no, and it was just disturbing

Thats what Im sayin

If it were a human being terrorizing you, would you kill or shoot him? Now if he was trying to get into my house and acctually hurt my kids I would have no choice but to shoo the bastard, but this is a dog. Just because the dog cant voice itself doesnt give anyone the right to treat it like $hit.

jessica has obviously never seen a dog attack or been attacked by a dog... I have... I have seen a dog KILL a little old lady because it was loose and could... I understand that it is the owners responsibility to make sure that the dog is taught right and how to obey but just like humans and monkeys and elephants.. dogs can just go crazy and if a dog is continually coming onto my property, scaring my children, or attacking my animals I WILL SHOOT IT! just as if it were a crocidile or a bobcat... I WOULD shoot it in the head if possible.. Call me cruel and inhuman if you like but I will be damned if some freaking uncontrollable animal is going to hurt me or my family.

I'll shoot anything that messes with my kids especially after they've been warned numerous times and forget the bb gun! The pet owner is at fault for not keeping his dog up!

If the dog acctually hurt someone, then yes, do what you have to do, but if it's just threats from the dog, call the cops. Who are you to play god and decide who lives and who dies. It's not the dog's fault it's acting the way it is. It's the owners fault. I can't believe you guys. It's a poor defenseless animal. I dont care if it's a friggen elephant, dont touch it! Unless it touches you first.

I have seen many a child bitten by a dog, who had "never done that before."
NOT PRETTY

I tagged a sqirrell(sp) in my backyard with a slingshot earlier this summer, haven't see too many around lately.

Look at it from my point of view please

Take a child say 4 years old out in the yard playing and you turn your back for just a second, second! And the next thing you know the neighbor's dog is chewing on your kid.

Try being the kid that got chewed on! My experience is what brings me to my actions.

The owner of the animal is always held responsible.

That's why they have OWNERS. The owners have a responsibility to that pet because it doesn't know any better but to do what it's nature tells it. My wish would be that no one could own an animal that they didn't take CARE of. Some animal adoption agencies now actually visit a home first and some require fencing before they'll let someone adopt them.

Well regardless one never knows what the dog would have done. I will never forget many years ago a friend of mine one of her friends sister was pregnant with her second child the little girl they already had was riding her little bike in the back yard. Their own dog that had been raised with the child all of a sudden took a running leap and went after the little girl by the time the mother had yelled at her husband the dog had almost taken the little girls head off and did some more damage. This is a dog that had never attacked the child before.

That little girl was buried 3 days later. One can not guess what could have happen to this man's kids if he had not done what he did.

So if someone thinks I would stand by and wait to see if the dog would do something to one of my kids after asking more then once to contain their dog. Which for some reason my kids were scared of the dog in the first place then your dead wrong. My kids and their safety will come first.

I myself was chased by a dog when I was a kid and did nothing to the dog in any shape or form will never forget it.

What is being missed is I can bet you with living in the country the man owned more then a BB gun his intent was not to hurt the dog but to scare it off instead. Not saying that he did the right thing but he did what he thought would scare the dog off.

And yes I have seen a dog attack, but I've never seen a dog attack that it's owner was good to the dog. If it's attacking your animals, call the cops, if it's killing your animals, then do what you have to do. If its physically touching you or your family, do the same, do what you have to do, but if it's just being agressive, call the cops. If a man was yelling at you on your property, and threatening you, would you shoot him? No, you wouldnt. Because unfortunatley its a crime, but for an animal it's not, and that's what has society brain washed. Do me a favor, read, 'Hidden life of dogs' and then tell me what you think.

since the man shot him with a bb gun instead of a shotgun,i dont see the problem. at least he wasnt trying to kill the dog, the owner of the property was trying to scare the dog..

I'm no legal expert..but inferring from the above blog, the man that shot the dog is not liable.
"coming into his yard" -- the man has a right to protect himself and property.
"several phone calls asking them to keep the dog away from their home" -- pattern of aggression on part of dog...pattern of irresponsibility on the part of the dog owner.
"they wrote them letters asking the same" -- further evidence of correspondence..this is really good, the man should prevail with this evidence...

I love dogs myself..but I don't love dog owners that are irresponsible...

roco

I love dogs and have had them all my life it is MY resposiblity to make sure they are well behaved, not my neighbors or friends, dogs should not be running loose unless the nearest nieghbor is 10 miles away!!!

Says who.. I'd shoot a man just as easily as I'd shoot a dog.. they are one and the same...LOL

Geez, I said that if the dog is actually physically hurting someone, dont do anything, call the cops. But in your case, you had every right to do what you had to do to help, well, your dad or mom did.

Thank you, I agree all the way.

I lived in the country growing up... and that is the way of the country....We had a dog come over to our farm and break into our chicken's pen on several occasions. We shot him and took him back over to the owner after telling them hundred's of times that he needed to tie his dog up.
Now, when it comes to children, I have to say that I would not have hesitated to shoot the dog. And not with a BB-Gun either.
It's the owners fault and should have to pay for the vet bill and some kind of fine for letting his dog roam free on other's property. I still think a trip to the dog pound was the appropriate choice here though!