Maybe the dog was just trying to see if the cop had any donuts. ;-)

I didn't mean for that to sound flippant. I'm sorry about the dog and I hope the cop had a really good reason for what he did.

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Maybe the dog was just trying to see if the cop had any donuts. ;-)

First off, you have to understand they are called power rings. Secondly, if the best you can do in a discussion such is this is a donut joke, I suggest you stick to reading instead of trying to communicate.

DFrost

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Maybe the dog was just trying to see if the cop had any donuts. ;-)

First off, you have to understand they are called power rings. Secondly, if the best you can do in a discussion such is this is a donut joke, I suggest you stick to reading instead of trying to communicate.

DFrost

Some people can make such better sarcastic comments then i. Such is thus *looks up*

now back to topic. Anything new on it?

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Easy there, Star. Don't take yourself so seriously. I wonder if Dunkin' Donuts will change their name to: Dunkin' Power Rings?

Wow. You have to be new to David Frost's posts to even suggest that he takes himself too seriously. ERROR.

Me; I don't take serious. I actually know what I'm about. Power rings on-the-other-hand are sacred. So too is a person's innocence until proven guilty. The officer involved has been villified, tried and convicted, as usual, by a media. In all seriousness; donut jokes? Come on, I would hope that people could really show a little more creativity. Milton Berle made a career out of using old jokes. Darlin' I knew Milton Berle and you are not him.

DFrost

I have a real problem with the guy shooting the dog - I don't give a rat's ass if he's a cop, a priest or an investment banker. Unless this man has some really nasty bite marks on him or even one defense type wound on him, I say his actions were negligent, thoughtless, cowardly, outrageously callous and, well, you get the picture.

The only thing that would make his actions seem even remotely reasonable to me is if he had children with him and he felt he had no other means to protect them from an attacking dog. And even then, shoot the friggin' gun in the air to scare the dog away but shoot it in the head??? You're all mentioning his career choice as if it matters here. It doesn't matter except to maybe convince me further he's an idiot. Don't all cops get trained to "think on their feet"? He couldn't think of anything else to do in this situation but shoot it in the head?? Come on people. It was one man with a gun and one dog running in his direction. So what. Yell, scream at the dog before he closes in if you're afraid. He's a grown man for crap's sake...kick the dog. Punch him. And that, of course, is assuming the dog is bearing down and pretty much in mid lunge bearing down on your shin. It was a boxer, a single dog weighing what, 55 or 65 lbs.? And he was a cop, trained to read dangerous situations, no? Trained to think fast, no? Trained to protect and serve, no?

We've all been jumped on, bitten, run after or momentarily fearful of an oncoming dog. Just because he has a license to carry a gun, it does not give him the right to use it in the manner he did.

Last week the cops were at my house unexpectedly because my house alarm went off at 4:00 AM screeching FIRE - Get out of the house immediately. Yeesh what a scare that was. Cops come to my house and bang on my front door to save us from what turned out to be a carbon monoxide issue. When I opened the front door two cops were there, one further back then the other. My GSD came trotting out at them rather quickly to see who they were. As you might imagine, I did not have my dog on a leash and under control due to the sirens, the kids running throughout the house asking if were gonna fry (they're teenagers ) , the firetruck sirens in the front of our house, etc. Anyway, my dog is ueber friendly but the cop didn't know that. As soon as my dog came towards him, he did two things simultaneously and swiftly; he asked "is he friendly?" and he grabbed his pepper spray out of his belt.

Now that is a being a responsible man, cop or otherwise.

I'm just glad the trigger-happy coward in the original story is not a cop in my neighborhood. If he were the one at my house that night, my dog would probably be dead right now.

Did the cop shoot your dog? did the cop spray your dog? Just curious. Call him what you want, if I ever feel threatened by a loose stray dog, he's dead. As for the cop waking everyone up and getting them out on a false alarm from your system, they are ridiculed. Had the house burnt down and people killed they would have been villified. Next time let your alarm company handle the problem, that way the police won't have to harrass you. Sometimes you just can't please everyone. I've been mauled, broken arm and hospitalized because of an animal attack. I'll do everything within my power to assure it does not happen again. Sure I have a "license" to carry a gun. More important than that I have a responsibility to ensure my safety and those around me. I take that serious.

DFrost

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The only thing that would make his actions seem even remotely reasonable to me is if he had children with him and he felt he had no other means to protect them from an attacking dog.

Would the kids need nasty bite wounds too?

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And even then, shoot the friggin' gun in the air

Do you know what it means to take responsibilty for every discharged round?

Judy, it seems like you have a bit of an agenda here and strong feelings rooted in some unrelated situations.