Re-posting from another thread:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2956888/posts?page=10#10
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Ah! Fun with firearms and animals.
Guess what happened to my family and I on Monday?
Well, we got a dog Saturday. 3 year old black lab female. My Wife decided to take her for a walk with my young Sons down the block. I stayed home because I was cooking. When I looked out of my front window, I saw a friggin’ HUGH white dog running loose in my yard. Knowing how dogs are when one is unleashed, and never before seeing this dog, I called my Wife to warn her and ask how far from our house they all were.
They were two houses away.
I quickly grabbed my Springfield XDm .45 and headed out the door with it behind my back just in time to try yelling the dog away and for my family to quickly get indoors. The dog started nipping at our dog and tried jumping on my nine year old Son -scaring him to tears. The, “Owner,” STILL ON HER CELL PHONE, ran over, grabbed this beast and led it away.
My Wife and I spent 30 minutes trying to calm both of our Sons down. They were scared sh!tless. My nine year old was in tears.
Fast forward three hours. Time to take our dog for potty.
I have my .45 behind my back, my Fenix 900 lumen flashlight, and my cell.
My Wife has our dog on her leash. They’re doing their thing, I’m keeping alert.
BOOM! Out of nowhere comes dogzilla!
It’s halfway across the street running at full speed.
My Wife whimpers and hides behind me.
Our dog is frozen.
I pull out my light and gun, blast the beast in the face with full daylight and scream, “STOP!!!”
It instantly stops three feet from my driveway and bolts home.
Then, I hear some guy calling out from the house across the street where that mutt was heading, “Sorry. We’re getting rid of him tomorrow.”
Gun and light in hand, I yell, “That’s TWICE!!”
I then called the local sheriff and tell them the whole story (just in case there’s any calls about some long-haired dude screaming in his driveway pointing a flashlight and pistol at an unseen beast), and tell them that it happened, and that there’s no need for an officer to come by.
Haven’t seen that dog since.
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I would NEVER want to shoot a dog. I LOVE animals.
If I had done that, it would have broken my heart.
But if it would have happened, it wouldn’t have been my fault.
That dog’s MORON owner letting it loose without a leash to roam free in the neighborhood would have been to blame.
Ugh!
Update.
That dog is AGAIN wandering the neighborhood.
Owner’s nowhere to be found.
No collar, no tags.
Animal control has been called.