Comments on: Proposed Bill Could Save Congo The Dog’s Life

By: Hayley

Hayley — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 03:15:33 +0000

About the question that you put asking why the immigrant needs rabies shots even though the dog’s vaccinations are current - - even current vaccinations have a margin of error when it comes to doing their jobs, however slight.

By: Samantha

Samantha — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 05:11:05 +0000

Another thing… I know the landscaper was trying to make a living, but he broke the law! If you are making a living as a bartender and someone under age comes into your place of work and asks you for a drink and you do not card that person YOU the BARTENDER will go to JAIL! It does not matter if you are working to feed your kids or not you still broke the law and will go to jail! The landscaper broke the law and needs to do time for it!

By: Samantha

Samantha — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 05:00:42 +0000

Congo should be saved and the gardner should be jailed. I have no problem with people coming to our country to work. Unless you are Native American Indian or Mexican (New Mexico is called that for a reason) your ancestors were imigrants. BUT anyone who comes here to work or live should learn ENGLISH! I am American and do not like being treated like an outsider (when I was BORN HERE) because I do not speak Spanish! Maybe if the landscaper knew English that would have solved part of the problem or had enough common sense to realize that there were dogs in the yard and to WAIT! He admits to being told to wait and he did not! Plus most Latin countries do not have the same regard for animals as we do, not that is wrong were they do not have the luxuries as we do, but they do not all have the same values as someone who is American born and raised. A good friend who is an American born Mexican who has three rescued dogs explained that to me: so by no means is that intended to be racist. My best friend and many of the men I have dated are Mexican. The fact is the gardener was in the wrong and should be jailed. He went on the property after being asked to wait, beat puppies with a rake and threw a woman to the ground. I understand he was trying to work, but he was also breaking the law and should be jailed! The dog is a good dog and I agree with the dog owners and not agreeing to say that their dog is vicious as he is not a vicious dog and the owners are doing what is right for every dog owner in this country! I hope the Bill A4597 does get passed! We need laws to protect our pets!

By: Samantha

Samantha — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 04:52:00 +0000

Congo should be saved and the gardner should be jailed. I have no problems with people coming to our country to work. Unless you are Native American Indian or Mexican (New Mexico is called that for a reason) your ancestors were imigrants. BUT anyone who comes here to work or live should learn ENGLISH! I am American and do not like being treated like an outsider (when I was BORN HERE) because I do not speak Spanish! Maybe if the landscaper knew English that would have solved part of the problem or had enough common sense to realize that there were dogs in the yard and to WAIT! He admits to being told to wait and he did not! Plus most Latin countries do not have the same regard for animals as we do, not that is wrong were they do not have the luxuries as we do, but they do not all have the same values as someone who is American born and raised. A good friend who is an American born Mexican who has three rescued dogs expalined that to me so by no means is the intended to be racist. My best friend and many of the men I have dated are Mexican. The fact is the gardener was in the wrong. He went on the property after being asked to wait, beat puppies with a rake and threw a woman to the ground. I understand he was trying to work, but he was also breaking the law and should be jailed! The dog is a good dog and I agree with the dog owners and not agreeing to say that their dog is vicious as he is not a vicious dog and the owners are doing what is right for every dog owner in this country! I hope the Bill A4597 does get passed! We need laws to protect our pets!

By: Janet Murphy

Janet Murphy — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 19:53:33 +0000

I live in British Columbia, Canada and Congo’s plight is heartbreaking.
I hope the judges do what is right and let this brave dog live for protecting who he loves. He did not attack until provoked by the actions of the gardeners. If Congo had of saved a drowning child the day before, then he would be marked a hero one day and then a vicious dog the next for protecting those he loves.

By: Janet Murphy

Janet Murphy — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 19:49:53 +0000

By: &%#@!!

&%#@!! — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 04:31:01 +0000

I would like to torture the dirty, low down illegal alien and he would have no right to protest. If he were not here illegally, I would not be able to rake him over the coals. He should operate like the American service companies and only promise to arrive sometime before noon or sometime after noon. The dog was only doing his job. The illegal on the other hand was up to no good. He said he was there to do gardening for the brother of his employer but why would he show up with a rake? He used it against Congo and four puppies (picture newborn pups). Why would he get out of his car when one of the homeowners arrived if he was not intent on attacking her in front of a pack of her own German Shepherds? Congo obviously saw the gardeners as trespassers when they drove over the property line. The sixth German shepherd was probably out loose in the neighborhood to scout for approaching illegals. This is another example of an illegal taking an opportunity away from an American. That could have been a hardworking ‘legal’ American getting an insurance settlement.

By: Lobolicious

Lobolicious — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 04:19:03 +0000

Better fences, at the border and the home, as well as Schutzhund training, would have prevented this mess.

By: C1982

C1982 — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 18:39:53 +0000

#1 We definitely need a law that protects are animals when they are protecting their own home. An animal will fight to the death to protect its owner, just like a blood relative would. Actually i consider dogs to be more loyal than most people. How could anyone possibly want to hurt this dog for trying to protect his home and family. Dogs should have rights… Especially if illegal aliens have them!!!!!

#2 I also believe that these illegal aliens are becoming more and more of a problem. Constantly trying to change our laws and always trying to get money and take advantage of our legal citizens. My girlfriends dad actually had an illegal alien run his car trying to pretending to be hurt , like he hit her. Thank god there was a witness who saw her throw herself at the car. We have enough of our own problem people here we dont need other countries problem people to. Who knows if the country they came from has respect for animals the same way we do. If that dog gets put down it will just be one less right we have, and one more right they have as non-citizens!!!!!!

By: Mike Texas

Mike Texas — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 22:37:48 +0000

Thank God for rational thinking judges that protect homeowners and dogs.

a) The illegal mexican should not even be in our country. He is fortunate that our border patrol did not shoot him.

b) The dog was merely protecting the owner after the mexican pushed the owner and took a rake after the dog.

I find it reprehensible and pathetic that ACLU types defend the tresspasser. In short, stay in your country and stay out of ours!

God bless you, Congo!

By: Patrick

Patrick — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 23:36:35 +0000

1. The insurer for the homeowner/dogowner paid $250,000
2. Do insurers, with their teams of lawyers, pay claims that are not meritorious, particularly where the plaintiff (i.e. injured person) is an illegal? Of course not. The insurer clearly saw that the liability rested with the homeowner, otherwise, it would take the case to trial and let the WASP neighbors of these obviously wealthy (10+ acres yard) bury the illegal with a defense verdict.
3. The law on dangerous dogs is actually more prospective than retrospective, or penal. Congo mauled the hell out of this guy. Congo is a dangerous dog, unafraid of humans, who will unfortunately be agressive.
4. Congo is this way because the cry-baby father failed to teach Congo that humans are Alpha, and dogs are Beta.
5. Had Congo been trained, one word by the wife would have sat Congo down. Instead, he attacks.
6. The law will put Congo down not for what he did, but for what he’s going to do. The next victim will be a young child, and the result won’t be as pretty. The gardner comes from a tough stock. The little kid who gets mauled while playing law tennis is who the law is going to protect.
7. I own two dogs, and a cat, and adopted one dog from rescue.
8. A litte nip is tolerable, if not excusable.
9. A mauling is goodbye.
10 I’m as sad as the next person. I love dogs. But I also love people, particularly children, and to have a human go through life maimed and scarred (or dead) is not worth Congo’s freedom/continued existence.
11. If these people cared at all about Congo, they’d find a police department or farm to send him to ASAP. He’s going down.

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 18:35:26 +0000

The dog was defending its owner. The gardner, an ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT was attacking the wife. The illegal pulled her to the ground and she was screaming. The dog was defending its owner, doing its job out of devotion and love, what anyone would do. That dog is a hero, that illegal alien had it coming. He is a criminal and needs to have the money taken away and be deported.

By: ellis

ellis — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 21:35:21 +0000

Why don’t you take the time to read-up on the subject so you can have the facts proper before posting?

The three different ’stories’ from Mr. Rivera actually came from three different interpreters. I don’t know how familiar you (or the interpreters) are with Spanish but according to the link I provided before http://lassiegethelp.blogspot......e-doh.html
… “Does Guy James speak fluent Spanish? Dunno, but one vowel makes the difference between “wait in the car” and “they’re waiting in the car,” and darned if Mrs. James and her son didn’t show up in her car fifteen minutes after the landscape crew arrived: one of the dogs had escaped the yard, and they’d been out looking for it. I suppose it’s possible that Guy James leaned out the window and shouted [in Spanish], “I’m about to take a shower. My German shepherds are loose — stay in your truck until I come downstairs and lock them up,” but I doubt it. If he shouted anything, I imagine it was more along the lines of “Wait fifteen minutes in the car.” ”

On second though, please don’t pay any attention to what I’m saying. Instead, re-read KingCong’s post above. It seems more on your level, and maybe easier for you to understand.

By: Bane

Bane — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 19:32:19 +0000

The minute people complain about the dishonest behavior of an illegal immigrant which has a detrimental effect on an American, as the situation is here, it is the knee jerk reaction of people like you to cry “racist”! I guess by doing so you feel self righteous and noble…morally superior, if you will. But in reality, you’re nothing but a cliche, trying to feel better about yourself by calling others racists. Nowhere in your posts have you acknowledged the fact that Rivera grabbed the woman or stormed onto the property without permission…or the fact that even the jerk animal control officer who wants Congo killed had to admit that Rivera changed his story three times. Rivera’s a crook. Period.

By: Bane

Bane — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 19:22:20 +0000

Ellis, get off your high horse. Rivera is nothing but your typical parasitic criminal illegal who saw a gold mine and exacerbated the situation to get a payday. I saw his wounds in the new reports…they are not that bad. And what right did he have to put his hands on that woman? That’s battery, pure and simple. And what kind of a slimeball is he that he would shield himself with a woman’s body? That shows what kind of a lowlife he is. He’s an opportunist who doesn’t give a damn if an innocent animal dies as long as he gets his loot. He should be deported…there’s nothing racist about that. He’s here illegally. Period. If you want to defend people like him who come here uninvited and then riddle us with their crime, disease (they’re actually bringing LEPROSY in!), and welfare burden, then YOU pay for the medical bills and expenses of these illegals who come here to have their babies and such, thus overloading the hospitals in the American border towns to the point that these hospitals have to be shut down. These people are parasites and a serious problem. They are also habitually extremely cruel to animals, killing pets in the backyards that they cross through (trespassing) while they invade our country. They should get NO AMNESTY. Deport them. Racism is when you prefer your race to all others for no apparent reason. People are against the illegals for many legitimate reasons, such as the ones I illustrated above. It has nothing to do with the color of their skin. If they came here legally, learned English quickly, did not overburden the welfare system, did not bring disease and crime in, did not abuse our animals, respected our culture (which they currently do not by refusing to learn English), and contributed productively to our society, most Americans would not give a damn about their skin color.