Gizmo ordered to get out of town
A municipal judge in Aspen has ordered a Pomeranian named Gizmo to get out of town.
Judge Brooke Peterson last week told Gizmo’s owner to find the dog a new home — outside of Aspen — adding that, if Gizmo, who has a history of biting people, returns, he will be euthanized.
“As a judge, the hardest decision I ever have to make is to take someone’s pet away or euthanize it,” Peterson told Melinda Goldrich, Gizmo’s owner. “But you and I have been dealing with your dog since 2006 … and your excuses have worn out my patience.”
Goldrich appeared in court after Gizmo bit a worker at a health club on Aug. 28. Gizmo was tied to a fence at the time, while Goldrich went inside to pay her bill, according to the Aspen Times
Goldrich had been under a court order issued in March — after Gizmo bit somebody in February — to not leave Gizmo unattended, even if he was on a leash. She also had been cited in 2006 for keeping a vicious dog.
“He’s basically a sweet dog,” Goldrich told the judge. “I’m the one who put him in these circumstances. He’s not running up to people and biting them … Basically I really screwed up in this circumstance. I did violate what I agreed upon.”
A resident from another Colorado county attended the hearing, volunteered to take Gizmo in and was awarded the dog.
Posted by jwoestendiek September 29th, 2009 under Muttsblog.
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