I don’t like it when the police shoot dogs.
But this guy seems to have done an especially bad job of making sure his dog behaved.
Yeah, the death of the dog is the owners fault.
In several situations, the guy did nothing to control his dog.
That “hovering over a small dog” could have turned out very badly for the small dog.... but, according to the owner, that’s just how his dog plays.
What an idiot!
I jog while being chased by dogs. Dogs rank low.
Shoot that dog if threatened. Owner should have got traning.
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I have a Shepherd and a very large yard (7 acres) and usually don't have a problem. I never let her go outside un-tethered unless I'm with her. She has unfortunately decided to chase a couple of rabbits off the property and I've had to go out in the car to find her, its scary. She is a wonderful, gentle as can be sweetheart but her bark sounds awful and would scare the crap out of anybody. If a cop were to shoot her I think it would kill me.
I have a training collar on her now, even on the leash I don't let her out without the collar being on and tested. The collar has a beep mode and vibrate mode and a shock mode. I took the shock mode off so she couldn't be accidentally shocked. When she hears the beep or feels the vibrate even when chasing a varmint she stops and comes running back.
If you have an animal you love you better treat it responsibly or you could lose it, but, I have no time for cops that kill dogs. They have so many other means to stop a dog attack they don't need to kill it. Use your baton, club or taser, fine the owner but don't kill a dog, that is just stupid. For an animal control officer to be in a position to have to kill an animal is triple stupid.
Agreed.