Happiness is a Warm Puppy. Not Killing One.
Moe ‘Kingfish’ Katz with a nod to Charles Schulz
When I returned home after five days away at the New Bedford Film Festival it was into the loving paws of my dog Moe. With his arms wrapped around my shoulders in a warm embrace, it was hard to tell who missed who more.
Neither of us wanted to let go.
That, Governor Noem, is how you treat a dog.
Just days later, when Moe was trailing me like a bodyguard, not letting me out of his sightline, and I could not complete a task without sneaking off to snuggle with him, the public heard the disgusting news about South Dakota Kristi Noem.
In her upcoming book, she proudly revealed that she shot and killed her puppy, named Cricket. The canine, a 14-month-old wire-haired pointer puppy, is noted by Noem to have an “aggressive personality.”
That she would kill a dog simply because it was not responding to training is unforgivable. That she would write about it in a book is astonishing.
Sometimes I need to keep the news away from Moe.
This woman who is on the shortlist for running mate with Trump himself a notorious hater of dogs, reflected on previously owning a female hunting dog Cricket.
“I hated that dog,” Noem says. She calls Cricket “untrainable” and claims she was “less than worthless as a hunting dog.” Noem also claims that Cricket was “dangerous to anyone she came in contact with,” according to The Guardian.
It was then, she writes, that she brought the dog to a gravel pit and shot and killed the puppy, startling a local construction crew.
My first week with Moe
When I first got my rescue Lab from Louisana I prepared for Hurricane Moe.
I assumed a young rescue dog who had had so many disruptions in his young life might have behavioral problems adjusting. I prepared for items being chewed, incessant crying and barking, and creating general chaos. I had several trainers on speed dial just in case .
But being Moe, he was an angel.
However, if he had presented challenges never once did I think to get rid of him or think “I need to shoot him in a gravel pit.”
A decent human never gives up on a dog. It takes time, patience, and love but the reward is incalculable.
She has shown us who she is. She is not human.
She is unworthy of ever having the love of a dog.
Envisioning The American Dream 
The fact that she admits to this without a bit of shame speaks volumes about her character. Who else is less than worthy? Who else is she judging based on what they can do to serve whatever she deems worthwhile. This is a person who will decimate social programs, trample on the less fortunate and never look back. This is a bad person. I have to go hug Scrappy now.
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This tells you all you need to know about this person. Who in the world would boast about this? A friend who writes for the NYT said that she is certain that there is an editor at the company that published Kristi Noems book that read the story about the dog and left it in.That person hates her guts.
Hopefully this will banish her from further advancement in her public life. And yes I think today, ever decent person is hugging their dog tightly.
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As governor, she wanted to take her most vulnerable constituents to the gravel pit, fiercely resisting Medicaid expansion. What, she must have reasoned, have these people done for me lately?
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There is a depth of cruelty that runs through her ( and Trump) that borders on pathology.
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Noem is a twisted “b” on many fronts. Frankly, she’d be perfect to run with Trump. They are two peas in the same pod.
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They complement one another perfectly.
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She shot to death a 14-month-old hunting dog, she wrote in her book, for being too joyous and fun loving, therefore untrainable as a hunting dog. I believe there are humane shelters even in South Dakota, a Trumpian outpost, where a pedigree hunting dog that the owner was too incompetent to train could be given so it could be adopted by people who just wanted a happy, fun-loving dog. Then she shot a goat or some such as a follow up.
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I am certain there are humane shelters and rescue organizations in South Dakota. Certainly in neighboring states. It is the moral and humane thing to do , both qualities she clearly does not have.
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Again as you noted, making her a good match for Trump.
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oh man
yeah
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It’s so insane, it’s hard to comprehend. So many animal shelters, dog rescue groups, etc, etc. There’s no explanation for this except Kristi Noem is a sadist or sociopath.
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Exactly. All those options are in place for a dog that an owner can no longer manage or just doesn’t want. There is an arrogance and cruelty that is so on brand for Trump which is why she is on the short list for his VP. And being a sociopath doesn’t hurt.
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