Dead Puppies

A public record of dogs shot by police and other government agents in America — and what happened to the people who pulled the trigger.

Corrections log

Every correction, clarification, and update we have made to an entry, newest first. Nothing is removed from this list.

2 logged notes across 91 entries.

Clarification — 2026-08-12

Herkimer's Tail Was Wagging When the Officer Fired. Seven Years Later, Loveland Paid $675,000.

Loveland, CO · incident June 29, 2019

The June 2026 update originally said the litigation established, across the Tenth Circuit, that police may not shoot a dog absent imminent danger. That overstated it: a settlement admits no liability and sets no rule, and the appellate ruling held only that this officer was not entitled to qualified immunity at that stage. The passage has been rewritten, and a duplicated retelling of the 2019 shooting has been removed from the update.

Correction — 2026-08-12

Deputies Answered a False Alarm, Walked Past 'Beware of Dog' Signs, and Killed Lola

Nassau County, FL · incident May 2017

An earlier version of this entry named the deputy who fired. Our only source for that name was secondary reporting, which does not meet the sourcing standard set out in our methodology. The name has been withheld pending professional reporting or a court record, and removed from the article text as well as the record box.