All good points. Last one got walked every night off leash. She was such a baby, I protected her. The current one gets walked 70% off leash but with a shock collar. She has an issue with getting too excited to meet another dog.....to play. Gotta go, time for a walk than a Daiquiri for Karaoke night.
I tried, even after the in laws kid.
The kid who got mauled might disagree.
Lots of times, people think of guns first in these situations. My first thought might be a shovel or similar, which I have several of laying around close at hand. A few hard smacks with a shovel might do it, plus gives me some reach for when the dog lets go. My grandfather killed snakes with a shovel, never owned a gun. He'd just smack them or slice their head off. Guns might not be the best go-to, especially in town. The shovel probably wouldn't lead to trouble with the law or collateral damage.
I don't know if it's just what I'm seeing and not representational, but fairly often I've seen pit bull puppies with homeless people and young, rootless-looking types. Maybe pit bulls are a trendy thing with this lot. Who may also have issues with responsibility.
Yeah, I've gone old and gray in the whiskers with the favorite cat of my life. He's 17 years old next month and I keep wondering who will go first, him or me.
This would be why I said this:
Never tried it on an animal but there is plenty of video showing it DOES NOT work on humans. So since it does not work on two legged I would not want to trust it to stop a 4 legged.
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People who "think" they are going to get a Pit to let go by hitting it have NEVER seen one in attack mode. If you sadly ever have to see it in person you are going to find out that you can beat one until you are worn out and it will not stop. In the mean time while you are beating on the Pit, the dog it got in its teeth will be dead. The bad ones that go after other dogs become killing machines that are amazing to see.
You really need to ask what you do when someone points a gun at you?There was a thread here awhile back on the legality of shooting a dog that attacked your dog while out on a walk.
The consensus was that you would be charged with illegal discharge of a firearm. Different if it attacked you.
Shooting a Dog to protect your dog justified?
I understand you can shoot a dog if you feel your life is in danger from a dog attack. But what if you are walking your nice retriever at the park and a pit bull attacks your dog? Say it has a hold of your retrievers neck and you know your dog is about to be killed. Is shooting the attacking...
You are allowed to protect yourself or someone else from harm but in the case of your dog, they are just considered property, not livestock, and the circumstances would be considered a bad shoot. I wouldn't blame anyone for doing it though and likely would shoot an aggressive dog myself if it meant protecting my dogs but I'll be reporting that it was charging me aggressively, not that it was going after my dog.
Shooting the dog is the easy part. The hard part is when the dog owner draws his own weapon, points it at you and screams "don't hurt my dog". What to do then?
I know what I will do. What others decide is of course up to them. There is a reason I have been a champion of body Cams for a long time. The first one I ever got Wife bought me over some moron and his loose aggressive dog. She was afraid it was going to lead to someone doing just what you described. While I thankfully have never had to shoot a dog its moron let run loose I have had to use OC on one many times. I have had some REAL close calls with the moron owner of the dog after. Every time this has happened and I point to the camera and tell the moron in full rage that this is all on video the look on their face is a sight to see. Their brain suddenly catches up with their mouth and they stop.
I haven't done it myself, but I once saw my father drop one that had ahold of one of our dogs. Cracked it with an ax handle right at the base of the back of the neck, broke it's spine and it hit the ground like a sack of potatoes. Beating it in the body or the head might not do much, but I know what "does" work.
I am sure he would. I have had a cocker spaniel bitee and a lab try to bite me and I don't particularly like those breeds. All of Vick's dogs got adopted out except one. The nanny dog is completely misunderstood. The fact that they are such people pleasers is what has made them so attractive to POS. My neighbors all know me and two have specifically asked that I train their dogs. If they weren't so loyal and smart, I wouldn't have rescued any of them. We got the first one because it was the only one good with cats the rescue had. Since then, we will never have another breed. The current one is 2. I might have it in me for another one after Lolly, maybe. This was right after I posted the previous post.
I had a Sheriff's Deputy tell me the same thing. Two dogs attacked our rabbits and the deputy told me that I could have shot them. He the explained the difference between livestock and pets. OK to protect livestock, not OK to protect pets using deadly force.There was a thread here awhile back on the legality of shooting a dog that attacked your dog while out on a walk.
The consensus was that you would be charged with illegal discharge of a firearm. Different if it attacked you.
Shooting a Dog to protect your dog justified?
I understand you can shoot a dog if you feel your life is in danger from a dog attack. But what if you are walking your nice retriever at the park and a pit bull attacks your dog? Say it has a hold of your retrievers neck and you know your dog is about to be killed. Is shooting the attacking...
You are allowed to protect yourself or someone else from harm but in the case of your dog, they are just considered property, not livestock, and the circumstances would be considered a bad shoot. I wouldn't blame anyone for doing it though and likely would shoot an aggressive dog myself if it meant protecting my dogs but I'll be reporting that it was charging me aggressively, not that it was going after my dog.
I carry pepper spray when walking my dog and always have a pocket knife on me. Slit its throat or cut is jaw open. No chance of hitting your dog and no illegal discharge of a firearm.
Shooting the dog is the easy part. The hard part is when the dog owner draws his own weapon, points it at you and screams "don't hurt my dog". What to do then?
With both the one responsible should be the one to pay the price. With guns of course all too often the scum are let go and the gun owners who are not criminals are the ones they come after. With dogs that attack or kill? Owner of the animal should have to pay, and pay BIG time. To get the idea around to morons who want a dangerous dog that they are going to pay if they let the damn thing loose.
1. Notice how it says "Pit bull breeds" as in all breeds that people label and mislabel as pit bulls.
Laughable...but I see where your stance is. Anyone who makes the argument that pits have a screw loose somewhere are just stupid and uneducated. Whatever dude.
Not really. The same could be said for every other breed classification since there are many sub breeds under the general classifications of all dogs. You're claiming it's a conspiracy against pit bulls? Like a short haired german shepherd sub breed was improperly counted as a breed of pit bull??
