UPDATE 9:55 a.m. (Aug. 3)
The Animal Resource Center has been checking on the dog found inside the home on Patterson Road Monday night, finding no signs of abuse, according to Mark Kumpf, director of the Animal Resource Center.
The owner may face a misdemeanor charge for failing to get the dog to the vet for treatment of a flea allergy, causing the missing tufts of hair. But the dog was almost 80 pounds and no signs of cruelty, according to Kumpf.
The owner of the dog, Katherine Wiggins, was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of shoplifting, where a second dog was found. Both dogs are now in Animal Resource Center hands, and are happy and seemed well fed, according to Kumpf.
Kumpf urges people to not break into homes to take the animals out of the situation or feed them.
Under Ohio law, animals are property, whether concerned citizens want to think of them that way or not.
Concerned citizens cannot break into someone’s house and steal their property, while feeding the animal also will complicate the investigation, as it cannot be proven it was abandoned since it had eaten.
UPDATE @ 12:57 p.m. (Aug. 2)
Of the three dogs abandoned in the home on Patterson Road last month, the rottweiler was returned to his owner a month ago before he was abandoned in the home again on Monday.
The rottweiler was allegedly abandoned with a cat.
Neighbors said they believe the other two dogs were returned to their original owner as well, and are either staying with their owner or with their owner’s family elsewhere.
UPDATE @ 10:53 a.m. (Aug. 2)
Another dog was reportedly dumped at the same place three other dogs were previously abandoned, a home in the 1000 block of Patterson Road, according to a Dayton police report.
Dayton police responded to the call reporting the second dumping Monday evening, the report said.
Police met with a crew from the Montgomery County Animal Resource Center at the house and entered the home to find the a black and brown Rottweiler, the report states, and although the dog was missing fur on some places of his body, police said he looked well fed.
According to neighbors, dumping animals at this home is an on-going problem.
UPDATE @ 1:50 p.m.
The Montgomery County Animal Resource Center removed three dogs from a house where neighbors say they have been abandoned for days without food, water or air conditioning.
Dayton police, a housing inspector and members from the community also assisted with the removal.
UPDATE @ 1:30 p.m.
The Montgomery County Animal Resource Center and Dayton Police have responded to the home where neighbors said three dogs have been abandoned without food, water or air conditioning for days.
INITIAL REPORT
Neighbors of a Dayton house say three dogs have been abandoned for days without any food, water or air conditioning.
They say officers with the Montgomery County Animal Resource Center are supposed to visit the Patterson Road house by noon Thursday — five days after the dogs were first discovered abandoned.
A message left with Montgomery County Animal Resource Center director Mark Kumpf was not immediately returned.
At least one window is broken, and someone fed them food through the broken window. It is unknown where the owner is, according to neighbors.
Rick Riblet, a neighbor, has been standing near the home holding a sign that says, “3 Dogs Abandoned in This Home Please Help!”
“The last five days, no one has been here to take care of the animals,” Riblet said. “They’ve not been fed or watered. I’m trying to help them and get them out of the conditions here and get them properly evaluated. … It’s not fair to the animals. They can’t take care of themselves.”
Riblet said the dogs have been aggressive toward him in the past, but a lot of people have stopped by and given him support, while others have gathered up food to give the dogs.
“I’m not looking for any type of donations,” Riblet said. “I want them properly cared for.”
After a recent rainfall, the dogs were trying to drink the water out of the sill of the broken window, Riblet said.
“If you try to feed them, they get very aggressive toward each other because they’re so hungry and thirsty,” Riblet said. “It appears they’re getting weaker each day.”
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