{"id":2232537,"date":"2024-04-29T10:15:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T14:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kristi-noem-defends-decision-to-shoot-her-puppy-had-shown-aggressive-behavior\/"},"modified":"2024-04-29T10:16:54","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T14:16:54","slug":"kristi-noem-defends-decision-to-shoot-her-puppy-had-shown-aggressive-behavior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kristi-noem-defends-decision-to-shoot-her-puppy-had-shown-aggressive-behavior\/","title":{"rendered":"Kristi Noem Justifies Shooting Puppy Due to Aggressive Behavior"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkristi-noem-defends-decision-to-shoot-her-puppy-had-shown-aggressive-behavior%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2232537&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem defended \u2063her controversial\u200c decision\u200d to shoot \u2062her puppy, Cricket, citing its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/third-woman-accuses-cuomo-of-making-unwanted-advances\/\" title=\"Third Woman Accuses Cuomo of Making Unwanted Advances\">aggressive behavior<\/a>. The\u2063 incident, detailed in \u200cher book &#8220;No Going\u2064 Back,&#8221; was reported \u200cby The \u200cGuardian. Noem\u2062 included \u200dthe story\u2062 to showcase her willingness to \u200ctackle challenging \u200cissues. She described Cricket as\u200d a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/noems-deadly-dog-story-prompts-democratic-governors-to-post-dog-photos\/\" title=\"Noem's dog incident leads Dem governors to share dog pics\">wirehair pointer<\/a> with an aggressive personality and highlighted the breed&#8217;s \u200bmaturity\u2064 timeline.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem defended on Sunday her decision to shoot and kill her puppy after the revelation made headlines last week when an excerpt of her new forthcoming book was published.<\/p>\n<p>The Guardian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2024\/apr\/26\/trump-kristi-noem-shot-dog-and-goat-book\">reported<\/a> on the incident, which was included in an excerpt of her book, \u201cNo Going Back: The Truth on What\u2019s Wrong with Politics and How We Move America Forward\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCricket was a wirehair pointer, about 14 months old,\u201d the South Dakota governor wrote about the puppy, adding that the female puppy had an \u201caggressive personality.\u201d Wirehair pointers <a href=\"https:\/\/gundog-journal.com\/breeds\/german-wirehaired-pointer#:~:text=As%20the%20wirehaired%20pointers%20don%E2%80%99t%20reach%20full%20maturity%20until%20around%202%20years%20of%20age\">typically<\/a> take a full two years to fully mature to adulthood.<\/p>\n<p>She included the vignette in her book, the report said, because she believes it shows that she is willing to solve \u201cdifficult, messy, and ugly\u201d problems.<\/p>\n<p>Noem says that she took the puppy on a hunting trip and that the puppy ruined the trip by going \u201cout of her mind with excitement, chasing all those birds and having the time of her life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She said that on the way home the puppy jumped out of her truck and killed a family\u2019s chickens, adding that when she got control of the puppy the puppy \u201cwhipped around to bite me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hated that dog,\u201d Noem wrote, saying that the puppy was \u201cless than worthless \u2026 as a hunting dog\u201d and was potentially \u201cdangerous to anyone she came in contact with.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Noem determined that she had to put the dog down and so she led it to a gravel ditch and shot it with a shotgun. She also decided to put down one of the family\u2019s goats that was \u201cnasty and mean\u201d because it was never castrated.<\/p>\n<p>The incident sparked widespread backlash online from the political Left and Right, as many accused the governor of being cruel.<\/p>\n<p>Noem addressed the criticism in a post on Sunday, saying that she believes that she did the right thing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can understand why some people are upset about a 20 year old story of Cricket, one of the working dogs at our ranch, in my upcoming book \u2014 No Going Back,\u201d she wrote. \u201cWhat I learned from my years of public service, especially leading South Dakota through COVID, is people are looking for leaders who are authentic, willing to learn from the past, and don\u2019t shy away from tough challenges. My hope is anyone reading this book will have an understanding that I always work to make the best decisions I can for the people in my life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fact is, South Dakota law states that dogs who attack and kill livestock can be put down,\u201d she continued. \u201cGiven that Cricket had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-lets-it-slip-watch-what-she-says-instead-of-stopped-forced-to-correct-herself\/\" title=\"Democrat slips up, corrects herself after saying 'stopped'\">shown aggressive behavior<\/a> toward people by biting them, I decided what I did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhether running the ranch or in politics, I have never passed on my responsibilities to anyone else to handle. Even if it\u2019s hard and painful. I followed the law and was being a responsible parent, dog owner, and neighbor,\u201d she concluded. \u201cAs I explained in the book, it wasn\u2019t easy. But often the easy way isn\u2019t the right way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem defended her puppy shooting decision after it sparked controversy following a book excerpt release. 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