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Man Dies Following Argument Over Dog Urine
CBS 47 ^
| 2/20/2006
Posted on 02/21/2006 9:06:39 PM PST by MRMEAN
A New York City man died after he got in an argument with a neighbor over his miniature schnauzer urinating on the neighbor's azaleas.
Eighty-five-year-old Otto Mittler was walking his dog Max, who urinated on the bushes at the end of the driveway. Then 84-year-old Joseph Marsala grabbed a garden hose and sprayed the dog with water, resulting in Mittler charging the neighbor, the New York Daily News reported Sunday.
He came at me like gangbusters, Marsala said. He gave me a shot to the jaw and I shoved him. He went down.
Mittler broke his hip Wednesday and died Friday following surgery, a police source told the News.
Police are investigating the case. An autopsy has been ordered.
TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: dog; dogshot; reallypissed
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posted on
02/21/2006 9:06:40 PM PST
by
MRMEAN
To: MRMEAN
Sounds like Homicide to me.
2
posted on
02/21/2006 9:07:51 PM PST
by
ozoneliar
("The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots & tyrants" -T.J.)
To: MRMEAN
hmm open and shut case of a p*ssing contest gone bad.
To: MRMEAN
Very sad story...how much damage can a miniature dog do to an Azelea bush, for goodness sakes?
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posted on
02/21/2006 9:08:59 PM PST
by
basil
(Exercise your Second Amendment--buy another gun today!)
To: MRMEAN
How much pee can a miniature schnauzer produce anyway?
Doggie ping!
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posted on
02/21/2006 9:10:01 PM PST
by
RushCrush
(God. Guns. Texas. Hunting.)
To: MRMEAN
I call BS. Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau are both dead.
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posted on
02/21/2006 9:10:03 PM PST
by
RichInOC
(...I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I just couldn't resist.)
To: MRMEAN
85 and 84, lots of piss and vinegar left in those two at that age, sorry to hear it had to end for both of them this way.
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posted on
02/21/2006 9:10:15 PM PST
by
NormsRevenge
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To: ozoneliar
I don't think so. Sounds like he brought it on himself.
8
posted on
02/21/2006 9:18:22 PM PST
by
Homer1
To: MRMEAN
Eighty-five-year-old Otto Mittler was walking his dog Max, who urinated on the bushes at the end of the driveway. Then 84-year-old Joseph Marsala grabbed a garden hose and sprayed the dog with water, resulting in Mittler charging the neighbor, the New York Daily News reported Sunday.Well, seems like one of them was pissed...
9
posted on
02/21/2006 9:19:16 PM PST
by
JRios1968
(A DUmmie troll's motto: "Non cogito, ergo zot")
To: MRMEAN
miniature schnauzerDarwinism has its limits.
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posted on
02/21/2006 9:21:34 PM PST
by
quantim
(If the Constitution were perfect it wouldn't have included the Senate.)
To: quantim
It's a glorified bloody cat!!!
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posted on
02/21/2006 9:26:09 PM PST
by
Aussie Dasher
(The Great Ronald Reagan & John Paul II - Heaven's Dream Team!)
To: Homer1
I don't think so. Sounds like he brought it on himself. From a legal prospective he's screwed. He's facing assault and Homicide charges;he'll also be screwed financially for a wrongful death suit. Defending your dog is not a valid defense for murder. The best he can hope for is that its gets downgraded to manslaughter.
12
posted on
02/21/2006 9:26:40 PM PST
by
ozoneliar
("The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots & tyrants" -T.J.)
To: Aussie Dasher
First the cat-stab argument, and now this!
13
posted on
02/21/2006 9:29:46 PM PST
by
jwalburg
(If I have not seen as far as others, it is because of the giants standing on my shoulders.)
To: ozoneliar
From reading the article, he was defending himself.
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posted on
02/21/2006 9:39:34 PM PST
by
Homer1
To: Homer1
From reading the article, he was defending himself. I retract my previous statements I misread the article. I thought the guy who got assaulted died.
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posted on
02/21/2006 9:43:24 PM PST
by
ozoneliar
("The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots & tyrants" -T.J.)
To: ozoneliar
I retract my previous statements I misread the article.Well, that's a pisser...
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posted on
02/21/2006 10:04:14 PM PST
by
JRios1968
(A DUmmie troll's motto: "Non cogito, ergo zot")
To: ozoneliar
Especially when you are defending your dog from the trauma of being sprayed with a water hose.
To: MRMEAN
To: Echo Talon
Yep, it's getting out of hand. Last night there was a thread about two old broads getting into a fight over a cat where one of them ended up dead. Now, it's two even older guys fighting to the death over dog piss.
To: Emmett McCarthy
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