omg I am speechless. I have tears running down my cheeks. how?! why!!

Res In Peace Bobo:(

Brooke, where did you read that? do you have the link?

Burned Yorkie Terrier Succumbs To Injuries - Denver News Story - KMGH Denver


I read another article that said he was not in pain. They said he was heavily medicated and if you look at the slide show you will see he was lifting his head and moving around.
I had a yorkie a few years ago who lost control of his legs and had to have disc surgery...during the time he was unable to walk, he cried when he was hungry...thirsty or had to relieve himself. I am sure that is what was going on with Bobo...I believe that is what they meant to say. He was so bandaged up that he needed help for his needs. I trust they did keep him pain free and they met his every need....he left Earth knowing people loved and cared for him.
It kills me to know he was in such a condition.

Being A Pet Owner Is A Privilege!
 

RIP Sweet Little BoBo!:cry::rip::littleang

Anger is good focused in the right direction.
 

I have read as many of the threads as I could (not very many) they upset me so much. I feel horrible for Bobo. The only good thing is out of this situation is that people now are more aware that these horrible things do happen even after some one has had a baby for six years. I don't claim to know or understand it.
The worst for us is that it is now causing people here to argue over what is right or wrong. We are all entitle to our opinions. I will not give mine either way. The only thing I will say is that I feel so badly for the little baby who had to suffer.
I do not think that Bobo would want any of us to fight. If he was anything like my three babies. It would freak them out. They don't like tension at all and they know. The point I am trying to make (probably doing very badly at it). We should not argue over what we think should or should not happen. Or could have happened. We should pull together sending our prayers and support for the little guy and the others that will be in simiular situations as this.
My suggestion is we all say a prayer for Bobo.
Sorry if I upset anyone that was truly not my intent. I just do not think that we should fight over something as horbile as a little babies torcher and death. This is when we need to ALL pull together for a worthy cause. Like supporting our local shelters or emegency animal clinics. Anger is good focused in the right direction. But, in this situation, not at each other.
Again, I am sorry if I upset anyone.
Laura

Since I had donated money for Bobo - I just received an email from Table Mountain regarding his passing. Here it is:


Dear animal lovers,

I first would like the thank you for your heart felt words thoughts and prayers for Bobo. The poor little dog suffered immeasurable pain and stress. Sadly and as many of you probably already know, Bobo died early in the morning on Thursday, October 22. This upsetting situation and others like this, continue to haunt me. I just have to say to myself that Bobo is now in a better place. He is in a place free of pain, free of abuse; a place full of love and joy with dozens of fire hydrants.

Thank you for supporting Bobo and his medical care. The exact cause of his death is still unknown, but we are pretty certain it was from the injuries and trauma of the abuse compounded by his age and other possible conditions. The amazing Doctors at Wheat Ridge Animal Hospital did a fantastic job and truly thought that Bobo had a good chance. However, burns and the extent of their damage and complications are not always easy to predict. Throughout his care and the care of other animals that suffer from abuse, we at Table Mountain Animal Center and our partners, including the various animal control agencies and Wheat Ridge Animal Hospital, put the best interest of the animal first. At any time during Bobo’s care, if we felt that continuing to treat him was not in the best interest for his welfare, other options would have been considered and pursued.

The funds you donated have exceeded $30,000. This fact warms my heart as it shows that these horrible of acts are not acceptable or tolerated by the community and that the vast majority of people understand that these creatures are our best friends, our running buddies, our family members.

We won’t know the total amount of Bobo’s care for at least a week, additionally there maybe other costs associated with the investigation. The amount of funds donated, will exceed the cost of his care. The balance of the donated funds will remain in the Westy Fund, established to help with the medical expenses of abused and neglected animals that come to Table Mountain Animal Center throughout the year.

My colleagues and I are working hard to process all of the donations received. This may take us some time. However, if you do not receive a receipt in the mail within a couple of weeks, please contact me by e-mail to insure that your contribution is recognize appropriately.

Many of you expressed interest in adopting or fostering Bobo. Everyday of the year, Table Mountain Animal Center is in need of both foster families and willing adopters. As one of the largest animal adoption and care facilities in the region, we always have dozens of animals that are in need of your help and companionship. Fortunately nearly all of pets waiting for adoption have not suffered from the abuse that Bobo endured. They simply are not wanted or were born into a world that didn’t have space for them. Go to our website to get started.

In closing I hope that you keep Table Mountain Animal Center in mind when it comes to your future charitable dollars. This organization is working towards building a new facility and has undergone unprecedented growth in programs. Financial support from the community will help continue to make these much needed changes and growth a reality.

With all my respect and thanks,
Ben Drotar
Director of Marketing and Development
bendrotar@tablemountainanimals.org or 720-407-5212

Wow. $30,000 that is wonderful. Too bad it couldn't save poor Bobo. :(

I'm am still haunted by this ordeal. I can't get the picture out of my head. I really don't know how that woman can live with herself. But with all those donations it shows that as many crazies are out there, that there is much more good people. God bless Bobo and all the donators.

That was so sweet of you :hug: It does warm my heart to know that you have included him on your Heaven's Angels page. Thank you so much :hug:

May he Rest In Peace :cry: :rbyorkie:

Hey Edith, it is right here: Burned Yorkie Terrier Succumbs To Injuries - Denver News Story - KMGH Denver - it's the very last sentence in the 3rd paragraph. Just SO incredibly sad :cry:

This is one of the saddest things I have heard in a very long time. I hate leaving my baby to go to work and can't even imagine doing any thing to hurt him. This poor baby trusted that woman to take care of him, if she is indeed mentally ill someone should have been looking out for her and this poor little guy. They should also be questioned as to how something this horrible could happen.

OMG!! How did I miss this update??!!??!! I can't believe little Bobo passed away!! I was really praying he would make it!! :( :( I feel sick to my stomach right now. That poor sweet baby did NOT deserve this.

Rest in peace, dear sweet little Bobo.

Owning an animals is a PRIVILEGE! :mad:

Dedicated To Bobo … Rainbow Bridge's Newest Angel

Rainbow Bridge

Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge.

When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge. There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together. There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable.

All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor. Those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by. The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing; they each miss someone very special to them who had to be left behind.

They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. His bright eyes are intent. His eager body quivers. Suddenly he begins to run from the group, flying over the green grass, his legs carrying him faster and faster.

You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart.

Then you cross Rainbow Bridge together....

Author Unknown

another prayer for brave Bobo
 

A horrible story that made me tear up (sitting in an airport – very embarrassing) and then sick to my stomach (I have been on business travel for 2 weeks, & have been REALLY missing my yorkies); I finally get a chance to log on to YorkieTalk and am shocked by this post.

Another prayer for little bobo, and sympathy for the owner who is obviously a VERY SICK individual. I doubt any of us could even imagine what it would be like to be that mentally ill.

Thanks to all who donated for his care.

This is so sad how can people be so cruel :(

RIP precious Bobo. You will not be forgotten.

OMG! :mad: This woman should be hog tied and set on fire herself for what she did to this poor little baby!!! OMG.....I can't stop crying! :cry: I don't know why God allows the innocent to suffer like this. :hands::hands::hands: Prayers for a painless, speedy recovery.

OMG.......Bobo didn't make it. :cry8: RIP Bobo.......May God watch over your little soul and give you eternal peace.

Don't blame GOD....blame the devil! There is so much evil in this world and the devil is behind it all!

sick>>>
 

I am sick to my stomach...

soo very sad
 

It broke my heart intoto read this story poor baby! I could not beleive what I was reading, I do hope they get this woman some real help, and they do make sure she can't hurt another baby ever again!! My prayer go out to Bobo, I am so glad he made it. I just cryed and cried:cry::cry8::getwell: bobo

I truely, honestly don't know how anyone could do this to any animal or human in such a manner as Bobo was treated....I just can't imagine why. I guess you can say I was raised in a very sheltered life from the real world due to my dad being a detective and when things like this happens, it just weighs my heart down. I'm sorry, but I don't find having a "mental problem" as an excuse for anyone to do something as horrible as she did. I agree with those who say that God will judge her and I pray he will do it harshly. My prayers are with you Bobo for a successful recovery.

I don't know if this has been posted yet......
 

The Yorkshire terrier clinging to life after his owner allegedly burned him died early Thursday.

The shock of the burns apparently damaged his kidneys, pancreas and other internal organs, veterinarian Elisa Mazzaferro said.

"He suffered cardiopulmonary arrest. He didn't suffer; he was comfortable."

Bobo suffered burns over his legs and other parts of his body after his owner allegedly hogtied him and set him on fire over a stove on Sunday. A neighbor saw the fire and alerted Lakewood police.

Relatives of Tanya M. Martin, 38, of Lakewood, say she suffers from mental illness.

Martin was formally charged Thursday with cruelty to animals and fourth-degree arson. She remains in custody at the Jefferson County Detention Center on $10,000 bond.

As recently as Wednesday, the Bobo hotline was sounding optimistic: "Bobo was resting comfortably today, greeting us and interacting with his surroundings," said the message. The message said veterinarians were hopeful that a special skin treatment could hasten Bobo's recovery.

On Wednesday, Mazzaferro brought Bobo into a hyperbaric chamber in Lakewood donated by animal lover Dr. Alex Thermos.

"It was very peaceful in there," Mazzaferro said. "We took a nap together."

But afterward, when surgery was done to remove some of Bobo's dead tissue, "it showed that some of the organs were failing," she said. "The burns we could see were only the tip of the iceberg." The failed organs were "the internal consequences from the external burns."

Mazzaferro said Bobo was given generous doses of pain medicine. Up to the end, "he was alert and responsive and very comfortable. He wasn't suffering."

Coloradans, stirred by the story of the burned dog, had donated more than $23,000 as of Wednesday afternoon for Bobo's care, said Ben Drotar, director of marketing for Table Mountain Animal Center. The average donation was $53.

"We'll more than likely be well over what was required for Bobo's care," Drotar said. The remainder will go into the Westy Fund, a pot of money to help abused animals.


I know these pictures are hard to look at, but this is what Bobo had to go through just because a woman had "mental problems?" Attachments are pictures of Bobo being treated and of the lady who did this horrible thing :cry:

and why is it not illegal to shoot people like this???
 

Kudos to the law enforcement agency that arrested her. I have the utmost respect for someone who can hold back their emotions and not blow someone like this away with their duty pistol! This lady better be glad I wasnt the Officer that got her...Id have been like "Gun! She has a gun! Bam Bam!"

Poor Bobo...I feell so bad for Bobo.:(

It just doesn't get any sicker than this...
 

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:mad: I'll tell you what, I am in law enforcment and I thought I had heard and seen almost everything. I have worked animal neglect cases and child abuse before and it is just beyond anything I can comprehend that someone could DO THIS TO THAT POOR LITTLE DOG! I hadn't seen it on the news, because I deal with so much negativity in a 10 hour day and at some point you have to say "ENOUGH". A coworker told me about it and brought me the article and I ABOUT LOST IT RIGHT THERE. It was all I could do to remain professional the rest of the day, trying to keep my composure while people whined and complained about silly stuff they brought on themselves, very unimportant things at that, when compared to precious little BoBo. I was barely out of the exit gate when I totally lost it and cried like a baby, all my frustrations and anger coming out, and all I could hear in my head was him screaming in pain. All the frustration I have felt in the last 18 years about people and what they do to animals (and children, etc, those who really can't protect themselves) just came out in a turbulent tsunami of tears. I cried all the way home. I talked out loud to my australian terrier, Hobbes, my loyal sweet companion of 11 years who crossed to the Rainbow Bridge in March of 2003, and asked him to find BoBo and take care of him. It was all I could think of to do. I asked my Mom, who also passed some time ago, to look after him too.

I just cannot fathom how anyone could think up such twisted cruelty and I cannot think of anyone in the entire history of life that I would like to see suffer in the way she made that little boy suffer. I don't think I have ever been more infuriated in my life over anything like I am this. I don't live far from Lakewood, and I just hope they don't ever let her out. A person like that ought not to be let out in the public ever. I have a lot of questions such as why the heck was she ever allowed to adopt BoBo if she wasn't responsible to care for herself ( she stopped taking her meds). How can you care for a pet if you don't care for yourself! Just because her mother knew she supposedly loved that dog doesn't mean she was mentally able to care for another life!

Sorry, to me, a dogs' life is JUST AS PRECIOUS as any other! Just as precious, if not more, than some of the so-called Humans I know. This kind of stuff makes me want to go get some property the heck away from people and stay isolated. That a person can do some of the things they do to harm others and helpless children and animals, well, it just makes the rest of us sick. And what can we do about it! My biggest fear is that they will let her off, not competent to stand trial for the felony abuse. I know I will never get that picture of that poor little helpless hurting baby out of my mind, all wrapped up in bandages and lying in the sterile environment, in all his pain, enduring that which he didn't deserve, that which NO animal should ever endure, and we who are astonished and angered can do nothing to see that she gets what she deserves.

PLEASE, TO THOSE OF YOU OUT THERE, IF YOU SUSPECT ANIMAL ABUSE OR CRUELTY, DO NOT HESITATE TO CALL YOUR LOCAL AUTHORITIES. PLEASE DON'T HESITATE..IT IS UP TO US TO SPEAK UP! IT'S TIME WE STOOD UP AND DEMANDED THAT CHARGES FOR THESE UNSPEAKABLE CRIMES BE IN LINE WITH THE SAME CRIMES COMMITTED AGAINST HUMANS! A LIFE IS A LIFE WHETHER IT IS FOUR LEGS OR TWO.

GOD BLESS YOU BOBO, SWEET LITTLE TRUSTING SOUL; YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE A PLACE IN MY HEART, THAT IS FOR SURE! AND AS FOR TANYA MARTIN, I HOPE SHE SUFFERS THE CONSEQUENCES.

oh this just breaks my heart...i have tears running down my eyes...

It is of the upmost importance that EVERYONE signs this petition Woman Burns Pet Dog to Death - The Petition Site It's up to US to protect Bobo and not let his death be in vain. Don't let her get off easy. :mad: