I suspect the whole of the problem was not solely the loss of his dog. As the article stated, he was down
on his luck. Looking at his life with no parents, no family, being raised in an orphanage….I think it had
more to do with…giving up…too many refusals from
job interviews, unable to pay the rent….then the loss of his dog…a sad story all the way around.

He could have given the dog to a no-kill shelter–but the dog was all he had. I think the veterinarian must have told him he had to put the dog down since it
was becoming more aggressive….I think it was more
than this man could take…didn’t sound like he had
much of a support system–or much of anything….again…just a sad story.

Fact is, there was waaaay more going on with this guy than his dog. STABLE people do not automatically take their own lives over a pet.

I have personally been in his situation- having to give up a pet, due to regulations. It’s hard, but not worth taking my life. Why not move to another place? Why not take the dog to a no-kill shelter? And, no disrespect intended to the deceased, but I know that politically, this will be hijacked by overzealous dog lovers, to prove that barking dog regulations cause suicide. No, no, no, not among stable human beings.

Thing is, Pitbulls CAN be bark-trained. Most dogs can. If you are the owner of a barking dog, YOU have a responsibility to have him bark trained. This guy could have KEPT his dog (the article stated that the new policy did not apply to current pets) if he had been more responsible about the noise nuisance that HE chose to bring to that building. As far as the dog being evicted, the owner had nobody to blame but himself. Training would have changed everything. Dog owners, STOP blaming others for complaining about YOUR noisy dog. Train your dog- it’s not hard!