[chris37]

That’s true that they do, however this dog was known to roam...therefore I am going to assume the owner failed to take proper measures or allowed this to occur as a matter of habit.

If a cop shot my dog because she got out, I would feel worse than I’ve ever felt, because I would feel responsible for it.

I am her keeper. She is my responsibility. If she got out because of a mistake I made and bit a child, that would be my responsibility.

Now, if a cop shot my dog because she was in her yard when he arrived at the wrong house...then I would feel fury.

[Ken H]

According to a neighbor, the dog was still alive 30 minutes later but the cops refused to let the neighbor take him to the vet.

Any comments on the cops' behavior?

[Salamander]

I live in crazy land where I have fences inside of fences.

It’s like a Supermax, here.

However, up until the early 90’s, I had no fences and my dogs stayed on their own land.

Ibizans changed all that and the fences came.

Those dogs can jump a 6’ fence from a standstill so my neuroses was born.

For 23 years, I have obsessed over secure fences, collars, leashes, harnesses, door locks, seat belts, windows...all of it.

Now, there’s the added angst of “what if?”, potentially involving some cop.

The world has gone mad and dogs and Christians seem to be preferred targets.