World: Artest's Dog Days

TribalRats · 02-10-2007, 06:19 PM

World: Artest's Dog Days

Dogs owned by Sacramento Kings forward Ron Artest have spent a total of 77 nights at the pound since July because of poor care by their owner, costing the NBA star $1,942 US in boarding and impound fees, county records show. Placer County animal control officers have gone to Artest's two-hectare estate seven times in that period in response to callers' complaints about dogs being loose or not being fed. The latest incident came last Sunday, when animal control officers took Artest's Great Dane, Socks, saying the animal wasn't being fed. "This dog was a rack of bones," said Rosemary Frieborn, president of Friends of Placer County Animal Shelter. In an e-mail to The Sacramento Bee, Artest said he hopes to get Socks back and has hired a new caretaker for the dogs. He blamed Socks' condition on the fact that another dog, an American bulldog, "dominated all the food. I love my dogs and think they should be able to live (as) freely as possible."

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TribalRats Take Responsibility Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Central Valley, CA Posts: 3,327 Rep Power: 141	World: Artest's Dog Days World: Artest's Dog Days Dogs owned by Sacramento Kings forward Ron Artest have spent a total of 77 nights at the pound since July because of poor care by their owner, costing the NBA star $1,942 US in boarding and impound fees, county records show. Placer County animal control officers have gone to Artest's two-hectare estate seven times in that period in response to callers' complaints about dogs being loose or not being fed. The latest incident came last Sunday, when animal control officers took Artest's Great Dane, Socks, saying the animal wasn't being fed. "This dog was a rack of bones," said Rosemary Frieborn, president of Friends of Placer County Animal Shelter. In an e-mail to The Sacramento Bee, Artest said he hopes to get Socks back and has hired a new caretaker for the dogs. He blamed Socks' condition on the fact that another dog, an American bulldog, "dominated all the food. I love my dogs and think they should be able to live (as) freely as possible."
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