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I'm just having flashbacks. We had a neighbor who had a dog that someone reported was running the heifers that live nearby. Personally, I have a hard time believing it, even now. She was a lazy basset cross that rarely left the porch even to come get petted - I can't see her chasing heifers. Meanwhile, the neighbor who pointed the finger at her had a shepherd cross that ran wild allll the time - used to come up to our house and steal things, too. He destroyed my brother's teddy bear he'd had since he was a baby when John left it unattended for a few minutes, along with other toys and shoes, too.

In any case, the family with the basset cross finally decided to shoot her, because the farmer and the neighbor with the shepherd were hassling them about her all the time, and I guess they were convinced she was sneaking off and getting into trouble. I don't know...there must have been more proof than that, I hope, but as a kid it just seemed wrong in every way. The wife did the shooting...and shot her in the face without killing her. Someone else had to finish the job. I didn't witness the shooting, but even after fifteen years or so, it makes me sick just thinking about it.