Cappuccino (Cappy)
Cappy lived his whole life on a chain. His owner's moved out of the home and left him. New tenants moved in, but they wanted Cappy gone.
A plan was put into motion to remove Cappy from the property and to provide temporary shelter for him until he could be transported Up North.
It was agreed by all involved that this placement was going to be very temporary.
We were told by Tamara that a plan was in place for Cappy, he would only be at Jennesse's house for a few days.
Cappy was removed from his property.
Bad decision after bad decision
Tamara (in an attempt to socialize Cappy) was hiding his aggressiveness from others; Sending people to "play" with him without warning them of the risks involved.
Tamara refused to listen to any attempt to stop her from portraying Cappy as a cuddly-puppy, when he was not.
Kathryn was nearly attacked by Cappuccino when he was described to her as a gentle loving puppy who likes to play.
When Kathryn brought up Cappy's aggressiveness to the group, Tamara blamed Kathryn for him being "labeled".
We then were told that there wasn't a plan for Cappy. Tamara had never even spoken to the guy who she CLAIMED wanted to adopt him.
Tamara kept insisting that Cappy was a nice sweet dog, with no behavioral problems; she lied to the group, putting the dog and people at risk. We could not come to an agreement about cappuccino as a group.
Karyn Yovis Faye, a board member of Ace's Legacy hired an animal trainer to evaluate Cappy. To determine whether Cappy could be safely re-homed.
Tamara showed up nearly an hour before the evaluation. She attempted to run Cappy & play him hard to expel some excess energy so he would perform better.
Jennesse escorted the Trainer in, Tamara was in control of Cappy during the evaluation.
During the evaluation, Tamara dropped Cappy's leash. Cappy attacked the Trainer, biting him multiple times on the arm and leg. The Trainer had to slam a door on Cappy's body and head several times to get the dog to release his bite.
Cappy scored a 5 out of 6 on the Ian Dunbar Bite Scale
Fearing the possibility of rabies, Cappuccino was euthanized on
February 13, 2016.
His head was removed and sent to Lansing for testing, which turned out to be NEGATIVE.
R.I.P CAPPY
