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Originally Posted by richardw
Sounds like a good decision to me.
Four years ago a neighbors pit bull bit me. It was a mean dog and neighbors complained to the township to make the dog owner control his dog by leash or containment.
On day while walking by the property I saw the dog approaching unleashed and alone. I stopped for Saco day the. Began to walk again. The dog charged, jumped and latched onto my left forearm. I dropped to my knees and followed my earlier training. Stop, drop, freeze the arm, look the dog in the eyes, and then punch it in the nose with all the night you can muster. Freezing makes the dog feel in control so it does not thrash about and tear your arm up. Eye contact is disconcering to the dog because it expects you to be terrified. Punching the nose inflicts pain and can get the dog to release. It also elongates the puncture wounds.
The dog did not release and I shot it with my 9mm. It’s owner came rushing out of the house berating me. A neighbor who was a nurse came out with clean towels to wrap my arm. Someone called the police who did a fast on scene evaluation. The dog owner wanted me arrested for killing his dog. The police cited him for failing to control a an aggressive by leash or confinement. He pressed charges against me. The judge made him,pay my medical expanses and fined him $100 for failure to abide by ordinances and losing control of a dangerous animal. Justice done.
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I love dogs, and it's always sad to hear whenever somebody shoots one.
However, it's usually not the dog's fault, it's the owners. The dog needs to be controlled if not overly friendly or harmless. Even more important, it's the owner who is usually responsible for the dog's temperament too.
So all because of bad owners, the dogs end up suffering. They are animals and will behave like animals if not properly trained/maintained, and even sometimes if they are.
I would put down a dog if it attacked me or my dogs, but I would have to be almost certain of fatal damage being done. If I could avoid shooting, I would. Like if it was a little ankle biter dog that was mean but in reality not capable of inflicting life threatening damage, I think I would refrain. Or the same thing but biting or "attacking" my dog, I would refrain. My beagle won't be hurt by a pom. Which actually just happened yesterday while walking my beags, a little yappy came up and was getting nippy with him. I just shooed it off but the owner was there quickly to grab him too.
What I worry about are the folks who overreact to dogs, for whatever reason they have.