Steamboat Springs man killed dog and threw it off bridge

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On Saturday, a Steamboat Springs man  admitted to police he killed his dog and threw it off a bridge. Christopher Dyer, 31, faces aggravated animal cruelty charges for killing his dog.

According to the Steamboat Pilot, Dyer, faces a felony conviction for needlessly killing an animal just after the Colorado House of Representatives passed a bill on Tuesday that would provide mental health treatments for people who abuse animals as well as restricting their ability to keep an animal.

On Saturday, the Steamboat Spring Police Department received a call from Dyer, stating his dog had just bitten him. Dyer went to the emergency room for bites to his face which required four stitches. Dyer told authorities he had been playing with his dog, named Apollo, when the pit bull-mastiff mix became aggressive and tried to bite him. Dyer stated he tried to calm the dog, but when his hand slipped, the dog lunged at him and tried to grab him by the throat.

And by the time police were able to interview Dyer, his story had changed. Initially he told police he had thrown the dog into his kennel before heading to the emergency room and said he had not planned to kill the dog. Later in the evening, Dyer admitted to killing his dog.

“I knocked him out at the bridge down by the river over by Stockbridge. Honestly, I blacked out. I’ve never done anything so heinous before,” Dyer admitted.

And so Dyer hit Apollo repeatedly over the head after he was so upset his dog actually bit him, and when he thought his dog was unconscious from  hitting him, he then threw the dog over the bridge and watched him float away. Dyer headed home and drank a beer before taking a taxi to the emergency room.

Dyer was arrested for felony animal cruelty and posted a $2,000 bond. He is scheduled to appear in court on April 2.

Rest in peace Apollo.

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4 COMMENTS

  1. What a poor excuse for a human being. I do not believe a word of his story other than the fact that he killed his dog. This POS needs some time in jail and his head examined. Please never allow this @sshole from ever having the privilege owning another dog or pet for that matter.

  2. Yeah the dog bit him while they were “playing”, I don’t believe it for one minute. He drank a beer before going to the emergency room, I wonder how many he had before that? This nut case can’t even keep his lies straight. By all means lets get him Psychiatric treatment I’m sure it will do him worlds of good (sarcasm)! I do think he doesn’t need to own a pet again!

  3. AH !!! Colorado has become the touchy feely State … Since legalization of Marijuana!! So this Psychotic POS had to have a beer before he was Barbaric, and Brutal in the Murder of his Dog!!! Looks to me like We have another Chris Watt Criminal Minded SOB in a very Popular Tourist, Ski Resort Area Who is going to try the System… When what really should happen is the Book should be thrown at him!!! His is BEYOND REDEMPTION!!!

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