Dog attack

[JeffG]

Just another example of being ready for the bizarre and unexpected, and being ready to fight with whatever is available (and having your weapon ready for use and on your body) can't be understated.

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[.308 Norma]

as a good friend said to me( DOGS DON,T BITE, UNTILL THEY DO). where little children get into trouble is, that they don,t know better and think all dogs are like the friendly mutt next door and go right up to them and try to pet or play with them.

That's it exactly, eastbank.
From what I heard about that German Shepard that attacked my nephew (post #25 this thread) he was actually chained to his doghouse, and my 4 or 5 year-old nephew had to have gotten within the reach of that chain - probably to "pet or play" with him, just like you said.
The results were the same as if the dog was running loose though - hundreds of stitches to my nephew's back, neck and head, a couple of weeks in the hospital, they never did find part of my nephew's ear, and to this day (50 years later) my nephew is scared crapless of dogs - especially German Shepards.
I guess some people might claim that my nephew had to have been trespassing on the neighbor's property to have gotten within the reach of the dog's chain, or that my sister and her husband should have been paying closer attention to their kid. But I know this - if I left a loaded gun laying outside on top of the doghouse, and one of our neighbor's grandkids wandered over here, picked up that gun and proceeded to hurt or kill himself or someone else, the media would be all over it. And even though we have the best neighbors in the world, their kids would probably sue me for everything I have - and I'd deserve it.
BTW, before anyone gets the wrong idea - I LOVE dogs. My wife and I don't happen to have one right now because we lost our beloved little Cocker/Springer cross (Ruger) last year. But I'm 75 now, and except for the 4 years I spent on active duty in the Navy, I think this last year has been the longest time in my life I've been without at least one dog around. My wife's the same way.
I know there are dogs in heaven - it wouldn't be heaven without dogs.

 

[wayneinFL]

Um, so what's your answer then, if you're out for your evening perambulation, and you're confronted with a large aggressive dog, that's escaped his yard and is on the public road, giving off attack indicators that even a member of The Squad could read?


Are you then contending that you must be able to display numerous deep punctures and tears from doggie teeth around your femoral artery or neck to have to "prove" your life was in danger?

You might be surprised at some people's irrational love for animals. I don't know if it has changed with time, or there are different attitudes in different places.

In the 70s in Indiana our German Shepard got onto a neighbor's farm and was shot. Same thing with our dachshund. The neighbor told my dad the dachshund was sniffing at his cows, and that was the end of it.

20 years ago in Palm Beach County, somebody's pet tiger- not a German Shepard, not a pit bull- a full grown 600 pound TIGER was shot by an FWC officer. It ran loose in rural Palm Beach County for 26 hours, until the officer walked up on it in thick brush.

There were 200 people at a candlelight vigil for the poor dead harmless tiger. Why did they have to shoot it? The officer "fired five shots with an M-4 rifle, killing the tiger", sending the owner "into a spiral of grief".

REMEMBER when Bobo, the 600-pound tiger, escaped in Palm Beach County?

This story originally appeared in The Palm Beach Post on July 13, 2005. By MARK SCHWED Palm Beach Post Staff Writer One year ago, a 600-pound tiger - the pet of a former Tarzan actor - was …

www.palmbeachpost.com

 

[FL-NC]

Normally, when accused of a crime, you could just say you didn't do it and that would put the burden of proof on the state. In a case like this, to claim self-defense or defense of property, you would have to admit to shooting the dog which essentially destroys your ability claim that you didn't do it. So you will start out admitting to an act that looks like a crime--leaving the burden of proof on you to show that what you did was justified under the law.

This is what I pay Mike (my attorney's name) to do- explain things and ask other people quaestions. If I have the right to reamin silent, I will gladly exercise that right.

 

[bearcreek]

That's what we do here; we make everything complicated.

Man, ain't that the truth? Never really thought I'd have somebody argue with me about shooting a dog that was attacking people.

 

[plainsdrifter]

Besides dogs out here in the boonies we have Javelina aka large rats that look like pigs, literally. They will chase you especially if your walking your dog. They think dogs are coyotes. Plus a coyote recently chased a guy on his bicycle and nipped at his feet.

 

[Phaedrus/69]

I love dogs (all animals really) but they can be dangerous and unpredictable. Lurking deep down in every dog from GSD down to Chihuahua is wolf DNA boiling below the surface. One dog is often fine but like humans they're dangerous in groups/mobs. When I was a kid I had the sweetest mutt, mostly Blue Healer, genuinely the nicest dog you could imagine, loved humans, seemingly wouldn't hurt a fly. But she would run with a pack of strays attack sheep or other livestock! Dogs have powerful instincts which is one reason we love them but the same traits that make them loyao companions can make them dangerous opponents in the wrong situation.

 

[InTheSwamp]

You might be surprised at some people's irrational love for animals. I don't know if it has changed with time, or there are different attitudes in different places.

In the 70s in Indiana our German Shepard got onto a neighbor's farm and was shot. Same thing with our dachshund. The neighbor told my dad the dachshund was sniffing at his cows, and that was the end of it.

20 years ago in Palm Beach County, somebody's pet tiger- not a German Shepard, not a pit bull- a full grown 600 pound TIGER was shot by an FWC officer. It ran loose in rural Palm Beach County for 26 hours, until the officer walked up on it in thick brush.

There were 200 people at a candlelight vigil for the poor dead harmless tiger. Why did they have to shoot it? The officer "fired five shots with an M-4 rifle, killing the tiger", sending the owner "into a spiral of grief".

REMEMBER when Bobo, the 600-pound tiger, escaped in Palm Beach County?

This story originally appeared in The Palm Beach Post on July 13, 2005. By MARK SCHWED Palm Beach Post Staff Writer One year ago, a 600-pound tiger - the pet of a former Tarzan actor - was …

www.palmbeachpost.com

A month ago, this gator showed up with a body of this woman in its mouth. Cops killed it yet had to explain the gator was "humanely" killed. You know, to avoid hurting candlelight vigil souls.

Florida woman found in alligator’s jaws was arrested for trespassing two months ago

Sabrina Peckham, 41, was identified by police as the victim being dragged by the beast in a canal along a residential street in Largo.

nypost.com

 

[eastbank]

you think the laws here are twisted, read about tigers in india. they have to kill several people before the government with send a government officer-professional hunter to hunt it down. they have issue a death sentence on it, in the mean time the maneater goes about its killing. in one case the maneater killed over 20 people before in was killed. 99 percent of the people are defencless(no firearms) with out any means to kill the cat, they have been known to go right into their huts-homes and drag a person out into the yard and eat them.

 

[Jeff White]

I think we’ve strayed off topic long enough.