So did the Shepard have any injuries (from the other dog)?
A full investigation is required, and municipality that owns the dog park should BAN HIM immediately ~ and sue his pants off.
The officer had better be able to produce a record from the vet of his dog’s treatment...produce his dog and its freshly stitched wounds...
Have to agree with this. No matter what the dog was doing to the other one, it does not justify disharging a firearm in a public park with people around.
This man does not have the judgment to be a police officer. He should be fired.
I guess when the only tool you have is a hammer, every situation looks like a nail.
‘Federal’ cop off work shoots dog.
JBT use of force is always justified.
Around here, it’s against the rules to have a dog ON a leash in the dog park.
So it appears that the cop had a dog that shouldn’t even have been in the park.
Lemme see. Baltimore? Federal cop? Quick on the trigger? He sure fits the profile of an ObaMao JBT.
Eventually, citizens are going to have to start actively protecting their property from these trigger happy goons.
Or retroactively if they don’t see the badge coming before it starts shooting.
Just another rare, isolated example of the 99% giving the 1% a bad name. The psychotic cop and all of his peers and superiors who won’t investigate, charge or identify him.
Go team blue! Yay!
These cops are soon going to have a price on their heads.
Copper is lucky the dog owner had more restraint and didn’t shoot his dog as he couldn’t control it even on a leash.
German Shepards, with their masters, on a leash, are very, very violent, sudden, and aggressive. I just spent $1200 last month to get my 90 pound German Wirehair Pointer stitched back together after a visiting friend’s German Shephard went after my dog in my house and got my dog’s head in its mouth and started chewing and shaking it around. Like a fool, I jumped in and pulled them apart. A very bloody mess. The Vet took one look at my pooch before I said a word to him and asked “German Shephard?”
You cannot do this with most dogs. The dog that is on the leash is at a disadvantage in doggie land. If he starts to make any sounds of distress, every dog in the park will run to investigate which will put the leashed dog into even more distress and some may attack.
Almost every off leash dog park has a leash/un-leash vestibule. It is there for a reason. If you let your unfamiliar dog into the park free, the dogs will run up, investigate, sniff, greet, what have you. Most dogs will stand still until the inspection is over and go do their own thing. That is if they are free to run away if danger arises. If they are not free, they are very insecure and bad stuff can and does happen.
Personally, I scan the park for Pits and let my dogs in if there are none present. I know I will hear from the Pitbull folk but I keep my dogs safe how I see fit. A youngish pit is no problem but if I see an intact male over a year old, I keep my dogs away.
Justified?
No.
I’m sorry for your loss. It is hard to lose a loyal friend.
My thought on thiss “officer” is that he is a little quick to resolve a situation with his gun.
If a shepard wants to fight, they will,maybe he just found another dog his own size to play “rough” with. I would force this cop(?) to watch all of the Dog Whisperer episodes on Dog Park Etiquite.
I’m sorry about your dog. Another wonderful example of the men in blue (when they aren’t doing 80 on I-270 or using their flashing lights to go through stoplights).
Maryland “Freak State” PING!
Hmmm, strange for a dog park/run but not so strange if Mr. Officer kept his precious pooch on the leash because his German Shepherd behaves like a... German Shepherd (i.e. inclined to aggressively go after other dogs).
Since they found no evidence of criminal activity, is this Federal Agent going to be going back to that park? Should everyone fear for their lives when entering this park?
Picture this...Everyone in the park has a gun...everyone in the park is allowed to shoot if they feel another dog is out of control or playing too aggressively...every man, woman, child, dog, bird, etc. would probably be dead.
Isn’t that why we have laws? And they can’t find any evidence of criminal activity? I believe we deserve a public announcement about how they came to that conclusion.
There is an update to this story. There will be a full investigation into this matter, according to WBAL.