>>The Bullocks admit they were at fault for leaving their dog outside, and are sorry the officer was bitten, but they say their dog was not a vicious animal and had never bitten anyone before.<<
Yes, they were at fault. I have a 10 pound Papillon that I would not leave outside. Bigger dogs, hawks or idiots can hurt them.
Apparently an idiot got this pup. It’s very, very sad and I hope that the officer gets sued in small claims for this. And suspended.
They were at fault for leaving him (a 5 pound dog) on the front porch?
What are you smoking? Or more to the point, show me the statute which makes this illegal.
Yes. My wife & I have small terriers, too. Not as small as this little guy, but still qualify as a 'short-legged terrier'. They constantly 'test' the fence for weak-spots. Every year I need to check the bottom of the chainlink fence to see where the ground either heaved or subsided. Add chickenwire to cover any new gaps, and so forth.
And with all that you still need to worry about a bigger dog, or a rabid fox getting IN. Owls & hawks are a constant threat.
All that being said, I wonder which is a bigger threat to public safety: a 5-lb. Jack Russell Terrier on the loose, or a police officer discharging his weapon 3 times at a target located on someone's front porch?
This spring, we had a Golden eagle in the area.
While out with my dogs, I noticed this HUGE bird lazily circling overhead.
Ignoring the 4 big Ibizans running around, the bird focused on the smaller Portuguese Podengo Medio and began that heart-stopping slow-motion downward spiral directly over her.
I screamed like a banshee, ran out waving my arms but the bird kept coming.
I almost gave my little PPM a heart attack because I ran out and snatched her up before the it got to her.
She’s 18” at the shoulder and weighs 30 pounds.
I seriously believe it intended to kill her.
I know the rest of the pack would have jumped on the eagle instantly but that wouldn’t do her much good if she’d already been skewered and gutted.
The neighbors have a tiny Parson’s JRT that they leave out unattended and we warned them about the bird.
After about a week of us all watching this thing circling our neighborhood every day, it apparently gave up and went elsewhere.
[but the stray cats that wandered our area have not been seen since]