Post by sugar on Jul 5, 2012 10:18:50 GMT -5
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A pooch who was called “dangerous” on the Animal Planet show “It’s Me or The Dog!” has been cooling it in a Westchester canine jail for biting a neighbor.
Casper, a 109-pound Presa Canario, has been caged in a shelter for six months as his owner has fought to save his life while facing $80,000 in fines and threats of eviction for violating his condo association’s no-dog rule.
A Westchester County judge recently spared Casper’s life, but not his testicles. Besides ruling that Casper must be neutered, Greenburg Town Judge Walter Rivera also ordered the dog see a “board certified animal behaviorist” and not go out in public without a muzzle.
“He’s not a bad dog. He doesn’t deserve this,” said Casper’s owner, Bram Leinwand, of Arsdley. He vowed to appeal.
Trouble for Leinwand and Casper erupted in 2011 after the dog and Leinwand’s son, Eric, appeared on “It’s Me or The Dog.”
Show host Victoria Stillwell called the dog “dangerous” and “a loaded pistol at the end of the leash” in the episode that aired April 16, 2011.
On the show, a trainer waved a big stick at Casper in a threatening manner and the dog lunged at him after being released by Eric Leinwand. Eric Leinwand, who bought the now 3-year-old dog as a puppy, didn’t do Casper any favors by likening him to a “a registered weapon.”
After the show aired the Leinwands heard from their condo board, which demanded the family get rid of Casper or face a $500-a-day fine.
The board, which in 2009 gave the family permission to keep the dog, has put a $45,000 lien on the Leinwands’ home and fines have now mounted to $80,000.
The situation went from bad to worse, when Casper bit a visitor on the arm in the condominium parking lot, piercing the man’s jacket and pricking his skin.
Cops seized Casper, who has been in a New Rochelle shelter ever since. The family gets to visit him once a week.
Bram Leinwand said he fears no one will adopt Casper unless Judge Rivera reverses his decision to label the dog “dangerous.” He said he’s willing to spend his last penny to get justice for Casper, but lamented, “(This) may ultimately prove to be a death sentence.”
Read more: www.nydailynews.com/new-york/dog-dubbed-dangerous-animal-planet-show-caged-shelter-biting-neighbor-visitor-westchester-condo-article-1.1108009#ixzz1zlHtrvVk
A pooch who was called “dangerous” on the Animal Planet show “It’s Me or The Dog!” has been cooling it in a Westchester canine jail for biting a neighbor.
Casper, a 109-pound Presa Canario, has been caged in a shelter for six months as his owner has fought to save his life while facing $80,000 in fines and threats of eviction for violating his condo association’s no-dog rule.
A Westchester County judge recently spared Casper’s life, but not his testicles. Besides ruling that Casper must be neutered, Greenburg Town Judge Walter Rivera also ordered the dog see a “board certified animal behaviorist” and not go out in public without a muzzle.
“He’s not a bad dog. He doesn’t deserve this,” said Casper’s owner, Bram Leinwand, of Arsdley. He vowed to appeal.
Trouble for Leinwand and Casper erupted in 2011 after the dog and Leinwand’s son, Eric, appeared on “It’s Me or The Dog.”
Show host Victoria Stillwell called the dog “dangerous” and “a loaded pistol at the end of the leash” in the episode that aired April 16, 2011.
On the show, a trainer waved a big stick at Casper in a threatening manner and the dog lunged at him after being released by Eric Leinwand. Eric Leinwand, who bought the now 3-year-old dog as a puppy, didn’t do Casper any favors by likening him to a “a registered weapon.”
After the show aired the Leinwands heard from their condo board, which demanded the family get rid of Casper or face a $500-a-day fine.
The board, which in 2009 gave the family permission to keep the dog, has put a $45,000 lien on the Leinwands’ home and fines have now mounted to $80,000.
The situation went from bad to worse, when Casper bit a visitor on the arm in the condominium parking lot, piercing the man’s jacket and pricking his skin.
Cops seized Casper, who has been in a New Rochelle shelter ever since. The family gets to visit him once a week.
Bram Leinwand said he fears no one will adopt Casper unless Judge Rivera reverses his decision to label the dog “dangerous.” He said he’s willing to spend his last penny to get justice for Casper, but lamented, “(This) may ultimately prove to be a death sentence.”
Read more: www.nydailynews.com/new-york/dog-dubbed-dangerous-animal-planet-show-caged-shelter-biting-neighbor-visitor-westchester-condo-article-1.1108009#ixzz1zlHtrvVk
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