I disagree.

I work from home. Ive seen my neighbors dogs. I have no idea if they will bite me but what I know is they bit the maybe 14 year old paper boy.

Its not anyone's responsibility to know if their neighbors dog 1 door down or 5 doors down is aggressive or not. The responsibility lay solely on the animal owner to care and control for it.

So yea. I have no idea of the history my neighbors dogs and if I asked me he would likely tell me its confidential and if I have a problem call the cops or something along those lines.

But, my final comment on your statement is how many times have children been maimed, bit , harmed by dogs that are so nice and great around children.

http://www.wpbf.com/news/22624629/detail.html

They are animals and are unpredictable. They should be leashed and muzzled (controlled).

I have a neighboor about 5 houses down that has 2 dogs.
1 pitbull and 1 ugly ass mix that I don't even know what it is.

They are CONSTANTLY barking, howling, and squealing.
And I'm not talking about during the day. I'm talking about 4-5am at night. Barking for no reason. All the time.

The owner is a fucking dipshit redneck son of a bitch. Completely oblivious to any of it.
I have went outside during the night and screamed at them to shut up. I have gone over to this assholes house like 4 times now and politely asked him to do something about the dogs keeping me and the rest of the street up all night every night.

Others have done the same.

He completely does not give a shit. Doesn't take care of his dogs. Doesn't make any effort to do anything.

Lately they have been getting out and wandering the street.
Its happened 3 times now.

Next time I see em I'm calling the cops. If I'm outside and one of them runs at me you better believe I will defend myself and most likely kill em.

Its not the dogs fault, I know this, but I'm not taking chances and the owner is a fucking douchebag.


Bottom line for me: if your dogs get out more than once and after the 2nd time they get shot its your own damn fault. Don't fucking cry about it.

:facepalm:

Just don't say it only happened because they we're pit bulls.
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Hi 911
Yea, my 2 year old sons head is in a pitbulls mouth, oh wait, there are 2 more biting his arms rag dolling him.

Whats that? Nope, I have not done anything as Abilene Police Lt. Joe Tauer has made it clear I should call you.

yes, i understand police will be here shortly and are en-route.

EMT, yea, send them too because i dont think my son isnt breathing anymore.

oh wait, dont bother, hes bleeding profusely from the neck, looks fatal.

Thanks again!


lol

edit... for me it would be more like this

911, hi. i just kicked the shit out of my neighbors dog after coming at my son.
yes, it did bite me a couple times but i think i killed it. i dont feel anything because i am enraged.
send police because i am so fuckin pissed I am going down to the neighbors now and beat the shit out of him.
send emt

**see you 2 hours later**


As I said all along, owners responsibility.

I agree 100%. If the dogs are aggressive it is usually because of the owner. Dogs get out. It happens. It is up to the owner to control the situation. However if i see dogs out, not harming anyone, I call the owner. Was the guy not watching his kids?

You're not understanding me, I completely agree with you. I'm just saying that you don't just shoot a dog because it's wandering around. My neighbors pug wanders around all the time, should I shoot it?
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You're missing the story, those dogs weren't even on his property when he shot them. Maybe they were at one point but obviously they didn't do anything to his kids. He should have called someone. Now yea, if he came out and they were in his yard being aggressive then do what you gotta do.
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Let's drop the whole "being aggressive" qualifier.

Dogs DO in fact, "snap". It's not a feature of any particular breed (though a breed may be more prone to it than others), it's a result of poor training and the general inability of people to read dogs accurately. People think they know a lot more about dog behavior and signals than they really do, and frequently will not pick up on "aggressive" or "uncomfortable" signals from a dog until it lunges at them or at another person.

You should ask your neighbour to leash the dog if it happens more than once.
Call animal control
Call 911

*or threaten neighbor, far more self gratifying, trust me. lol

You would make a levnubhin executive decision on the matter and do what you feel is right.

If the dog came at you and bit you, or a family member, perhaps cornered your decision would be to put it down with an uzi, i dont know. But if it did happen that way I would support you.

What I think I know or believe in this instance is that the person who killed the dogs felt his family or neighbors were in danger and he did what he felt was right.

From the story and a quote:

If he was scared enough to believe his life or someone else's was in danger, works for me.

I wouldn't be surprised if he gets off for shooting them.

I don't think we're talking about just "wandering around" in this thread.
At least I'm not.


I'd like to hear the other side of the Original story.
People tend to lie after the fact.

I wanna know what the guy that shot them has to say. Or bystanders/witnesses.

The dogs weren't in the owners lot and as far as the victim is concerned, are aggressive in nature after approaching his wife and children.

I am not familiar with the ROE there and your laws differ from ours in Canada, greatly. In Canada we round up our family, lock the doors, play dead while calling 911. Thats it.

:giggle:

lmao.
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Our laws here are pathetic when it comes to self preservation and protection.

So fail.

I do love animals. I am more frustrated as of late that my Oriental short hair meows because he wants attention or into my sons room.
My heart would be broken if my pets were ever gunned down. My heart breaks when I have to put them down.

I just would like to believe that if there was negligence, an error in judgment or an accident and they got out, regardless of how I feel about my pets there is an element of me that would believe the victim. The dogs are perhaps in an environment they dont know, there are strangers and I wasn't there.

Yes, it would suck but again, I would like to think I would understand the victims stance.

Let me be clear here... YES - No Human life is worth less than that of a dog.

But let me also be clear that the "child" left on his own to roam the neighborhood; was safely inside before the guy went after the dogs to shoot them. Hell, his wife had to wake him up off the couch. The police found no evidence of any injuries. Period.

So everyone saying "the breed" would feel differently; if say, the dogs were Poodles instead?
Would you feel differently to hear the body hanging from the tree was a white guy?
Would you feel differently to find that the drug dealer was your Preacher?

It doesn't matter if you are stabbed with a pocket knife or hunting knife. Still will hurt like shit.

The owner of the American Staffordshire Terriers is the girlfriend of my cousin. She is a Veternarian and the dogs are AKC registered. I had to go through a background check before my purchase. I also was required to register my dog. She raises and sells these dogs and has been for quite some time. Until proven other wise, this is not a crime.

Sounds like that's not right if the news story is accurate:

And if that's fact, there are other charges that could be added onto the charges he's already facing.

The guy that did the shooting is not the victim.

We could also post a question out there for some of you folk.
There is a list compiled of the Top 10 most dangerous dogs. Out of the 5 links I've read, they are all the same; so I think this was a statistical basing. Good - that keeps it fair for this posting.
Do any of you own any of these types of dogs?
http://www.dirjournal.com/info/most-...-in-the-world/

And another question. Were you surprised to see your dog on the list?

Wow good one, I bet you and Micheal Vick would have a wonderful time at a dog park! " Hey there's a dog, let's grab it, take it home and teach it fight then take it out back and shoot it". To add to the fun it will fit perfectly in the trunk of your miata. :)

And just what field are you coming from? You read much?

If the area they were shot in is correct, Murphy can get pounded by the law then. His property is fair game, but the vacant house is a no fly zone for both parties.

An AK? WTF? An assault riffle to kill a few dogs? Typical AK owner :jerkit: