300 lb cop shoots 12 lb dog.

brianlux · October 2013

Godfather. wrote:

did anybody eat the dog ?...........somebody had to break up the good cop bad cop argument.

Godfather.

Good show, GF.

Cheers!

MotoDC · October 2013

brianlux wrote:

Godfather. wrote:

did anybody eat the dog ?...........somebody had to break up the good cop bad cop argument.

Godfather.

Good show, GF. Cheers!

Now, who gets the deer, me or the dog?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBa0blUoE8U

Cosmo · October 2013

If I was a cop and a little yappy dog came charging at me.. the first thing that would come into my mind is, 'Oh boy... Taser practice!'

grooveme · October 2013

Thirty Bills Unpaid wrote:

Thread title could also be: Owner fails to control dog and it gets killed.

Cops don't need to be chew things for any size dog. This owner, on parole for something not stated in the article, failed to control its dog and the dog advanced on the officer. The cop's size is irrelevant.

I would have punted the dog, but that's me- I have a little more tolerance than someone (such as this guy) who might have less. I wasn't in the situation so I'm not going to weigh in any more than I already have.

Unsung... I am assuming if you ever need the police you will not be calling them. I mean... you can't use every opportunity to bash them and then, desperate for help, call them can you?

Hmm, perspective. There are plenty of ways to stop a 12lb dog from biting you that are NOT FATAL to the dog. A shove or kick with the foot. The dog approached the guy (on his own ground) and was barking. Not biting or lunging, just barking. That's normal dog behavior. If it were my dog, I'd be suing that guy, and I'm not normally sue-happy. Actually I'd probably be bailing my husband out of jail, after he attacked the bastard. I once had a cop come to my back gate after the alarm went off and the alarm company forgot to call them off. He walked in right past my two barking dogs, neither of which bit him, of course. If he came in my yard and shot my dogs for barking we would have had a big f'ing problem.

Thirty Bills Unpaid · October 2013

grooveme wrote:

Thirty Bills Unpaid wrote:

Thread title could also be: Owner fails to control dog and it gets killed.

Cops don't need to be chew things for any size dog. This owner, on parole for something not stated in the article, failed to control its dog and the dog advanced on the officer. The cop's size is irrelevant.

I would have punted the dog, but that's me- I have a little more tolerance than someone (such as this guy) who might have less. I wasn't in the situation so I'm not going to weigh in any more than I already have.

Unsung... I am assuming if you ever need the police you will not be calling them. I mean... you can't use every opportunity to bash them and then, desperate for help, call them can you?

Hmm, perspective. There are plenty of ways to stop a 12lb dog from biting you that are NOT FATAL to the dog. A shove or kick with the foot. The dog approached the guy (on his own ground) and was barking. Not biting or lunging, just barking. That's normal dog behavior.

And normal human behaviour is the owner calls the dog to their side instead of letting it persist towards the officer who is checking in on her convict son. The situation escalated to extreme measures for sure, but you're weighing in on how you would have responded. This cop obviously didn't feel the same coming from whatever background he was coming from and dealing with whatever he was dealing with. Remember, the cop repeatedly told the owner to get the dog to back off.

I'm not saying the cop did the right thing, but I am definitely saying the owner carries the brunt of responsibility for this matter. She either raised the dog to ignore her calls or she never called the dog at all. She was a negligent dog owner and her dog is dead because she was.

I wonder what kind of thread might appear if a cop, checking on a parolee, gets distracted by some dog and then shot as he is in the line of duty because he was distracted?

grooveme · October 2013

Thirty Bills Unpaid wrote:

grooveme wrote:

Thirty Bills Unpaid wrote:

Thread title could also be: Owner fails to control dog and it gets killed.

Cops don't need to be chew things for any size dog. This owner, on parole for something not stated in the article, failed to control its dog and the dog advanced on the officer. The cop's size is irrelevant.

I would have punted the dog, but that's me- I have a little more tolerance than someone (such as this guy) who might have less. I wasn't in the situation so I'm not going to weigh in any more than I already have.

Unsung... I am assuming if you ever need the police you will not be calling them. I mean... you can't use every opportunity to bash them and then, desperate for help, call them can you?

Hmm, perspective. There are plenty of ways to stop a 12lb dog from biting you that are NOT FATAL to the dog. A shove or kick with the foot. The dog approached the guy (on his own ground) and was barking. Not biting or lunging, just barking. That's normal dog behavior.

And normal human behaviour is the owner calls the dog to their side instead of letting it persist towards the officer who is checking in on her convict son. The situation escalated to extreme measures for sure, but you're weighing in on how you would have responded. This cop obviously didn't feel the same coming from whatever background he was coming from and dealing with whatever he was dealing with. Remember, the cop repeatedly told the owner to get the dog to back off.

I'm not saying the cop did the right thing, but I am definitely saying the owner carries the brunt of responsibility for this matter. She either raised the dog to ignore her calls or she never called the dog at all. She was a negligent dog owner and her dog is dead because she was.

I wonder what kind of thread might appear if a cop, checking on a parolee, gets distracted by some dog and then shot as he is in the line of duty because he was distracted?

Fair enough, but I think the guy is an asshole, who used extremely excessive force, probably because he likes to shoot his gun. I seriously doubt that he felt threatened by a dog of that size. Have you seen the pictures of it?

And, you know what? Terriers are pretty feisty, and may or may not back off of an intruder on their property, regardless of training. Especially one who the dog probably sensed, and correctly, was a threat.

Thirty Bills Unpaid · October 2013

grooveme wrote:

Thirty Bills Unpaid wrote:

grooveme wrote:

Hmm, perspective. There are plenty of ways to stop a 12lb dog from biting you that are NOT FATAL to the dog. A shove or kick with the foot. The dog approached the guy (on his own ground) and was barking. Not biting or lunging, just barking. That's normal dog behavior.

And normal human behaviour is the owner calls the dog to their side instead of letting it persist towards the officer who is checking in on her convict son. The situation escalated to extreme measures for sure, but you're weighing in on how you would have responded. This cop obviously didn't feel the same coming from whatever background he was coming from and dealing with whatever he was dealing with. Remember, the cop repeatedly told the owner to get the dog to back off.

I'm not saying the cop did the right thing, but I am definitely saying the owner carries the brunt of responsibility for this matter. She either raised the dog to ignore her calls or she never called the dog at all. She was a negligent dog owner and her dog is dead because she was.

I wonder what kind of thread might appear if a cop, checking on a parolee, gets distracted by some dog and then shot as he is in the line of duty because he was distracted?

Fair enough, but I think the guy is an asshole, who used extremely excessive force, probably because he likes to shoot his gun. I seriously doubt that he felt threatened by a dog of that size. Have you seen the pictures of it?

And, you know what? Terriers are pretty feisty, and may or may not back off of an intruder on their property, regardless of training. Especially one who the dog probably sensed, and correctly, was a threat.

I haven't seen pictures. As we are both saying, the response was excessive and I'm not trying to shove my position down anyone's throat despite my propensity to jump in and defend this guy. I'm just trying to present an alternative perspective that should, at a minimum, be considered and respected as distasteful and unpopular as it might seem.

300 lb cop shoots 12 lb dog.

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