"We got him when he was nine months and I loved him more than my kids."
More than his kids? Are they kept outside in the cold too? I have a hard time believing this dog was loved so much, considering he was kept chained outside, alone 24/7 for the past eight years.
"Moans of grief were mingled with cries of anguish from teens Sandeep and Amandeep as the Bainses spent the first night in nearly eight years without the trusting brown eyes of their beloved family dog Tommy looking up at them."
I assume from this statement that the dog looked up at their window from the concrete below at the end of his chain? He certainly was not curled up on their bedroom floor where he should have been sleeping,looking up at them.
In my opinion, this was another typical East Vancouver yard/guard dog, guised as a family pet.
My only sympathy lies with the poor dog, who lived alone and died a horrible death.