A Dayton police officer was dispatched around 11:08 a.m. on an animal complaint.
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A 911 caller reported a dog was in the backyard in a cage without food or water for 24 hours.
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An officer found a beagle mix dog in the front yard on a 3-foot leash tied to the porch. The dog had a collar with no tags.
The officer reported there was a small dish half full with water on the porch.
“There was no food near the beagle,” wrote Dayton Officer Timothy Rizer. “There was no dog house or shelter within reach of the Beagle. He was sitting in the sun as I approached.”
The officer reported the dog was “warm to the touch” when he pet the canine.
When the officer knocked on the door, he heard a dog crying inside. He found a tan and white boxer dog in a metal wire crate.
“The crate did not contain any source of water or food,” Rizer wrote in the incident report. “There was an empty plastic container and an empty bucket inside the crate. One half of the crate was covered in feces. The Boxer also had feces on its underside, legs and paws.”
Rizer checked WHIO.com and found the temperature at the time was 79 degrees. High temperatures that day were expected to reach 86 degrees.
Rizer collected both dogs and transported them to Montgomery County Animal Resource center on Webster Street.
The dogs were checked in by staff and given ID numbers, according to the incident report.
The police report does not indicate any citations were issued.
The dogs’ owner was not identified in the incident report.
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