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Home *Seattle Musicland, *The Strangeways Report, Celebrityville, Hollywood Gay Scene, Hollywoodland, LaLa Land, Living, National News, News, PetsGaga Gets Her Dogs Back But More Importantly, How Is Her Dogwalker?

Gaga Gets Her Dogs Back But More Importantly, How Is Her Dogwalker?

March 1, 2021• byMichael Strangeways
Lady Gaga’s briefly stolen poochies. Via Instagram.

Fans of:

  1. Lady Gaga
  2. Dogs
  3. Lady Gaga’s dogs

Were all shocked to discover last week that the beloved singer/actress had been the victim of a dog napping. On Wednesday night, February 24th, two of her French bulldogs, Koji and Gustav were stolen while being walked by Gaga’s assistant Ryan Fischer in West Hollywood. Fischer was also shot and a third dog, Asia, ran away during the attack and was later found by a Gaga bodyguard.

The next day, the media was all over this story especially when Gaga, who is in Italy filming a movie, offered a $500,000 reward for the return of the dogs.

Meanwhile, the media both social and mainstream, seemed to be ignoring the fact that a man was SHOT and seriously injured during the incident, with the shooting of Fischer basically reduced to a brief mention of “oh, yeah, the dog walker guy got shot”.

Which is sort of crappy. I mean, it’s awful the dogs were ‘napped but not quite the same as someone getting shot.

Happily, the dogs were returned….via CBS News:

A woman brought the dogs to the LAPD’s Olympic Community Police Station, just northwest of downtown, around 6 p.m, said Captain Jonathan Tippett, commanding officer of the elite Robbery-Homicide Division.

Today, we finally heard from the shot dog walker/assistant. Ryan Fischer posted on his Instagram account a terrifying story relating his experience.

4 days ago, while a car sped away and blood poured from my gun shot wound, an angel trotted over and laid next to me. My panicked screams calmed as I looked at her, even though it registered that the blood pooling around her tiny body was my own. I cradled Asia as best I could, thanked her for all the incredible adventures we’d been on together, apologized that I couldn’t defend her brothers, and then resolved that I would still try to save them… and myself.

Hopeful that my calm(ish) and forceful pleas for the urgency of my care as well as the focused descriptions of the dogs would be enough to help me and get enough police and media attention to find the boys, I looked backed at my guardian angel. I smiled at her shaking form, thankful that at least she would be okay.
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From that point, right as the neighbors poured from their homes and restaurant to us on the sidewalk, life has taken a very sudden and unexpected turn. (Cont.)

Ryan Fischer, Lady Gaga’s assistant who was shot while walking the star’s dogs in West Hollywood on February 24th, 2021. Photo via Fischer’s Instagram page.

 I am still in recovery from a very close call with death and have kept myself (for the most part, I mean I am human) from the growing media story. I will write and say more later, but the gratitude for all the love I feel from around this planet is immense and intense. I felt your healing support! Thank you. I am humbled and grateful that attention and focus from the police were enough to get Koji and Gustav back to safety, and I know they are committed to bringing these criminals and attempted murderers to justice. I am so appreciative of everything you continue to do.

To all my friends and family who have cried with me and maybe even laughed at one or two of my morbid jokes by my side or over a screen: I love you. Thank you for keeping me grounded now more than ever. And my mom and brother flew out here to be with me…. happy birthday Sean!!!! I love you both with all my heart. All the dog videos and photos from my clients to keep my spirits up worked miracles. Seeing their faces light up when you said my name motivates me to keep pushing so I can play with them and see you again soon. I love you all! First responders and health care workers: you literally saved my life and helped me take newborn walks, I can’t thank you enough. And to Elisha, my family at Haüs and @ladygaga: your babies are back and the family is whole… we did it! You have shown so much support throughout this whole crisis to both me and my family. But your support as a friend, despite your own traumatic loss from your kids, was unwavering. I love you and thank you.

And now? A lot of healing still needs to happen, but I look forward to the future and the moment when I get bombarded with kisses and licks (and maybe even an excitement pee?) from Asia, Koji, and Gustav.

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About the Author: Michael Strangeways

As the Editorial Director/Co-Owner, Michael Strangeways writes, edits and does about a million other jobs for Seattle Gay Scene, Puget Sound's most visited LGBTQ news, arts and entertainment website now celebrating its 14th year as a media outlet. A semi-proud Midwesterner by birth, he's lived in Seattle since 2000. He's also a film producer who would like you to check out the Jinkx Monsoon documentary, "Drag Becomes Him" now available on Amazon.com. In his spare time, he gets slightly obsessive about his love for old movies, challenging theater, "otters", vodka, chocolate, "I,Claudius", Lizzie Borden, real books made out of paper, disaster films, show tunes, Weimar era Germany, flea markets, pop surrealistic art, the sex lives of Hollywood actors both living and dead, kitties, chicken fried steak, haute couture and David Bowie. But, not necessarily in that order.

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