Drawing on a dog?

[Atrain]

Woah Karl, you were getting a little Pulp Fictiony there...looks like the spider caught himself a fly... [shock2]

[KarlPMann]

Sorry, just remembering what to do when I actually get to arrest someone. :roll: Karl. [roll]

[Wulf202]

Damnit, it happened again.

Different dog, and owner. Different apartment complex.

So last night about 8pm a lady was walking her two dogs, one on and one off a leash.

The one off the leash was a boxer, it charged me barking, i stepped back around the truck and the owner called me back.

She opoligized and said the dog would not bite. So i continued down my side of the parking lot, when the dog saw my back it charged again.

I damn near cleared leather that time, it stopped about 5 feet from me.

The owner is deaf, and since we were 20+ feet apart and it was night she couldn't have heard anything i said, or read my lips.

I think she didn't know that it was barking while it was coming at me?!

[jackedco]

Posting the link and text in case the link changes. I read this posting a week or so ago. Reading this news article was a reality check. I would not use a "light caliber weapon".

http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=64362

LAKEWOOD – Animal Control has impounded six pit bulls after one of the pit bulls kept attacking two other dogs even though the pit bull had been shot twice in the head.


Lakewood Police say the pit bulls ranged from puppies to adults and were living at 1335 Allison Street.

Police say around 2 p.m. Monday, a neighbor’s two dogs were attacked and one was killed.

One of the pit bulls jumped the fence and attacked the other dogs.

Matt Burdic says his wife and daughter were walking into the yard, right behind their two dogs, a Pomeranian named Minnie and a Jack Russell Terrier named Samantha, when the pit bull attacked.

“We’ve never even seen this dog. My neighbor has so many of them. He jumped over our fence and came straight into the yard,” said Burdic.

The pit bull attacked Minnie, according to Burdic, and “tore her to shreds.”

“It was just like she was a rag doll. I mean, he was just shaking her around. There was no controlling the pit bull. It wasn’t a dog,” he said.

They tried to separate the dogs when the pit bull turned on Samantha.

Burdic says he shot the pit bull several times in the head and neck with a light caliber weapon. At least two of the bullets hit the pit bull in the head, but it did not stop attacking.

“I stuck it right to his head and pulled the trigger. ... Nothing,” said Burdic. “It didn’t phase him. It was horrible.”

Three teens from the Denver Street School were walking by when they heard the shots. Robert Gething, Robert Thomas and Eric Swift jumped over the fence to help. They finally pulled the pit bull off Samantha and pinned it until police arrived.

The pit bull was one of the six impounded by Animal Control.

Minnie was killed in the attack and Samantha badly hurt. Dr. Victoria Gomez says the pit bull, whose name she says is “Killer,” is walking around as if nothing happened. An X-ray shows the two bullets are still in his head.

“He’s got a pretty big thick head, but it is surprising,” she said.

Police say they have issued a summons to the owner of the pit bull for the following: dog at large, harboring a dangerous animal, neglect and having more than the legal number of animals.

9NEWS attempted to talk to the owner of the pit bull but he was not at home.

9NEWS has learned that in the past months the owner has sold pit bulls to other people in the neighborhood.




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[KarlPMann]

Ummm, yeah, that's EXACTLY why I upgraded to a 357. I shot a crippled mountain lion with a 38+P once, it took 3 to the head to kill it. :roll: I'll go with 357's for ALL animals in the future. Well, all small animals anyway. Bigger animals will get a rifle round. [poke] Karl.

[BenL37]

I have two bigger sized dogs (80+ lbs) and they intimidate people just by size. Add in the fact that they are half german short haired poitners and they are hyperactive. When they are out walking they are on leashes at all times. I keep them very close when passing people as they love people and just want to smell, lick and play but two 80 lbs dogs "charging" would certainly set most people on edge. Unfortunately it would be difficult to tell them apart from an attacking dog so that is why I think any responsible owner should keep them well under control (in urban area).
Granted when I take them out in dog park areas or mountain areas I let them off leash but with training collars in case we run into other people and the people look uncomfortable or my dogs get too excited.
Since I can't comment on "farm life" conditions I think it is unfortunate what happened Shrap. But I can say in urban area it is the owners responsiblity and if something happens to their dog it could very well be justified as in OPs situation.

[Asha'man]

Dr. Victoria Gomez says the pit bull, whose name she says is “Killer,” is walking around as if nothing happened. An X-ray shows the two bullets are still in his head.

“He’s got a pretty big thick head, but it is surprising,” she said.

Light caliber it may've been, but that's a tough f*ckin dog. :!:

[Wulf202]

I'm unable to carry anything larger than a light caliber pistol on the job.

My work has rules against being armed

God forbid you try to protect yourself :roll:

[usafk9leads]

Wulf you did the right thing since the dog was on leash, and some what controled by the owner, well at least from what I think. Defense of severe bodily harm shouldn't matter what it is, cat, dog, man with a knife, rabid rabbit, it really shouldn't matter, all you would have to do is show that you were in fear for your life/safety. I would have even shot the dog if the guy couldn't control it and the distance kept closing. There was a huge legal battle in AZ, back home where a guy shot the owner of two maybe three off leash dogs for commanding the dogs to attack him....can't remember what happened to the shooter, the dog owner died along with his dogs if i remember correctly. just hope for the jury of your peers to all be members of USPSA or an equivelant if something goes south....lots of liberals out there.