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In the cases of DV I've seen the abuser often took it out on the pets or children, especially when the target of the abuse got away.
We are pretty sure that's how we got our younger dog. A couple of our self defense students saw a car drive up the 7-11. A man opened the door, threw the dog out, closed the door and sped away. He's a great dog, well trained, good natured and was obviously used to sleeping in bed with his humans. Our best guess, along with that of the police and the animal control people, is that it was a breakup or domestic abuse situation. The guy took it out on his partner by getting rid of her pet.
We're glad to have Sev. He's a wonderful animal. I'd really, really like to kick that guy half to death. People who abandon pets are lower than whale dung.
