This is awful! These are my neighbors...that was Boomer!

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  • he.who.forgets
    he.who.forgets Posts: 4,593
    Just now reading about this horrible incident. My thoughts go out to Boomer and his poor family. I still cant believe that a law enforcement officer would shoot at a Golden Retreiver in a fenced yard. Unbeleiveable. I hope that your letter gets the attention that it deserves.
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  • dcfaithful
    dcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    :shock: :cry:

    You'll be missed Boomer.

    What a catastrophe. I've worked in a boarding facility and met many a Golden, even Gracie from the doggie thread. Every single one of them has been an absolute sweetheart.

    I understand the fear of a strange dog running at you, but I doubt that Boomer was acting aggressive in any way. Complete lack of good judgment and common sense like you said Pandora, this is really a preventable tragedy. I'm sorry for the loss that's affecting you and your neighborhood.
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  • pandora
    pandora Posts: 21,855
    thank you everyone for the kind words...I'm praying this brings change.

    I don't know yet of a fund or any contact address set up. I first learned of this yesterday when the news crews were here doing this next piece I will post now

    http://www.cbsatlanta.com/news/26194236/detail.html

    Unlost.... I feel the same, as do my children. Our dogs too have been our world.
    My daughter knows Boomer the best out of our family members, as she has held him in her arms and just recently too. She is taking it very hard, she is angry!
    If anything like this happened to one of her 3 I'm afraid she wouldn't even want to go on. They are her babies, her family, her best friends.
    Our neighborhood will not be the same without Boomer. He was a treasure. He was what is good in life and he always brought a guaranteed smile, in a world where it can be hard to find one. He will be so very much missed.
  • nuffingman
    nuffingman Posts: 3,014
    "Daniel says the officer ordered the dog to stop and when it didn't, the officer shot and killed the animal."

    Sounds like one dangerous cop. A dreadful story. The olden golden retriever I've known was likely to lick you to death.
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,327
    A golden retriever? Is there another species that is less prone to attacking someone?

    I can understand if a german shepard or boxer charged him at a full sprint, but what threat does a golden retriever pose?
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  • unlost dogs
    unlost dogs Greater Boston Posts: 12,553
    The more I hear about this, the angrier I am.

    Boomer was a gorgeous dog. Looks like a complete love, and as he was a hunting companion, he clearly was well-trained for off-leash work and very bonded to people _ that's what the retrievers are. Especially those who actually hunt. And the Goldens are the softest of all of the retrievers. It would be startlingly out of character for a hunting Golden like this to have approached a person viciously.

    Helpful things moving foward, in addition of course to severe discipline or firing of the officer involved, would be mandatory education for officers in deescalating and managing approaching dogs _ perhaps in a course run by the local humane society or animal control officers. Also a protocol for exactly how officers are to manage these situations, such as an algorithm guiding them to the best actions (i.e. approaching dog barking at you, back off and get into your cruiser and call for help, versus dog attacking a human, in which case force could be indicated).

    And honest to God I am the least likely person to suggest litigation, but in this case boy I'd be considering it.
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  • Black Diamond
    Black Diamond Posts: 25,109
    http://abcnews.go.com/US/family-dog-fat ... 180&page=2

    Made the national news :cry:
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  • FenwayFaithful
    FenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
    This is so sad. I'm sorry to hear about this pandora.
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  • Phantom Pain
    Phantom Pain Posts: 9,876
    Black Diamond wrote:
    I am so sorry to hear this... My dogs will bark at anything that moves and then they move in for the .... licks. I would not know what to do if this happened at my house... I might have wound up in jail...

    I hope everyone is ok and that they can overcome this...

    Yeah...I can't imagine this happening to one of my 2 Goldens

    I'm always paranoid when they bark anyway that someone will try and do something to one of them

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  • polaris_x
    polaris_x Posts: 13,559
    sooo ... say someone intending to harm your family comes onto your property ... is the dog supposed to stop when that person orders it? ... sometimes i wonder if people really are that stupid ... as if a dog is supposed to know that's a police officer ...

    the only thing sadder than this event is the people making excuses for a poorly trained officer who i hope is not actually a captain ...
  • stardust1976
    stardust1976 Posts: 1,301
    polaris_x wrote:
    sooo ... say someone intending to harm your family comes onto your property ... is the dog supposed to stop when that person orders it? ... sometimes i wonder if people really are that stupid ... as if a dog is supposed to know that's a police officer ...

    the only thing sadder than this event is the people making excuses for a poorly trained officer who i hope is not actually a captain ...

    That's actually a very good point. And if it's ok for a police officer to shoot a dog that is ON IT'S OWN PROPERTY, barking at a STRANGER, is it ok for someone intending harm on the occupants of the home to shoot a dog that is ON IT'S OWN PROPERTY, barking at a STRANGER. I honestly don't see the difference, but I'm sure the police will come up with some excuse. It's a very sad state of affairs. I always get more upset at things done to animals, than things done to humans. I guess it's because animals, not only but especially dogs, are nothing but loyal and happy. They live only to please their family. There is no other goal or aim for them in life. It's very very simple. The love of an animal is one of the purest forms, and it upsets me so much to hear about them mistreated or harmed. I really honestly do feel for the family here. If that happened to my dogs, one of which is my 11 year old daughters dog, given as a birthday gift two years ago, how would you explain that to them? How would you say to your daughter who shares her bed with her dog, her best friend, ever single night, that a police officer shot and killed that dog because she was scared of animals, less than a week before Christmas.

    It is very sad.
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  • skippybrew
    skippybrew Posts: 283
    What a fucking double standard. An officer of the law can shoot and kill a family member on its own property with no repercussion. But anything done to a K-9 unit is considered to have been done to an officer of the law.

    I'm so sorry. This makes me sick. :cry:

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