[SgtHooper]

I grew up on a farm. ANY dog that did such things would be shot IMMEDIATLEY, by the owner or neighbors. And we as neighbors to one another knew we were authorized to do so to ANY dog with such disposition.

[niteowl77]

I grew up on a farm. ANY dog that did such things would be shot IMMEDIATLEY, by the owner or neighbors.

That was the way I remember it where I grew up. It didn't matter if the dog had been pretty much exemplary up to that point; it was dispatched without much talk or visible remorse.