Noem in Crosshairs After Admitting to Killing Puppy

South Dakota Gov. 👤Kristi Noem (R) is drawing ire after revealing she killed a 🐶Puppy after she deemed it untrainable.

The Guardian obtained a copy of Noem’s memoir — “No Going Back: The Truth on What’s Wrong with Politics and How We Move America Forward” — which will be published in May.

“Cricket was a wirehair pointer, about 14 months old,” Noem wrote. She said the female dog had an “aggressive personality.”

She wanted to train Cricket to hunt pheasants, but that failed. When Cricket killed a friend’s chickens she knew something had to be done. Cricket needed to be put down.

“It was not a pleasant job,” Noem wrote, “but it had to be done. And after it was over, I realized another unpleasant job needed to be done.”

That’s when she wrote about killing a goat she referred to as “nasty and mean.”

Noem’s revelations put her on the defensive Sunday with a post on X, formerly Twitter.

“I can understand why some people are upset about a 20-year-old story of Cricket, one of the working dogs at our ranch,” Noem wrote. “Whether running the ranch or in politics, I have never passed on my responsibilities to anyone else to handle. Even if it’s hard and painful. I followed the law and was being a responsible parent, dog owner, and neighbor.”