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Man arrested after leaving cocker spaniel locked in hot truck

A Georgia man was arrested in Cartersville after leaving his dog locked in the back of a packed U-Haul truck last Monday morning. While at a gas station, Good Samaritan John Artemis noticed a lifeless cocker spaniel in the back of 50-year-old Jerry Mason’s moving van. Artemis claims Mason was manhandling the dog who was caught under a chair. Artemis told Mason to stop hurting the dog but Mason wouldn’t listen so Artemis pushed him away and freed the dog.

Artemis laid the lifeless spaniel on the ground and poured jugs of cold water over him until the dog began to move. Cartersville police responded to Artemis’ 911 call and arrested Mason for misdemeanor animal cruelty.

Mason claims he only left his cocker spaniel Scotty locked in the truck for a short time: “Well I didn’t think an hour was too long of a time for the dog to be back there.” Mason was traveling to Kentucky from Savannah, Georgia. Scotty remains at Bartow County Animal Hospital with heat exhaustion and low blood glucose while Mason is being held at the Bartow County jail.

Cocker spaniel rescued after 2 weeks in Arizona desert

A cocker spaniel/golden retriever mix was found in Scottsdale, Arizona 13 days after running away from home. On June 28th, California resident Darcy Basinger was visiting family in Scottsdale with her 1-year-old cocker mix Jo Jo. She noticed Jo Jo was acting uneasy at the home. That’s when he escaped through a propped open door.

Basinger and her sister had searched for 12 days until they found Jo Jo 2 miles away near a gated community but he was too scared to approach. The next day, Darcy’s sister coaxed him with a squeaky toy and was able to grab him. They brought him to a vet. He was dehydrated, covered with cactus splinters, and lost 10 pounds. Miraculously, Jo Jo was in “shockingly good” condition, said Basinger.

A $5,000 reward for finding Jo Jo will instead be given back to the rescue organizations who posted it. Camp Cocker was one of them and the same rescue Jo Jo was adopted from.

Temperatures in Scottsdale, Arizona reach 100°F during the months of June, July and August. The highest recorded temperature was 119°F back in 1970.

Eleven-year-old kills spaniel puppy

An 11-year-old girl in upstate New York was charged with criminal mischief and aggravated cruelty to animals. Both felony charges will be handled by the Warren County Family Court due to her age. Last Sunday the girl stayed overnight at a foster home on Lake George. When the girl’s request for a ride was denied she picked up a 13-week-old Cavalier King Charles spaniel and beat it to death against the floor and bed post. During an interview with YNN news, Cathy Cloutier, executive director of the SPCA of Upstate New York said it was rare for someone that young to act so violently. “We can’t lose fact that this child really needs some major, serious help before other victims are in her line,” said Cloutier.

My HUGE News! The American Cocker Network

I`m gonna try to keep in touch with everybody . . . but yeah, I`ll be busy.

I bought a magazine . . . the ACN Review, which was run by a fellow named Daren Hatfield. He has had to step down from publishing it for personal reasons, and I thought it would be a shame to let it disappear, after all of his hard work. It`s a lovely magazine. Subscriptions are to the online publication, at $35 per year, for 6 issues. Hard copies of the magazine are available for purchase on demand (not on a subscription basis) after the online version is released.

I’ve done a ton of writing for other publications, but this is my first venture into publishing of any sort. I`m excited about the opportunity, but also very terrified of everything crashing down on my head LOL Fortunately I have a very talented graphic designer helping with ads (she already does all of my ads and my website), so that headache is no longer mine. The cost of ads is included in the ad price, so there won`t be any price increases.

I wasn’t sure about posting here initially . . . I did think about it, but didn’t want folks to think I was fishing for subscribers or anything.

If folks want to see a sample of the magazine, go to www.ouracn.net and click on the magazine cover (a lady with a black Cocker).

Cocker spaniel rescued from 100°F car

Sacramento firefighters freed a cocker spaniel from parked car Wednesday afternoon. The owners had left it in the Arden Fair Mall parking lot while they did some shopping. Mall security had checked on the dog several times then called firefighters when the car’s interior reached 100°F. Mall security said the spaniel was in distress. They noticed it “panting and sweating profusely.”

Animal control officer John Sorrels fined the couple $200 dollars for leaving an animal unsupervised in a car. Sorrels said, “They could die, they could get heatstroke. We’ll have to break your window out maybe and take your dog and take it to the vet and you may or may not get it back.”

When the couple learned their dog had been taken by mall security they left without it. The couple later returned for it saying they were embarrassed the first time. The couple claims they took precautions including parking in the shade, cracking the windows, and checking on him every 15 minutes. Even so, mall security chief Steve Reed said, “put a fur coat on and sit in a car that’s a 100 degrees – it’s not gonna be very good for you.”