The Guardian obtained a copy of Noem’s soon-to-be released book, “No Going Back: The Truth on What’s Wrong with Politics and How We Move America Forward.” In it, she tells the story of the ill-fated Cricket, a 14-month-old wirehaired pointer she was training for pheasant hunting.
On the way home from the hunting trip, Noem writes that she stopped to talk to a family. Cricket got out of Noem’s truck and attacked and killed some of the family’s chickens, then bit the governor.
“At that moment,” Noem writes, “I realized I had to put her down.” She led Cricket to a gravel pit and killed her.
She writes, according to the Guardian, that the tale was included to show her willingness to do anything “difficult, messy and ugly” if it has to be done. But backlash was swift against the Republican governor, who just a month ago drew attention and criticism for posting an infomercial-like video about cosmetic dental surgery she received out-of-state.
How can you kill your own dog.
Easy- her dog was a hunting tool, not a pet, so she got rid of it when she didn’t like it. She is incapable of feeling affection for anything but herself and she already made that very clear before putting out the book.
There are reasons. Being so-called “untrainable” isn’t one of them.
Agreed, I mean if a dog is dying and suffering, then I accept euthanasia but when a young healthy dog is killed just because you can’t handle it, you are a cunt.
I’m thinking of the old adage on how she lacks the warmth and depth to be a cunt.
Is it better to have someone else do it? Easier for sure, but is it actually better from an ethical standpoint?