Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005
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... I would never second guess a loving parent in an emergency situation... you know your son, and you know your dog. In the nanosecond that you had to assess the situation, you knew your dog was in great danger and your child wasn't so you went to save your dog. I would have done the exact same thing.
Ditto. Even if I would "second guess a loving parent in an emergency situation," and I wouldn't (who the heck am I to do that?), I hope that I would have had Mike's presence of mind.
Tammy Moore Webboard User Reg: 01-14-2010
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Sorry this happened Michael, and I am glad you all are alright.
Don't beat yourself up over what else you could have done. I was in a situation a few years back with a group of 2-4 year olds, and was charged by a dog jumping out of a car in a parking lot. I could tell the dog was about to squeeze his way out the window, I initially lifted the handle on a car door, to toss the kids in, but it was locked. I hollered for them to stay put, don’t move, and ended up charging back at the dog like Magilla Gorilla, fortunately it worked, the “”what ifs” weren’t thought of until after.
I'm going to schedule a meeting with the county judge and prosecuting attorney. I don't anticipate getting much accomplished, since there is no means to enforce violations, but I am not going to be guilty of not using every channel at my disposal in this matter.
I have friends who are city officials in another town. I am going to talk to a county judge and prosecuting attorney tomorrow to get a feel for what I am heading into.
I am also going to try and get something together to take before the quorum court. Not sure when that will happen because I want to be prepared and sound like I have half a brain.
If a judge rules that the dogs are vicious and are to be euthanized then the sheriff can take them straight to a vet and they won't need a kennel/pound to keep them.
Well, called the judge who had me call the sheriff, who had me call dispatch, who then had an officer call me.
I wish THAT officer would have been the one who responded to my call. This guy told me the law so clearly that I would've thought he had the book right there in front if him.
A citation could have been written and would have then been in the hands of a judge to deem the dog's vicious or not.
But now, the situation is over, my dog is unscathed, and an officer has already responded to the scene and "handled" the matter.
So I am exactly where I was. Damn, I'm dizzy after that 360.
Michael, I'd recommend following up with a letter (registered) to the judge and copy to the sheriff and a copy to both officers stating how inconsistant the information given by two different officers was (and how impressed you were with officer #2) and how you would have handled the situation differently had you been given the correct informtion the first time, etc... I would document like hell the fact that you were mislead which impacted how the situation was handled and you want EVERYONE to be aware of the danger presented by these two dogs. DOCUMENT this like crazy. Put it in writing and keep a hard copy in a folder not just on your computer. If you have a family lawyer I'd personally send him a copy for him to have as well.
God forbid this ever happens to you or anyone else again but if it does, I'd have as much documentation as you possibly can. If you ever SEE those dogs acting vicious even through their fence, get it on video.
We live in the middle of a hilly quarter and have had quite a few of our neighbour dogs in the yard, one set quite a few times, caught then, draged them to their home, chased them home, yelled, and called the neighbour each time to complain( dozen times) ,
finally at my ropes end I carried the .22 chasing when chasing them over the hill when I knew the neighbour was home(no shots), well had a good conversation, and he promptly put in small pens for them, now I always hear them bark, but it's better than seeing them on my deck
I hope the law will step in and actually do something before you have to do something regretable but nessacary
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