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EXCLUSIVE: Jon Gets Rid Of His Dogs, Blames Kate
Posted on Sep 16, 2009 @ 12:07PM print it send it
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Okay animal lovers, divorcing a spouse is one thing, but getting rid of your dogs is quite another. Jon Gosselin is sending his two German Shepherd's back to the breeder as part of the fallout of his divorce from Kate.
While the eight Gosselin children are staying in the family's Wernersville, PA home, their parents are splitting time there, trying to avoid disrupting the kids' lives but also not wanting to be around each other.
Now, Shoka and Nala, the family dogs are being discarded and Jon has been telling pals it's Kate's fault because she won't take care of them when he's not at the house.
"Jon blames Kate for having to give up the dogs," a source close to the situation told RadarOnline.com exclusively. "Of course these days, Jon blames Kate for just about everything."
Jon has given several interview recently and been brutal on Kate, saying he "despises" her and love girlfriend Hailey Glassman more
than he ever loved his wife.
He's also in the middle of another scandal, with his kids' babysitter, Stephanie Santoro now coming forward and confirming she had a sexual relationship with Jon - a fact first reported by RadarOnline.com.
But Jon's attempts to blame Kate for getting rid of the dog simply isn't fair, one source told RadarOnline.com. The dogs have always been Jon's and while Kate was willing to do whatever she had to she simply can't handle them and Jon didn't make any other arrangements for them to be taken care of. He now lives in an apartment in New York City and never considered getting a place where he could keep his dogs, the source told us.
"Kate's being gracious about the situation, she's not going to blame Jon," said the source.
Earlier in the summer Jon caused an uproar when he made comment to People.com about the dogs. "Those kids beat them up, climb on them, pull their tails, bite at them, drag them around and everything you can imagine not to do to an animal, they've done."
The Humane Society of Berks County, Pa., where the Gosselins live, received numerous complaints about the family and animal cruelty, prompting Jon to release a statement to teh HSBC. "I would like to clarify a recent statement I made regarding my family's two German Shepherd puppies, Shoka and Nala. The statement - if taken literally and out of context - could be misinterpreted and I'd like to set the record straight. We understand the esponsibilities of being good dog owners. Whenever my kids are with Shoka and Nala, everyone is carefully supervised to ensure that no one - dog or child - is injured. Shoka and Nala are loyal companions who we consider members of our family. We would never do anything to hurt them, and treat them with the respect and love that they deserve."
I think this is probably the most responsible choice he has made lately - and yet he blames it on Kate. No one trained those dogs, the kids were rough with them, Kate resented having to take care of them even when they were married. That family was not ready for 1 dog - nevermind 2!