I am so tired of this crap. People today and the police are such wussies.
Yes, there are bad dogs that attack and kill but most are NOT that way. I also get irritated with people for not keeping a better eye on their dogs when they let them out, even in a fenced backyard. Keep people safe and your animal safe!
When I grew up most dogs in my neighborhood were not in a fenced yard, they roamed. There were some houses where the dogs would chase you and bark, nip, etc.
One house had two Samoyed dogs, we would get peddling as fast as we could and then lift our feet as we approached that house! There were a few houses like that, but usually we had our dog running with us and it would cut the other dogs off.
People now seem stupid scared of dogs. A few months ago we heard a woman screaming bloody murder, she caused us to go out front and a truck to stop.
What was it that had her screaming? A dog. She insisted the dog was trying to attack her, the dog was standing at the corner, just looking at her, like the idiot she was. The dog was probably about 40 yds away from her.
The dog wasn’t barking and wasn’t acting vicious...just stopped to watch her act a fool. Also, that’s probably an action that is most likely to get a person in trouble with an animal. The dog went back to whatever business it was on and we just turned around and went back inside. Silly woman.
I can’t believe police are so quick to shoot, can’t they use pepper spray or something? Anyhow, I hope the woman sues the socks off the police dept, I hope more people start doing that so that police aren’t quite so trigger happy. Sad, sad, sad.
I was a mailman for 10 years. Dogs, even the obnoxious ones on the loose are NOT a threat.
I’ve been nipped at, but NEVER once had to shoot one.
They gave us spray, which was not very effective.
My never-fail solution? Doggie treats. Worked EVERY time.
Cops shoot dogs because they’re being “Rambo” on easy targets. Period.
There’s NO excuse for it. Like another poster said: They’re practicing for when it’s US they can kill on a whim.
“People now seem stupid scared of dogs.”
Simple cause and effect.
Because of all the bargain basement histrionics spewed every time some ‘scary dog’ bites somebody, somewhere, people have been brainwashed into a “killer pit bull” state of mind.
The MSM has succeeded.
Dogs have been demonized.
Meanwhile, sodomites and pedophiles are grabbing children every day but no one mentions that because they’re a protected class.