Posted on 12/20/2010 9:59:29 AM PST by Nachum
A Clayton County mother of six said the family dog did what he always did when he saw someone. He barked.
But when "Boomer" started barking and running toward a police officer Saturday morning, the officer shot the dog and killed it, Lawrene King told the AJC Sunday night.
“He’s a golden retriever," King said. "He barks, but he’s never bitten anyone.”
A Clayton County police officer was on foot patrol on North Shore Drive when the dog jumped off a porch and started barking and running toward the officer, Capt. Tina Daniel said. The officer ordered the dog to stop and when it didn't, the officer shot and killed the animal in its yard, Daniel said.
The officer, whose name was not released, was responding to a call reporting a suspicious person, police said.
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Then you obviously don't deserve a conceal and carry and are as much a pu$$y as this cop.
Haha. If you’re trying to hurt my feelings, you’re going to have to do better than that, buttercup.
SnakeDoc
The dog wasn’t free. It was in its own yard, surround by an invisible fence.
He probably had it out and held sideways because you *know* how deadly those out-of-the-back-of-a-truck meat mobsters are.
[God forbid they were selling black market bacon...those guys are the real hard cases]
Now...I have to go point and laugh derisively at my Dobermann.
The Ibizans have him literally spinning in circles out in the yard as they blast by him like F-16s.
It’s much like watching King Kong trying to swat away the airplanes...:)
[oh well...they were created to run down Gazelles...he was was only built to run down burglars...or hamburger, if he’d been a K9 cop on duty that day]
Understood. Sorry about that then... :-)
I’ve seen ones with freaking flexible antennas.
Never bothered to have a close look but I assume they were for the really “tough” dogs.
I remember seeing a dog wearing one in Pet Smart and I literally thought “WTH?!?!”.
I *thought* it was the most draconian and brutal training e-collar I’d ever seen.
Nice employee said no, it was one of their invisible fence thingies and the owners were in for batteries.
Can’t swear to this, having never owned one, but I *think* they now have e-fences that actually zap the dog well within the perimeter, a fair distance from the actual fence.
They may have created it for people who have sight hounds and live where they can’t have fences.
Seems to me somebody on the Ibizan forum mentioned it a while back.
The neighbors’ little Parsons terrier is that way.
You *know* when she’s been “out of bounds” because you’ll see her slinking her way back in-bounds, hoping nobody noticed her.
[I snitch on her all the time...the neighbors live right along the road]
Much to my *great* joy, the man of the house recently installed a wonderful chain link fence for her, his daughter’s dogs and baby.
I am so much less stressed, you can’t imagine.
I’ve spent too much time watching out the front picture window, keeping an eye on their dog.
[but I really love the little imp too so what can I say?]
“Cops are NOT your friends.”
I need to be deprogrammed....help me...:(
I did the exact same thing too at Farm & Family back when they first came out in the late 90s.
Won’t ever do that again.
The Dobermans of my teen years ran on ‘trolley lines’ in the back yard when I was at school.
When I got home, they ran loose and stayed in the yard.
At night, they went in their kennel runs until the next morning when we’d start all over again.
Summer was the best...I’d jump on my horse and we’d all go running the ridges.
On the back roads, they’d “heel” beside the horse and if a car came, I’d either have them “sit!” under the horse’s belly or run up a bank and sit until the car passed.
They were such good boys.
Please spend tomorrow reading the Constitution. My dogs are always at the ready to enjoy freedom. Me too.
We go out to enjoy the world as it can be. F those in DC. I'm retired and as it turns enjoying doing what ever pleases me (and my dogs). Eventually I'll have to conform, but I'm likely good for 10 years or more.
And I'd sleep like a baby.
;-\
LOLOL!
That is the infamous “inscrutable stare”.
It never means “a good thing” and is the prelude to The Stalk..
They will literally stalk their victim in slooooow motion so as not to alert or alarm them...the last foot or two, however, is another story...that ends with an explosion.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlI8qi75G_I
And that gal was just playing with her bud...:)
This one has down to near ballet perfection.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZHWsmkNkw4
[and yes, it’s creepy as hell when they do it to *you*, even if it’s only “in fun”....;D
When I was 19, two city cops [the ones who couldn’t become “real cops” pulled me over for window tint that had just been “outlawed”.
[it came built into the car...should I have bashed out the windows with a hammer?]
Long story short, I end up on my knees at a busy intersection, crying while the [expletive deleted] cop went in my car and -searched- it.
He finally gave a shout of “triumph” and produced three 35mm film canisters from my glove box.
How disappointed he must have been when he opened them with a damning flourish and found....35mm film.
His partner [who looked just like Mr Green Jeans] stood far away, obviously mortified by his ‘buddy’s’ behavior and anguished by my pleas of help to him.
[he actually looked like he wished he was dead, right then]
Finally, Jackboot Johnny let me go home, after raving about cops “being killed by women smaller than you!!!” [WTH?] and Mr Green Jeans mouthed a silent “I’m so sorry” as he got into the squad car.
I tried to instigate an internal investigation but shockingly, no one matching my description worked atthe station nor had anyone heard anything on the radio of a tag check or “call” being made.
BS.
They call ALL tags in before they even get out of the car.
Total cover up with a “screw you”, to boot.
My dog was not with me that day due to the heat and lousy air conditioner in my car.
I know he would’ve been shot because that dog would NOT have put up with anybody throwing me around like that.
Thank God for crappy Gremlins with piddly AC.
Today’s Dialogue Box:
Eaker: Did you find the body.
Judge: No.
Eaker: See ya.
Judge: It was just a Clavin so who cares anyway.
Don't be a squirrel or a ground hog or you may be toast. Just sayin'
I’ve learned the hard way that cops are NOT your friend. Eschew cops and high population densities.
If the officer actually felt threatened he could have fired his weapon into the ground in front of the dog and it would have turned and gone away. I have done this before when a pit bull was advancing on me and acting very dangerous. One round into the dirt next to him and he suddenly had something to do elsewhere. I have yet to see a dog that didn’t turn and run at the sound of a little .22 rimfire revolver, maybe the crack hurts their ears.
A big barking dog is always intimidating. My German Shepherd is starting to bark at everybody, and I thank goodness I am not at the other end of that bark. He could do me great damage if he had a mind to, and if I wasn’t the one feeding him (ha ha).
But yes, any big dog barking is intimidating.
That is a main point of having a dog. Let the Winnie boys adjust.
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