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Soap Actor Commits Suicide After Having to Put Down His Own Dog

Soap Actor Commits Suicide after Having to Put Down His Own Dog

A struggling soap-opera actor has reportedly taken his own life following regret after euthanizing his dog due to pressure from his Upper West Side condo management.

The New York Post reports that friends of 47-year-old Nick Santino say that the actor wrote in his suicide note “Today I betrayed my best friend and put down my best friend.”

“Rocco trusted me and I failed him. He didn’t deserve this.”

Soap Actor Commits Suicide after Having to Put Down His Own Dog

US Weekly reports that Santino had appeared on seven episodes of All My Children and six episodes of Guiding Light, and had been feeling “harassed” by his building management company, according to his neighbor Lia Pettigrew. US reports on the sad turn of events:

“He was allegedly threatened with a $250 fine for having a barking dog, but according to neighbor Kevan Cleary, ‘the dog was not a barker, but somebody complained that the dog would bark.’

Santino phoned a former girlfriend at 2 a.m. Wednesday. Police found Santino’s body in his bedroom later that afternoon. The actor had overdosed on pills.”

Rocco was Euthanized on Santino’s birthday. The Post reports that Santino was born in Brooklyn and raised in an orphanage and foster homes. The actor adopted Rocco from a shelter several years ago, and often mentioned his pet on Facebook, writing “I did not rescue Rocco, Rocco rescued me.”

The Post reports that Rocco has been cremated, and friends said Santino’s remains will be too, and they will be reunited.

NY Post:

A member of the condo board that soap actor Nick Santino said pressured him to euthanize his pit bull — a “betrayal” that drove him to suicide — refused to accept any responsibility for the double tragedy yesterday.

“I’m sorry the man is dead,” board member Marilyn Fireman barked to The Post, “But it has nothing to do with the pet policy.”

“You just assumed that [his suicide] was a result of a board’s decision,” Fireman said, even though Santino routinely griped about the building’s anti-dog policies.

Heartbroken relatives of the actor — who had stints on “All My Children” and “Guiding Light” — have retrieved the ashes of Rocco and plan to place them beside Santino’s body when he is laid to rest.

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  • Kiba
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 9:06pm

    You stupid fool! Why didnt you move instead? I have no sympathy for this IDIOT! Good riddence! I wouldnt kill any of my pets for anyone and I mean ANYONE! You stupid idiot!

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    • lildeb56
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 9:30pm

      Maybe he was so forlorn he couldn’t forgive himself. Please have a heart.

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    • Detroit paperboy
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 11:39pm

      Sorry, but this dude had some way way deeper issues than Rocco…. And besides who puts down your family pet because of building management ??? Give him to your cousin or mom or spca…. This guy had a major screw loose….

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    • kryptonite
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 12:39am

      Thankfully, he didn’t have kids. Who knows what he would have done to them. This poor guy was deeply depressed, and no one was there for him. How sad.

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    • chfields62
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 12:48am

      He obviously had issues besides the dog. He shoulda just paid the fine and said the hell with the condos, or moved something, but killing yourself over a dog is ludicrous. 1 less moronic hollywood type is no great loss….The dog on the other hand is a tragic loss….

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    • Adorno
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 1:18am

      Seriously, dude, give this poor guy a break: he obviously had problems beyond his condo board. Did you read the obituary? It says he was placed in an orphanage when he was five months old and spend his whole childhood in orphanages; he never met any of his blood relatives. How lonely must that be? And to know they gave you up? Then he worked as a garbageman and tried to get an acting career together. He obviously identified with that rescued dog as another unwanted creature that just looking for someone to love in New York City, which can be a scary, lonely place. And it‘s not so easy to just pack up and move in NYC when you’re a broke actor. His reaction to the dog’s death shows how much he cared about his companion. Maybe instead of attacking him we could just pray that he and Rocco are together and happy.

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    • Cousin_of_Marx
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 1:34am

      @Kiba
      What’s this, someone without sympathy on a conservative website?
      Shocking.

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    • shirleyandpearl
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 2:23am

      Give him a break, an example of bad judgement though it’s a very sad story, no buts about that! I don‘t understand anyone’s reasoning for choosing NYC for a home. No job is worth it. I am glad that Glenn Beck finally got his family out of there. New Yorkers are generally rude, uppity, snarky, paranoid progressives. Perhaps the dog was his only true friend. Hope the two friends are together forever in another realm.

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    • Ironmaan
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 5:42am

      I find it interesting that you feel the need to express your lack of compassion for people. Are you are too stupid to realize that we are all aware that the man could have moved,. Your stupidity also prevents you from realizing the man is not an idiot and instead he is ill. Please refrain from posting till you have something worthwhile to offer. http://guerillatics.com

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    • sasquatch08
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 5:52am

      Apparently you’ve never been told of this thing called a “housing contract”.

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    • keenwhiz
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 7:09am

      Agree with you. There were many other options available to this disturbed young man. He left behind a girlfriend, a human being.

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    • SojuNTaegu
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 7:18am

      I have to agree, anyone who would put their put down because of what a condo association had to say is lame. This man had other issues, maybe he planned his own suicide and then just put his dog down to make an excuse. Either way, the dude was a fool. No wonder I don’t watch soaps……

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    • nelbert
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 7:30am

      Once, to share one’s thoughts with the world, you’d have to write a letter to the editor and hope it would be published. Now, through the marvels of technology, one can spill one’s thoughts freely and quickly … too freely and quickly. With anonymity and without introspection, callous thinking has become more the rule than the exception. Even from the scant few lines of this story, it‘s not hard to guess that there were a lot of things going wrong in this guy’s life. I think his solution to his woes was wrong, but I can certainly reserve a little sympathy for him.

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    • rangerp
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 7:52am

      he looks gay to me. Gays have a tendancy to kill themselves.

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    • Lucy Larue
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 9:10am

      KIBA,
      Stupid fool? Move someplace else? Really?!
      Um….,apparently you missed DEPRESSED…,DOWN ON HIS LUCK, GREW UP IN AN ORPHANAGE, and other key phrases that would perhaps invoke some compassion in your tres petite heart.

      It seems the villians are building management, and the condo board led by Marilyn Fireman. Her lack of empathy could have cast her as a villianous in a Dicken’s novel. UGH!
      Marilyn can say a million times, “I’m sorry the man is dead but it has nothing to do with the pet policy”,
      but it is not true and two beings are dead because of it.
      Karma exists Marilyn and other condo board members. It exists and it’s a B*#CH!
      May you all enjoy the karma of your deed.

      Question; Why was a healthy young dog put down at the shelter before them even attempting to find it a new home?

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    • ianmc002
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 9:33am

      You gotta love Americans. Read a headline, make a judgement. lol Only in America have we been so dumbed down to assume we know everything at the decree of some autor and a headline/story. Not to say you are wrong, not to say you are right, but to say you are quite judgemental and don’t even know the whole story.

      The dumbing down of America.

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    • TomFerrari
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 9:48am

      @rangerp…
      REALLY? You’re judging him based on his looks?
      CONTENT OF CHARACTER, buddy… CONTENT OF CHARACTER.

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    • football lady
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 9:53am

      What an uncaring person you are. Ever heard of depression? God help you if you are this uncaring and uneducated.

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    • motofoxx08
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 10:37am

      some people have no spine…in other words they are the weakest of all individuals

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    • motofoxx08
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 10:48am

      some people are spineless and like to take the easy way out…I have no sympathy for this individual who took his own life because of a dog. GEEZ…what would he have done if it were a family member? go on a shooting spree?

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    • Dinkiecb
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 10:57am

      Good riddens SMUCK

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    • Bluebonnet
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 11:01am

      Agreed! Moving would have solved the problem, if this was all there was to it.

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    • Niferno
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 11:18am

      I’m with you, Kiba, no sympathy. I have moved and arranged my life and my living situation around the pets that I have taken in and are my responsibility. He could have moved, given the dog to a better home, so many possibilities… It’s not that hard, he made all the decisions in this situation regarding his own life and the life of an innocent animal who had no choice but to trust in him. It’s a despicable action to have even considered, yet followed through. I don’t feel a loss for that human.

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    • 4truth2all
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 11:49am

      Yo RangerP
      You’re comment looks like a comment from satan … and you’re supposed to be a believer?
      Right now I wish I was standing right in front of you, and that you would be 6′8″ of solid muscle (that way you would be BIGGER then me), I would say some things that I don’t want to say here that might even call me into question … but that is one dump a– comment.,,,in love brother.

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    • jb.kibs
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 12:32pm

      i agree… wtf? your HOA tells you to kill your child, and you comply? LOL

      i got a good one for anyone who listens to other people without thinking and questioning their motives.

      Go jump off a bridge. Bye! Good riddance.

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    • jb.kibs
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 12:37pm

      he was so forlorn, that is the point… that is why he killed himself…
      then you think about it.. .why did he kill his best friend \ only family member because of some committee? he has money.. he could have moved… that was the point.

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    • armorbearer
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 12:39pm

      Not for anyone!!! I agree with you this one.

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    • bbhouston
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 12:51pm

      Adorno, Thank you for the insight. Not everyone is Equipped to deal with the stresses and strains of an ever complicated life. The man must have been overwhelmed, lonely and confused. And lacking a support network or family to help him deal with things. Rest in Peace Mr. Santino….

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    • rose-ellen
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 12:55pm

      it’s always some people behind closed doors who have so much power over every one elses lives..Where is our freedom?

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    • Kiba
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 1:26pm

      The dog is still dead isnt it? And what did it do wrong?

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    • Bible Quotin' Science Fearin' Conservative American
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 1:52pm

      Look at all the good Christians in this thread. No wonder no one takes you Jesus freaks seriously. You think you‘re being persecuted but you’re doing it to yourselves with your hypocrisy and stupidity.

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    • Kiba
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 1:53pm

      Well I cant adress all of you by name but I kinda went off when I read he had put the animal down and I dont apologize for it either. Someone said “noone was there for him” or something, so the guy is some rich actor stud soap opera star and he’s all alone in this world? Whatever. And ‘Ironman” you arent gonna tell me where or what to post got it? I gave my opinion and I dont think he should have killed the dog period, and he must have been a weakling that wasnt very bright either and apperantly fits the actor-criteria perfectly. I have a very very soft spot in my heart for animals, my house /property is full of animals people didnt want and every spare dime I make goes to the care of animals and here’s my philosophy “If you cant give them a good life for life then dont get them” they are something with a heart and a brain and not a cool ornament on your coffee table and if he wasnt supposed to have pets there then he shouldnt have moved there in the first place. How can someone manage to be on a T.V. show that prolly 90% of other people would like to do and be that stupid and lost as some of you say? Sorry but if you kill animals especially a loyal pet that belongs to you for pretty much nothing then I dont have much if any sympathy for the guy. I personally think that anyone who kills or abuses animals I wouldnt trust around a small child. I take none of it back nor will I revisit this because I have spoken my peace.

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    • BlackAce41
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 2:19pm

      If you had family you had to put down you would feel it in your gut also… why should he have to leave… F-em.

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    • Walkabout
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 3:26pm

      RangerRP
      True, but how much is due to conflict with society & how much due to the lifestyle. There is some of each. whether society accepted them or not, there will always be suicide due to the lifestyle & it will be higher in my opinion than for the average population.

      My gripe in this whole story is not about what he was or wasn’t but the damn Condo management & passive aggressive people that anonymously complain like a bunch of rats

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    • GBTVFan_Non_American_Overseas
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 5:27pm

      Very sad story.

      This guy had a big heart, but he didn’t have balls nor brain……

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    • kryptonite
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 7:15pm

      @KIBA
      You had an emotional reaction, but then so did this guy. As a Christian, I try to look at situations from God’s perspective first. Suicide is the devil’s answer to suffering, so the odds are this tormented soul is not in a better place. OTOH, his dog did not suffer. Aside from the disturbing fact that he was euthanized while in good health, there is no chance that his soul is in h*ll. If you see things from an eternal perspective, you will have compassion for those who have mental and spiritual strongholds that crush them and eventually cause them to die unsaved.

      I understand your anger. It came from a sincere love for pets. After all, they are one of the greatest gifts God could have bestowed on our fallen race. However, we are the only creatures on planet Earth that can be d@mned, and I dare say most people in h*ll suffered here on earth as well. This guy certainly did.

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    • kryptonite
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 7:22pm

      @rangerp
      he looks gay to me. Gays have a tendancy to kill themselves.
      ——
      Hey, dude, Jesus is my male role model and he wept for the lost. How about you? Some gays have a fragile psyche. How do you know this guy wasn’t raped when he was a kid? He never had a dad or mom to shield him from pervs who prey on orphans.

      You won’t stop being a man if you find some compassion in your heart for those who suffer in life. It will just make you MORE LIKE JESUS. Peace.

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    • A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 8:51pm

      Please stop making animals your best friends, America. Humans are better than this.

      I blame PETA for this man’s suicide.

      That dog could have been a meal for someone starving, elsewhere in the world, you know.

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    • hypnos
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 9:16pm

      Really rose Ellen that is what you get out of this personal tragic event. WTF are you talking about.

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    • rangerp
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 10:25pm

      strange day in which we live.

      Sating the obvious and facts gets people miffed.

      Lesson learned from this:

      Do not buy a dog if you live in a place that does not allow them.

      If you are not able to keep a dog, give it to some one who can.

      Do not be an actor on a soap opra, as many of them are gay and weird.

      If you are gay, read your Bible, and figure out that you can get forgiveness for every sin but one. that one is denying truth.

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    • SerikFox
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 11:09pm

      Have a heart, you bastard. That goes for anyone who can’t seem to feel any sympathy that a tormented man is dead. I understand where he came from. There was a point in my life where I might have done the same thing. I would have ended up killing myself too probably. My dog saved my life too – I know exactly what he means by that. It’s only with time that I have been saved though, you don’t heal instantly. He still had a ways to go. I would never give my dog up now – I would defend him with my life – but a while ago, before I healed, I might have. This man wasn’t an idiot – he was in pain. Next time you are in the kind of state that this man was in (I pray that you never are – I know that pain) you make rational decisions. Go ahead, try. It’s not possible. So once again: you’re a heartless bastard.

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    • A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 11:25pm

      @SerikFox,

      “Have a heart, you bastard. That goes for anyone who can’t seem to feel any sympathy that a tormented man is dead.”
      …
      “This man wasn’t an idiot – he was in pain. Next time you are in the kind of state that this man was in (I pray that you never are – I know that pain) you make rational decisions.”

      We actually have MORE heart than those who would say they sympathize with this man’s pain, because they are the ones perpetuating a philosophy that humanizes animals.

      People are killing themselves because of the kind of idiocy PETA spouts.

      If you want to help keep sad stories like this from happening, then choose to reject this nonsense.

      Shame on YOU, not me.

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    • SerikFox
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 11:38pm

      @A Doctors PETA has nothing to do with it. I’m anti-peta. I don’t see animals as anywhere equivalent to people – but I know what my dog has done for me, and the least I can do is return the favor.

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    • dataway
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 11:46pm

      Hard to believe these comments. Glad you are not the judge. Wonder what your lives are all about. I bet you guys are not living righteously. You all need the Lord and repent of your comments and get God’s heart.

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    • MariettaMormon
      Posted on January 30, 2012 at 1:46am

      I agree. This article tries to sell this sob story about how he supposedly loved his pet so much that he whacked himself after whacking his dog. Well, that’s just bullplop. Nobody who loves their dog would kill it so he won’t have to move.

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    • smithclar3nc3
      Posted on January 30, 2012 at 7:46am

      Why didn’t find a family memberfreind or just another family adopt his dog. On a different note I have had to put down two of my own dogs age because of sickness and age one was the greatest dog that ever existed and I know it hurts. Putting my dog down hurted worst than when I caught one of my friends with my then fiancee.

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    • 4truth2all
      Posted on January 30, 2012 at 9:32am

      Sad day in which we live …
      when a person is judged by how they look,
      when you speak at a person and know nothing about them, ( he called x girlfriend)
      when you say something stupid (no disrespect)
      and when you do not have the courage to apologize or even admit it was not a very wise thing to say.
      worse … then try to prop up that unwise and unloving responce by laying it at their feet !

      TRUTH … followers of Christ are called to be humble, compassionate, kind, gentle (meek) not wimps. good, NOT judgemental, careful with our words, and above all … loving.

      It was neither the obvious or the facts that did it , and the fact that you don’t get that would tell me that maybe you should take your own advice …in truth, brother

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    • Icnivad
      Posted on January 30, 2012 at 9:33am

      Killing yourself doesn’t exactly please God… It’s not like suicide is the quick way to heaven, you know.

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    • rangerp
      Posted on January 30, 2012 at 11:40am

      4truth2all

      I judge the story by the actions and results, and make notes of what I see.

      Up front we know he killed a dog, then murdered his own self.

      He was a soap opra actor, and looks a bit feminine to me.

      I am not sure if he was gay, but he looks that way, and I know that statistically gay folks have very high suicide rates. Some call this critical thinking. I have no way of knowing why he killed himself. I can only read the story, and see that he had some real issues. Pretty obvious he had issues by his actions

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    • jnobfan
      Posted on January 30, 2012 at 11:44am

      Should have just come out

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    • little big man
      Posted on January 30, 2012 at 3:08pm

      Well now he can go to Rainbow bridge with his dog and cross over together.

      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…

      This is where I’m going when I die.

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    • BenKatz
      Posted on January 30, 2012 at 3:13pm

      Kiba please go back to the Youtube message boards with your divine judgment.

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    • rangerp
      Posted on January 30, 2012 at 4:27pm

      @little big man

      sounds great – unfortunately there is no mention of such a place in the Bible

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    • 4truth2all
      Posted on January 30, 2012 at 5:03pm

      I see a person who may have had a kind heart, a person that was deeply regretful of his actions,
      even driven to dispair by it.
      I see a person that complied to authority,
      that was confussed in his thinking ( why?, I do not know)
      that may have had a troubled life ( the dog was a blessing)
      I see a life that exists no more,
      I can sympathize for this man
      and would like to have been there and offered my help
      (gay or not)
      this brings sadness to my heart.
      This is not a matter of “thinking”
      this is a matter of the heart,
      and that is what I think.

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    • OniKaze
      Posted on January 31, 2012 at 4:28pm

      I agree with Kiba. I have a cat, and I would do anything besides THAT to her. Pets are a responsibility, and you cannot just throw away their life just because it causes you some inconvenience. Anyone that does, is not only a failure as a pet owner, but a failure as a human being. This guy made a mistake, and I think in the end paid an appropriate price for killing someone he loved.. I only wished that he would have realized this BEFORE he had his dog put down, then two lives could have been saved.

      I’d put a person down, before I would put my pet down…. I love my pet, and she trusts that I will take care of her. I will never disappoint in that regard, no matter what the consequence.

      PETS are a responsibility, and anyone that doesn’t realize that, doesn’t deserve to have any..

      Shame….

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  • phillipwgirard
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 8:44pm

    This too is a Heartbreaker,,,

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  • FreeUsAll
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 8:35pm

    I am so sorry for the loss… for both of you. You had so much, yet you left us so soon. Perhaps, too soon. I have a friend, Sam, who I almost lost in 2009. He’s a cat, but I know the love there. I can only think, though, that other pressures would have led to my death other than what occurred here. What ever may be both of your troubles… rest in peace, my friends. The world WILL miss you both! Despite what collectivist thoughts we are taught, every individual matters! I miss you both. Rest in peace, friends.

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    • firstHat
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 10:03am

      Amen!

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    • jeffersonian1776
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 10:22pm

      I could not have said it better.

      Also, doesn’t anyone think that it would have to take some heartless (more than likely gov’t paid) so-called veternarian, not a real vet that carries compassion, to stand there while someone brings there perfectly healthy beloved pet in to be put down. I can just imagine hime saying now settle down now, it‘s okay this won’t hurt. At least I hope that this is not how it went down. God, how sad. This is a story you would rather never have heard. I hope that the vet tried and tried and tried to find a home for the dog, but probably not.

      And for you jackknifes on here, who automatically begin with, Hmmm? looks like one of hem queers to me. That’s obviously what happened here, it‘s cause he’s walkin a little light in his loafers, ya know. I really don’t understand you guys. We could have a story on bed bugs, and you would somehow relate them to “them gays” or something. But hey, if you like being a hater, more power to ya, I‘ll celebrate it only in the concept that you are being your own individual and aren’t bowing down to the PC collective.

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  • Captain Crunch
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 8:35pm

    In Memory of Jake…my trusting loyal friend…..All dogs go to Heaven.

    So sad this dogs master could’nt recover from the betrayal.
    I’d have moved…anywhere….would not have put my dog down to satisfy some housing dictators.

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    • grandmaof5
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 9:13pm

      That is one reason not to move to a “deed restricted community” too. There is something about the power to complain and turn neighbors in for all sorts of ridiculous things – too much time on their hands in some cases, inflated egos in others. Very sad story, indeed, a waste of two lives.

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    • smokie
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 5:25am

      Grandmaof5 is right. Someone just didn’t want that dog, regardless.
      To be honest, a similar thing occurred to me in the past, and I moved. My sweet dog or my crappy bitchy stuck in high school mentality neighbors… hmmm. I’d rather live in an abandoned summer camp with my dog than a fancy condo without him. Wait- I do.
      I feel bad for the guy not having the coping skills to move.

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  • texchris
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 8:29pm

    Heartbreaking story.

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  • RightUnite
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 8:28pm

    That is really sad… A permanent solution to a temporary problem.

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  • MonkeyBeagle
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 8:18pm

    People do things under stress, then once the stress subsides and they have time to think rationaly.. Often the gravity of what they done takes hold.

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  • Dotado
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 8:15pm

    So needless. I would not have allowed someone to dictate to me to put a dog down but I’m not in his shoes. Regardless, his guilt must have been shattering. RIP to both of them, I’m hoping God, in his mercy, has them both together again.

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  • gemmeri
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 8:11pm

    I hate to sound trite, but this story sounds like a soap opera in itself… If this young & very attractive man killed himself over something like this, then I have to say I believe there were other underlying problems concerning his own self-esteem. I have grieved over the loss of each & every one of my pets when they were no longer around, but I am decidedly not psychotic enough to kill myself over it. But then again, I am not going to gainsay this man’s right to take his own life, if that’s what he decides to do with it. Go with God & rest in peace. It’s still a damn shame, though.

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    • rose-ellen
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 4:02pm

      Saying there must have been other reasons why he klled himself shows a lack of understanding of people. Of course that was sufficient for him to kill himself. What is acceptable to one person is everything to another.And this was not a small matter.Yet even in small [moral] matters or other small events people kill themselves.I knew someone who killed herself because she feared she would not be able to keep a bid she liked at work.As soon as I saw her i said to myself ,cool,calm and collected but as soon as something goes wrong she will go off and kill herself.A year later she did .That bid was everything to her.The last time i saw her i told her not to fear that she was the best qualified and she would get to keep the bid. She looked at me blankly .She loved that job and it showed in her enthusiasm .Her growing fear took over as she feared someone else would get the bid. That job meant the world to her.No telling what means what to someone.Killing a beloved dog is no small matter.He should have talked to someone about the boards insistence he get rid of his dog.may they rest in peace. horrible ,horrible story!

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  • mountainmover101
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 8:08pm

    This is so sad. Depression is a terrible blight on our modern society. Everyone remember, suicide is a permanent solution to temporary problem.

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  • karenm
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 7:55pm

    Why didn’t he just find a good home or move? I could never put my dog to sleep. I would rather be homeless than kill my dog. This guy had other problems.

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    • Baddoggy
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 8:06pm

      Selfish man. If the dog was so great he would have blessed a home with the dog. Suicide is a selfish act also. It is a way to lash out to cause guilty feelings. If those peoplke feel guilt about this they have fallen into an evil trap. They were not the cause of his suicide…

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    • ashestoashes
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 8:32pm

      It’s hard enough to put your dog down when they are terminally ill.. We cannot judge this man..Yes..he did have other problems…apparently he was alone..it was his birthday and he was having a hard time finding work…not uncommon in this day and time..but I will not judge this man..His heart was broken. What’s the saying.. “Don’t judge someone until you have walked a mile in their shoes?”

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    • rose-ellen
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 11:01pm

      He was guilty ridden AND angry at the board .Enough reason for him to commit suicide.

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  • TexBork
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 7:52pm

    If I read the story correctly, he didn‘t ’have’ to put down his dog, he just did even though there were other possibilities and then regretted it. What a shame.

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    • orionreplay6607
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 5:13am

      I read that too. One person on the board was “pressuring” him to euthanize the dog. A board is not one person. I almost think this guy went through with it as the Ultimate FU to the board member in question (like a “are you happy now?” sort of moment), but then realized what cruel, heartless person that made him.

      Add in his other problems people are adding here and suddenly, he’s doing the same to himself out of extreme guilt. There were many other avenues he did not pursue for reasons we’ll never know now.

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    • TexBork
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 2:53pm

      orionreplay6607, P-3′s Eh? My Dad was a key mech on one back in the mid 1960′s out of NAS Jax. I was in an A-6 E Tram Intruder squadron myself.

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  • LeadNotFollow
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 7:46pm

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    So sad. May they both rest in peace.

    Who did Nick find, that would euthanize a healthy dog?
    Every Veterinarian I know, would refuse to put down a perfectly healthy animal.

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    • MYHEROISRON
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 8:01pm

      New York sucks, Santino! Most of the people there are liberal marxist‘s who are full of hate for anything that doesn’t resemble themselves. Hatred for America! Hatred for the Constitution! Hatred of themselves … they shrivel from the truth … too bad for you.

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    • Stoic one
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 8:04pm

      Remember WHERE this is : New York CITY! Need more be said?

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    • AmazingGrace8
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 9:03pm

      I don’t understand that either why a Vet would put down a healthy animal. We are all different, but I would have moved or if that could not be possible, give the pet a good home. So sad!

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    • ALL4FREEDOM
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 10:39pm

      You don’t know many vets – or suppossedly “no kill” animal shelters. When I fell on hard times and had to give up my home, I could barely manage to support myself, let alone my sweet, sweet cats. With no alternative, I brought them to a shelter with an advertised no-kill policy. Hah. I was forced to sign a euthanasia order “in case they couldn’t be placed”. I left the place in tears and with a nauseous feeling of self-loathing and betrayal. And I still miss them terribly. I will not judge this man’s heart, but I understand his pain.

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    • rush_is_right
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 10:05am

      “My hero is Lenin.”

      yeah a murdered MILLIONS..I can see why he’s a hero to a good fascist progressive like you….

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    • jonjon
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 11:47am

      I had a german shepard that would jump my back fence , and harass the mail man , I have eight foot fence back there ! well after two incidents the mail service was stopped for me and a five house radious around me , my nieghbors were pissed , can’t blame em , went to the post office to restore sevice , and was told I would need to bring a death certificate for the dog ,no options , the seaca people were more than happy to take my sixty dollars to put this dog down , and mail service was restored for all the very next day . I guess the moral of the story is don’t mess with the post office, and maybe your homes assocation

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  • KangarooJack
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 7:44pm

    ..raised in an Orphanage and Foster Homes…

    Sometimes, “Home” is where your stuff is. That he had “issues” is not in question-that he killed himself with such guilt is tragic. I imagine he felt he had betrayed the one being who counted on him. Prayers for him.

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  • COFemale
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 7:34pm

    This guy apparently had other issues. You don’t put down a dog for barking; you either mover or find a new home for him. I am thinking he wasn’t getting calls to work and with All My Children ending before Christmas, this venue was gone. Of course, I don’t ever remember see him on AMC anytime in the last few years. I was an avid watcher.

    In his mind, he must of felt this was the only way to join his dog. Such a sad and misguided man.

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  • snowdrop
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 7:34pm

    In the UK a Coroners formal verdict to suicide is often given as, “They took their own life while the balance of the mind was disturbed”. Sadly that is the truth in most cases.

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  • AB5r
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 7:32pm

    Homeowner associations are truly one of the most evil organization structures in modern America. There is no way to fight them, you can’t sue them for the minor issues they screw up constantly, they are inevitably controlled by small cliques of people, and unlike a company or other normal organization where you can complain to someone either in the organization or in the government for action, with the homeowner association there is no one to turn to. So for purely personal petty reasons they can destroy people’s lives or at least make their life miserable. Truly, seeing how human nature acts in homeowner associations one can appreciate the truly sick and evil nature of man, truly one can appreciate the need for a place called Hell where the people involved will spend eternity. If you have never dealt with a homeowner association and think this description is overwrought, count yourself lucky, and stay away from them at all costs to stay that way.

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    • CatB
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 7:40pm

      I agree .. and even if they are fine and good before you move in be aware that can change with one election and a bunch of control freaks taking over your life. I think they should be limited .. usually it is because there are “common areas” that they have the associations …. well other than those they should leave the CITZENS alone and not be allowed to set rules for home and condo owners beyond what the local government have.

      LIBERTY

      R.I.P. Rocco and Nick

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    • Baddoggy
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 8:10pm

      i had my battles with a HOA over the placement of my flag. I think the guy who I spoke to wet his pants when I confronted him. I had no other problems. Just gotta know how to throw the look…and accidentaly let your vest open to reveal a concealed…Just sayin’

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    • Welcome Black Carter
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 8:36pm

      “accidentaly let your vest open to reveal a”

      Accidentally or not, be carefull with that. You can have a free trip to the station… get to wear really nice bracelets… and lose your license.

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    • JJ Coolay
      Posted on January 29, 2012 at 7:22am

      WelcomeBlackCarter… If you have a permit to carry, you won’t get arrested for carrying, even if it’s “seen”. Provided you’re not waving the thing around and threatening with it.

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  • commonsensesue
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 7:31pm

    Sad, but this guy clearly had more problems than just this. He could have moved, he could have given the dog to a friend until he could move…on and on.

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    • AmericanStrega
      Posted on January 28, 2012 at 8:09pm

      Or maybe he couldn’t. It isn‘t always easy to move and some people don’t have friends and/or family to give a pet to. He may have been able to find a shelter for Rocco, but maybe there wasn’t one available. I feel sorry for the man and his best friend.

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  • ihavechangedfromgoptoindy
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 7:30pm

    The treatment he and his dog received were from residents of the People’s Republic of the Upper West Side. An area to the left of San Francisco. Another episode of do as I say not as I do.

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  • UBETHECHANGE
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 7:29pm

    How tragic.

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  • NeoKong
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 7:27pm

    Drugs and alcohol.
    It can be….ruff.

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  • Psychosis
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 7:26pm

    someone had some issues ………………maybe a little less DRAMA in his life would have helped

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  • JustPeachy
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 7:25pm

    Sad story. :-(

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  • bikerr
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 7:25pm

    He should have just moved and lived elsewhere.

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  • LIBSALWAYSLIE
    Posted on January 28, 2012 at 7:24pm

    Sad, but very strange.

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