https://ktla.com/news/local-news/armed- ... ge-county/
A dog-loving retired police sergeant in Orange County has taken it upon herself to protect the furriest of family members by offering armed dog walking escorts.
Unfortunately, it’s has become an all too familiar and terrifying trend, thieves targeting dog owners often with a violent outcome.
Probably one of the most memorable of these pup heists was the violent attack on Ryan Fischer, Lady Gaga’s dog walker, in West Hollywood in Feb. 2021. Fischer was walking the pop star’s French Bulldogs when a car pulled up, three men got out and shot him before fleeing. Both of the dogs were later returned to Lady Gaga.
The man responsible for shooting Fischer, James Howard Jackson, was later captured and sentenced to 21 years in prison.
That famous dognapping was enough for Carol Salvatierra, now retired from the Santa Ana Police Department, to launch Leash and Shield, an armed dog walking and bodyguard service where the motto is “To Protect and Walk.”
“I was in shock,” Salvatierra told KTLA’s John Fenoglio. “I though, my god, if that ever happened to me, I’d be devastated because I love dogs.”
Only in LA: you can now hire an armed dog-walker in Orange County
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Re: Only in LA: you can now hire an armed dog-walker in Orange County
What would have happened If Fischer had just defended himself in the first place? Not wondering long...
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I would pay money to watch someone try to take my dogs.
I wouldn't even try to stop them.
I wouldn't even try to stop them.
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This guy is going to make a fortune.