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Government considers appeal over dog death sentence: https://redlandbaysidenews.com.au/breaking-government-considers-appeal-over-dog-death-sentence/

The updated story and his charges have been reported in the Irish news as well, so wife and kids who are back in Ireland hopefully won't experience any repercussions.

Thank you, Deeds!! What a horrible human !! His poor little daughter has a lot to deal with I am glad he went to rehab , and also that his wife is now safe.

https://9now.nine.com.au/a-current-affair/nathan-mckeown-fronts-court-after-leaving-his-dog-to-die-while-on-bender/0df4aff0-1f31-4ba0-a70f-b9bdc94678f9 The list of offences deserved a much harsher sentence. So many lies no wonder his wife left him. That poor dog . His death was totally unnecessary. What a pathetic human being.

I AM harsh! - I hope his life is VERY messed up from his actions!!!

Agreed. At least everyone knows who he is - hopefully this enables some sort of feedback from people- and some exclusions perhaps from things he enjoys/places he goes. Poor poor Arnie

Don’t get me started on this!! Saw it on the news last night and definitely not happy with the outcome at all. Call me harsh, or whatever but he should be charged for a whole range of offences and a conviction recorded!!

What is the point of disqualifying him from driving for 8 months... when he was already driving while disqualified?? And driving so drunk and drugged up that he forgot where he parked the bloody car to boot! Those offences alone should have attracted a heftier punishment, let alone he caused the death of his dog during the whole stupid incident. 240 hours community service and no conviction recorded is nowhere near enough of a penalty for him to learn from his mistakes. It appears the court of public opinion is punishing him more effectively than the justice system has... not that I agree with vigilantism, but at least he's suffering some sort of consequence I suppose. Our justice system allows judges/magistrates to exercise a certain amount of discretion in sentencing for most crimes not regarded as major (like murder or rape), but maybe there should be some bare minimum sentences for things like this that actually equate to the level of stupidity/indifference displayed by the offender. At the very least this guy's conviction should have been recorded, if only for the driving offences, as by driving while disqualified/intoxicated made him a repeat offender on that count alone. T.

Very disappointing. I know his life is now quite messed up from all his lies, but he deliberately broke multiple laws and cost an innocent animal its life. He needs to be punished in a legal sense for that.

Of course. It's America. They do the same to Giant Schnauzers.

Sensible ABC link https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-05/arnie-the-dog-owner-nathan-mckeown-sentenced/106307612

Pricked ears and docked tail.

Just saw this taken from Brisbane Times: "he was sentenced to 240 hours of community service, with no conviction recorded." from the Moreton Bay Lost and Found Pets (Brisbane Northside) FB page https://www.facebook.com/share/p/17s6spah9L/

sadly, he won't get what he deserves

https://redlandbaysidenews.com.au/court-appearance-for-man-accused-of-accidentally-killing-dog-and-inventing-stolen-car-story-as-cover/

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-04/doberman-pinscher-named-penny-wins-westminster-dog-show/106305290

This is spot on and so many people don’t get it, having experience with numerous breeds it’s really interesting how different breeds are more or less in tune with your body language, for instance my kelpie and border collie x react to every move I make often before I’ve made it but our two chis and two maltese x shihtzus take a lot less notice and the bearded collie is somewhere in the middle. It also amazes me how a very closely bonded dog picks up on illnesses, part way through last year my kelpie started staring at me making really weird high pitched whistling noises at random times, if I fell asleep outside of normal bed time hours she would paw at me and cry, couldn’t work out why it all started then months later I found out I had breast cancer, since having two surgeries (haven’t started the rest of my treatment yet) most of her odd behaviour has settled down, it appears she knew I had cancer long before it was detected.

An amazing story! Thank you Deeds!

These were my thoughts too. The poor little guy hasn't had much of a life so far from being the runt of the little (horrible expression ) to being picked on by the other puppies. He has to do a 180 in terms of understanding what he is "allowed" to do. Although you are doing it out of concern and kindness, try to stop with the handfeeding . Little dogs love that to the detriment of their human's back !!! Please update us. We would love to know how you are going. He looks gorgeous, but a bit more JR than Chi, I think.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-02/today-in-history-february-2-balto-nome-serum-run-of-1925/106200774 Interesting story I thought some of you may enjoy.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-02/how-your-dog-is-reading-you-muster-dogs/106135294

In NSW, rescue pets and pound rehomes are given free lifetime registration, so maybe that could be used to estimate the number of rescue/pound rehomes that have occurred since that came in. I'm tipping that the database (pet registry) might not have been set up to extract that sort of data though. I'd be more interested to see how many animals have been rehomed via any method (private/rescue/pound/shelter) more than once in their lifetime... which is supposed to be one of the reasons why all the new legislation around breeder/rehoming id's has been created. If that works as planned, it will hopefully highlight where the poor rehoming practices are coming from... still I'm not holding my breath waiting for anything positive to come of it. T.

I had another kick in the guts from them yesterday afternoon T. The discharge notes said to book a dermatology appointment or an internal medicine consult. No dermatologist available till the end of March and since I still need the punch biopsy results to confirm current treatment is the right one I rang to organise an internal medicine one. No appointment for a whole week. I asked if I could book that but also go on a waiting list for an earlier cancellation. Got a call back later in the day to say it had been reviewed and the appointment in another week was fine. Noone even asked how he was going and whether I felt it could wait a week. Then yesterday I get a call to say the appointment next week is now cancelled and I will just have to wait till I can get into the dermatologist. Wha? So I had a dog who was critically ill, discharged to my care on a treatment plan that they hoped was going to work, no clear diagnoses of what happened or why but now the only pending issue in their eyes is his skin? He became ill on Thursday night and the pustules didn't form till Saturday night. They are just one of his problems. I was livid to be honest that without even a quick phone check on how he is going someone decided he no longer needs an appointment and his case is all over. I still don't have the answers I need and I don't feel informed for the future. I don't even have the results of all the tests I paid for! What point is there is seeing a dermatologist a month after the event unless I know what it was and whether it will remain with him and need ongoing management? To me that is like going to a specialist for an undiagnosed illness you used to have but are not sure you will ever have again. I'll be making an appointment to see my own vet this week and have him look at the notes from them.