[Petronski]

I may not be the smartest card in the deck at times but, even I know what “helicoptering” means - without the definition! I used to do it with my girls when they were small - holding their hands, of course!

That's just it, though. By the hands (or paws), not all that harmful. By a leash around the neck, obviously very harmful.

Has anyone taken notice of the fact reported on Fox News this morning that the dog was checked out by a vet after the incident and was found to be physically unharmed?

[My hearts in London - Everett]

The operative word here being "physically", correct???

Let me ask you something? Do you own a dog? Did you train it by kicking it? Do you think that kicking, hitting, etc. are ok "training methods"? I'm just trying to figure out where you're coming from on this. On one hand you say being swung around by the neck on a leash "obviously very harmful" but, then you say the dog was found to be "physically unharmed" implying that kicking the dog was not harmful in any way and was, therefore, ok.

[Crim]

“Has anyone taken notice of the fact reported on Fox News this morning that the dog was checked out by a vet after the incident and was found to be physically unharmed?”

Your point?

Does that somehow absolve the officer in your mind?

Do you regularly support animal abusers...or only when they are cops?

Or are you making the same claim as the officer...this is not abuse but a valid “training technique”...