I usually resent the cops shooting dogs but loose Pit Bulls is another story.
Three nights ago we were walking our Chihuahua Coco on a leash down the street in our neighborhood and all of a sudden maybe 75 yards away I see this large white Pit Bull running loose down by the lake. We know this dog as it trapped our neighbor, his hound dog and daughter up in a yard one night last year. So we stopped and very slowly were turning to go back to the house. That dog spotted us all the way from the lake and started heading for us barking and challenging us. I told Mr. GG2 just pull out the .40 cal and shoot it. So I picked up our dog and started back to the house and Mr. GG2 God love him charged at the dog yelling at it and took off. But its yuge and if it came after you and you were not armed you would get killed.
One of these days the people that own that dog are going to jail when it attacks some kid while running loose. Or its going to come in our yard and Mr. GG2 is going to shoot it. Where are the cops when you need them. LOL!
I own a mixed-breed pittie and she is the sweetest, gentlest dog I have ever known.
I think any kind of vicious dog running around loose is fair game for the cops.
When my son was either four or five, I saw him running as hard as he could from a big dog that was chasing him. I started running directly to that dog (and I was a medal winning running champion at college).
I knew I was going to kill that dog with my bare hands when I got to him (adrenalin killer mode). The dog saw me running toward him and he knew he was dead if I got there, so he screeched to a halt, turned and took off.
How did the dog know I would kill him? I was staring into his eyes without blinking as I ran and transmitting his death to him eye ball to eye ball. I’m sure :o) he was also calculating the speed of my run and he thought, “Oh, s-—, she can outrun me.”
Really, when a mom sees her kid in actual danger, no one is safe from that mom until the kid is safe.
I have a 4 lb. Yorkie, she was on a leash and the neighbor across the street had her much larger Dachshund on a leash. We met to talk and her dog started charging my Yorkie. My Yorkie started trembling and flattened herself on the ground to be as small as she could be. I immediately picked her up and kept holding her as long as the lady and I talked.
Now, she made no effort to correct the dog from charging. Had he been my dog, he would have been corrected.