I was in my garage one sunday morning, having a smoke and tinkering with the weed wacker, when i heard a low growl behind me....the neighbors “friendly” black lab was there, crouched down on it’s front paws, barring it’s teeth and growling at me....i hit it with a shovel, and told the neighbors...they gave me the typical “my dog would not hurt anyone” speech....if you cannot control your animal you have no right to own it, and a dog digging under your fence should be dealt with by shovel, bat or gun.....and sue the owner for damages and mental anguish over having to shoot the animal...
I had a shepard mix once that was an escape artist and must have been kin to bill clinton. He could smell a bitch in heat a mile away. One day the deputy came by and warned me that a neighbor had told him he would shoot the dog if found in his yard again. I explained I understood and would try harder to keep the animal confined, but, as I say, he was an escape artist and the neighbor held true to his word, I had no ill feeling about that whatsoever.
You were onto something when you grabbed the shovel. What’s missing is the “shoot” that comes before and the “shut up” that comes after. If I were you or this guy in Fort Worth there’d be one dead Lab or 2 dead pit bulls.