Booze hound: SUNY Brockport students arrested for forcing dog to do keg stand

Two SUNY Brockport students are in the doghouse after allegedly turning a poor puppy into a party animal by forcing her to do a keg stand.

State University of New York students Shane Oliver, of Bergen, and Robert Yates, of West Seneca, both 20, face charges of torturing and injuring an animal.

An image of the dog being held aloft by his hind legs at an off campus house party Saturday went viral on Twitter, leaving dog lovers around the country howling mad.

@SUNYPartyStory via Twitter

Party animal: This photo of Mya, a 5-month-oldLabrador retriever, being forced to do a keg stand led two SUNY Brockport students to face animal cruelty charges.

Brockport police said they were quickly able to determine Oliver held the black Labrador retriever and Yates snapped the photo, according to the Democrat & Chronicle newspaper.

The dog, which is about 5 months old, is named Mya and in good health, according to Paul Beaumont, an assistant dog warden for the town of Sweden.

Beaumont said he’d received numerous calls from people volunteering to take in the pup. It’s unclear if Mya will be returned to her owner, who wasn’t at home during the party.

Democrat & Chronicle

Mya is in good health after being forced to do a keg stand at a party with SUNY Brockport students.

“I can't explain their actions. I wasn't here, but , I just know all these kids. We've been living here for a year now. It's not like we're horrible people. It's not like they meant to harm the dog or anything like that. We all love Mya, she's a great dog,” Luke Biondi, one of Yates’ housemates, told TWC News in Rochester.

In addition to the misdemeanor charge, the students could face discipline from their university.

“Student privacy laws prevent us from providing any specific information related to student disciplinary matters,” said SUNY Brockport spokesman John Follaco.

A call to Brockport police was not immediately returned.

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