Report: Cuomo Leaves Dog Behind After Moving Out of Governor’s Mansion

Well… just when you thought Andrew Cuomo couldn’t sink any lower, he surprises you.

According to a report, disgraced NY Governor Andrew Cuomo left behind one important thing when he moved out of the Governor’s Mansion over the weekend: his dog.

According to The Daily Wire:

Cuomo’s dog Captain, “a high-strung mix of shepherd, Siberian and malamute” known to “nip” staff members, is still in residence in Albany, even though his owner, Andrew Cuomo, has returned to Westchester County.

“Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, who has been staying with one of his sisters in Westchester County in the final days of his third term, recently has asked staff members at the Executive Mansion if anyone would like to keep his dog, Captain, who has remained at the state-owned residence after the governor moved out last week,” the Times-Union said Monday.

“Two State Police sources told the Times Union on Saturday that the governor had recently asked mansion staff members if anyone would be interested in caring for the dog. Captain — a high-strung mix of shepherd, Siberian and malamute — has nipped a few people since Cuomo adopted him in 2018, the sources said, and a mansion staffer recently took the dog home for a few days but decided he was too much,” the outlet said.

Does it surprise people that Captain has a nipping problem? What is it they say about dogs taking on their owner’s personality traits?

Cuomo’s spokesman was quick to deny these insinuations:

A spokesman for the governor, Richard Azzopardi, “lashed out” at the Times-Union, however, claiming that the arrangement was “temporary” “because the governor, who is scheduled to resign from office at 11:59 p.m. Monday, is planning to take a vacation.”

“Captain is part of the governor’s family and for your nameless ill-informed source to imply they’ve been trying to give him away is untrue,” Azzopardi said, per the Intelligencer.

Regardless, the “New York State Animal Protection Federation promptly put out a statement expressing its dismay and suggesting that Captain be placed at a humane animal shelter.”

I hope this story isn’t true, but it wouldn’t surprise me in the least if it turned out that way.

Is this “just what Italians do,” Andrew? They hate old people and animals? I find that hard to believe.

How you treat your pet speaks volumes. How anyone could do this to their dog is beyond me.

I vote that we get Captain properly trained and then offer his services to a NY nursing home as a comfort animal.

I think Janice Dean is all of us:

In honor of his last day in office: pic.twitter.com/qKJdWjEvNI

— Janice Dean (@JaniceDean) August 23, 2021