Serena: Portrait of a Serial Killer (a series of e-mails)

My dog is a serial killer. I've tried stopping her in the past, but a third victim was found this morning.

E-mail #1 From Me

-Serena killed another baby bird last night. That is the third baby bird she has killed. They keep building their nests in the trees above our “back yard” space and they fall out of the nests and can’t get out from inside the wall. She was playing with it last night, batting it back and forth and I made her stop. This morning when I watered the plants I found it’s dead little body.

E-mail #2 From Casey

-The bird was sick and injured. Serena was just putting it out of its misery. She was actually being very sweet.

E-mail #3 From Me

-Don’t stand up for her! She’s a serial killer! If you lie in a court of law you are an accessory to murder! I’m going to lose my husband and my daughter all at once! Oh lord! Who will take me in?

E-mail #4 From Casey

-Nobody because you’re a huge nerd!

E-mail #5 From Me

-If Serena kills anymore animals we are going to have to buy this sign for our yard…THAT MONSTER!















As I stated earlier this was the 3 victim in her murdering spree. The first time I caught her playing with a baby bird, she was pawing it with her huge monster paws, and treating it like a simple toy. I moved the bird up to the cement ledge in the hope of saving it's poor little life. Unfortunately it must have fallen back into our yard because I found it lifeless the next day. We had a dog psychic come and visit Serena (this was a funny birthday present for Casey) just a few weeks after this initial attack. The psychic, without knowing anything about this story told us, "Serena thinks it's funny you don't let her hunt. I see her playing with a small animal outside and you taking it away from her." Pretty crazy right? Yeah, this lady was good.

Even though it is a part of who Serena is, I still don't like that fact that she kills other animals. I guess no parent is thrilled to find out their child is a vicious killer. I will support her, but I won't allow her to play with baby birds and I will continue to put them up on the ledge.