Firedawg314
Regular Member
Well, about a week ago/ two weeks ago... I went to visit my parents (in a city that doesn't allow OC). No, I wasn't OCing, but I was CC. As I waited on my parents pourch for them to open the door... a fully grown, adult male German Sheaperd spotted me as he was strooling down the street. He locked eyes on me... at that point I said "oh f**k" in my head. As he cross the street towards me, I said in my command voice, "leave... get out of here, etc". Each time the dog stopped, and proceeded on towards me. Once it was about 20 feet from me (and I'm still ringing the doorbell as a crazy man), it quickly dropped its ears and I thought...ok he's tamed. At that split second.... he raised his lip and showed his teeth and went into attacked mode! I reached for my firearm gave another command for it to leave. It pounced up towards me about 3 feet from my arm, I fired a shot into the ground. The dog gave me a second look and quickly ranned down the street! And then... my parents open the door...wow...strange huh?
Well, now, just the other day, the dog returned, trying to attack the kids next door, luckly they made it in, but the dog would not leave. They called my parents to warn them also... so my parents called the police (that showed up 30 minutes later), They did not do "anything" but called the anminal control... that had to tranqualized the dog and take it away because of its agressivness!
From what we all could tell... the dog was taken care of (good coat, etc), but no tags, etc. Sometimes I wonder... Should I have shot the dog? This dog was extremly agressive and it probably weighed about 130 lbs. I shot into the ground only to scare the dog away... but then I thought about it after the police was called... what if, my parents where out side and I wasn't there? My old man is 78 years old and he uses a walker. From the car to the front door is about a 50ft walk (and up 7 steps). The kids in the area are about 13 years old and younger... if one of them where to get mauled or died... I feel that I could have prevented that. Yeah, I probably would have to pay a fine for discharging a firearm and then having a dead dog on my parents poruch...
What would you guys have done if you where in my shoes during that time?
Well, now, just the other day, the dog returned, trying to attack the kids next door, luckly they made it in, but the dog would not leave. They called my parents to warn them also... so my parents called the police (that showed up 30 minutes later), They did not do "anything" but called the anminal control... that had to tranqualized the dog and take it away because of its agressivness!
From what we all could tell... the dog was taken care of (good coat, etc), but no tags, etc. Sometimes I wonder... Should I have shot the dog? This dog was extremly agressive and it probably weighed about 130 lbs. I shot into the ground only to scare the dog away... but then I thought about it after the police was called... what if, my parents where out side and I wasn't there? My old man is 78 years old and he uses a walker. From the car to the front door is about a 50ft walk (and up 7 steps). The kids in the area are about 13 years old and younger... if one of them where to get mauled or died... I feel that I could have prevented that. Yeah, I probably would have to pay a fine for discharging a firearm and then having a dead dog on my parents poruch...
What would you guys have done if you where in my shoes during that time?