i can even one-up myself on this. that "family" got a new rottie maybe two weeks later, gave her the same name and just went about their lives like nothing ever happened, too. nothing to report anywhere. they buried the one that died the day it happened, no negligence in the eyes of the law, nothing. technically she was "well provided for" and their story is that she died of old age. it was their daughter who spilled the beans few months later when we were out getting drinks. how she got tasked with locking the poor girl in that garage every night after "she did something to her leg", because she was "whining too loudly" and disrupting her father's tv sessions. yes, i'm not in contact with any of them anymore.
can you fucking imagine sitting on your couch, watching tv while the one who knows and loves you and only you cries out in pain behind the wall and the only thing that pops in your head is "can the goddamn dog stop being so noisy, i'm trying to watch football here!" ?!