I do not think that that is unusual at all....Texas law allows you to kill a dog that has attacked or is even about to attack your chicken, goat, or puppy but not you or your child...
I do not think that that is unusual at all....Texas law allows you to kill a dog that has attacked or is even about to attack your chicken, goat, or puppy but not you or your child...
If they are not actually in attack mode,DO NOT SHOOT.I’m out on travel and a couple of pit bulls were canvassing our property and back porch. I have small children and refuse to risk anything with them so I would have shot the dogs if I had been home but that’s not my wife’s style. Outside of shooting them, what are your thoughts on best thing to use on dogs if you have to go outside for whatever reason while they are out there. Sprays?
Mark
Horrible to see the photos of those beautiful children and know their lives were violently cut short.Lawton has an animal shelter. Many owners of unwanted dogs won't pay the drop-off fee: They simply release their dogs.
Over 60 percent of dog fatalities in the US are caused by pit bulls.
https://www.swoknews.com/local/boy-killed-dog-identified
Someone gave this guy a pit bull of unknown origin. It killed his daughter:
https://www.kswo.com/story/37268393/father-of-girl-who-was-killed-in-duncan-dog-attack-speaks/
To the original poster:
Do whatever is required to protect your family.
Pepper spray works well
I don't think it would be so much a problem if they were labs or a short hair. Don't flame me on owners or breeds. Common sense says some dogs of any breed can be bad or good. I am going to take a chance on approaching a dog that might be from a friendly breed like most hunting dogs. Maybe its an escapee. Owner might be glad to find them. I would never want to hurt another person's pet. Cat, dog, kangaroo, or aardvark. Would I put down one that attacked? In half a second. Would I feel bad. I would for a while. You have a lot of options. I don't take chances with children. Do what you have to do.
Try "wasp & hornet" spray, the kind that shoots a stream, not a "fog".
A neighbor's two pugs have gone after me while I've been in my front yard. Spraying them with a hose does nothing. They just dodge the stream and continue with mock charges to a couple of feet from me while barking angrily and growling.I found garden hose works pretty good against dogs.
No, you used the garden hose wrong. You were supposed to use it like a whip to subdue the dogs.A neighbor's two pugs have gone after me while I've been in my front yard. Spraying them with a hose does nothing. They just dodge the stream and continue with mock charges to a couple of feet from me while barking angrily and growling.
If they are not actually in attack mode,DO NOT SHOOT.
It could just be they are friendly and have a schmuck for an owner and he lets them out.
Call the law first,let them do an investigation.
And do any and all suggested to make your property dog proof [ mace & dog repellant ] .
Generally dogs are really gentle animals,and if not = yes I have had to put a few down when I was an LEO.
It was not the dogs fault it was not trained and raised well.
Can't argue with this.I would make these suggestions to dog owners: Keep him on your property. If he strays onto other people's property, he may get shot. He is highly unlikely to get shot if you, as a responsible dog owner (you are responsible, right?) keep him on your own property.
Careful!I disagree with some of this. A stray dog does not have be in attack mode before I am going to shoot him on my property. All he needs to do is look suspicious, and not run away when I try to scare him off.
Love dogs, not much of a cat lover. But hey, ya gotta have friends.
https://imgur.com/QVb1mnv
Careful!
Many jurisdictions have a veritable hop-scotch of regulations when it come to animals. Where I live, some laws pertain to wild animals of some sort, some to other kinds, and there are several that pertain to dogs. Some have to do with protecting livestock, and others, wirh protecting people.
One might be able to mount a successful defense against charges under one code section and be convicted under another.
It is a defense against charges injuring or destroying a dog if other has a reasonable apprehension (that has a legal meaning) of immediate injury to oneself or other humans.
But the burden of proof is on the defender.
Me? I'll do what is necessary. But I will try to stay out of court and off the prohibited persons list .
Mail carriers in cities do not rely upon the dog pound to protect them.There is no dog pound here like you city boys have.
No one would suggest that.If I wait til a dog has someone by the throat, its too late to do anything.
I seriously doubt that one can lawfully destroy a dog, or any other property, simply because it is on your property. Find out what the laws are where your property is situated.If you don't want your dog shot, keep him on your on property.
If you have a shillelagh or similar club, one hard smack on the bridge of their nose and they will go away. (Especially if you hit them hard enough to break it)A neighbor's two pugs have gone after me while I've been in my front yard. Spraying them with a hose does nothing. They just dodge the stream and continue with mock charges to a couple of feet from me while barking angrily and growling.
I seriously doubt that one can lawfully destroy a dog, or any other property, simply because it is on your property. Find out what the laws are where your property is situated.
Good. But your post was not at all clear on that, and a prosecutor could use it with great effect.I was not talking about the dog simply being on the property.
Do you know upon whom the burden of proof to support such a perception would fall?In this state, if a dog is a perceived to be a threat (ie, it is causing risk to humans or other animals), deadly force can be use (humanely) without incurring risk of civil liability and without violation of animal cruelty laws.
Good. But your post was not at all clear on that, and a prosecutor could use it with great effect.
Do you know upon whom the burden of proof to support such a perception would fall?