Governor Andrew Cuomo adopted a dog while governor and living at the governor’s mansion, a german shepherd mix named “Captain.” Okay, good so far. And then he left the dog when he moved out, asking if someone on the staff would take care of him. As they say down south, “Do what now?” Or, as they say everywhere else, “What. The. Fck.?”

Yes, if Captain was an army dog, he’s just been demoted to Lieutenant, he’s in better shape if he’s a navy dog, Commander sounds better, and apparently Captain/Commander is not the least bit happy about the situation – totally understandable – and the already high strung dog has tuned himself even tighter under the situation and taking command. After all, it wasn’t Captain harassing women, it sounds like he’s now just harassing, men, women, surely tennis balls.

From Mediaite:

The Times Union added that State Police sources claimed a mansion employee took home the dog, who “has nipped a few people since Cuomo adopted him in 2018,” but eventually returned him.

While Richard Azzopardi, a spokesman for the governor, has denied the allegation, saying, “Someone offered to watch him for a few days while the transition was ongoing,” dog lovers on Twitter were horrified by the report.

Yeah, well, except the governor and his spokesman have denied a lot of things lately that not only turned out to be true but turned out to be much worse than imagined. If a dog is too high-strung, there are ways to treat it beyond just dumping it with people about to be nipped by a sentient being who believes he’s been punked for shi*t he didn’t do. If he’s been neutered, he truly doesn’t understand what the hell dad was doing. Actually, many of us who might be better off neutered have no idea what Cuomo was doing, either, except it was abominable and job-ending.

Oh, and Twitter wasn’t happy:

This may be the most asshole thing Cuomo has ever done. You move out and leave your dog behind? What a complete twat. https://t.co/KFuTVly3Hq

— Liz Mair (@LizMair) August 23, 2021

Incorrect. The “most” assholish thing he’s ever done was harass women. This is the most assholish thing he’s done this week.

What an asshole.

"Cuomo's dog Captain left at mansion after governor departed" https://t.co/ApReSQ4KCv

— Joshua Holland (@JoshuaHol) August 23, 2021

2018: Splinter’s @cliomiso writes that Andrew Cuomo’s dog is clearly a good boy who needs saving from Cuomo.

2021: Andrew Cuomo is reportedly trying to unload his dog on anyone he can find.

Once again, Splinter was right!!!https://t.co/I0jSeUeNvohttps://t.co/6VhAXV7Hio pic.twitter.com/bk89b2wwqH

— Jack Mirkinson (@jackmirkinson) August 23, 2021

Yeah, we could put up about 50 more, but since we presume Captain cannot read and sees in black and white (won’t recognize a light bluebird), we’ll leave it there. He may not be able to see color, but he can definitely smell a jackass.

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