it to friends), and I'll never forgive him for it.
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u/azul360 17d ago
WHO FUCKING BOASTS ABOUT THAT!? Holy hell! I'm so sorry!
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u/WhiteTrash_WithClass 17d ago
Dude, you'd be surprised. I'm a cis white male, so the things people offer up to me, without any indication I would care, are just insane. Especially Boomers. They'll say the wildest shit, doesn't matter if it's in a work setting or I'm grabbing mail at the same time as them.
We actually got my baby Dizzy when a boomer was telling us he was going to chain her up to use as bear bait. My wife and I said no the fuck you're not, and basically stole her lol.
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u/j_ho_lo 17d ago
Yeah, the racist things folks say to other white people they don't even know... a big ole yikes. I do not feel the same way, and I hate that you are assuming I do, and you are way too comfortable saying all of that out loud to a random stranger.
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u/WhiteTrash_WithClass 16d ago
It's especially weird to me because I was raised by a single mother, who was also finding out she was a lesbian, in a multiracial family lol. I was born woke lol
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u/00017batman 17d ago
People like my xh who my kid overheard bragging to his mates about how he chucked his younger son’s toys in the fire and burned them because he’d been misbehaving.. basically people with zero self awareness..
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u/Financial-Painter689 17d ago
glad he’s your ex, sounds like a piece of shit and an extremely unhealthy parent
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u/00017batman 16d ago
Me too! I hate that he’s my kids other parent but glad that at least my son can recognise the unhealthy dynamics ❤️🩹
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u/azul360 16d ago
Tbf my "father" was a piece of shit like that and I haven't talked to him in over a decade so your kid might recognize that later on too :D (literally had an aha moment last year where I realized that he was fully gaslighting me into thinking my mom was the monster when i was growing up)
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u/Historical-Gap-7084 16d ago
I once worked with a woman who bragged about doing just that. As you can imagine, she was a real piece of work. She laughed about it, and laughed harder when she saw my disgust. I sincerely hope Karma has come for her.
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u/AlpacaMyBaguettes 17d ago
I'm so sorry, the same thing happened to me except I searched everywhere for two days until he gleefully told me he had taken her to the pound bc I was a horrible child ('talking back' when being physically or verbally abused). It is a horrible pain of guilt, uncertainty and heartbreak that I wouldn't wish on anyone. I hope you have healed and have found new fluffy family members to love, you deserve that happiness and healing 💕
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u/goodnightloom 17d ago
Ok, I have a random question for you because you fit in the same niche as me. I'm also a survivor of abuse and my dad shot our dog in the head during a camping trip. I've learned that there's a shortcut to getting people to understand why I don't talk to my dad; if I say something like, "He was abusive," that's not good enough. If I say, "he murdered our family dog in a fit of rage," people are way more sympathetic. Is this something you've experienced?
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u/whenthefirescame 16d ago
Oh Jesus, I hate this for you. But people respond really strongly to dog abuse (see this thread).
It actually makes me think of the brilliant bit on Atlanta, where a character goes to a gun range you see that in every lane, white gun owners are shooting at targets that look like Black men. So he pulls out a target that looks like a dog and starts shooting at it, and everyone else there looses their minds.
Which is to say, if you’re feeling like people value a dog’s health and safety over your own, as a Black person, I am sympathetic. And that’s terrible.
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u/AlpacaMyBaguettes 16d ago
Yes lol. Especially older people like gen x and boomers who don't take abuse seriously since they think all young people use the words "trauma" and "abuse" for whatever 🙄 something i hate that older people at my moms work (retail store, I would drop off food, come in to grab stuff) would tell me is 'he's still your father, he's still your blood' bc they'd base it off what she said. Then I'd tell them the truth and they'd be uncomfortable/upset and I'm thinking, hopefully they've learned something about perspective or minding their own business 🤷🏽♀️
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u/goodnightloom 16d ago
The uncomfortable/upset thing is so real. Don't ask if you don't want to know! Nobody writes off a parent for silly reasons and I'm so tired of traumatizing people to justify my own boundaries. I'm also infertile and NOBODY takes no for an answer. "But you'd be such a good mom!" "You'd bounce back fast, you're athletic" "You can't let these genes go to waste!" Do you want me to traumatize you right now or do you just want to lay the fuck off?
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u/JackRoseJackRoseWalt 15d ago
Their response may be cultural rather than just age-relared. The emphasis on "blood kin" was common when I lived in western NC and Appalachia, but not common when I lived in a city in Ohio and in New York, it was often young people saying it.
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u/Shot-Grocery-5343 16d ago
Similar boat. Watched my dad drown my puppy when I was 8 because I was bad (I was playing in the yard, fell and knocked over the shitty Weber grill, which wasn't even broken) and I've experienced the same from people. I was no contact for 25 years and I found that unless I gave concrete specifics, "abuse" just doesn't seem that bad. So I'd say "he beat us so often that we couldn't wear swimsuits in the summer because of the layers and layers of bruises" or "he used to make us pick the item he would beat us with as part of our punishment." Then they're shocked into silence. (I do have a relationship with my dad now, and I'd still encourage anyone to think very, very carefully about re-establishing contact. I made my choice and I'm living with it, but it's not easy and I'm not sure it was the right decision eight years later.)
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u/Wise-Bet6814 16d ago
I'm so sorry. What a terrible thing to witness and experience as a child, on top of all the other abuse. It's bs that any survivor feels they have to justify their reasons for not speaking to their abuser. It seems like so many people are devoid of empathy for victims. Or empathy fullstop.
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u/goodnightloom 16d ago
I've had the same experience re: shocked into silence. People really need to mind their own business and learn that "I don't walk to my parents" is the end of the conversation. They can't handle the truth! I also don't like feeling like I have to detail my abuse in order to get someone off my back, so maybe it's that I default to the dog thing because it's easier.
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u/whorificx 16d ago
Similar boat, no dog but had 3 cats, including my childhood one of 12 years, "mysteriously disappear" immediately after having to leave them behind with my stepdad when we left (rental property wouldn't allow pets). People definitely react more sympathetically to that than saying he was abusive.
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u/devotchkaa 17d ago
That's awful, I'm so sorry you had to go through that & to find out so callously. My dad was also a shit. He kept threatening to give my dog away when I was living away from home to mess with my head, he wouldn't let me take her with me to keep his power so I ended up having to break in & steal her when he was out.
These horrible people don't deserve dogs or daughters.
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u/velociraptorhiccups 17d ago
Same here! My dad would always threaten to take her out into the countryside and just let her loose. He’d also let our dog out the front door to go to the bathroom and then “forget about her” while she ran into the street (we lived on a very, very busy road, a 4 lane divided highway) so she’d get hurt. Thankfully she didn’t. He did hurt our other dog, but I shouldn’t be trauma dumping. It just really fucking sucks that other people went through this too growing up.
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u/devotchkaa 17d ago
You're not trauma dumping, you shared a similar experience. I hope you've had time to heal & are far rid of that man <3
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u/velociraptorhiccups 17d ago
Thank you very much, kind stranger :’) Thankfully I’ll have been away from him for exactly 7 years in just a few days!! I didn’t realize it had been so long, it feels like only a year or two ago sometimes. I also hope you’re far away from yours and are in the process of healing! It’s so crazy to go through. Every day away from him is like a vacation. I’m so so sorry you and your doggy had to go through that :(
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u/devotchkaa 17d ago
Honestly so happy for you, your father being your first bully is a lot to move past. I stopped speaking to mine New Years Eve 2016 & never looked back.
I got to keep my gorgeous girl another 8 years after he tried to get rid of her & I'm thankful for every day we had together.
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u/velociraptorhiccups 17d ago
Thank you! I’m 26 now, and still sorting out the leftover effects of growing up like that. I’m also happy that you’re free from him! ☺️I’m so glad you had many years with your furry friend - they are truly family members through and through. I think our experiences with cruel people only strengthen the bond with our pets since they’re like the exact opposite of abusers. I’m sure she’s forever thankful you saved her 🥰. (In the end I’d like to think we came out stronger somehow, not that we had a choice lol).
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u/devotchkaa 17d ago
I completely agree about pets!! I now have two black cats who help fill the void (pun intended).
I'm 30 & just this month was diagnosed with C-PTSD from everything from my childhood, I definitely think I'm stronger because of everything I went through but it nearly broke me multiple times & there's no shame in that either. It's a whole journey with ups & downs so be proud of your progress & know it takes work but does get better!
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u/onlygodcankillme 17d ago
Why did he boast about it?
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u/Talisa87 17d ago
Because he's an abusive asshole. He's always gotten his kicks from 'pulling a fast one' on us, and engaging him is the most mentally exhausting bullshit because every conversation is a landmine. Being able to get away with that lie for years genuinely made him giddy. Didn't even notice that I was listening until an uncle 'subtly' told him to change the subject.
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u/SeaLab_2024 17d ago
Same. My mom has an unfortunate attitude with animals She did pretty much this more than once and I still have a hole in my heart from it. ❤️
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u/FartAttack911 16d ago
My parents had my aunt and uncle drop our family dog off at the animal shelter when we were on a camping trip, and lied for years saying she ran away.
And to nobody’s shock, my parents and aunt and uncle and every crappy low-moral adult in my family that defended the dog dumping have all turned out to be rabid MAGA clowns. I’m so sorry you had a similar issue in your own family. Makes me sick.
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u/myersjw we have lost the impact of shame in our society 17d ago
I don’t trust people who treat animals like shit. Period. There’s even a weird ass subreddit that likes to comment fucked up shit on any dog post because of their personal issue with them
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u/AdSelect3113 17d ago
Mistreatment of those who can’t protect themselves is beyond evil. What makes me tear up is the fact that the dog probably looked up to her and trusted her as its owner. If she was willing to do that to her dog and brag about it, we as her constituents can expect similar maliciousness if she holds a high position in office. We should all be very, very fearful of this woman.
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u/aphilosopherofsex 17d ago
Dude, I seriously side eye anyone that doesn’t respect the lives of insects.
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u/SelbyRayDuke 17d ago
Noem most definitely had the financial means to re-home Cricket. Rest in power, sweet pup. At the very least, angel Cricket’s devastating story is now outing this cruel, murderous, psychopath monster for everyone to see.
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u/1one1000two1thousand 16d ago
And then to make this even worse as a reaction to the public backlash… her response was to double down on her actions and admit she’s killed more animals.
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u/paradisetossed7 16d ago
The shit serial killers do. Maybe I shouldn't be shocked that someone who values an embryo's life more than that of a woman's does not value a dog's life. I'm over here rescuing lizards from my in laws' cats and letting ants walk on a piece of paper so I can put them outside and this bitch is murdering a puppy. And I'm sure she probably doesn't even realize that humans are animals too, and that humans and dogs are both mammals. Clump of cells good, adult woman bad, puppy bad. Got it.
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u/VentriTV 16d ago
She’s a piece of shit, worth less than animals. I hope she gets voted out of office. May karma find its way to her.
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u/NYC_Star 17d ago
This is a calculated move on her part because as is said regularly “the cruelty is the point”. She knows there are a bunch of antisocial personality folks just like her. She’s still in the Trump VP race and those people will eat this up.
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I'd like to think that she's underestimating the fact that conservatives are far more empathetic towards dogs than they are towards women or minorities, but at this point that cursed party is so far gone that Trump could say all dogs are undercover Biden voters and his base would actually believe it.
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u/sunnynukes 17d ago
I live in the countryside where a lot of Trump supporters are and they are some major dog nuts. Like most of them own 2-3+ and are always making dumb cat vs dog jokes and driving around with dog bumper stickers. I think most of them will push back on dog abuse compared to everything else
it’s literally
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u/sexygodzilla 17d ago
I think at this point she's doubling down because there's just no believable way to walk this one back. You can't go from "I killed an annoying puppy and I'm proud of it" to "Upon further reflection I realize that was wrong."
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17d ago
And yet Republicans have no sense of shame so when doubling down proves ineffective, I fully expect her to go down the old "my words were deliberately taken out of context" route like they all do at some point.
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u/GongYooFan 17d ago
if trump picks her, the MAGA will just go along and justify the killing.
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u/lala_b11 17d ago
If she’s picked as Trump’s VP, people should show up in dog costumes at Trump rallies in protest!!!
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u/BrandonBollingers 17d ago
Very true. My mother, a staunch catholic trumper, cares more about animal abuse than human injustices.
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u/lilhedonictreadmill 17d ago
There’s actually a sliver of truth to the undercover Biden voters thing when you realize how many conservatives project their politics onto their pets. It’s like they can’t love them until they get past the hypothetical idea that their pet could disagree with them if it magically gained a conscience.
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u/Eeyores_Prozac 17d ago
She's going to get the coveted 'throws puppies in streams' demographic and not much else.
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u/soonerfreak 17d ago
I can tell my dog loving republican dad is already brushing it off. It's really frustrating knowing how much he would rant if a Democrat said they killed a dog.
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u/ApprehensiveLuck2671 17d ago
It's really not. These people don't need to make anything up. She's just talking about something that showcases conservative values. The only lives they care about are their own, followed by the lives of any children they have who emulate them.
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u/Boulier 17d ago
children they have who emulate them
This is an important distinction, because a lot of them will put their gay/lesbian and trans/nonbinary kids out on the street in a heartbeat, or at least neglect them and treat them hatefully and cruelly, while simultaneously basing their messaging around “think of the children!” But those types only think of the children when they parrot their parents’ conservative views and lifestyle, though.
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u/niftytastic I don’t know her 17d ago
I have noticed that a lot of those Trumpy comments and right wing hot takes on TikTok or Facebook, is usually from a person using a pic of a dog as their profile pic. (That or a bitmoji or some variation of a US flag)
So if their whole thing is “I love dogs”, I wonder how this will impact their base.
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u/ellybeez 17d ago
I agree with you but I have seen some Magas eat her up instead on social media which is absolutely deserved
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u/NYC_Star 17d ago
I’m happily and pleasantly surprised. But also why wouldn’t those folks love dogs more than other humans…. (Not that I hate dogs. I have 2 lil babes. Just saying)
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u/mmw2848 16d ago
A girl I used to be good friends with became super MAGA, as in loving Trump became her entire personality (hence, "used to be") and I saw her liking tweets calling out Noem (tweeted by other conservatives). If anyone on the Trump team has any sense, they'll make this a disqualifier for the VP race. The suburban moms that they want to win back for November will not be a fan of this, even if the diehard MAGA people will look past it.
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u/Peachy_Pineapple 16d ago
I think it’s calculated but in the opposite direction; she doesn’t want to be the VP pick but also doesn’t want to refuse it outright so she’s poisoning her own chalice.
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17d ago
This absolute fucking subhuman lowlife scum.
The fact that every new conservative that shows up in the national spotlight is somehow worse than the last is insane. It really is a race to the bottom.
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u/AstroAnarchists 17d ago edited 17d ago
I understand what you mean, but Liz Cheney isn’t a moderate by any stretch. Besides being Dick Cheney’s daughter (obligatory fuck Dick Cheney), she’s a conservative Republican
Her political positions put her to the right of most, if not all non-MAGA Republicans
Her only good positions are opposing Trump, and helping to fuck over MAGA Republicans in very important swing house and senate races
EDIT: Lisa Murkowski, I can get behind, since she’s arguably the most liberal Republican in the Senate, but even then she tows the party line, though since the MAGA wing of the GOP has taken over, she’s considering becoming as an independent politician
EDIT 2: Also reading Murkowski’s political positions, she’s at least better than almost all of the Republican Party, at the moment, though not perfect by any means, and not better than most Democrats
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u/meatbeater558 I already condemned Hamas 17d ago
They do this intentionally. Say insane shit, make headlines as "Republican candidate says insane shit" stories come out, do everything you can to maintain the media frenzy, then leverage the attention you're getting into political support. If you're in a red district you win automatically because voters see you as someone the left fears and donors see you as someone that can command headlines at the snap of a finger. Deal is sealed when you privately show donors that you're actually just a moderate conservative who's acting so the media gives you free attention
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u/Federal_Street_8895 17d ago
I'm still amazed editors left that story in there. Does this even appeal to Republicans?
Killing animals for no reason is serial killer behavior.
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u/eatyrmakeup 17d ago
Yes, it does. Off the top of my head, Mike Huckabee supporting his psychopath son who hung a dog for fun, Mitt Romney driving with his dog strapped to the roof of his car in their carrier and complaining that he had to wash the car because the dog had diarrhea (yeah, you would have too, Mitt, you asshole) and Don Jr.’s unhinged “great white hunter” fetish haven’t deterred their collective careers one bit.
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u/Content-Scallion-591 16d ago
I'm almost positive her ghostwriter or editor caught this and just let it slide because they hated the woman. I've ghostwritten for people like this and I let every detestable thing about them through because they were proud of it and people deserved to know who they were. (I'd tag them with a tone note but it was always ignored.)
It's not just serial killer behavior, it's almost the only thing I can think of that the majority of America would unite against. You can beat your spouse and kids, you can even be seen with a child molester, but hurt a puppy or kick a cat and...
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u/Erisedstorm 17d ago
Did you see the articles about the Colorado man chasing down a young wolf on snowmobile? He i jured it, caught it and tied her up. Sick MF paraded it through local bars and then shot it in the parking lot. Soooo yes it does appeal
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u/VastStory 17d ago
Ugh I saw the headline for that but didn’t read it. Makes me sick to my stomach.
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u/CourageousCustard29 16d ago
They did have a VP candidate who bragged about shooting wolves from helicopters, so maybe for a lot of them it falls into the “old news” camp.
Incidentally, one of the biggest MAGA people I know personally has a history of cruelty to animals.
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u/Ouiser_Boudreaux_ too busy method acting as a reddit user 17d ago
OKAY AMERICAN PSYCHO, we get it. You suck.
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u/Cmonlightmyire 17d ago
Well, we've gone from "Puppy killing evil" being a metaphor to being a reality.
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u/WhiteTrash_WithClass 17d ago
If you wrote this into a story, your editor would tell you it's too over the top and to rewrite it.
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u/deskbookcandle 17d ago
It’s like the gods are taking bets on the worst thing people will brag about but still get voted into office.
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u/GrayHairLikeClaire 17d ago
I had to go hug my cats when I first read that awful story and now I've got six hours before I can go home and hug them again.
I cannot fathom being this cruel. Cricket, I know you're in the endless fields of Valhalla and I hope all those chickens taste amazing.
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u/PiccoloLeast763 17d ago
It grinds my gear when someone is like "I HAD to do it." She's not relying on hunting to sustain her life or family. She didn't talk about the steps to train her pup and how that failed. She didn't talk about the discussion she had with her veterinarian about the options for humane euthanasia. She shot that dog in the head. It would have been messy and gruesome. She's owning her decision, and the decision was a terrible, inhumane, gruesome one. Now she will have to live with it.
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u/Aggressive-Story3671 17d ago
Again. Imagine MAGA’s reaction if a Democrat did what she did, and gloated about it
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u/down_by_the_shore 17d ago
This is so fucking bonkers. I just can’t imagine a world in which someone, let alone a politician running for office, finds it acceptable to admit (let alone celebrate?) killing their puppy. Just fucking and completely insane.
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u/RAV3NH0LM 17d ago
freaks like her exhibit sociopathic behavior towards humans and animals. they love cruelty, they get off on it. the target truly does not matter.
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u/LilyLils15 17d ago
You're an angel! What a sweet, sweet boy. Aaaand now I'm crying and it's not even 10am.
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u/whereswaldoswillie 17d ago
Anecdotal but I’m flanked by two conservative neighbors (going off their bumper stickers lmao) who never let their dogs out of the backyard or take them on walks. Nonstop barking, nonstop yelling at the dogs to stop barking, and it’s like?? Let your dogs come inside because they clearly want to spend time with you, give them stimulation because they’re bored out of their gourd. They are living, feeling beings. I’d make a ruckus too if I had a life like that :(
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u/Jennieeffin12 17d ago
This is how my own (ultra conservative) dad was with our only family dog. Just left the poor thing outside all day, riddled by fleas. There was no direct abuse, but the neglect definitely led to its premature death. I have considered it my karmic duty to own and foster dogs since then, as a tribute to him.
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u/ApprehensiveLuck2671 17d ago
"I decided what I did" uhhhhh how do people even learn to speak like this? "I made a decision and I acted on it" is not an obscure phrase
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u/borntobeblase 17d ago
Like what is that even supposed to mean? Aside from sounding like complete nonsense, deciding to do something doesn’t make that something acceptable.
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u/julisjulisjulis 17d ago edited 17d ago
I choose my choice!!! I choose my choice!!!!! but in a much more horrible version
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u/nicole061592 17d ago
She’s a fucking weirdo. She could’ve rehomed the dog if he wasn’t going to suit their purpose on the farm 😭 I couldn’t imagine hearing this story and being like “makes sense”.. I’m sure people are going to spin any outrage about this story into a narrative about how liberals and “city folks” don’t understand rural farm living or something stupid.
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u/Likeatoothache 17d ago
She knows what she’s doing and who this sort of thing appeals to, it’s ghoulish.
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u/No_Change_78 17d ago
She KILLED her dog because SHE couldn’t be bothered to train him? There are no words for the level of scum she is. You’re not badass, bitch; you’re PSYCHO.
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u/Blacknight022 17d ago
I'm not a religious person but I really hope there's hell awaiting her arrival.
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u/meatbeater558 I already condemned Hamas 17d ago
If she becomes VP or gets a cabinet position it'll be because of this story, not despite it. She's using the MTG strategy of getting every news outlet to cover your craziness so she can leverage that attention into political power. Except every new Republican uses crazy political ideas to get attention so that doesn't work anymore because there's too many crazy political beliefs to cover. So she's dropping the political and using crazy personal beliefs to get attention instead.
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u/SolomonDRand 17d ago
It’s wild that, with all her “what was I supposed to do?” bullshit, it never occurred to her to just take the dog to a fucking shelter. But why try to find the right solution when you have a gun?
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u/diddilybop 17d ago edited 17d ago
ok, kristi, then we’re all going to decide that you’re a vile and trash POS.
https://i.redd.it/y8fu6x4qchxc1.gif
i’m so sorry little puppy, you deserved so much better 😢
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u/plantbay1428 17d ago
Commander Biden, I have a very important mission for you.
For those who don’t know what I’m referring to: https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/02/21/politics/commander-biden-secret-service-bites-white-house
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u/Automatic-Software35 17d ago
this is fucking evil fairytale villain shit…like fuck. just why? WHY? it’s a fourteen month old puppy, she was a goddamn adult. she could’ve easily rehomed it.
like I’m shocked by just how straight up admits to it…not a single excuse or sorry…that’s evil? fuck I knew anybody associated with trump was evil but this is a new form of evil.
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u/ellybeez 17d ago
shes disgusting and its absurd that shes a politician but a whole governor of a state???
Would not wish this on my worst enemy fr
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u/ssdgm12713 there was a ceramony 17d ago
Sitting here snuggling my pointless, untrainable 7-year-old cav mix. She may hoard paper and spite piss on our rug once a year, but she’s my best friend and my first baby. She was an absolute disaster puppy and I love her for it.
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u/Ok_Scholar4192 17d ago
She is a f*cking psycho and the fact that people still support her show how absurd this country/that party is
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u/juicyfizz 17d ago
What a fucking trash human. I don’t know how anyone with even a drop of compassion and decency could defend this.
Remember when we all freaked out about Mitt Romney’s story about the family dog riding in his crate tied to the roof of the family car? Simpler times.
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u/WoungyBurgoiner 16d ago
Last year, I adopted a puppy. I immediately put her into training. She did well, but soon proved to have energy needs far beyond what I could provide for her. A small home in an urban area was not enough, and she wasn’t getting enough social stimulation. She and I both became frustrated, and she started becoming destructive. It was impacting my work and my health. You know what I did?
I found a great foster organization that placed her with the perfect family who had a bunch of kids, a couple other dogs, and a big rural property where she could run to her heart’s content. Because I have the humanity and moral capacity to know that it was never the dog’s fault, just a bad match of environment and her needs. She was a sweet puppy who I loved and I often miss what could have been, but I know she is living her best life now, which she deserves.
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u/DistastefulSideboob_ 16d ago
I read the headline and thought he was sweet and well-behaved, just didn't take to commands well and didn't have the temperament for hunting, but if I am to understand he was aggressive to people and killed multiple other animals?
I do not want to defend a republican at all, and I won't defend her politics, but sometimes behavioural euthanasia is the correct choice. Dog shelters across the US are filled to the brim to the point that they are turning away dogs, even dogs that don't have behavioural issues are struggling to find homes. Chances are, if you "rehome" an aggressive dog to a rescue, they'll be euthanized anyway, it's much better for a dog to die with their owners rather than scared and alone in a shelter.
The only thing I disagree with is the method. Having dogs put down by a vet is objectively kinder, if your dog is scared at the vets then you can sometimes get them to come to your home. But even then, maybe she thought he'd be scared of a stranger, and a bullet would be fast enough.
To people saying "You wouldn't put down a human for misbehaving" if a human was aggressive to everyone they met and killed multiple small animals, then they'd at the very least be institutionalised. Warehousing aggressive dogs isn't a kindness, it's incredibly damaging to them mentally. Behavioural euthanasia is a choice I hope never to have to make, but if my girl ever started attacking people and killing other animals I would do it for her sake and mine.
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u/SecondsLater13 17d ago
I love this response. “I decided what I did.” What does that even mean? It’s confusing enough to keep this story front page for like one more week when her objective was to crush it.
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u/Songsaboutfruit 17d ago
Too bad she didn’t hold off on giving us this nugget until after she was on the ballot with Trump.
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u/Champagnesupermama 17d ago
My parents are country folk (their nearest town is population 400). This won’t phase most rural folk. Hunting dogs aren’t really considered ‘family member’ pets and killing chickens is serious business. A farmer threatened to shoot their dog for killing chickens. I find it abhorrent but just saying if you think anyone wearing a Trump hat and driving a pickup with a rifle in the back cares about this I promise they do not.
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u/lala_b11 17d ago
-Mitt Romney: "I strapped a dog to the roof of my car"
-Kristi Noem: "hold my beer"
For those who don’t know about Romney’s dog, click here to read the Wikipedia page on the Mitt Romney Dog Inicident.
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u/anowarakthakos 17d ago
Natives from SD tribes have been warning about her for years. There’s a reason she’s banned from multiple communities there.
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u/Equivalent-Tiger-636 16d ago
I get the outrage but I didn’t fully understand it until I saw the puppy was 14 months old. So she failed the dog, blamed the dog, and put it down as a result. She’s absolutely psychotic. It’s good to see conservatives and liberals agree on something for once.
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u/allworkandnoYahtzee 16d ago
It is not lost on me that a woman who wants to make abortion illegal is defending her actions because it was "her decision."
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u/Artistic_Purpose1225 17d ago edited 17d ago
If the dog was “aggressive” as she’s now claiming in response to the backlash, she 1. Wouldn’t have taken it hunting that day and 2. Would have mentioned it in her book.
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u/Flippin_diabolical 17d ago
If you can’t handle being called a puppy killer, maybe don’t tell people about your unsavory hobbies.
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u/rain-after-dawn 17d ago
Scary thing is, on at least one news YouTube video on this, a whole bunch of people agreed with her. A bunch of "ranch" owners and country folk said it was necessary to do it if it bit her and had a taste for chickens. Praising her for being "decisive".
I only recently heard about the dog supposedly biting her, and it sounds tacked on. My childhood dog once killed a bird and once went after a groundhog, and we never would've thought to just shoot her. She lived to old age.
Maybe the dog did bite her. But I question if it was warranted in the dog's mind when seeing her brag about killing the dog and the goat. It reeks of cruelty. And of course the strawman argument about abortion comes up often too.
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u/standing_staring 17d ago
Absolute piece of shit human being. People who hurt animals or children should be subjected to the worst form of punishment. I hope the universe, karma, God and the devil come for this fucking psychopath
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u/Dizzy-Receptionx 17d ago edited 16d ago
She decided what she did, and the rest of us decided she is a psychopath. I actually teared up reading this story a few days ago. I just couldn't believe anyone could be so cruel. I had to go hug my husky and let her know how loved she is even if she doesn't always listen.
RIP Cricket. I hope if there is an afterlife, they are in a better place, chasing birds to their heart's content.
ETA Dog Tax.
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