From the BBC:

A dog has died after competing at Crufts, amid claims he was poisoned.

Three-year-old Thendara Satisfaction, known as Jagger, is understood to have collapsed and died after returning home to Belgium on Friday.

Police in Belgium are investigating and a full toxicology report is expected next week.

The husband of Jagger's co-owner said: "I can only hope it wasn't an act of jealousy by another competitor, but just a lunatic."

You might have to scrape me off the floor at the end of the tour, but it'll be really good scrapings. - Mick Jagger

So very cruel to poison a dog. I hope it was a quick & painless death.

There was also a dog named "Taylor" competing at Crufts, but it was only allowed in one event and had to wait backstage in its kennel the rest of the show.

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71Tele
There was also a dog named "Taylor" competing at Crufts, but it was only allowed in one event and had to wait backstage in its kennel the rest of the show.

THAT is funny...nice one.

As far as dog poisoning goes, not so funny. Turns out it was true, CNN reports:

"They found cubes of beef in his stomach that had at least two types of poison inside. Pieces of beef had been stitched together so that the poison didn't come out."

The dog's full name was THENDARA SATISFACTION JAGGER, a beautiful Irish Setter.

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I can't tell on this board what I wish for the person who allegedly poisoned the dog. This is not funny and I can't see that as a joke.

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I can't tell on this board what I wish for the person who allegedly poisoned the dog. This is not funny and I can't see that as a joke.

Agree.

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I can't tell on this board what I wish for the person who allegedly poisoned the dog. This is not funny and I can't see that as a joke.

Agree.

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There was also a dog named "Taylor" competing at Crufts, but it was only allowed in one event and had to wait backstage in its kennel the rest of the show.

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The lowest of the low. Death to that person.

Utterly despicable. Anyone doing harm or injury to children or animals deserves the worst.

The dog had a great name. Not quite sure what to make of the fact that his half-brother is called Noodle...

What is Crufts?

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What is Crufts?

The UKs most prestigious dog show.............however..the RSPCA (Royal society for the prevention of cruelty to animals) have pulled out from suporting it because of the detrimental mutations that are happening in the quest for breeding the perfect dog (of each breed)...

ie....(the) dog looks as the breeder wants....but it can't breath properly........



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Am I the only one who thinks that something like The Crafts is a very, very strange event? I haven been there.

All those dog owners are judging those animals by the lenght of their ears, legs, their colour...strange...

Isn't this racism at it's worst, just not regarding human beings but dogs?
A "friend" of mine with whom we'd been to The Crafts literally killed a young dog because it "wasn't right an would never have won anything". This former "friend", she was a dog-Nazi. Frightening!

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Am I the only one who thinks that something like The Crafts is a very, very strange event? I haven been there.

All those dog owners are judging those animals by the lenght of their ears, legs, their colour...strange...

Isn't this racism at it's worst, just not regarding human beings but dogs?
A "friend" of mine with whom we'd been to The Crafts literally killed a young dog because it "wasn't right an would never have won anything". This former "friend", she was a dog-Nazi. Frightening!

Its Crufts.

It's 'it's'

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Utterly despicable. Anyone doing harm or injury to children or animals deserves the worst.

The dog had a great name. Not quite sure what to make of the fact that his half-brother is called Noodle...

Agreed! That is why I went vegetarian years ago and I know Charlie would agree.....regarding Noodle, I imagine that Keith would have a joke for that!

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There was also a dog named "Taylor" competing at Crufts, but it was only allowed in one event and had to wait backstage in its kennel the rest of the show.

Not funny

Jagger dies, Noodle lives...is there any justice in this world?

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There was also a dog named "Taylor" competing at Crufts, but it was only allowed in one event and had to wait backstage in its kennel the rest of the show.

Not funny

True, should have been out there for the encore at least.

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There was also a dog named "Taylor" competing at Crufts, but it was only allowed in one event and had to wait backstage in its kennel the rest of the show.

Not funny

True, should have been out there for the encore at least.

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There was also a dog named "Taylor" competing at Crufts, but it was only allowed in one event and had to wait backstage in its kennel the rest of the show.

Not funny

I thought it was...For the record, I was not making fun of the dog being poisoned, I was having a go at there being a dog named "Jagger", but to each his own.

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There was also a dog named "Taylor" competing at Crufts, but it was only allowed in one event and had to wait backstage in its kennel the rest of the show.

Not funny

I thought it was...For the record, I was not making fun of the dog being poisoned, I was having a go at there being a dog named "Jagger", but to each his own.

I think if you've named your dog 'Satisfaction Jagger' or whatever the heck it was, you've opened yourself to ridicule.

Doesn't take away from the monstrous act that happened here though...I don't think most people would believe you 'supported' that Tele so IMHO an apology wasn't necessary.

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Death to that person.

Why?

Viva 71Tele!

The dog poisoning news was on a major radio talk program here in DC moments ago. What a terrible act.

On the plus side, at least no 'Walkin' the Dog' jokes yet.

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Viva 71Tele!

The dog poisoning news was on a major radio talk program here in DC moments ago. What a terrible act.

On the plus side, at least no 'Walkin' the Dog' jokes yet.

To be honest this cracked me up.

The only good bit about Crufts is the dogs competing against each other in the running jumping and fetching, that most dogs love to do.

That is really good, but the judging of dogs to a textbook write up of what a perfect dog should look like,I just don't agree with.

Inbreeding is commonplace and owners go to extremes to make them look like the judges think they should look like.

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The only good bit about Crufts is the dogs competing against each other in the running jumping and fetching, that most dogs love to do.

That is really good, but the judging of dogs to a textbook write up of what a perfect dog should look like,I just don't agree with.

Inbreeding is commonplace and owners go to extremes to make them look like the judges think they should look like.

Yes, and on a serious note this has dangerously harmed the health of some breeds, the English Bulldog being a prime example.

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The only good bit about Crufts is the dogs competing against each other in the running jumping and fetching, that most dogs love to do.

That is really good, but the judging of dogs to a textbook write up of what a perfect dog should look like,I just don't agree with.

Inbreeding is commonplace and owners go to extremes to make them look like the judges think they should look like.

Yes, and on a serious note this has dangerously harmed the health of some breeds, the English Bulldog being a prime example.

And german sheperds. It is really hard to find good healthy litters. But there are serious breeders who choose to sell dogs that can work and that is healthy but not necessary look good after others standards.

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The only good bit about Crufts is the dogs competing against each other in the running jumping and fetching, that most dogs love to do.

That is really good, but the judging of dogs to a textbook write up of what a perfect dog should look like,I just don't agree with.

Inbreeding is commonplace and owners go to extremes to make them look like the judges think they should look like.

Yes, and on a serious note this has dangerously harmed the health of some breeds, the English Bulldog being a prime example.

And german sheperds. It is really hard to find good healthy litters. But there are serious breeders who choose to sell dogs that can work and that is healthy but not necessary look good after others standards.

Our fascination with breeding goes way beyond dogs and cats. The food industry is rampant with strange practices to produce the most meat per $ and genetic engineering is already present. USDA is trying to limit the potentially dangerous modifications but I don't imagine many 3rd world countries will be able to stop or resist the impending rush to control the characteristics of food animals.

Genetic engineered pets are already available, produced to be hypo-allergenic. Won't be long before these dog and cat shows will be a statement of the best gene scientists rather than the best breeders.

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