Dog knifed.

Daze · 13 Oct 2012 at 01:43

Some lunatic that lives near me who used to own a pitbull was walking it one day and it went for my 3 year old black lab, it was on a lead but was too strong for her and she dropped the lead, it had my dog by the neck but luckily there was a cricket bat lying in my garden so my dad lifted it and hit the dog around the head with it a couple of times, then phoned the RSPCA about it.

The dog was eventually put down. Not really a happy outcome and of course you feel sorry for the dog but, as with this situation, the dog being gone is for the greater good.

Rainmaker · 13 Oct 2012 at 01:44

Rainmaker said:
I think it's important not to confuse dog aggression with human aggression.

Lightnix said:
Lucky that dog didn't go for a child to be honest.

Greyhounds like to kill rabbits but don't maul children. Foxhounds like to kill foxes but don't maul children. Terriers like to kill virtually anything up to four times their bodyweight but don't maul children... I could go on.

Apart from their day jobs, ABs were used for 'gang busting' (killing the large packs of feral/wild dogs roaming the Southern US states and often rampaging through rural communities). As such a lot of strains can maintain a level of dog aggression - especially around their owners of whom they're protective. This has nothing to do with human aggression whatsoever.

Theophany · 13 Oct 2012 at 01:44

It upsets me that somebody can fail to own a dog to the point where somebody else has to put it down

Rainmaker · 13 Oct 2012 at 01:45

Antony101 said:
I quote "He’s attacked loads of dogs on this estate and he’s even gone for a kid outside the Budgens up the road."

IF that's true (this is the DM after all) then it is unrelated to the animal aggression, I assure you.

bhavv · 13 Oct 2012 at 01:47

Energize said:
No one without questioning, he could have just saved the woman from being killed by said dog.

Oh, add the lady screaming 'He killed my dog'.

Energize · 13 Oct 2012 at 01:49

Antony101 said:
I quote "He’s attacked loads of dogs on this estate and he’s even gone for a kid outside the Budgens up the road."

Yeah but those kind of unsubstantiated rumors are always flying around about such dogs.

This kind of incident is all the more reason to carry a knife for self defence, chavs are not the only threat one many encounter on the streets.

FragnaticDeath · 13 Oct 2012 at 01:49

One of my x gf dog was killed by another bulldog a few years back. Bite him on the neck and wouldn't let go. Her father used a shovel and kept hitting the dog on top of its head to let go but wouldn't for at least 10 minutes. So yeah a baseball bat wouldn't do much. To this day he regrets he didn't pick up his rifle to shoot that crazy dog.

I believe the guy did the most reasonable thing anyone could have done given the time to think of a quick solution.

Theophany · 13 Oct 2012 at 01:51

Energize said:
This kind of incident is all the more reason to carry a knife for self defence, chavs are not the only threat one many encounter on the streets.

No.

nemtizz · 13 Oct 2012 at 01:58

Should have took its back, sunk the hooks in and choked it out.

norm · 13 Oct 2012 at 02:02

If your dog is such a runt that it gets caught by a stronger dog that's nature I'm afraid.

If however the dog was attacking a person, it would be justified to use whatever force necesary to get it off you.

Antony101 · 13 Oct 2012 at 02:03

norm said:
If your dog is such a runt that it gets caught by a stronger dog that's nature I'm afraid.

If however the dog was attacking a person, it would be justified to use whatever force necesary to get it off you.

You are an idiot.

Energize · 13 Oct 2012 at 02:05

Theophany said:
No.

YES!!!

Zefan · 13 Oct 2012 at 02:07

I can't be the only BF3 player that thought "Did he get his tags?" can I?

PapaLazaru · 13 Oct 2012 at 02:11

norm said:
If your dog is such a runt that it gets caught by a stronger dog that's nature I'm afraid..

The troll is strong here.

Trusty · 13 Oct 2012 at 02:17

i think 23 times is a bit excessive. who am i to call tho? i wasn't there..maybe the dog wouldn't let it go.

norm · 13 Oct 2012 at 02:18

PapaLazaru said:
The troll is strong here.

Really, so if a dog happens to be acting out its natural instincts and catches and kills a rabbit, that's acceptable?

But the same thing happens with somebody's pet and it's suddenly unacceptable.

Complete set of double standards.

bitslice · 13 Oct 2012 at 02:22

norm said:
Really, so if a dog happens to be acting out its natural instincts and catches and kills a rabbit, that's acceptable?

But the same thing happens with somebody's pet and it's suddenly unacceptable.

Complete set of double standards.

Lol, what?
Of course it is unacceptable, it's a pet...

PapaLazaru · 13 Oct 2012 at 02:22

norm said:
Really, so if a dog happens to be acting out its natural instincts and catches and kills a rabbit, that's acceptable?

But the same thing happens with somebody's pet and it's suddenly unacceptable.

Complete set of double standards.

Domesticated dogs should not be attacking other animals / people.

Trusty · 13 Oct 2012 at 02:22

norm said:
Really, so if a dog happens to be acting out its natural instincts and catches and kills a rabbit, that's acceptable?

But the same thing happens with somebody's pet and it's suddenly unacceptable.

Complete set of double standards.

No it's not, dogs need to be trained not to bite your friends hand off!

aln · 13 Oct 2012 at 02:30

Woman sounds like a psycho to me:-

Miss Jenkins said of the attack: 'We were just clinging together right up against the fence and trying to keep away from the knives.

'I could feel bleeding but I just held him tightly. I thought if I pretended to be dead he would leave us alone.

His dog is in its mouth because of her incompetance as an owner and shes acting like he attacked both of them instead of just the animal?

Stabbing it 23 times seems a tad excessive. On one had I suspect he's decided to make sure the job was done right (because the dog was a menace, like he said), on the other hand I'm not really sure how much effort it'd actually take to get a locked jaw dog off something it wasn't willing to let go.

PapaLazaru said:
Domesticated dogs should not be attacking other animals / people.

Indeed. Though to further the point a dog with that much power in it needs to be handled with care.

norm said:
If your dog is such a runt that it gets caught by a stronger dog that's nature I'm afraid.

Its also pretty natural that the monkey used a tool to subdue the dog to save his friend. Pretty stupid argument when you're essentially talking about 4 domesticated animals though.