The proper quote is "The dog then “whipped around to bite me,” This was when she intervened after the dog killed the chickens.
If you believe that killing chickens and attempting to bite its owner is acceptable behavior from a dog, then there's no sense arguing with you anymore.
There's many folks here who accept the reality that owning such a dog is a recipe for disaster.
What I see on this thread time and time again are horrified snowflakes with their panties all in a wad over this “murder”. That she should have taken the “puppy” to the pound.
When confronted with the facts, they change their tune and claim no, they are only upset that Noem put this in her book. The dog should have been put down, she just shouldn’t have written about it.
I’m not saying its “acceptable behavior”. I just think she could have tried a trainer or could have put the dog up for adoption......she’d have been far better off having it euthanized by a vet if she decided it had to be put down.
I can hear the objections about “that costs more” and “that’s not how its done out in the country - we just shoot it”....but she should have been smart enough to realize this would turn off a lot of voters. At the very least, you don’t put something like that in an autobiography. Whether anybody here likes it or not, the reality is a lot of voters will not like this at all.