Its done
The dog is dead.
I came home from hockey yesterday afternoon and one of the dogs from next door was off the line again. As I opened the car door it started running towards me so I slammed the door shut
and honked on the horn to get Scott's ( who was in the house) attention. He comes to the door, I point and he immediately knows. He leaves for a few minutes and then I see the door open and Scott comes out to the front yard with the cross bow, loaded and ready. He motions to me to take a run for it. I took a deep breath and I opened the car door and ran for the door. The dog saw me, it actually marked me with its eyes and came straight at me. Scott stood inbetween the dog and I and shot it. It rolled, recoiled back and died.
The police were here a couple of hours. We had to file a report. There was a blood trail all across our property so the police knew the story was accurate. We acted in self defence. My life was in danger so we were permitted to kill the dog. The officer was shocked when he learned that the dead dog was a pit bull/bull mastiff mix. He said mixing a pit bull with a mastiff that is bred for hunting and tracking BULLS is one nasty dog. I am very angry at the owners because while I have no regret that the animal is dead, I am angry that the ignorance of the owner placed the dog in a position to be killed.
Now we deal with the fallout from our psycho neighbor. The police stayed until he got home and spoke to him. Then the police left and I was a little put out that they didn't stop by and tell me how the confrontation went. I mean come on, I fully expect this guy to show up on my door very angry and very aggressive. It would be nice to know if that day is coming sooner or later.
Its a shitty situation but it's done. My children and my safety come first. Period.
I came home from hockey yesterday afternoon and one of the dogs from next door was off the line again. As I opened the car door it started running towards me so I slammed the door shut
and honked on the horn to get Scott's ( who was in the house) attention. He comes to the door, I point and he immediately knows. He leaves for a few minutes and then I see the door open and Scott comes out to the front yard with the cross bow, loaded and ready. He motions to me to take a run for it. I took a deep breath and I opened the car door and ran for the door. The dog saw me, it actually marked me with its eyes and came straight at me. Scott stood inbetween the dog and I and shot it. It rolled, recoiled back and died.
The police were here a couple of hours. We had to file a report. There was a blood trail all across our property so the police knew the story was accurate. We acted in self defence. My life was in danger so we were permitted to kill the dog. The officer was shocked when he learned that the dead dog was a pit bull/bull mastiff mix. He said mixing a pit bull with a mastiff that is bred for hunting and tracking BULLS is one nasty dog. I am very angry at the owners because while I have no regret that the animal is dead, I am angry that the ignorance of the owner placed the dog in a position to be killed.
Now we deal with the fallout from our psycho neighbor. The police stayed until he got home and spoke to him. Then the police left and I was a little put out that they didn't stop by and tell me how the confrontation went. I mean come on, I fully expect this guy to show up on my door very angry and very aggressive. It would be nice to know if that day is coming sooner or later.
Its a shitty situation but it's done. My children and my safety come first. Period.
posted by Sandi at 6:22 AM
3 Comments:
Ugh. What a mess.
I wouldn't be letting the dogs out unsupervised incase buddy decides an eye for an eye.
Yep... been doing just that. I'm more concerned that he'll 'accidently' let the other pit bull free while we're out there. I carry the hunting knife in my pocket when I'm in the field.
I don't know how he's been left with that other dog in his possession. In cases such as this the other dog should have been removed from his home.
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