There are times when you unfortunately, have to put a dog down. Times have changed to where most dog owners would bring the dog to the vet, and have it done in a way that is more humane than shooting it. I’ve had to go through that process a number of times. We even went as far as to have a dog cremated, so the children that raised him as part of the family could spread him wherever they wanted.
That being said, I’ve been around guns and dogs my whole life, and I’ve never seen or heard of a puppy being shot for simply misbehaving. An owner certainly shouldn’t shoot a hunting dog for doing what it’s bred for.
That isn’t what the Governor of South Dakota believes though. Kristi Noem not only shot a puppy for killing some chickens, but now she’s trying to profit from it. She talks about the exact situation in a book she wrote that’s set to come out in May. She not only goes so far as to brag about it, but she elaborates that once she was in the killing mood, she also killed a goat. It’s all to prove how tough she is.
Noem hoped to profit from the shooting in two ways. One she achieved, and the other she didn’t. She wanted to sell books, and nothing boosts book sales more than it being talked about. And her book certainly is being talked about. The most important way she hoped to profit was by showing how tough she is. And she was showing that for an audience of one, Donald Trump, as she wants to be his running mate.
Trump loves people that seem to act tough. People who act bold enough to do something outside the norms of society. If you don’t believe me, just ask him how much he loves himself. The problem with Noem shooting her puppy, Cricket, is it’s too far outside those norms.
Americans hate people that shoot puppies.
Trump needs the votes of suburban women. He had them in 2016 and he didn’t in 2020. Suburban women love their dogs though. They groom them, walk them, take photos of them, and even drive around with their dogs in their laps. Dogs are part of their lives, and they don’t like people that shoot those household pets. Period.
Noem killing her puppy may take her out of the running for Vice President. She went one step too far.
She told people about it.
Good riding with you,
Joel
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