I love dogs, but this dog was loose. A loose big dog on the street. One that this family thinks is a benefit to the whole neighborhood, so he's probably loose all the time. I have a feeling in real life, he's a hazard, and a neighborhood nuisance, and they're lucky they hadn't lost him already to a car. Loose dogs in suburban neighborhoods don't mix.
Wow, I never thought I'd see this. Hairofthedog not defending a dog no matter what the situation...amazing.
I agree with you that the situation as you describe it is bad. You're right on another post. We don't know all of the facts. For all we know, there was an invisible fence or nothing at all. Still...the officer fired his weapon in what could be a suburban neighborhood and he is lucky he didn't shoot more than the family dog.
The initial complaint was suspicion of having firearms. Not a loose dog. But don't let facts slow you down...
Guy down the road from me has these 2 dirty mutts that he lets run loose. Was deer hunting a few months back and the dogs saw me up in the tree. Both of them stared barking up the tree. After 20 minutes they finally went away. I went back to the house and drove over to this guys house and let him have the business. I told him that if I see his dogs on my property ever again that I was going to shoot them. Those 2 dogs have been on leashes ever since.
"I love dogs, but this dog was loose. A loose big dog on the street."
Really? What makes you say that?