| JavaBrewer |
01-16-2007 10:40 AM |
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Originally posted by stomachmonkey
Every time my mother encountered a neighborhood dog running loose she would walk up to the house with the Mastiff on a lead, ring the bell and tell the homeowner, "see this thing? I walk him on a leash, if your dog comes after him he can not defend himself while I'm holding the leash. If that happens I promise I will drop the leash and you are responsible for what happens next. Now are you going to keep yours inside from now on?"
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That sounds good until Mom's dog actually eats the off-leash challenger. The dog will earn documented violent behavior (including self-defense) and will only need to pee in a neighbors yard to get the axe. Sad really. But in this world of irresponsible owners with big dogs a line has to be drawn somewhere. Case in point the 10yr old girl killed in TX last week by a neighbors large breed dog.
Our GSD was constantly challenged by other, may times much smaller, dogs during our runs on public trails. Every other day brought another conflict near-miss. For that, and many other similar threats beyond my 100% control I made the tough decision to sell the dog to someone else.
Back OT - sucks horribly to run over an animal. I still cringe when I pick-off the occasional rabbit in East county. Thankfully unlike Nostatic I have not had an encounter on 2 wheels yet.
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