Posted on 03/26/2010 6:01:30 PM PDT by marktwain
A long-standing neighborhood conflict over roaming dogs escalated when a 74-year-old man fired a shotgun out a window of his home, killing a loose Chihuahua and landing himself in jail on criminal charges, according to police.
Lowell Mueller was charged with reckless endangerment, cruelty to animals and fourth-degree misconduct with a weapon, according to police. He was arrested and later released on $500 bail with the condition that he not possess any firearms, police said.
The shooting Sunday afternoon grew out of previous encounters involving the 8-pound male dog and an insurmountably larger female he couldn't seem to resist in the neighborhood off Lore Road and Lake Otis Parkway.
"You hear about people shooting Rottweilers. You hear about people shooting pit bulls. Even police officers (shooting dogs) when the dog is attacking. I've never heard of anybody shooting a Chihuahua," said John Glasgow, one of the dog's owners. "It just hurt me very deeply when this happened. I just don't understand the sense behind shooting the dog."
The 10-year-old Chihuahua, Faux Pas, was apparently attracted to Mueller's own dog, which was in heat, Glasgow said. Mueller's dog was in a fenced dog run in the yard, which itself is not fenced.
Faux Pas made a fatal misstep when he approached Mueller's property on Zurich Street, according to police.
Mueller leveled a semiautomatic .410-bore shotgun loaded with bird shot out an opened window and shot the animal on the street at a corner of his property, police Lt. Dave Parker said. Faux Pas was about 20 feet away from the window.
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The shooter seems to have made the common mistake of thinking that birdshot is not deadly at close range. At close range, bird shot is very deadly, not to mention that a small dog is about the size of a large bird.
A chihuahua in Alaska. Good joke potential here.
Wasn’t that an over kill?
I should have said that only the owner of the dog who was shot said the bitch was in heat at the time of the shooting.
The 10-year-old Chihuahua, Faux Pas, was apparently attracted to Mueller's own dog, which was in heat, Glasgow said. Mueller's dog was in a fenced dog run in the yard, which itself is not fenced.
On the other hand, the bitch-dog was far larger than the Chihuahua. That would be one very difficult mating.
Faux Pas screwed up...????...several ways
I’m thinkin .410, anything else would bring loud cries of “to much gun” from all the other neighbors.;^)
You think the little guy would have managed to impregnate the female several times his size?
maybe with a running start
Thanks for catching that. See my post number 5.
Hard to believe there’d be much evidence after he shot a Chihuahua with a shotgun.
I don't know...a .410 is pretty appropriate for squirrel and rabbit sized game...ought to be about right for a Chihuaha...not that I'm condoning what he did, mind you, but even if his intent was criminal, I wouldn't fault his choice of weapon.
Or he stands on her water dish....
He should be given a medal for killing a yapping little dog.
How could he not with that name?
Mueller leveled a semiautomatic .410-bore shotgun
That is possible, but I doubt it. Those are extremely rare. Even .410 doubles are rare. This smacks of a journalist trying to add a little glamor to his story.
He was probaly traumatized by Taco Bell commercials.
Popping somebody’s Chihuahua with a .410?! Come on! Every Chihuahua I’ve ever met was an obnoxious wee beastie. However, I could never bring myself to so much as yell at one. The little tough guys are just too darned cute. Atomizing one with a shotgun would leave me devasted by guilt. That’s one mean old man.
From another site...
“THE SAIGA 410 IS AN AUTOLOADING SHOTGUN”
The dog’s name was Faux Pas. Talk about irony.
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