* A quiet day. Friday afternoon, @ 3:30 PM. Warm, sunny, slightly windy. I was playing with the internet on my PC. A car or SUV drives up to our driveway area; the horn beeps; 30 ? 45? pass; the horn beeps again; . . a 3rd time. My Dominican live in paramour [8 years together] leaves our house with our dog; conversation, motor running; 2? - 3? later ? a single gun shot!!
* I rush outside, to see what happened. Our dog has been shot, lying on the ground, bleeding, dying. She is crying & screaming. I ask what happened. The DR driver ? chauffer of the car, a large Toyota Land Cruiser, said that our dog was barking at him ? a complete stranger to the dog; he got his pistol from the SUV & shot the dog! He informs me, very calmly. 2 ? 3 men were in the SUV.
* The ?dog?? A 2 year old male, ?Mineola Coca Cola?, part collie, part ?; has had all of his ?shots? from the veterinarian; weight? @ 5 lbs; our watchdog. She continues screaming & crying.
* Background, learned later by me: the Banco Santa Cruz [?BSC?], of Santiago, owns a lot of R E in our POP neighborhood; the result, I believe of a large mortgage foreclosure ? years ago.
* A representative of the BSC checks the conditions of the properties periodically, riding in a Land Cruiser from Santiago, driven by the chauffer / murderer. My DR paramour, originally from Santiago, knows some BSC people casually; he or they stop by our house to say ?hello? to her. The murderer was saying ?hello?!
* My paramour calls the police ? Politur; I ask the murderer to wait until the Police arrive. He quickly drives away. The police arrive later; they view the dead dog.
* My paramour called BSC; ? at the SBC gives her the name of the chauffer / murderer; I chose not to reveal his name here. End of story. Except, . . we later bury Mineola.
* Free & very sound advice: if any employee of BSC approaches your home, on foot or in a SUV, IMMEDIATELY RETREAT TO YOUR HOUSE WITH ALL DOMESTIC ANIMALS, LOCK ALL DOORS, OBTAIN & PREPARE YOUR PISTOL, & CALL THE POLICE. IMMEDIATELY! If 1 or more BSC employees attempt to enter your home, use your pistol. IMMEDIATELY!
* My Answer: NO! Your Question: Has Mineola ever bitten or attacked anyone during his 2 years on our planet? 5 lbs! Perhaps less.
* My social comments: I have been living in the DR for 10 years; substantially all in POP. I have never seen a DR shoot a domestic or non-domestic animal. It is simply not part of the DR culture; based on my 10 years? experience.
* There are evidently exceptions. BSC has proven that. Sad! So sad. Useless! Wasteful! Cruel!
* I rush outside, to see what happened. Our dog has been shot, lying on the ground, bleeding, dying. She is crying & screaming. I ask what happened. The DR driver ? chauffer of the car, a large Toyota Land Cruiser, said that our dog was barking at him ? a complete stranger to the dog; he got his pistol from the SUV & shot the dog! He informs me, very calmly. 2 ? 3 men were in the SUV.
* The ?dog?? A 2 year old male, ?Mineola Coca Cola?, part collie, part ?; has had all of his ?shots? from the veterinarian; weight? @ 5 lbs; our watchdog. She continues screaming & crying.
* Background, learned later by me: the Banco Santa Cruz [?BSC?], of Santiago, owns a lot of R E in our POP neighborhood; the result, I believe of a large mortgage foreclosure ? years ago.
* A representative of the BSC checks the conditions of the properties periodically, riding in a Land Cruiser from Santiago, driven by the chauffer / murderer. My DR paramour, originally from Santiago, knows some BSC people casually; he or they stop by our house to say ?hello? to her. The murderer was saying ?hello?!
* My paramour calls the police ? Politur; I ask the murderer to wait until the Police arrive. He quickly drives away. The police arrive later; they view the dead dog.
* My paramour called BSC; ? at the SBC gives her the name of the chauffer / murderer; I chose not to reveal his name here. End of story. Except, . . we later bury Mineola.
* Free & very sound advice: if any employee of BSC approaches your home, on foot or in a SUV, IMMEDIATELY RETREAT TO YOUR HOUSE WITH ALL DOMESTIC ANIMALS, LOCK ALL DOORS, OBTAIN & PREPARE YOUR PISTOL, & CALL THE POLICE. IMMEDIATELY! If 1 or more BSC employees attempt to enter your home, use your pistol. IMMEDIATELY!
* My Answer: NO! Your Question: Has Mineola ever bitten or attacked anyone during his 2 years on our planet? 5 lbs! Perhaps less.
* My social comments: I have been living in the DR for 10 years; substantially all in POP. I have never seen a DR shoot a domestic or non-domestic animal. It is simply not part of the DR culture; based on my 10 years? experience.
* There are evidently exceptions. BSC has proven that. Sad! So sad. Useless! Wasteful! Cruel!