Man shoots dog who attacked his dog

[Cyrano200]

Milwaukee man shoots, kills dog that mauled his to death, wounds its owner | Fox News
So this guy's dog was attacked, and later died, when another dog got loose and ran amok. The aggressor dog's owner tried to retrieve his dog, so got capped too.

What say you, Sherdog? Is lethal force permissible in defense of your fur babies?

Me.

 

[oldshadow]

Yes.

 

[Red Beard]

Ya but not for cats @lsa

 

[SummerStriker]

Dogs are dangerous property. I can't shoot you because you are shooting my gun with your gun, provided my gun is sitting out in the yard.

But if you attack me with your dog, that seems like a grey area to me? I'd try hard to avoid that.

 

[lsa]

Ya but not for cats @lsa

Of course it is.
Thats a fact, science and common sense.

 

[GordoBarraBJJ]

Yeah, if you your dog is big enough, vicious enough to do harm and you can't control it - then it's game on (in regards to doing what you need to do to keep your loved ones, dogs included, safe).

 

[Red Beard]

Of course it is.
Thats a fact, science and common sense.

Oh...weird. Your name changed when I quoted you. Seems odd for this thread specifically.

 

[PG29 red0 Jr]

This actually sounds perfectly reasonable.

 

[Sweater of AV]

One for the owner, one for the dog.

 

[lsa]

Oh...weird. Your name changed when I quoted you. Seems odd for this thread specifically.

Weird happened to me too.
Must be a glitch in the system

 

[StonedLemur]

Ya but not for cats @lsa

My cat is disappointed with your answer sir.

 

[lsa]

View attachment 987767

My cat is disappointed with your answer sir.

She is a cutie

 

[Red Beard]

Weird happened to me too.
Must be a glitch in the system

 

[lsa]

cats being cats.
Whats not to like.

 

[StonedLemur]

She is a cutie

Yeah that's one of my favorite pictures of her, here's my favorite.

This was the first day when we moved to Maine years ago.

 

[lsa]

Yeah that's one of my favorite pictures of her, here's my favorite.View attachment 987768

This was the first day when we moved to Maine years ago.

I got a calico too.
And of course its a girl too.

 

[ookii]

The dog was fair game since it attacked the other persons dog both of which died. However shooting the guy who tried to retrieve the dog was too much since the shooter shot the person was not the one attacking or even gave the command

 

[Red Beard]

Yeah that's one of my favorite pictures of her, here's my favorite.View attachment 987768

This was the first day when we moved to Maine years ago.

New meaning to the expression, "Drowning in pussy"

 

[Cyrano200]

Dogs are dangerous property. I can't shoot you because you are shooting my gun with your gun, provided my gun is sitting out in the yard.

But if you attack me with your dog, that seems like a grey area to me? I'd try hard to avoid that.

Your example of the using the dog to attack a person seems to remove all the grey-ness to me. In the story though, it's dog-on-dog violence.
To your point about sitting out in the yard, are you saying that the dog being in the open on his owner's property invites the attack? I'm not buying that. I do agree that it is best to avoid killing any dog. BUT protecting my dog from a strange dog that attacked unprovoked on my property would meet that threshold. I would be interested in the status of the yard and the victimized dog. Was there a fence? Was the dog on a chain or runner of some kind?
I don't think I'd default to gun over a swift kick, but what kind of dog was attacking? Evidently it was good at the violence and large enough that the owner was unable to stop the attack. (Actually, it doesn't say when the guy who was shot attempted to "retrieve" his dog. Was it post attack or in progress? That would also weigh heavily on my judgement here.)

 

[mb23100]

Poor title. He shot the owner too.