Prometheus wrote:
On Fri, 1 Oct 2004 23:00:41 -0400, "firstjois"
wrote:

Searcher wrote:
A dog here almost became filled with lead today, I was out in my
yard with my 3 year old son, doing a little yard work. Luckily, my
siter in law was close to my son when from around the garage came
a pit bull at full charge. After my siter in law grabbed up my
son the dog took off after another couple walking thier dog, it
was then that I retrieved my .44 with every intention of
dispatching that animal. The dog was still roaming as I was
cleaning up our garden tools and I was ready. I saw the dog take
off after another person walking his dog. I kept cleaning up and
went in. I have not seen that dog before or again. But if that
dog had come near my yard it would have been hauled off in a bag!

Searcher1

Did you call police? Someone is going to have to deal with that
dog.

It might be different where you are, but I had a neighbor about three
years ago who had a pit-bull that they allowed to run free in the
area. The thing actually had the gall to come right into my garage
where I was working and start growling at me, until I ran the thing
out with a shovel and got the door closed. There were numerous
occasions like that, and the dog was always agressive. But when I
called Animal control and the local PD, they said they couldn't do
anything about it because it hadn't actually bit anyone yet.

The sad thing is- if a pit bull bites, it often needs to be killed to
make it release it's grip, and they do huge amounts of physical
damage to the person being bit, sometimes killing the person they
attack. Waiting until they bite someone seems like a bad policy
decision, IMO!

Too bad! I'm in Virginia where there are leash laws for both dogs and if
you would please believe it - cats. I can call animal control and have a
dog picked up, most of the time I just call the owners and let them know
"The dog is out, again." and they are happy to come and collect them. I
have a 42" high fence and have seen German Shepherds jump over and small
dogs crawl under.

I'm surprised that the dog didn't charge you daughter-in-law when she
picked up the child. Somehow dogs and children in adult's arms seem to
encourage aggressive dogs.

Anyway, waiting for the bite is a horrible policy!

Josie