Sick, sick, sick people who are left to roam about.
You would need to be psychologically deranged to do something like this.

I agree Shane, however by saying they are sick offers an excuse of sorts for disgusting behaviour! They are simply evil and calculating!

So does saying they are evil….. It allows us to distance ourselves from the possibility of believing that anyone could do such things (I’m not saying they could – I just think society has a tendency to either demonise or excuse through mental illness)

What is massively worrying about this (IMO) is that there is a distinct link between this kind of violence to animals and the same behaviour in later life.

By that I mean that I would imagine it likely that this is a kid (or more than one) who has done something severe, which given the opportunity, they will regret. Putting words like “evil” and “sick” on this will not serve that (those) kids.

Yep – I’m making a prediction there. I can’t say I’ll be glad to be right or wrong though. Poor dog and family…..

All laws in relation to animals need drastic change asap.

Unfortunately Ireland has got an appalling record for animal cruelty.

I refuse to accept the shame you have bestowed on me.

Totally agree, I’d be very surprised if the punishment for this horrific act matched the crime. My heart goes out to the owners x

A picture in a tabloid would do the job to let the local community see the face of the sick twisted f*** that lives amongst them.. Such a brutal way to go for rex, that is the most traumatising part of it for the family involved..
Be warned there are sickos out there guys you never know who you’r having a drink with on a Saturday night

If there is nothing worse than killing an animal, should vegetarianism be made mandatory?

@Tweet funny you should ask that question……..the same thought occurred to me. I can’t for the life of me understand such a mentality, to be honest I pity Clive and anybody who thinks like he does as they must actually be totally unhappy in themselves to have such awful thoughts going on in their heads.

A life is a life? I assume you are a vegetarian then?

I’m a vegan and A Life is A Life! Human or animal? No one should die like that. Laws needs updating in Ireland. I’m ashamed of the cruelty that occurs in our country.

Of course no animal should die like that, I was merely curious as to whether the original comment author valued the life of a farm animal in a similar way.

A 2 year old dog of any breed is fully grown, don’t try to play the cute and cuddley card.

Earlier today The Journal reported on the fatal stabbing of a young man from Blanchardstown. The article drew 6 comments from readers, only 2 of which offered condolence and sympathy. A dog is stabbed in Donegal and there is more reaction and calls for violent retribution and justice for the deceased canine. Way to show your humanity folks.

@Clive Solas whether the dog was 2 years or 15 years is irrelevant……….my 14 year old dog had to be put to sleep because of illness and just because she was 14 years did not mean that I missed her any less than as if she was a cute cuddly little puppy. You have a very strange way of thinking, I wonder what happens in some peoples lives that causes such warped beliefs and thoughts.

Unlike the dog, that man made choices in his life which led to his death. Animals are innocent.

Agree however that we don’t know the full facts. Whatever the situation it still remains that a dog was brutally stabbed and died. We need to preserve decency in our society

By keeping any animal and especially dogs as pets you are creating the need to breed them as a commodity. In effect you so-called animal lovers are perpetuating the cruelty you despise by trading them in first place. The food you buy your pets was once flesh of a not so cute animal that has died so you can care for your cute animal. Believe what you will, you may love your pets but they don’t love you, they depend on you, they are loyal to you in return. Pets in 21st century serve 2 useful purposes, to teach kids how to care for another sentient being and how to mourn for them when they die. The rest is just the indulgence of people unable or not prepared to form relationships with beings that require much more than the provision of food and shelter as a means to maintaining a fulfilling and emotional friendship.

@ Clive about your last tripe filled comment. Do a bit of reading pal. We have co existed and co evolved for tens of thousands of years. We both release endorphins when we simply pet a dog. It releases stress for both of us hence therapy dogs. Not to mention search and rescue, seeing eye, detection, hunting, herding, security or plain old companionship. It’s a disgrace that a companion animal that’s been by our side before we knew how to farm is so vilified nowadays. See the old man with the jack Russell? My bet is he doesn’t need him to catch rats but will mourn him like a son when he dies.

Clive, youre a knob. I suggest you take a trip up to the DSPCA and see the result of cruelty to animals. These are dogs are not a commodity, they are part of peoples families and the more dogs adopted from places like the DSPCA, the less reason there is for people to breed dogs for money.

@ Clive Would you ever f*#king dry up. You’d swear you did it the way your defending the culprit and his actions! And count yourself lucky, you could have more serious problems with your neighbours than just a noisey dog. There supposed to bark..it’s what dogs do!

Yes you would have committed a violent criminal act and as such, you would be a criminal.

Throw them in prison for a good 10+ years and see how they feel about animal cruelty then!

Ever had noisey neighbours, ever had a neighbours dog constantly barking every night from dusk til dawn while trying to put your infant children to sleep? Ever try explaining the situation to your arsehole neighbours who only own a German Shepherd because it’s size intimidates people and be laughed in your face. Maybe after 18 to 20 months of sleepless nights you might want to end this torture by silencing the animal in the only way you can.

You’re a sick individual Clive! Don’t get me wrong neglecting your animal and leaving them in the back is not right but condoning killing them takes it to the next level. There is legislation in place for barking dogs. Killing them is not a solution.

You are simply disgusting Clive, take a look at yourself.

@clive
You can’t b serious!!! Your a sick puppy, you should head straight to get sterilised mate, the thoughts of you patenting kids with those morals makes me never want to have children..
What about if your voice bugs the f*** out of somebody everyday at work yap yap yap, is it ok then to break into your house and do the same as was done to Rex.
Animal/ human should be held in same regard, most killers have history of animal torture, such a fine line between both it’s scary, no doubt we’l see u in the headlines sometime soon clivester

Patenting kids!!
Meant paRenting kids
Please feel free to cling to my typo ☝☝ move that finger one down and turn the hand around

Clive, you’re an idiot. Dogs, like children, are products of their environment. Consistently barking dogs just require proper training. By your logic we are entitled to put you down.

Most of us have had this problem but the problem is usually due to the dog not being treated properly (i.e. not getting enough walks or being locked in a house / apartment all day) and yes it is extremely annoying but only the sickest piece of crap would dream of what you are suggesting.

The country I am living in is dog mad and it seems that everybody has at least one dog (some have quite a few) and plenty of them are young couples and some dogs aren’t trained and can be quite noisy but the annoyance is almost always temporary and the upside to all these dogs knocking about is that they add a bit of vibrancy to an otherwise extremely soulless area full of just new apartments.

I am serious when I suggest that you need to seek help Clive for the benefit of yourself and those around you. I also noticed that you made another comment on a different article here demonstrating some local knowledge of Donegal. You wouldn’t have any information you would like to share with anybody?

aha clive you were way worse than me and I got way more thumbs down. I choose to believe that that was people trying to scroll down on their fancy pants smart phones and accidentally pressed it. I was making a mockery of the fact that they would only receive a slap on the wrists anyways. lighten up people. there are stories of fathers decapitating their daughters, parading her head around town and then handing themselves in at the police station because they were ashamed of her leaving her husband. People dying in horrible situations every day. Why would you expect that a dog would never be murdered when we barely acknowledge the barbaric way in which people all around the world are murdered everyday…

I got that you were joking Ciara but there is a difference between a joke and what Clive was saying in that he wasn’t joking!

Come on now, what they did was disgusting and obscene in the extreme but let’s not go saying you wish to see people murdered here.

Fair points well made. I was commenting on his remarks on dogs in general and his strange views on those who choose to own them – not being able to form relationships and all that other crap.

@ Lorcan Garrett, I understand what you are saying as regards not all dogs being the lovely harmless pets that their owners like to believe, even though I am a dog lover I am always cautious of dogs I am not familiar with and even at that I know that all dogs can have a vicious side to them but I believe what is getting to people here more than anything is the manner in which this unfortunate dog was killed. Even if he had been behaving in a way that was not acceptable to neighbours or other people who were in contact with him and his owners surely to God there should be some other means by which the issue could be addressed and even if the dog had to be put to sleep it could have been done in a humane and painless way. I just can’t bear to imagine the kind of a person who was able to intentionally do such a thing in cold blood to that poor dog.

Yeah I agree regardless of the situation there are better, saner ways to deal with a problem if there was one at all. I understand how the sheer violence of the act gets to people. It gets to me. But I think violence against the perpetrator of this crime isn’t the answer and some comments in that regard were over the top. Also, I’m not using the fact we don’t know a motive to excuse behaviour, I’m just pointing out that reacting emotionally before we have all the facts usually isn’t the best idea.