joelande | 5/04/2015 11:51 PM | Flag So what happens with investigations about vicious dog attacks when the felony investigator for the DA's Office has vicious dogs at home?
Colleen Lynn | 5/05/2015 12:25 AM | Flag This fatal dog attack happened while she and her son were "visiting" a friend. It is still breaking and we are doing a lot a research!
Your Quiet Neighbor | 5/05/2015 10:38 AM | Flag This case could be a game changer. Why? Because many officials are still in denial about the problems that dogs can cause. Including fatal maulings.
herzeleid | 5/05/2015 1:05 PM | Flag They are suppressing all info about the types of dogs involved, but made a coy PR announcement that it was "not pit bulls" - a very suspicious announcement on the face of it.
The last time a similar "not pit bulls" PR statement was made, they had to backpedal a bit and admit that, well, they don't consider them to be pit bulls, but they were the type of dog commonly referred to as pit bulls.
The truth will out, at some point. I'm hearing rumors of "mixed breed rescues" so will shall see...
Colleen Lynn | 5/05/2015 2:00 PM | Flag A hot tipper sends in a screenshot of the dog owner's backyard. This is not your average dog owner -- that is dog agility training equipment. So far, the Comal County Sherriff's office has not released any breed information other than the "dogs were not pit bulls." Sheriff's officials did not release "breed information" after the protection trained dog fatal attack last year either.
PutMeInCharge4OneDay | 5/05/2015 8:15 PM | Flag Actually that does not appear to be dog agility equipment at all from what I can see.
With the goats laying in the background it looks more like the kind of thing you build for goats to walk and climb on.
Like this
https://www.google.com/search?q=goat+climbing+structure&rlz=1C1RNKB_enUS488US506&espv=2&biw=1280&bih=899&tbm=isch&imgil=VczsfGeLtIprsM%253A%253BwRlnWCrUlnUb4M%253Bhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.pinterest.com%25252Fcvlaurahorvath%25252Fgoat-houses-play-grounds%25252F&source=iu&pf=m&fir=VczsfGeLtIprsM%253A%252CwRlnWCrUlnUb4M%252C_&usg=__7V1hwn2WxLjCvyvZT79_7TjakaE%3D&ved=0CCcQyjc&ei=-WpJVdvbHoWrgwTYhoHAAw#imgrc=VczsfGeLtIprsM%253A%3BwRlnWCrUlnUb4M%3Bhttps%253A%252F%252Fs-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com%252F236x%252Faf%252Ff0%252F00%252Faff00098df8fbfaac59a113269a32378.jpg%3Bhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.pinterest.com%252Fcvlaurahorvath%252Fgoat-houses-play-grounds%252F%3B236%3B177
Colleen Lynn | 5/05/2015 9:02 PM | Flag That is very true too -- The goats are hard to make out. Did not see them earlier! Similar to agility. We do believe we know who the homeowner is based on public property records. She mentioned loving her dogs and goats in one of her bios. But little explains why the sheriff's office is stonewalling. The homeowner is also a veterinarian.
joelande | 5/06/2015 3:20 AM | Flag This incident raises questions for me about how the Comal County Texas DA's office investigates dog maulings, whose professional opinions they seek, and how seriously they treat dangerous dog issues, particularly if the dog owner here is a professional involved in the dog business in some way.
If a veterinarian is involved, an authority figure and a professional related to the dog industry and with personal connections to DA's office investigating personnel, it makes me wonder what influence that is playing on the politics of dangerous dog issues in the county?
Statements were actually made to the media that this was somehow normal behavior for dogs, to attack and kill a child. A veterinarian and a DA's office investigator are saying that, which is completely untrue?
What does this say for other victims and other investigations?
Colleen Lynn | 5/06/2015 12:46 PM | Flag To add to the confusion, and we continue researching more and more, is that house flipping is going on like crazy in the Canyon Lake area. The property owner may not be living at the location, but renting it out or, it could have flipped again and the county property records are just not updated yet. The last updated date is 8/2014. Many of the homes in this area were literally built in 2012/2013.
The other factor is that last year, after Betty Clark was fatally attacked by pit bulls, Comal County released no information to the media. The public first learns about her death in April 2014, four months afterward, because it was "noted in a Spring 2014 Comal County Public Health Dept. newsletter" and the victim's family member came forward. So, failure to release details is not new for the county.
Canyon Lake has a population of 21k. Two fatal dog attacks in 16 months is outlandish; it's unthinkable. But people in the area are complaining. This came after Clark's death and before Gaege's death. Of course Gaege's death does not involve loose off-property dogs. There is no way there will be any charges. Just the lifelong pain of knowing that five dogs and a "visiting" child added up to a disaster.
Presuming that all five dogs were involved and that is not even a safe assumption to make.
To answer the DA question, I think they did a great job in bringing their first case under Lillian's law last year, which appears to have been the first case of a fatal dog attack in Comal County. This is highly unusual. It took Harris County many deaths and years before theybrought their first case last year.
Your Quiet Neighbor | 5/07/2015 4:35 PM | Flag If it's normal dog behavior to attack and kill a child, don't you think that the pet industry would launch an ad campaign to tell the truth? After all, their very existence depends on sales to dog owners. If dogs become less popular, well, that's less money for the pet industry.
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