How would you handle this?

[Grandpa Shooter]

With the possible exception of the name-drop at the end (cops hate this), sounds like you guys did fine.

If I had in any way attempted to influence their actions by mentioning any previous or current friendship or affiliation, that would have been wrong and in some cases criminal. My comments are the end were my compliment to the boys for their handling of the situation. No harm done.

 

[phydaux]

I don't know how to do quotes,


"What would I do? I'd tell my son to get rid of the pit bull. They are nothing but problems and I've never seen one that could be trusted not to go berserk and chew something up."

+10K


"Pitbulls are not inherently dangerous, any more than any other breed is. Anyone who tells you differently is either buying into the hype, or not training their dog properly. If anything, pit bulls are more friendly to humans than other breeds."

BS!:banghead:

If you want the facts;

http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/duip/dogbreeds.pdf


phydaux

 

[Grey_Mana]

Pitbull off leash is asking for trouble. Say a 5 year-old runs up and pops it with a stick for no reason, and then gets hurt or dies. Your son spends the next 5-7 in jail, life falls apart, never be able to own a gun or have a good job again. Not worth it.

I don't know where you live, but in the People's Communist Republic of Maryland I would have advised your son not to come out of the apartment (showing his wounds + admission of guilt = ticket and dog's death). I'd expect both owners to get tickets for dogs off leash, huge fines for allowing dog fighting (I think it might even be a D class felony), and another ticket for getting hurt (ie if your dog leaves a mark on you, it assaulted you and that is your fault again). I'd have advised not talking to the cops right away.

Sounds like you did a great job handling the situation as it came; I wish I had a better command presence.

 

[tpaw]

Grandpa Shooter states:

Not doing something is just as hard as doing something in many cases. He is 24, not 14. While I can and will "make" a 14 year old do something I believe to be the best course of action, there is no way my son can be his own person and have me make him do anything.

If you were presented with that situation, and realized you had no gun, how would you have handled it?

In your original post, I don't recall you asking, or you son saying, that he would not go to the hospital.
Also, the police did not do their job very well. It was their responsibility to ask your son if he wanted to go to the hospital.
Finally, you ask a question, how would you have handled it? and I answered it. Perhaps not the answer you wanted to hear, but I responded to your question.........

PS- I hope all turns out well for you, your son and his dog.

 

[Treo]

Now that people are arguing about pit bulls this thread has jumped the shark

 

[Grandpa Shooter]

I don't know where you live, but in the People's Communist Republic of Maryland I would have advised your son not to come out of the apartment (showing his wounds + admission of guilt = ticket and dog's death). I'd expect both owners to get tickets for dogs off leash, huge fines for allowing dog fighting (I think it might even be a D class felony), and another ticket for getting hurt (ie if your dog leaves a mark on you, it assaulted you and that is your fault again). I'd have advised not talking to the cops right away.

I live in a free state not one of the enslaved Eastern state. Someone can correct me if they believe I am wrong but in this state, if there is no injured party, there is no crime. Both of the young men declined pressing charges, therefore in the eyes of the law, there was no "injured party". The dogs were not released by their owners for the purpose of having a dog fight, they both neglected to have a leash ON their dog.

Falls into the category of "No harm, no foul"

 

[jrfoxx]

I think you did very well, as is evidenced by the end results.good job to you and the son for using you brains (sadly, that trait is getting rarer and rarer).

As to how I would have handled it? I would hope the same as you. But, I'm not a dog person, and dont have one, and dont ever plan too, so my only dog encounter would be a dog attacking me, which is entirely different, but I try to avoid dogs liek the plague, so hopefully that never comes up either.