What we see in American culture, whenever you have problems like this, you turn to your publicity person.

I feel badly that I didn't follow up on it more directly because I think all of us, many of us, realize we saw signs of a developing problem.

We became good friends and have kept in touch and to see Germany for the first time and catch up with an old pal again was nice, though we meet up each year when Robert comes home in the winter to see his mother when golf in Germany closes down.

There is a real connection. There is absolutely no debate.

This extremely violent and depraved act of animal cruelty is particularly disturbing, not only because of the unimaginable suffering this dog was forced to endure, but also because of the implications such cruelty holds for the safety of the community at large.