[asphaltgambler]

Had a situation very much like this about 18 years ago. I left town with my GF left on a short vacation and had a buddy stay at my place to watch the house and stuff and walk/hang with my Chow; Rocky

So my buddy has a few beers, goes for a walk with my dog on a leash, in my neighborhod. After 'rounding the block a young girl puts a small cat down to run in the "common area" . The cat was still young, but not full grown. My dogs sees this, tugs at the leash which my buddy was not grasping firmly........and he's off!! He catches the cat, kills it all while the little girl watched. She was about 8-9yrs old at the time.

I get home and find out the story. So I figure the only way to man-up was to A) drink a beer myself, then B) Walk over to the little girls house and appologize. I go over and I ring the bell and who opens the door???? The little girl looking up at me, about to cry. So I looked her in the eye, said my peace and offered to help with any vet bills as her mom walked up behind her. She said it was okay amd her mom thanked me for appologizing directly to her daughter.

They were very cool about it and no more was said.