He made the right decision in shooting the dogs. In this dark day and age, wild dogs are considered more valuable than children. It’s good to see that some will stand up for the kids.
Exactly.
He made a mistake not shooting the 2nd on his property.
That may haunt him.
The heck he did. That bastard was looking for trouble. I don't buy the SOB's story for a second. You conveniently missed the part where he threatened to kill the dogs. Had my neighbor done that to my dogs, in my yard or his, he'd find himself on the receiving end of some bullets.
Good for him. If people want to keep their pets, they need to keep them on their property. We live in a more-or-less rural area, and it’s frustrating how several homeowners let their semi-feral dogs wander free. I have 3 children under 6, and there’s a good chance something like this could happen with me sometime. I’m not going to take any chances with my kids.
Two pit bulls wander into my yard ? They’re dead.
At 4 A.M.?
I had a similar situation...here’s how I dealt with it. I have a pool in the backyard. Wife one Sunday afternoon in the pool w/ the kids swimming. And we live way down a dirt road...maybe 6-7 houses. Fence gate to pool area was open as the wife was watering stuff. She taps on the window and I look out and I see a muscle bulging pitbull cruising around our pool with my then 2 year old boy and 6 year old daughter. I tell the wife to get in the pool with the kids and stay in there. If it jumps in...drown it.
I get a rake and walk outside. I own many weapons and didn’t get one then. I simply walked toward the dog and guided him to the gate. He wouldn’t let me get close. Wouldn’t show any emotion through wagging. Got him outside the gate and walked him up the driveway and out and gone.
No clue who’s dog it was...just shut all the gates and it was done.
Fast forward 3 months after that. Same pit shows up wandering around dragging a freaking logging chain. Comes in yard. Get kids in house and guide the dog off again using a rake. 2nd time. Guy shows up later on a fourwheeler and asks about a dog. Got the “he’d never hurt anyone” speech. Really? I don’t give a s**t. A pistol is perfectly harmless too. But I don’t go in YOUR yard and drop a loaded pistol so your kids can stumble upon it and play w/ it. A pitbull...even playing...can destroy a 2-7year old child.
Fast forward to 2 months ago. Pit shows up for a 3rd time and a boxer (that I’d confused as a pit type) come in my backyard w/ me there. Kids inside w/ wife. I lure them into the extra fenced back yard and put water and food out. I call Animal Control. I’d seriously considered just shooting them and be done with it. I’m glad I didn’t. Animal control shows up and gets both of them.
My new neighbours across the street came looking for the boxer and caught the officer before he left. They got the boxer back, and I told them I’d never seen the boxer before and didn’t have a problem with it. I had a problem w/ the pit. It all worked out. Pit removed...and hopefully destroyed. That thing was vicious when the AC officer was getting him.
Next time the pit shows up...I will be burying it.
We’re dog owners. I used to have a black & tan...a redbone...and we’ve had a few daschunds...even one now. So don’t paint all that look to protect their children as simple dog haters. If any of my dogs ever attacked the children in what I feel is malicious...I’d put it down in a heartbeat.