Airport Puppy!

[Catherine]

That reaction is quite common. The police hate domestic abuse cases. Even when they are helping the victim they have to be careful because the victim can turn on them like the neighbour turned on you.

I would expect that a person would want to leave. It seems that they often don't want out. They still want to stay with the person. I guess they feel safer with the abuse that they know than the unknown of leaving.

When an animal is involved it complicates things. Will they stay to protect the pet or leave to protect the pet. If you add children to this situation it is to complex to predict. For that woman to leave and take her puppy to safety is a very unusual thing. I hope her story inspires others to be safe. I hope it give others the incentive to offer help. If they turn us down, at least we tried to help.