# There was still some woof left in that schnauzer!

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**Post date:** [April 26, 2004, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-still-some-woof-left-in-that-schnauzer/242035/1 "2004-04-26T04:46:25Z")

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[Dead Dog Brings Cop’s Career to Standstill](http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4019616,00.html)

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> The incident occurred on Jan. 10, when Whiskers wriggled loose from his chain behind the home Meiser shares with her 84-year-old father.
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> Michalesko, on patrol, got a call from a dispatcher that a dog had been hit. He found the animal about 10 feet from the road, lying down and not moving much, he said.
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> He called in the numbers on the dog’s collar, but a technical error prevented the 911 center from determining the name of the owner.
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> Michalesko said he also knocked on a few doors nearby without success and asked 911 dispatchers whether there were any 24-hour animal hospitals in the area, but was told there were not.
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> Although the schnauzer was not mangled or bleeding, Michalesko says he believed the dog’s back or hip was broken.
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> Michalesko said he prayed and then shot the dog with one round, petting it as it died, ``so it would know there is somebody there with it,’’ he said.