death at Dunn Loring metro

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:WMATA also said the dog had no collar and by all accounts the dog was not being kept close to the owner. Grossly irresponsible to others (and the dog) in public whether or not the dog was a service animal.

I'm having a hard time understanding the logistics. Makes sense there was no collar or the dog would have been strangled, potentially when the train moved. But what was tied to the deceased? And what was the other end attached to? Seems unlikely to have been the dog or the dog would have had a lot of pressure on it as the train moved?

I don’t know but there was a similar death in SF in 2021. Dog in train, and leash tied to person’s waist, person dragged after door closed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:WMATA also said the dog had no collar and by all accounts the dog was not being kept close to the owner. Grossly irresponsible to others (and the dog) in public whether or not the dog was a service animal.

I'm having a hard time understanding the logistics. Makes sense there was no collar or the dog would have been strangled, potentially when the train moved. But what was tied to the deceased? And what was the other end attached to? Seems unlikely to have been the dog or the dog would have had a lot of pressure on it as the train moved?

I don’t know but there was a similar death in SF in 2021. Dog in train, and leash tied to person’s waist, person dragged after door closed.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-09-14/woman-holding-dogs-leash-dragged-to-death-by-bart-train-san-francisco

Very similar case

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm so glad Daisy has a new home.

Wow, assh0le. I bet Daisy would rather be with her owner.

Most of you posting on this thread are disgusting human beings.

Why don't you help instead of splitting hairs over details that don't matter https://www.gofundme.com/f/harold-riley

What is the GoFundMe (that the daughter set up?!?!) even for?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm so glad Daisy has a new home.

Wow, assh0le. I bet Daisy would rather be with her owner.

Most of you posting on this thread are disgusting human beings.

Why don't you help instead of splitting hairs over details that don't matter https://www.gofundme.com/f/harold-riley

What is the GoFundMe (that the daughter set up?!?!) even for?

The link you posted says what it’s for. Cremation and a service.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It was a service dog

Under the ADA, it was a pet.

What evidence do you have of that?

[Anonymous]

Based on the news reports, it is believed the leash was clipped to the man's waist/pants. The dog was apparently an emotional support dog due to the man's childhood trauma. (based on ABC local news report).

I suspect that the dog was not "trained" in the official sense that a real "service dog" is trained to manage all kinds of situations. Probably, this was just a dog that the guy liked and the dog probably went on one side of those metal posts/vertical bars in the metro, and the guy with his leash were on the other side... and the dog didn't get untangled from the post before the door closed.

I don't know if we can expect the train conductor to see and notice a leash from several hundred feet away. Seems like the deceased man had the responsibility to keep his dog close enough to disembark safely.

Tragic all the way around. Oddly, Channel 7 news reported that the deceased man's daughter didn't take the dog... and that an adoptive home was found. That seems kind of strange.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm so glad Daisy has a new home.

Wow, assh0le. I bet Daisy would rather be with her owner.

Most of you posting on this thread are disgusting human beings.

Why don't you help instead of splitting hairs over details that don't matter https://www.gofundme.com/f/harold-riley

Well duh - it beats being in a shelter or euthanized. I don’t know why people are arguing over Daisy’s CV. He’s dead. She’s ok. That’s about all there is to say.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm so glad Daisy has a new home.

Wow, assh0le. I bet Daisy would rather be with her owner.

Most of you posting on this thread are disgusting human beings.

Why don't you help instead of splitting hairs over details that don't matter https://www.gofundme.com/f/harold-riley

What is the GoFundMe (that the daughter set up?!?!) even for?

Cash grab.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Question apropos of nothing…
This man was only 50. I know he had 4 grandkids, but why do they keep saying “grandfather dies after being dragged by train…”
Why not just say “man dies after being dragged by train…”

Because it's trying to inflate sympathy ("grandfather" invokes more than "man"), since any rational person knows he was just negligent and improperly taking his pet with him.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Based on the news reports, it is believed the leash was clipped to the man's waist/pants. The dog was apparently an emotional support dog due to the man's childhood trauma. (based on ABC local news report).

I suspect that the dog was not "trained" in the official sense that a real "service dog" is trained to manage all kinds of situations. Probably, this was just a dog that the guy liked and the dog probably went on one side of those metal posts/vertical bars in the metro, and the guy with his leash were on the other side... and the dog didn't get untangled from the post before the door closed.

I don't know if we can expect the train conductor to see and notice a leash from several hundred feet away. Seems like the deceased man had the responsibility to keep his dog close enough to disembark safely.

Tragic all the way around. Oddly, Channel 7 news reported that the deceased man's daughter didn't take the dog... and that an adoptive home was found. That seems kind of strange.

Maybe the daughter feels the dog contributed to her dads death?

Or she lives in a place or is in a life phase that do not support dog ownership.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm so glad Daisy has a new home.

Wow, assh0le. I bet Daisy would rather be with her owner.

Most of you posting on this thread are disgusting human beings.

Why don't you help instead of splitting hairs over details that don't matter https://www.gofundme.com/f/harold-riley

What is the GoFundMe (that the daughter set up?!?!) even for?

Can’t you read?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm so glad Daisy has a new home.

Wow, assh0le. I bet Daisy would rather be with her owner.

Most of you posting on this thread are disgusting human beings.

Why don't you help instead of splitting hairs over details that don't matter https://www.gofundme.com/f/harold-riley

What is the GoFundMe (that the daughter set up?!?!) even for?

Cash grab.

You’re mean. I’m not donating, but people ask for donations all the time for Girl Scouts or whatever - paying for a funeral isn’t less worthy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Based on the news reports, it is believed the leash was clipped to the man's waist/pants. The dog was apparently an emotional support dog due to the man's childhood trauma. (based on ABC local news report).

I suspect that the dog was not "trained" in the official sense that a real "service dog" is trained to manage all kinds of situations. Probably, this was just a dog that the guy liked and the dog probably went on one side of those metal posts/vertical bars in the metro, and the guy with his leash were on the other side... and the dog didn't get untangled from the post before the door closed.

I don't know if we can expect the train conductor to see and notice a leash from several hundred feet away. Seems like the deceased man had the responsibility to keep his dog close enough to disembark safely.

Tragic all the way around. Oddly, Channel 7 news reported that the deceased man's daughter didn't take the dog... and that an adoptive home was found. That seems kind of strange.

That's the most normal part of the story.

[Anonymous]

As a safety tipi, I highly recommend the 6 feet leashes that have a second handle a few inches back from the dogs collar. When in crowded places or making transitions, I can grab the close in handle to keep the dog very close and it gives excellent control.
Many new pet owners don’t realize it but the retractable leashes are very dangerous. I can see an accident like this Happening with a retractable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a safety tipi, I highly recommend the 6 feet leashes that have a second handle a few inches back from the dogs collar. When in crowded places or making transitions, I can grab the close in handle to keep the dog very close and it gives excellent control.
Many new pet owners don’t realize it but the retractable leashes are very dangerous. I can see an accident like this Happening with a retractable.

Also, don't take your leashed dog on the metro. Seeing eye dogs and purse dogs only.