Four wonderful years you were here, now my eyes fill with tears. My baby boy is alone in heaven, his new home. Never again will I see that cute little smile he would give me. This pain in my heart is so bad, I feel as if I'm going mad. I hear your voice in the night and close my eyes as your face comes to sight. No more little feet hitting the floor or the sound of your tiger roar. LSU will never be the same, it has lost its No. 1 fan, and we have lost our little man. God, one day we will understand how this little angel on earth went so soon, to be your angel in the promised land. Michael "Blaise" Landry died Friday, April 10, 2009 at Pointe Coupee General Hospital in New Roads after being mauled in his own yard by his neighbors three Boxers. He was born on Jan. 29, 2005. He was 4 years old and a resident of Morganza, Louisiana. Survived by his loving parents, Robert A. Landry and Tammy Weber Landry of Morganza and older brother, Devin Taylor Landry.

 

 

This is the introduction to HB 155, and it speaks for itself:

“The ownership of dangerous dogs has become an increasing problem in Louisiana resulting in the injury or death of many people following an encounter with a dangerous dog. The Louisiana Legislature hereby finds that owners of dangerous dogs who fail to properly confine or restrain them should be criminally responsible for the injuries their animals cause to the citizens of this state.” In a nutshell, if your dog injures or kills a person in Louisiana due to your carelessness, you may now be charged with criminal negligence or negligent homicide. The new law includes exceptions (such as incidents when security dogs harm people attempting unlawful entry) and penalties.

-To see how this altered Louisiana criminal code statute 14:32, visit the Cases/Legislation/Laws portion of this site.
*I will be adding the complete text of this bill for anyone who would like to read it in its entirety.
 
*This bill was named for Luna McDaniel & Blaise Landry.

  All heaven was in mourning,
The day that young man died;
When He closed His eyes, they said,
Ten thousand angels cried.

The angels shed their many tears,
Because He was God's Son;
But there is a special sadness,
When God takes the very young.

At times like that, I question God,
Why let a child die?
I cannot understand it,
And I need to ask Him why.

I, too, have heard the angels cry,
I've heard them cry first hand;
For I, too, gave up a child,
And I've tried hard to understand.

Yes, I received God's comfort,
Though I'm grateful, I want more;
I want reasons;  I want meaning,
I am a parent whose heart-sore.

God can give, and God can take,
I am well aware of this;
But, why my baby ... why my child?
Why did God put him on His list?

Did I love my child too much?
Was he too good for this old earth?
Had his purpose here been filled?
Was that why he was taken first?

I awake each day with questions,
I fall asleep at night, the same;
So many times I ask God why,
I'm both saddened and ashamed.

But then, in reflective moments,
When my prayers are most intense,
One word keeps going through my mind,
Patience ... patience ... patience.

Maybe now is not the time,
To explain this great heartache;
Even if I knew God's reasons,
What difference would it make?

Can't I just be grateful,
For any time we had?
Accept God's action without question?
Why is that so very bad?

What's my hurry ... why my pressure?
Is my faith not strong enough?
God will explain it when He's ready,
Surely I can trust that much.

God understands my broken heart,
He, too, gave up a Son;
He knows the pain of one lost child,
He weeps with me, and we are one.

Just as I talk to God each day,
I talk to my precious child;
I blow him kisses, and I say,
"See you, honey, in a while."

 

 





 

• By KORAN ADDO
• Advocate Westside bureau
• Published: Oct 25, 2010

NEW ROADS — Eighteen months after three dogs killed a Morganza toddler, the Pointe Coupee Parish Police Jury is set to overhaul the parish’s animal control ordinance.

On Tuesday, police jurors are expected to begin debating whether to assign fees to owners of potentially dangerous dogs, levy fines to owners of loose dogs and make other provisions based on recommendations from the parish’s Animal Control Committee.

The committee includes two veterinarians, a volunteer with the Pointe Coupee Animal Shelter and a captain with the Sheriff’s Office, among others.

The push to reshape the animal-control ordinance began after 4-year-old Michael “Blaise” Landry was mauled by a neighbor’s three boxers on April 10, 2009.

Tammy Landry, the victim’s mother, late last week described the incident.

She said Michael was eager to help her with some gardening, but she wasn’t quite ready and he walked away to play with his toy truck.

Moments later, Tammy Landry said she heard her family’s dogs barking.

“I went around the house to see what my dogs were barking at. I looked up and could see those boxers in my yard and they had something,” she said.

Tammy Landry said she thought her son had gone inside the house to help his grand-mother cook.


By that time, Tammy Landry said her neighbor was in her yard near where the boxers were and she ran to see what was  happening.

“I got to the dogs and saw my baby covered in blood,” she said. “The biggest boxer had my baby’s whole head in his mouth and I could see his little blue eyes looking up at me.”

Tammy Landry, her husband, Robert Landry and their neighbor beat the dogs as they tried to carry Michael away, she said.

“When my husband picked my baby up, the biggest dog was still lunging at him,” Tammy Landry said.

Michael was taken by helicopter to Pointe Coupee General Hospital where he died.

Tony Clayton of Port Allen was the prosecuting attorney before a Pointe Coupee grand jury that on May 8, 2009 declined to indict Rob Roy, a member of the Sheriff’s Office K-9 division, on a negligent homicide charge.

Grand jurors heard from six witnesses during a daylong session before deciding that the incident did not rise to the level of a grossly negligent act.

Clayton has said the dogs were let out of their pens into their fenced yard while a caretaker cleaned the kennel. He said the dogs slipped under a barbed-wire enclosure and attacked the child. The boxers, owned by Roy’s fiancée, Candace Wells, have since been euthanized.

In making the parish’s animal control ordinance more stringent, Tammy Landry said she hopes the Police Jury will use “common sense” to make punishments fit violations of existing laws.

“We have leash laws on the books,” she said. “It takes law enforcement to enforce them. In my case, they chose not to do anything.”

Animal Control Officer Michel “MeMe” Meche is on the volunteer animal control committee. He said the parish, especially in the New Roads area, has owners who abandon dogs and those who allow dogs to roam the streets unsupervised.

In his three years working for the parish, Meche said he’s seen instances where there have been 20 dog bites or attacks in one month.

On average, Meche estimates that he has been called to the scene of a dog bite between five and 10 times per month. There were three such instances last week, he said.

The recommendations the committee is planning to present on Tuesday address a broad range of issues, including leash laws, vaccinations, pet registration and how dogs are restrained in public and in vehicles, Meche said.

“We’re not trying to invade anyone’s privacy,” he said. “We want to have all pets vaccinated and we want to know who has what animal.”

Carol Vincent, chair of the animal control committee, said the recommendations will include a series of fees and fines designed to make animal owners more responsible and to inject some revenue into the parish’s animal control office.

Vincent said the office operates without a budget instead drawing money from the parish’s general fund.

Police Jury President Melanie Bueche said the parish’s existing animal ordinances were based on laws enacted in East Baton Rouge Parish, where the Metro Council on Wednesday will introduce an agenda item to propose stricter rules governing dangerous and vicious dogs.

Revamping East Baton Rouge Parish’s current laws to fit rural Pointe Coupee Parish, with its wide open spaces, will be a long and painstaking process, Bueche said.

“Some people want things to stay the way they are, others want some very strict rules and some people want something in the middle,” Bueche said. “We have to find something that’s workable and then we have to see it in action to see if things are reasonable and enforceable.”

TO HONOR YOU
I get up everyday and take a breath
and start another day
...without you in it.

TO HONOR YOU
I laugh and love with
Those who knew your smile
and the way your baby blue eyes twinkled
with mischief and secret knowledge.

TO HONOR YOU
I listen to music you
would have liked,
And sing at the top of my lungs,
with the windows rolled down.

TO HONOR YOU
I take chances, say
What I feel, hold nothing back,
Risk making a fool of myself,
dance,
every dance.
You were my lights, my heart, my gift of
Love from the very highest source.
So everyday, I vow to make a
Difference, share a smile,
live, laugh and love.
Now I live for us both,
So all I do,
I do
TO HONOR YOU