Cuomo's dog Captain left at mansion after governor departed

[left-of-center2012]

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, who has been staying with one of his sisters in Westchester County in the final days of his third term, recently has asked staff members at the Executive Mansion if anyone would like to keep his dog, Captain, who has remained at the state-owned residence after the governor moved out last week.

Captain — a high-strung mix of shepherd, Siberian and malamute — has nipped a few people since Cuomo adopted him in 2018, the sources said, and a mansion staffer recently took the dog home for a few days but decided he was too much. The source, in an interview on Saturday, also said
the dog had nipped at "several State Police members" as well as staff members, "and the governor would just laugh.

Cuomo, who struggled to control the dog during that public introduction, said his daughters had suggested getting the dog but were "nowhere to be found now."
"He will only urinate indoors," Cuomo said three years ago.
"He has some kind of climate sensitivity that overpowers his bowel movements."

Richard Azzopardi, a senior adviser and spokesman for the governor said the arrangement was only "temporary" because
the governor is planning to take a vacation and the governor had more important things to deal with (than a dog) ...

https://www.timesunion.com/state/article/Cuomo-s-dog-Captain-left-at-mansion-after-16402902.php#taboola-1

[peacefreak2.0]

1. Treating his dog

like he treats his women? What a surprise.

[Poiuyt]

2. Not good

Dogs are not objects to be discarded. They are a commitment.

[bullwinkle428]

3. Ugh...this sounds Romney-esque.

[Earth-shine]

4. Looks like one of those on-line dating pictures.

Wanted SWW 20-30 for good times.

[Throck]

12. And we have experience with this how?

[Earth-shine]

17. I'm 57 and happily married.

I can trace how I met my wife through a chain of about eight various people to a sole personal ad placed on an obscure online dating site about 20 years ago.

It's a living example of six degrees of separation.

[TDale313]

5. 😡

Don’t treat your companion animals like they’re disposable. I don’t know how accurate this is, but too many people do this, and it’s always the dog or cat that suffers. Thinking of the apparent rash of people turning back in their “covid dogs” to shelters that they adopted while they were going to be working from home and now don’t have time for cause they have to go back to the office. These decisions are a decade long commitment.

[PoliticAverse]

9. I am still shocked that some people will move and just leave their pets behind

to fend for themselves.

[hlthe2b]

6. He wants a "third act?" This is not the way to begin. People will remember. I certainly will.

Anger-inducing and heart-breaking.

[Wingus Dingus]

7. Dog bit people, he laughed it off instead of doing some serious training.

Poor Captain. It's not your fault you have a shit owner.

[CrispyQ]

15. +1.

Great looking dog! Hopefully this story will bring out someone who can help Captain.

[Budi]

8. Now it's his dog too? How bout they do kids next!!

What more evil will be revealed!!!!

OMG!!!!
Cuomo's a dog & people hater too!!!
Drag him thru the streets!!!!

"Money & Media"

[Treefrog]

48. You think it's ok to abandon an animal?

[UTUSN]

10. As if more telling were needed.

[Haggard Celine]

11. The dog was a prop.

A lot of these politicians get pets because the press encourages them to. They always ask whoever is going to be President if they're going to have a White House dog and cat. So the politician will pick out some pets for everyone to go gaga over, but the politician won't really have much of an attachment to the animals. It's all so phony, and they do it over and over again.

[Polybius]

38. That's about the only thing I agreed with Trump on

He didn't like pets, and didn't get one.

[jalan48]

13. Maybe he and Romney can do a road trip.

[cate94]

14. Well that tells you everything, doesn't it?

Didn’t train the dog. Thought it was funny his dog nipped at people. Didn’t mind abandoning the dog when it was inconvenient. Assh*le.

[Budi]

16. Never mind the international criminal org of Trump, there's a hard hitting Dog Story involving Cuomo

The Albany Times-Union is owned by Hearst Communications, which owns newspapers, magazines, television channels, and television stations, including the San Francisco Chronicle, the Houston Chronicle, and Esquire.
According to Open Secrets Hearst has donated 70% to Republican candidates and causes in 2020.

Times Union should have devoted as much effort into revealing the crimes of NY's own, Donald Trump, way back in 2016 thru today.

But never mind the international criminal org of Trump, there's a hard hitting Dog Story involving Cuomo that deserves the reader space far more than Trump's foreign connections & deals made in America's name, with a bunch of authoritarian mobsters.


Just sayin...

[wryter2000]

20. The fact that Trump has committed many crimes

and is responsible for hundreds and thousands of death caused by COVID does not excuse anyone else's behavior. And no one here is ignoring what Trump is guilty of.

[The Mouth]

22. Take the 'Whataboutism' somewhere else

We know about this already.

Don't be as bad as the right-wing assholes.

[Budi]

34. "Don't be as bad as the RW assholes"...

Ya. Nothing like an 'abused' dog story Headline to preempt the years long abuses of Trump crime family living large right under TimesUnion's nose.

Speaking of 'whataboutisms' !!!
🙄

[Polybius]

39. What does one thing have to do with the other?

Last edited Mon Aug 23, 2021, 03:54 PM - Edit history (1)

Based on that logic, are we only to talk about Trump's crimes and nothing else?

[Treefrog]

49. Thank you.

[marie999]

40. This is an important issue because it shows another way that Cuomo is a jerk.

If you only want to discuss Trump then don't post to stories that don't concern Trump. Most DU people can handle more than one issue.

[Budi]

44. Oh please. This is straight up the Biden/Champ bullshit story on a loop.

Media's got an agenda & it's not about Outing 40 years of Trump's mob dealings in NY.

Where tf were you TimesUnion!!
Clickbait sensationalist storie$ while their guy runs an intetnational criminal enterprise right there in NY City.

Who needs a pardon again?
They've already started in on Hochul, btw.

[left-of-center2012]

24. Trump gets plenty of press here on DU

Trump is far from being ignored.

Sadly.

[Budi]

30. What say you, Times Union??? Where ya been?

[left-of-center2012]

41. I suggest you contact them if you have any questions

Their contact info is on the link to article.

Good day

[uponit7771]

31. Yep, from the OP title I knew this story was a bash. The whole Cuomo thing sounds MAGA even

... though there's a report confirming some of his bullshit

[Budi]

36. Someone desperately needs a pardon. & they haven't started on Hochul ..yet.

Wait for it....

[Treefrog]

55. Read up on Hochul

She’s going to be fine.

If you can, watch the Rachel show on her.

[Budi]

56. The Narrative has already begun to chip away at her image.

We know how that works with Media & all.

Wait for it, cuz it's just subtle murmers to the proper media spinners for now.

What did she know & why didn't she speak up.
I'll take bets on which MSM offers it up 1st as Breaking News...

[Goonch]

18. ;-{)

[redstatebluegirl]

19. He needed the dog for a photo op.

Jackals, I am ashamed he is a Democrat, glad he is gone! Praying for the safety of his dog.

[Maraya1969]

21. I hope someone can stand up and help this pup. He obviously has some issues

that a dog trainer might know how to fix.

[The Mouth]

23. If an animal isn't "Till death do us part"

you are a dirtbag who deserves to spend your final decades ignored, on a urine soaked mattress in a nasty nursing home. Regardless of what else you did or didn't do in life.

Rot in Hell Andrew. Rot in hell everyone and anyone who abandons an animal, period, no exemptions, exceptions, or exclusions for having the right politics otherwise.

[StarryNite]

27. I agree.

[Treefrog]

25. Sickening.

[marble falls]

26. This happened when the ex-Gov was a mere lad, also. Only in that instance, they took the dog.

[Saffron Walden]

28. Had he owned dogs before this one?

As a dog lover I'm a little suspicious of elective officials who get their first ever dog/pet while in office. It's for photo ops if you ask me.

[Corgigal]

29. Fly him out to Cesar Milan ranch,

so the dog can get a 2nd chance, and find a good owner.

Leave the ex gov at his sisters.

[Deminpenn]

46. Seconded

nt

[Talitha]

52. This!!!!

[Hassin Bin Sober]

32. Anyone who treats a dog like a used toaster is an asshole..

[gratuitous]

33. If he can't take care of the dog, I'm glad he's looking to give it up

There will probably be about a hundred dog rescue outfits beating a path to his door.

[Wingus Dingus]

43. In fairness to Cuomo, the article makes it sound like

the dog is alone in an empty house. He obviously shouldn't have gotten it to begin with, but trying to re-home it isn't the same as abandoning it to fend for itself.

[ZonkerHarris]

35. I have a husky and they are not for everyone. Very high maitenence dogs. That said, you don't just

abandon your responsibilities to them because you're moving.
Fuck that guy.

[Polybius]

37. Nips at people, only urinates indoors...

Gonna be hard to find any takers.

[marie999]

42. No it won't. There are many people that will rescue dogs with many kinds of problems.

[Ohio Joe]

47. The fucker claimed to not know it was wrong to grope women...

Of course he does not give a shit about his dog... Dickhead.

[Klaralven]

50. Malamute x German Shepard could be a real problem, depending on the strains

While Huskies originated with people who often kept their dogs in their dwelling, the Malamutes originated with people who kept their sled dogs outdoors.

They are both bigger and less socialized than Huskies. Crossed with the guard dog strains of German Shepard, this dog could be a real handful.

He could be a good addition to a sled dog team for an experienced musher.

[montanacowboy]

51. This turns my stomach

This poor dog who obviously has a lot of issues just discarded. He requires someone with a lot of knowledge to fix the obvious problems he has and it's no small feat. We just adopted a dog that was discarded by the owners because he obviously didn't meet the tough standards of a show dog. For his first year he was feral, left on the ranch to fend for himself with other dogs. Then somehow a lot of abuse happened. He was rescued by an organization and fostered for a year and then we got him 5 months ago. It's a lot of hard work and patience and regression with him. He is coming around a little but it's an inch at a time. It's always cruel and stupid brutish humans that do this. Personally I have no truck with people like that. And I have no sympathy for the ex-governor in his uncaring treatment of women and his mock "I am an animal lover" bullshit.

Someone needs to take this beautiful dog who has expertise and patience. I wish him well. Hugs good dog.

[Maru Kitteh]

53. ASSHOLE. Dog deserves better anyway. Hopefully the dog can have

a good life going forward with someone who cares for him.

[Botany]

54. That is a very big and powerful animal if Cuomo can not find the time to work with the dog then ...

... it might be for the best for that magnificent beast to find a new family.

I think Cuomo never really worked with the dog from the get go.

[MoonRiver]

57. Please, somebody, rehome this baby to a caring home, which he obviously does not now have.

[LiberalFighter]

58. I think he is off the ladder and in the cellar now.

[Jose Garcia]

59. Make the dog the new Lt. Governor

[Throck]

60. I'm sensing some serious behavioral problems that need attention.

The dog can probably be saved.