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shardian:

--- Quote from: ahofle on January 08, 2008, 01:28:06 am ---Didn't Sharidan say that the dog attacked his wife at some point before and animal control did nothing?  At least he and his family are safer now.

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Yeah, the dogs came after the wife and baby in our yard for no reason. She sprayed them with the hose until they hit the road.

I had called the police dept to see what I could do about it, and they wouldn't even talk to me.  Apparently, dogs have to severely injure someone before they'll do anything. Animal control grudginly came out after I got pissed with them. They have next to zero juristiction though, even to take dogs that HAVE attacked humans or other dogs.

Having tried to address the situation by "the high road", I can understand the guys frustrations. He really went about it the wrong way though.

shardian:

--- Quote from: tommy on January 08, 2008, 01:37:10 am ---When you have a bunch of dysfunctional people acting like idiots it would stand to reason they would have a bunch of animals who are dysfunctional and cannot control them self. You want to talk about dogs not having self control, I think you have to at least have people in control of them self before the animal can know how to act.

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Just this once I'll humor you. I TOTALLY hold the dog's owner responsible for the whole affair. That dog would never had been in that situation if his owners gave a damn. I feel sorry for the dog, especially since he wasn't even doing anything when he got shot. Yes, owners are responsible for destroying the pit bull breedlines.

It was inevitable that something would eventually happen in the neighborhood dealing with these dogs. The owner was aware his dogs had aggressive tendencies. He was also lectured by an animal control officer and issued a warning. There is a public record of his dogs being lose and being a public nuisance.

Honestly, I think the dog owner should be charged with any injuries the dog did to the other dog and/or the girl. I do know that if you "sick" your dog on someone, you can be charged with assault with deadly weapon. That was part of a case I uncovered during my research a while back.
I doubt that conclusion can be drawn with loose dogs, but we'll let our legal expert ponder that. At the least the owner could be guilty of negligence I would think.

ChadTower:

--- Quote from: shmokes on January 08, 2008, 01:05:37 am ---I understand that there's no leash-law there, but surely animal control will take care of dogs once they have attacked humans.   

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They often will, but just as often it takes months or well over a year, all the while that dangerous animal is still around.

Where I grew up the animal will just get tossed into a pickup and driven off, then shot somewhere else.  Or if a message is intended they'll toss a poisoned steak at the dog and drive away while you're not around.  We had one dog that disappeared after a neighbor threatened to kill him... that dog was a behaviour problem and we weren't all that surprised.

They can sue the guy for intentional infliction of emotional distress, sure, but it will get countersued for multiple actual attacks, negligence, and possibly a similar emotional distress for "allowing terrorist animals to roam the streets".  I'd be shocked if it doesn't.

shardian:

--- Quote from: shmokes on January 08, 2008, 01:05:37 am ---I understand that there's no leash-law there, but surely animal control will take care of dogs once they have attacked humans.   

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They try to, but even then they don't have much authority to actually take the animal. There have been cases in which the owner has sued animal control for tresspassing and for stealing their dog. As I was told, if the dogs are on the owners property, their hands are tied. Cops would have to have a warrant to enter the premesis to allow animal control to pick up the dog.

In most cases, the owner realizes there is a problem and cooperates, but not all the time.

CheffoJeffo:

--- Quote from: tommy on January 08, 2008, 01:25:08 am ---
--- Quote from: shmokes on January 08, 2008, 01:05:37 am ---Did Tommy just tell Shardian to "wisen up" based on his neighbors having bad dogs and his other neighbors shooting them?  It certainly seems that way.

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Yes I did. This is how he bases his ideas on these dogs. He can try to ignore me all he likes, but it is not possible.

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C'mon, tommy, you don't really believe that everything Shardian thinks about pitbulls are based solely on these problem dogs, do you ?

Do you actually read what people post or do you just roll the dice and choose between "Giants rock!", "Pitbulls Are Great", "Glass Is Cool" and "____ Is An Idiot" when you post ?

Use your head for something other than a shelf for that Giants helmet, will you ?

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