Family looks for lost hard-of-hearing show dog

MOLALLA, Ore. (KOIN) — A valuable show dog is missing from the Molalla area, and her 10-year-old handler hopes you can help find her.

Stella is a 5-year-old Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. She was last seen in Molalla area.

She has competed in the famous Westminster Kennel Club dog show, and other shows around the country.

Stella’s junior handler, Andrew Mueller, said the dog went missing nearly five weeks ago, after slipping out of his Molalla home. He’s devastated she’s gone.

“She’s really special, and she’s — my whole family loves her,” Mueller said. “It’s not only me; she likes my whole family.”

Stella is hard of hearing, but is described as friendly. She’s also micro-chipped.

Anyone who has seen Stella can call the KOIN 6 newsroom at 503.464.0614 to be connected with the Muellers.

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Dog ‘probably devastated when guy blasted window’

MOLALLA, Ore. (KOIN) — It was hot Monday afternoon when Shellie Anderson parked her Jeep in the lot at the Safeway in Molalla. She left her dog in the car while she went inside the store. She said she parked in the shade, cracked the windows and left the sunroof open.

But someone broke her window to rescue the dog.

“He was probably devastated when this guy blasted my window,” Anderson told KOIN 6 News. “My dog was probably devastated.”

As she was walking out of the store she heard a page about a Jeep Cherokee. She could hear her car alarm and saw “this guy is standing out there with a bloody arm.”

She went outside and “he starts screaming at me your dog was in this car blah, blah blah and I was, like, ‘Are you kidding me? My dog has only been in the car 10 maybe 15 minutes, max. You broke my window open?'”


Molalla police responded to the incident. Chief Rod Lucich told KOIN 6 News the man waited at the car for about 5 minutes before breaking the window because Anderson’s dog was panting heavily.

Lucich said the man did not realize the sunroof was open.

“Technically,” Anderson said, her dog “can get out up on the sunroof, put his head out, do whatever he needs to do.”

Officials with the Clackamas County Dog Services said if you’re worried about a dog left in a car on a hot day to always call police to handle the situation.

There is nothing in the county ordinance that says a citizen can or can’t break a window to get a pet in danger. There is an ordinance the specifically allows police to do it.

In this case, police said it does not appear the dog was near death. And Anderson said the man had no right to break her window.

“I want him to pay for my window, at least,” she said. “Or I want him to be prosecuted.”

Molalla police said the case remains under investigation. Chief Lucich said Anderson’s car was parked illegally in the fire lane in the partial shade, but she was not cited for the parking violation.

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Dog 'abandoned' on east London bus reunited with rightful owner

A dog which was feared to have been abandoned on a bus in east London has been reunited with his family after his owner saw its picture on the Evening Standard website. 

The Staffordshire Bull Terrier was found sitting in the pram and wheelchair area of a 158 bus which travelled through Leyton on Thursday evening.

Bus driver Amos Paul Mak spotted the lonely pooch and when the service terminated at Stratford Bus Station, took to Facebook to try and find its owner.

The dog spent the evening on the bus, which was taken out of service and sent to West Ham bus garage, before being handed over to Newham Council’s dog wardens on Friday.

Today, four-year-old Boston was reunited with his owner Paulina Rybak, who said her pet disappeared while being taken for a walk on Thursday


She told the Standard: “We took him outside and after few seconds, we couldn’t see him. We started looking for him but couldn’t find him.

“On Friday, in the morning, I went to my vet and told them I lost my dog and they told me to call Newham Council.

“They said: “When we find the dog, we will let you know”. But we ended up finding him on the Evening Standard website.

“I was so happy I started crying. I thought we would never see him again.”

Miss Rybak, who has had Boston since he was six-weeks-old, said she and her two young children, Filip, 8, and Zofia, 3, were devastated when their pet vanished.

She said: “I felt very, very sad because he is part of our family.

“My children were very sad. My boy was crying and my daughter was as well. Now they are very happy and are with him now.”

Miss Rybak added it was the first time Boston has run off and fears someone tried to steal him before abandoning him on the bus.

Mr Mak, who has been a bus driver for four years, said he remembers Boston getting onto the bus with two men.

He told the Standard: “I am genuinely pleased Boston is home and I will let all the staff at Stagecoach, who helped keep him comfortable and stress free, know.

“My colleague Benji stayed working for a few hours after his shift unpaid to try and find a place to take him, Leigh Anne on the counter kept phoning all night to try and get him taken in somewhere and Liezel constantly kept an eye on and gave Boston hugs throughout the night.”

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Dogs rescued from Korean dog meat farm arrive in Dallas

DALLAS - Half a dozen dogs will temporarily call Dallas their new home as after being rescued from a dog meat farm in South Korea.

Humane Society International rescued more than 250 dogs and puppies from a dog meat farm in Wonju, South Korea.

Out of the 250 dogs, 6 of them were transferred to the SPCA of Texas where they will be evaluated and treated for any medical issues and later be put up for adoption.

All of the rescued dogs are now with shelters that are part of The Humane Society of the United States’ Emergency Placement Partner program.

The rescue organization worked with the farm owner to permanently shut down his farm and remove all dogs from miserable conditions.

As part of the plan, the farmer signed an agreement with the Humane Society to stop raising dogs for meat and permanently leave the trade.

The farmer intends to focus on scrap metal as his new business.

More than two million dogs are killed every year in South Korea resulting in over 100,000 tons of dog meat consumed annually, according to the Animal Welfare Institute.

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Designer dog trend fuelling illegal puppy trade, says charity

Almost 70 per cent of puppies caught being smuggled into Britain are pugs, bulldogs or French bulldogs, according to new figures that show how the fashion for snub-nosed designer dogs is fuelling the illegal puppy trade.

The figures, from charity the Dogs Trust, provide the first breakdown of the breeds being trafficked by criminals as part of an illegal industry that is believed to involve many thousands of animals every year.

The data confirm fears that the problem is being driven by huge demand for a handful of "cute" short-snouted breeds, on a scale that cannot be met by licensed breeders in the UK.

Legally, dogs cannot be imported under the age of 15 weeks, since younger animals cannot be properly vaccinated and risk spreading disease.


But charities say illegal dog breeders, primarily from eastern Europe, are bringing in much younger dogs – as little as eight weeks old - using fake pet passports with false ages, because smaller animals are seen as cuter and more desirable.

Since December, the Dogs Trust has been paying for the quarantining and rehoming of those dogs that are seized by officials at Dover or Folkestone.

Of 130 "underage" puppies seized so far, 32 were English bulldogs, 28 French bulldogs, and 30 pugs – all breeds with distinctive wrinkles and short muzzles.

Such dogs have become hugely popular in recent years, despite often being prone to breathing difficulties because of their face shapes.

Dachshunds, another fashionable breed, accounted for a further 28 of the animals. There were also nine chow chows, one Maltese terrier and two crossbreeds.

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Video: A dog double crosses his best friend for pizza

WASHINGTON (ABC7) — A video on YouTube of a dog named Benji and his best friend, Moose has gone viral.

The owner asks Benji who his best friend is time and time again.

Like a true friend, he picks the same friend, Moose, every time... That is, until pizza is involved.
When the owner places a pizza stuffed animal on the ground and asks Benji who his best friend is, he double crosses his best friend and picks pizza.

We can't blame him though, we'd probably do the same.

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Hawk attacks family dog in Southfield

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. - Folks in this Southfield neighborhood love living near the woods. They enjoy all the nature that goes with it. However, now it appears they may be facing a threat from a place they never thought to look: the sky.

The victim is Benny. He's an 11-year-old dog weighing about 12 pounds. On Sunday night, Benny was out in his backyard -- just doing what dogs do -- when a big hawk swooped down from the sky.

"The hawk actually picked him up, based upon the scars on his body, he was picked up. And I guess he must have fought and the hawk dropped him, and that's how he busted his mouth and was found unconscious," said Carmen Johnson.

The family has lived near the woodsy area for years. They have always shared the space with nature.

"We've had coyote issues the entire time I have been here. So we've always been on alert for coyotes. But we've never, ever thought that we would have a predator from the sky," said Johnson.

There were no hawks out on Monday. However, there was a noticeable hawk's nest high up in one tree.

As for Benny, he suffered a half dozen puncture wounds, bruises and a fractured jaw. He's a tough dog and he is expected to recover.

Johnson just wants to get the word out.

"There are several neighbors here that have small dogs ... and they need to be aware that there are hawks preying on small animals. Just be aware," she said.

Experts warn there is no way to absolutely prevent birds of prey from going after a small pet. However, if you go outside with your pet, it will discourage such predators.

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