As family shrieks, police kill dog, Cooksville TN

Email ^ | 1/09/03 | FlyingA

[little-e]

I guess you can classify me as an "animal nut job" because nobody shoots my dog, I don't give a crap who they are....

[matthew_the_brain]

You can only sue for damage or loss of property......which, if it is a mutt, is the ACV of said mutt.......which is lunch money and small claims material

[walkingdead]

Some family on my moms side raise guard dogs. One year one actually got my little cousin by the head and was carrying her around and that wasn't even 23 stitches. If that dog was waging his tail when he got a hold of your buddy, he was PLAYING. Whether or not it hurt him is another story, but you can be 99% sure that the dog was not looking to kill him.

Now, there is the last 1% of oddities that could come into play. But I think what this lady has taught her daughter is some pretty sound dog handling advice.

[matthew_the_brain]

If he enters my private property, you better check him for pellets in the arse, cause he will for sure have a few.

[GovernmentShrinker]

That is not accurate. The family can sue for emotional distress (as well as a lot of other things), which can be valued in the hundreds of thousands, in a situation where the shooting was completely avoidable and unjustified. Get a better handle on the law before you go shooting anybody's pet.

[Hatteras]

I would tell her to just keep walking away from any strange wandering dogs she encounters. She doesn't have to be afraid, but at her age she doesn't have to play Dr. Doolittle either.

As far as asking permission from the owner, I fully agree and even after getting that, I'd still extend my hand before I extend my face for a smooch. Start with a little tickle under the mouth and casually slide up under the jaw and behind the ears. Works for me everytime. (Of course, I also have a nasty habit of "bicycling" my feet when you scratch my belly too!)

Unfortunately when we teach a child to be "cautious" we sometimes give the unintended impression that they should be afraid. Confidence with caution. Dogs are funny about fear, they will sense it and some will react agressively toward it.

[walkingdead]

Ok, I can live with a pellet gun. But what alot of people don't realize is that dogs are roamers, if they can get in your yard, they probably will. And if you blow a dog away, chances are that you just blew away a small boy or girls best friend...

[Poohbah]

If that dog was waging his tail when he got a hold of your buddy, he was PLAYING.

You know, that's EXACTLY what the owner said while I was applying a torniquet to my buddy's leg and calling 911.

Whether or not it hurt him is another story, but you can be 99% sure that the dog was not looking to kill him.

Animal Control didn't care about that--they just looked at the injury inflicted and said that the dog had to be put down.

[PatrioticAmerican]

Of course, these criminal cops will not be prosecuted, but if you shot a cop dog, K-9, you would be prosecuted for killing a cop.

Looks like we need to protect ourselves from cops, these days.

[PatrioticAmerican]

"Shooting a dog is not illegal."

So, you can kill anyone's dog that you choose?

[Delbert]

I saw the tape..the officer was an idiot.

[little-e]

Like I said, nobody shoots my dog...and I can guarantee you my dog won't be the only one with an a** full of pellets....

[walkingdead]

thank you.

[walkingdead]

Well, maybe you got a hold of the strange 1% of dogs that are killers and smart enough to be coy about it.

[matthew_the_brain]

You can claim and allege anything you want, and depending on the state they may allow it.......where i am from, people claim emotional distress claims all the time from cars hitting dogs, and they are never allowed.....the most you get is ACV on the animal.

[Richard Kimball]

When the police are trying to control a situation, isn't it kind of SOP to shoot the dog?

Absolute and totally no, it is not standard operating procedure to shoot a dog. This is stupid and out of control.

That individual should not be a police officer. Because dogs have a far more capable sense of smell, they are more reactive to mace, pepper spray and fire extinguisher spray. There are numerous ways to stop a dog without killing it. As a fire fighter, I can guarantee you, encountering dogs in emergency situations is very common, and in twenty-three years of dog encounters, I never had to seriously harm one.

The police were also totally negligent in not closing the door to the car, as they put themselves in danger by not taking a simple precaution that would have prevented any injury to them or the dog. Any rookie knows that the best way to secure a dog is to keep it in an enclosed area. These police officers were so incompetent that they were incompetently discharging fire arms BECAUSE they incompetently didn't secure an animal when they should have. It's also not like, "Oh, I forgot." They were warned by individuals to shut the door so the dog wouldn't get out. It was stupid, and not securing the dog SHOULD be a violation of Department Standard Operating Procedures.

[MoGalahad]

BS. This has nothing to do with John Ashcroft and everything to do with a police force which is becoming more and more separated from their fellow citizens. No one with even a modicum of compassion could have done this deed.

[GovernmentShrinker]

A car hitting a dog is almost never intentional, nor is it committed by professionals acting in the line of duty. The fault generally lies primarily with the owner for allowing the dog to get loose. Not comparable. Try again.

[Mr. Quarterpanel]

How about a link to the City's Website?

http://www.ci.cookeville.tn.us

The page loads slowly, if at all.

Probably getting all kinds of support for the Police Officer from the on-line community. < /sarcasm >