warpedskydiver 0 #1 August 13, 2008 Dog guarded owner's body for weeks after suicide Tue Aug 12, 10:49 PM EDT A dog stood guard over her owner's body for up to six weeks after the man committed suicide on the remote northeastern Colorado plains, authorities said. The body of 25-year-old Jake Baysinger of La Salle was found Sunday on the Pawnee National Grasslands about 75 miles northeast of Denver. Cash, his German shepherd, was found beside him, thin and dehydrated but still alive. The dog had apparently survived by eating mice and rabbits, authorities said. The Weld County coroner ruled Baysinger's death a suicide. The cause of death wasn't immediately determined but authorities found a gun nearby, the coroner's office said Tuesday. "At least we know it's over now," said Baysinger's wife, Sara. "We'd been looking for my husband for six weeks, and this isn't how we wanted it to end. At least we can close this." Baysinger was reported missing June 28. An extensive search failed to locate him, but Kip Konig, a rancher, saw the dog last weekend, went to investigate and discovered Baysinger's body and his pickup. He said Cash kept running back to the pickup and jumping into the front seat. "I got the sense she was trying to tell me where her master was," Konig said. Cash was reunited Monday with Sara Baysinger and her 2-year-old son, Lane. She said her little boy is "very close to that dog" and happy to see her again. Investigators said the dog probably kept coyotes away from the body. ___ Information from: Greeley Tribune, http://www.greeleytribune.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warpedskydiver 0 #2 August 13, 2008 The thing that pisses me off is that this guy killed himself, and had no regard for his dog. He left it there, stranded with him, no food, no water. Some thanks to his best friend eh? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnRich 4 #3 August 13, 2008 What's a "GSD"? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #4 August 13, 2008 Pssst... John Look at his Avatar Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #5 August 13, 2008 Here's a link to help you out John: http://www.germanshepherds.com/--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livendive 8 #6 August 13, 2008 I always found this to be a very striking picture (Jack Russel guarding the corpse of his master, a white farmer in Zimbabwe). The stories of the Skye Terrier (Scotland) and the Akita (Japan) here are pretty "awww..." too. Blues, Dave"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnRich 4 #7 August 13, 2008 Re: "GSD" And how the heck was anyone supposed to know that from the thread title? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
christelsabine 1 #8 August 13, 2008 QuoteRe: "GSD" And how the heck was anyone supposed to know that from the thread title? Agreed. For first time in my life, I agree to one of your posts. It easely could've been a BSD! dudeist skydiver # 3105 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #9 August 13, 2008 Quote Quote Re: "GSD" And how the heck was anyone supposed to know that from the thread title? Agreed. For first time in my life, I agree to one of your posts. It easely could've been a BSD! Well, for YOU it would've been a DS, christel... Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 2 #10 August 13, 2008 Quote The thing that pisses me off is that this guy killed himself, and had no regard for his dog. He left it there, stranded with him, no food, no water. Some thanks to his best friend eh? Well, you're presuming a rational thought process. Suicide is often an act performed as the result of an episode of profound clinical depression, frequently accompanied by associated mental illness (or perhaps medication that has a side effect of exacerbating depression), the combination of which is so severe that it completely overwhelms the ability to think and act rationally. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelpdiver 2 #11 August 13, 2008 it may be due to sickness, but it's still a selfish act. Like him, I feel much more for the dog. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #12 August 13, 2008 Die Deutsche Schaeferhunde *yah, christel, i know... falsch Mike - keine umlaut!!! * Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 2 #13 August 13, 2008 Quoteit may be due to sickness, but it's still a selfish act. Like him, I feel much more for the dog. Fair enough, but, speaking generally, modern society does often tend to view mental impairment as a mitigating factor when determining a person's moral, as well as legal, responsibility for his own wrongful acts or omissions. Anyhow, I feel badly for both. The dog, for the obvious reason of its suffering and neglect. The person, because his suicide may very well have been the final, fatal symptom of a serious mental or emotional illness. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lindsey 0 #14 August 13, 2008 When I worked at Arkansas Children's Hospital, there was an old guy who lived in a big house with a big yard across the street from the hospital. Well, he died. His GSDs ate him. The situation was discovered when a hospital employee, walking past his house, saw his head laying near his fence. Dogs are dogs. Some are great and loyal, but everybody gets hungry. linz-- A conservative is just a liberal who's been mugged. A liberal is just a conservative who's been to jail Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StreetScooby 5 #15 August 14, 2008 Quote ...the combination of which is so severe that it completely overwhelms the ability to think and act rationally. Most people have never experienced this. It can be very overwhelming. And, it doesn't go away.We are all engines of karma Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lindsey 0 #16 August 14, 2008 Quoteit may be due to sickness, but it's still a selfish act. Like him, I feel much more for the dog. I don't. The man. I feel really sad for a person who actually follows through with suicide. That is the deepest depths, and for any human to experience that is really, really sad, imho. Now, if the dog turns around and kills itself too, I'll feel equally for him. ~linz-- A conservative is just a liberal who's been mugged. A liberal is just a conservative who's been to jail Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warpedskydiver 0 #17 August 14, 2008 Quote Die Deutsche Schaeferhunde *yah, christel, i know... falsch Mike - keine umlaut!!! * That looks ALOT like Tyson Von Der Haus Maul, my dog. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #18 August 14, 2008 I think the classics are so much prettier marked than the saddlebacks...Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
