Not even safe in your own gated yard.
Too bad dogs can't shoot back like we can.
I think shooting a dog is customary.
Cops have the power to violate your property and shoot your dog in the left eye, but USA cannot violate Bin Laden’s property and shoot him in between his eyes. Strange times.
Since when? You mean the government has free rule to wreck your house without so much as fair compensation?
Did cops killing dogs only recently become newsworthy, or did cops manage to survive for years and years up until fairly recently without killing family pets?
LEO’s had better get their heads out of their asses and get some training in animal behavior. This horseshit has got to stop.
Tough choice for a police officer......But did the dog have physical contact with the officer ?
The officer’s doing his job. But the dog’s doing his job as well.......The human - and presummably rational half of this event - needs must recognize he’s the “invader” into the dog’s territory. It may be the seond such experience in a short time frame confounded by lights’ sirens, stressed human voices to which the dog is sensitive.
Too many folks are completely ignorant of dog behaviors that are ingrained. Worse a lot of “pet owners” ignorantly or intentionally manipulate a dog’s innate responses in ways creating behavorial conflicts. >PS
"Donuts are property too and we're not responsible for donut damage."
I have SECURITY DOG and BEWARE OF DOG signs on my 10 ft wrought iron fence. That is meant to warn off potential burglars and the signs are an abject lie. I have 3 Jack Russel Terrorist and a big fat lazy hound dog. I worry that police or firemen would take the signs at face value and kill my pups. The only real danger from my dogs is if a police or fireman had a sandwich in his pocket. The dogs would take him down and lick him horribly until he gave up the sandwich.
Well, if they consider dogs property does this mean they cannot pass laws that tell you what you can do with them, ie, mandatory spay/neuter? I bet not....
but the usual suspects are out in force. From this it would appear that the dog lunged, the cop shot. Maybe bad policework, I don't know, but I wasn't there. We have a lot of instant experts here on FR and a lot of Police Haters. I really am beginning to think we have some FReepers who must have a reason to have law enforcement. I love dogs, but if a big lab lunged at me, I might consider it an attack. Who knows, that's not much info to go on. Was the dog justified? Well, yeah, it was his yard, but does that mean any human in his right mind just sits back and gets bitten? BTW lots of labs WILL BITE. At one point they were number one time they were ranked number one in bites.
Terrible story. Hope the dog heals well.