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30 Goats Loose In Mahopac Road Herded Back Into Pen By 'K9 Cowboy' 30 Goats Loose In Mahopac Road Herded Back Into Pen By 'K9 Cowboy'
30 Goats Loose In Mahopac Road Herded Back Into Pen By 'K9 Cowboy' A total of thirty goats that managed to escape their pen and block a Hudson Valley roadway were herded back home thanks to the help of a trusty K9 officer. The flock of goats made its escape in Putnam County on Monday, Sept. 25, when a Carmel Police officer found 30 of the animals loose in a Mahopac Falls road, completely blocking it.  Luckily, the officer was accompanied by his K9 partner, Pietro, who saw the moment as a perfect opportunity to live up to his German Shepherd name.  Soon enough, Pietro rounded up the goats and helped corral them back into their pen, a moment that was captu…

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by Ben Crnic
Lifestyle
Ex-Northern Westchester Family Rehabs 'Broken' Dogs Ex-Northern Westchester Family Rehabs 'Broken' Dogs
Ex-Northern Westchester Family Rehabs 'Broken' Dogs "Broken" was the word Danbury resident Theresa Devins, formerly of Katonah, says rescue officials used over-and-over again to describe the German Shepherd she was hoping to adopt last November. Not vicious. Not hostile. Just broken. The dog was estimated to be around 3 years old and was kept in a pen with no human interaction except for when someone came to drop food for her for the entirety of her life. Officials at Southern Paws in Passaic County were certain that Delilah would be a difficult turnaround and warned Devins right up until the late-November day she came to pick her…

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by Cecilia Levine
Politics
Meet Captain: Cuomo's New 'First Dog' Unleashed Meet Captain: Cuomo's New 'First Dog' Unleashed
Meet Captain: Cuomo's New 'First Dog' Unleashed Gov. Andrew Cuomo has a new first dog named Captain. In a video released on his Twitter account here, the New York Democrat introduced the newest member of his family -- which he said was his daughters' idea. Cuomo introduced the family pup during a meeting with mayors and other local officials at the Executive Mansion on Monday. Cuomo said in a video posted to his Twitter page that getting the 14-week-old dog was the idea of his daughters. “They had to have a puppy; they had to have a puppy. They are nowhere to be found now,” the governor joked while standing behind a podium holding the 1…

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by Jon Craig