Someone shot one of our dogs this afternoon (vanity)

Self | 28 Sep 04 | SLB

[Cedar]

That's too bad. Some people are just downright mean.

[SLB]

What is your spin? Do we go to the local law? Some took a shot at our above ground pool a couple of years ago.

[bikepacker67]

She is a tri-color beagle who is the greatest escape artist from our yard we have seen.

Have you tried a dog run?

Look I'm not condoning some A-hole taking a pot-shot at your beloved beagle (I'm a hopeless dog lover) but really the responsibility falls on you not to let your canine run loose.

[SLB]

Nelly (the beagle) is eating up the attention the kids are giving her this evening. We had roast beast (beef) for dinner and she got a better cut than I did. She is now snoozing on the floor in front of Hanity and Combs getting her dose of Fox News.

[newzjunkey]

Why don't you CONTROL YOUR DOG. Problem solved.

[afnamvet]

I would report it to the police.

[SLB]

Look I'm not condoning some A-hole taking a pot-shot at your beloved beagle (I'm a hopeless dog lover) but really the responsibility falls on you not to let your canine run loose.

And I fully accept the responsibility. We have more than one dog and a very large fenced in yard so they have plenty of room to run. She just likes the grass on the other side of the fence. We used to have an electronic fence, but she was so afraid of getting shocked she would not go outside, so we took it down. Guess we need to put it back into operation. Better to have her shocked than shot.

[MEG33]

((((((Nelly)))))

Sorry your Nelly was shot...I know she's getting all the TLC she needs!

[TheMom]

Our precious puppy was also a great escape artist, not matter what we would do he would find a way to get out.

A silly solution I heard about recently was to tie one end of long rope to the collar and an empty milk jug to the other end. Even if the dog gets out, he can't go far.

Hope your puppy recovers quickly and the shooter gets boils on his butt!!

[Squantos]

Sorry bout yer pup SLB..... sorrier still for the diversional blame for yer dog getting shot. The ...If the banks didn't have all that money then poor Billy wouldn't have robbed it... crowd.

Stay safe !

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Maybe, but that doesn't give someone the right to shoot it necessarily. There may also be laws against discharging a weapon in city limits. Heck, here you can't even fire a slingshot legally.

So someone may have broken a law by shooting the animal. Are there leash laws there? I dunno.

[mdittmar]

Your dog can run, jump and play - free to be a dog - and you can rest easy knowing your family is safe. That is total peace of mind. That is the Invisible Fence Solution.

[MagnumRancid]

Never knew of a beagle that wasn't an escape artist, had a couple myself, great dogs, especially around kids except for their wanderlust. Put your electric fence back up. Like you said, "Better shocked than shot".

We recently lost our 11 year old shepard, Heidi, to a copperhead bite, so I guess I'm a little touchy. I trust that G-d will see that the SOB that shot your Nelly gets what he/she deserves.

Good Luck.

[Diddle E. Squat]

A silly solution I heard about recently was to tie one end of long rope to the collar and an empty milk jug to the other end. Even if the dog gets out, he can't go far.

That's creative problem-solving! One thing though, make sure the rope is long enough so that if the dog jumps the fence it doesn't hang itself.

[Rebelbase]

Har! You called the cavalry at #3. Poor guy's house will be burned down, his children taken as yours and his yard plowed up and salted.

[aft_lizard]

Not to sound mean, I am a bigtime pet lover and owner. But when a strange dog meanders into my yard and doesnt leave and acts like he wants to bite, I wont hesitate for a minute to pelt him with a BB gun. I have lost two priceless persian cats to wandering dogs. I have 7 dogs,3 cats, 1 pot bellied pig, 1 macaw(used to have two, one died two weeks ago), 11 snakes and 5 turtles and not a single one of them have ever escaped my yard, some have escaped there cages like the snakes though.

[Cedar]

"But when a strange dog meanders into my yard and doesnt leave and acts like he wants to bite, I wont hesitate for a minute to pelt him with a BB gun."

I've heard that spraying a dog with a water hose gets them to go away.

Surely there are other ways besides having to shoot them. Try a fog horn, anything....

[Ciexyz]

some teenager who thinks it's funny to take pot shots with his BB gun?

[gcruse]

There may also be laws against discharging a weapon in city limits

A BB gun????   I never knew your wimp quotient was that high.   I had a neighbor who let his dog run free.  When I saw the dog lifting his leg on my garage pillor, I sent him a little BB action in the belly.  Don't recall him coming around any more, much.