Shooting dogs was wrong, cruel and unnecessary
To the man who changed my daughter”s life forever:
My daughter, Karie Marie Wynn, has to wake up everyday, and go to sleep every night, crying from her ripped out soul, because you took her best friend, her companion, her protector, the one thing she looked forward to seeing, holding, kissing and playing with when she got home from school each day, and when her boyfriend was at work. You murdered her dog Dynomite. Not only did you take my daughter”s dog from her in which she has loved, trained, raised and watched grow since four weeks old, you murdered her boyfriend”s dog as well.
You destroyed two lovable dogs that were loved so very much and that made this family so happy and because of you, they will never get to see these two wonderful animals again. The pain in my daughter”s soul when she found out about her dog, I felt that day, and I will live with it everyday.
How dare you. What you did is totally cruel, against the law, and you will pay for the crime you have committed. You are a sick man who will be punished; not only by the law, but by God himself. I am going to see to it that you get the maximum time in prison, the highest fine, which I believe is $20,000, and to have your gun rights taken from you. You should have thought before you pulled the trigger. Now your life is going to change forever. Sorry for your loss.
Marie Toni Wynn
Clearlake
On the morning of Wednesday, Aug. 2, my family awoke to find that our two dogs, Money and Dynomite, somehow got out of our yard. A few minutes later we heard the sound of three gunshots and the yelp of a dog. At that moment I got into my car to find my dogs, not knowing that the next three days would be emotionally draining, stressful and devastating for my entire family.
As I was looking for my dogs I discovered that they had killed a lady”s cat. For the next three days, my family, friends and I spent hours searching for our dogs, praying that they were still alive. After talking with many neighbors, I learned that it was, in fact, my dogs that were shot after attacking the cat.
We found Money”s body on August 4 and Dynomite”s body the next day. They were first shot then their bodies were dumped into the canal on Lakeland in Clearlake Oaks. Though it is a natural instinct of dogs to attack cats, we understand that it was wrong of them to do so; however, we believe that shooting and killing them was not only cruel but absolutely unnecessary! These dogs were our family; they weren”t vicious or mean, and they did not deserve to die! We will never again find dogs like them. They were truly two of a kind, and it kills my family to know that they died an unfair and brutal death! I can”t even begin to put into words how heartbroken my family is. We have some information as to who did this but not enough for something to be done about it. So we ask from the bottom of our hearts that if anyone has any information to please contact animal control. It is wrong for the person who did this to get away with it. We will not give up on this. We want justice for our dogs who were so much more than just pets, they were our family!
Kimmie Bauer
Clearlake Oaks
Group counseling needs a minimum of five clients
This is an open letter to all family members/caregivers of developmentally disabled individuals in Lake County:
Are you fed up with the available counseling programs, i.e. behavior modification “experts” whose programs fall short of the mark in providing adequate incentive to their clients? Are you realizing that behavior modification is how we train our pets — as is dispensing treats when they do their business outside — and not how we educate our adult children with disabilities?
If so, and you are interested in group counseling aimed at helping the developmentally disabled to make good life choices, then a program is available. But before it can be implemented, the counselor must have a minimum of five clients. If you are interested, please contact your Redwood Coast Regional Center Service coordinator, and ask for the service. When there are enough requests the RCRC can vendor the service. Remember: it is already available and ready to be implemented, and is not behaviorist oriented — it is real counseling for real life problems.
Elizabeth and Paul Miravalle
Clearlake Oaks
