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Very Frightening Walk This Morning!

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greg58:
I see police as  a friend and partner since I volunteer as an EMT/FF.
They are just folks like all of us, there are good and bad just like all of us.
A little friendliness goes a long way with LEOs and Emergency responders.

Greg58

Ivars:
Back to the dog topic.  I have had some run ins and I have owned several dogs.

A dog running at you can be scary, but some dogs are just enthusiastic and want to say hello.  I try to be a responsible dog owner but they are tough to control sometimes.  My dogs have bum rushed a couple of people (including a deputy) and I have felt terrible about it.  Thankfully they have not been shot.  An irresponsible dog owner is one that keeps a mean dog.  If one of my dogs exhibited those traits they would be put down.

Pepper spray is by far the best defense against dogs.  Guns do not instill fear in dogs, they have no idea, they will keep coming.  They move so fast and are so small they make a very difficult target.  Even if you hit one, that doesn't mean they will stop.  I have hit a dog with a 2x4 so hard it would have dropped Mike Tyson and it kept coming.

A shot of spray and they will stop.  As a dog owner, I would not fault anyone for spraying my dogs if they felt threatened.  No cops, no court, no one hurt.  Dog and owner both learn a lesson.

bkoenig:
Good point.  My dog is like that - he loves pretty much everyone he has ever met and will come barreling up to anyone he sees so he can tell them how much he loves them.  If someone is already scared of dogs a big mutt bounding towards them could be intimidating regardless of the big doggy smile and wagging tail, though, so I don't let him run around off the leash.  That's just irresponsible, both towards the dog and other people.

I remember reading an article a year or two ago where a pitbull had attacked several people and the police were called out to put him down.  It took several hits from 00 buck before he stopped.  Animals don't feel pain the same way we do.  They're a lot tougher.

In the encounter I had it was a large Bloodhound type dog who was acting very aggressively.  Growling, hair standing on end, etc.  It's entirely possible he was just bluffing, but you just don't know when they're acting like that.  If I'd had OC spray he would have probably gotten a good dose, because I was definitely in adrenaline dump mode.

OnTheFly:
This is 85 pounds of uncontrolled love during his nap time on the designated "dog couch".  I wouldn't blame anyone for being afraid of him when he comes running towards them at 15 mph.

Fly

just_me_mongo:
To quote Citizen Clark:

"When I see cops in my neighborhood, I make sure they know that they aren't welcome. I don't appreciate the presence of roving gang members in their gang colors looking for trouble."

Very well stated.  I feel the same way. 

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