Boy, that family sure didn’t take very good care of their dog.
The whole family leaves and the dog is locked up alone in a neighbors house? Bad.
Perhaps someone in the other family was allergic to dogs or cynophobic. Perhsps they had enough on their plate that they didn’t want the kids and the dog.
But then, you’re not concerned about the dog; you don’t want focus on the officer who announces “I’m gonna shoot the dog” and then opens fire on a barking, tail wagging canine.
Yeah. That dog was just asking to be shot to death.