i wouldn't wait for the dog to bite me, if you do you might not be able to defend yourself as well as you could have. also i wouldn't shoot the taco bell dog either,,,,,,,,
if the dog is a medium to large size animal, you feel that your in enough danger to justify the shooting then i say it up to you at that point.
some other things i would take into account. could you have jumped a fence and called 911 if you thought you had time that would be the better option.
remember only in the gravest extreme, if its cugo or a hell hound shoot!
if its a toy poodle and you shoot it you might not get charged, but be prepared to take crap for it for the rest of your life:monkey
situation that happened to me not to long ago!
i was walking to that famous kroger i have mentioned before and while on my way at night i heard a dog growl, not a little growl but a mean nasty your dinner growl.
i turned and i saw what i firmly believe was a coyote a big one maybe 35 40 meters away. so i slowly started backing away and used my cell to call 911, after being transferred to macomb county sheriffs office i said " i am being harrassed by a coyote, she said "are you being attacked" i said no not yet but it looks hungry" she said she had a car enroute to my location" then i told her what my location was......
at this time the coyote started walking my way so i threw a big rock at it. the coyote watched it roll by and gave me a look like "you really just threw that at me?" and started my way again at this point i unholstered and said to the 911 lady "i am armed and have my weapon in hand the animal is continuing to advance. and she said "put the gun away, the officer is almost there." :banghead:
i said that's fine i'll keep it out at this point it turned and ran away, 3 or 4 minutes later a sheriff got to my location. there was a brief conversatation about me haveing a gun out and if i had a cpl or not then we walked over to where i had first seen the animal, there were big dog prints in the mud and a clear trail to where i had said the dog had taken a few steps toward me.
he said i should have shot it. i asked if it was legal. he said it was for him, but was "pretty" sure i could have "gotten away" with it.
this all happened before i was an oc advocate so i didn't know about FOIA, or i would have done that and posted it on here.
so yea, only in the gravest extreme...being eaten by a coyote, or a poodle would be the gravest extreme.
:banghead: don't shoot the poodle!:shocker:
anyway yea...........i do get off topic sometimes,,,,,