Bad dog! Hello? 911?

[Josey]

My mother was out for a morning walk. A monstrous black dog chased her home. I went out and looked around, no dog. A couple of hours later my siding contractor was yelling for me to call 911. I figured one of them fell off of a ladder. I went out and I saw the hound of the Baskervilles!! This looked like a cross between Marmaduke and a gargoyle. It was HUGE! The dog had been in a fight nd was bleeding and in a bad temper. It had run the siding crew into their truck. One of the crew told me he hit it with a flat bar and it growled at him. I figured this to be a tough dog. I grabbed my H&R 22 and my BHP for back up. I called 911 and told them there was a vicious dog trying to bite people and gave my address. I told 911 I would shoot the dog if it threatened anyone. The dispatcher said Animal Control would be on the way. Animal Control is operated by the county jail here. Trustee prisoners are sent out in a county truck with a cage to pick up animals. They arrived after about 15 minutes. The first thing that popped into my head was Laurel and Hardy. One guy started calling the dog and patting his leg. No way. The other guy went to look the dog over. The dog bit him. The second guy goes back to the truck to get the tranq pistol. The first guy gets the stick with a noose on the end. He can't figure out how it works! The dog bites the second guy again as he gets in range to shoot it with a tranq dart. The second guy figures out how the stick works and collars the dog. The dog pulls hard and slips the noose. A chase runs over three yards until the tranq kicks in. The two guys had to then haul the dog back to the truck and put it in the cage. They then left to take the dog to the vet for testing and treatment. The guy that got bit went to the ER and then they went back to jail. The odd thing for me was that no police units responded at all. The siding contractors thought that odd too.

 

[TallPine]

Doesn't pay to go to jail in your county, does it?

You did get this on video didn't you ..... DIDN'T YOU .....?

 

[Foreign Devil]

Scary

So what is the best thing to do if attacked by a vicious dog, assuming that you cannot get away to safety and do not have a gun?

 

[Vern Humphrey]

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So what is the best thing to do if attacked by a vicious dog, assuming that you cannot get away to safety and do not have a gun?
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The safest thing to do is to HAVE a gun -- and carry it!

If you live in a locale where you can't have or carry a gun, the safest thing to do is work to defeat the politicians who are violating your rights -- BEFORE the dog shows up.

 

[Vermonter]

Show no fear, start yelling at it, and start kicking it if that's your only weapon.

Been an avid bike rider for many years in farm country. I don't try to outrun them, I stop and let them know I'm not to be messed with. Never had to go past the yelling. Really blows their mind when you chase them back to their yard.

 

[Vern Humphrey]

I was training a young horse and a rotweiller came out after us.

Normally, I just have the horse face the dog, and start forward -- this dog was savvy. He came straight ahead, veered at the last moment, and went for my horse's back legs.

I knew I was in for a bad time -- but there was a sudden THUMP!, a howl, and the dog ran off on three legs.

The horse had a smile on his face for the rest of the day.

 

[c_yeager]

Trustee prisoners are sent out in a county truck with a cage to pick up animals.

This is insane.

 

[proven]

i know this was a serious situation, but reading it and picturing this made me lol. just sounds pretty comical.

 

[Preacherman]

It helps to remember that dogs are often a lot tougher than humans when it comes to absorbing damage. I've seen dogs take up to half-a-dozen hits from major-caliber handguns (.357 Magnum, .45 ACP, etc.) before going down or stopping their attack. A small caliber is unlikely to stop them unless you hit the brain or spine.

 

[Kestrel]

This looked like a cross between Marmaduke and a gargoyle.

Hahaha! What a sight! Kind of sounds like a dog I saw in someone's backyard that was one of the ugliest, meanest looking dogs I've ever seen. I think it was called something like a Fila Brazilia. It was a dark, brindled brown color and his eyes looked yellow-orange. It seemed like his whole faced was sagging. I was told they were originally bred to hunt down escaped slaves in some other country (Brazil?).

The thought of inmates chasing down dangerous dogs just strikes me as funny. Seems like good justice...

Steve

 

[sturmruger]

Does anyone find it odd that the county jail is sending out prisoners with a tranq gun that will stop a 100lb dog. They also have cages and restraints.!!!! Whats to stop them from tranquilizing some nice young lady and taking her back to the shop???

That is the stupidest thing I have ever heard.

 

[PATH]

I am still laughing! What county does this? Almost makes me want to pay a visit with a dog. Hell, I'd pay for that kind of slapstick comedy. Witless county jail inmates let loose with a tranq. gun and the intelligence of a flea!
Yup! Sounds like the makings of good comedy to me!

 

[The_Antibubba]

I'm with sturmruger!!



Talk about the inmates running the asylum! Tell me, do they let the moonshiners go to the taverns to check on the liquor licenses, too?


Josey, you are never allowed to make a California joke again. Because this tops anything you could come up with.

 

[Kharn]

"Trustee prisoners" used to be the "trustworthy" members of the prison community, they were used to lead work details back when prisoners actually had to do work rather than pump iron all day. I hope they still have the same standards today.

Kharn

 

[Standing Wolf]

You pay tax dollars to live there?

 

[Josey]

Get ready for this, the jailer is a convicted felon! He robbed a post office and did federal time. He was elected jailer by the voters. We have a tough as nails female judge here. She has NO trouble putting people in jail. The county makes the inmates work for their board. They do. Mowing, construction, clean-up, tree planting, washing and waxing fire and sheriffs units, road work, animal control, putting up signs and helping deliver meals on wheels. If you draw a year in the county jail, you are glad to get out of jail.

 

[litman252]

Are you sure they don't reload ammunition and rebuild pistols also???


Tony

 

[Black92LX]

So what is the best thing to do if attacked by a vicious dog, assuming that you cannot get away to safety and do not have a gun?

stop stand firm and be loud. if it comes at you kick it or knee it as hard as you can in the chest to knock the wind out of it. crack it on the head on the head at the same time if you can.

i had to smash a full recycling bin on a dogs head once he took off pretty quick.

 

[angrywalkindude]

Drop the hammer and get out the shovel.

 

[NozlerAtClemson]

My understanding (no experience) is something like what they said about standing up to the dog. If it comes to a real fight, do like above with head. If you end up on the ground, just go 'balls to the walls' and never stop until the dogs stops or one of you is did. Poke it's eye out with your finger/thumb, bend its leg some direction it wasn't designed to go, or try to roll over on it and knee it to death.