I wouldn’t tolerate an animal threatening me or mine. Good shoot, their fault not yours.

Wear some Purdue gear on tomorrow 's walk.

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Originally posted by Bigboreshooter:
Sounds like a good shoot to me. Don't worry about your idiot neighbors.

I would still worry about the idiot neighbors--there are non-confrontational ways of damaging property that might be employed.

flashguy

According to the CDC, in the USA, dogs kill more humans each year than Bears / Sharks / Alligators / Cougars combined.

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Originally posted by Shaql:
Wear some Purdue gear on tomorrow 's walk.

As someone who can’t stand OSU..... yes

His other flag on the pole today was an OSU flag.

I feel you were justified. I think it's your answers that are pissing the people off. Respond with "the other dog was not on a leash and was attacking my dog and I was protecting my dogs life".

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Originally posted by jimmy123x:
I feel you were justified. I think it's your answers that are pissing the people off. Respond with "the other dog was not on a leash and was attacking my dog and I was protecting my dogs life".

Eh. I’m the 1st person to say yes I’m an asshole because I will tell you exactly what I think of the situation, incident and or you.

Don’t approach me and tell me to stay off the street because of someone else issue. I speak fluent fuck you...

Now if he asked what exactly happened I would have told him. Simple and easy.

I’m aware that yes my answer could make you made. But I’m all out of fucks to give about your feelings.

So, two weeks after the incident, the owner harasses you while driving her car (sitting in the driver's seat, I presume)?

I'll suggest that you call the police and file charges against her. She's dangerous, and won't stop until forced to.

A good friend lost about $45,000 stolen by an office manager working for him, but decided not to press charges and ruin her reputation, despite being urged to by the cops and state's attorney. He settled for an agreement that nobody would ever talk about the incident. Within a few weeks, the manager's teenage daughter was telling her high school that my friend fired her mother unfairly, and it got ugly. Uglier than it would have if he had filed charges.

Just sayin'

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Originally posted by ThankGod4Sig:

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Originally posted by jimmy123x:
I feel you were justified. I think it's your answers that are pissing the people off. Respond with "the other dog was not on a leash and was attacking my dog and I was protecting my dogs life".

Eh. I’m the 1st person to say yes I’m an asshole because I will tell you exactly what I think of the situation, incident and or you.

Don’t approach me and tell me to stay off the street because of someone else issue. I speak fluent fuck you...

Now if he asked what exactly happened I would have told him. Simple and easy.

I’m aware that yes my answer could make you made. But I’m all out of fucks to give about your feelings.

Eh. Said neighbor heard a very convincing side of the story from the other party, and your response most likely reinforced it.

The situation sucks, and I’m sure it was a good shoot. However, there’s a secondary part of a good shoot, which is controlling the message (otherwise, as you have seen, your life afterwards may be affected).

Good luck.

Just down the road from you in Dayton, dogs have killed or injured several people. No one was armed and they paid the price. Lots of dogs being shot by the cops too.
It aint the dog, its the owner.
It was a bad situation but the best possible outcome.

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Originally posted by YooperSigs:
It aint the dog, its the owner.

That is pretty much always the case.

I've never met a 50lb dog I couldn't easily subdue just by laying on it or something.

Are you old(er), small(er), weak, crippled, or anything of the sort?

These aren't judgements, merely questions. Not everyone is the same, obviously.

But a lab mix? I dunno, man.. Were you genuinely afraid for you and your dog?

Ever seen dogs scuffle before? Even little ones are tougher than one might think.

You did the right thing in defending yourself. A couple of years ago I was out at night walking my female Doberman as I did every evening. She was not aggressive and followed commands well. We were approached by a Pit Bull who lived down the street and he began growling and circling us. I gave my dog the sign and command for Down, which she did. At that point the Pit came after me and I put him down with .38 to the head. Called the LEO's, they cleared it as self defense and notified the owner. Nothing happened after the fact.

I love dogs. But you have to protect you and yours. Situation sucks. Idiot owners should be made to pay a price for every bad outcome. Let them learn a lesson. Or at least pay an idiot tax.

File charges or at least a report. Get it on record. It may be good to have a record and perhaps a pattern of behavior for the future.

1. Shaql FTW
2. 45, are we to understand that you say that you've killed 5 dogs in your neighborhood?
3. I wouldn't forget about the neighbors. Maliciousness against you can take a number of forms. They're also spreading word around the area that there are firearm(s) in your home not far from not the best part of town.
4. I would chat with the Deputy who wrote this up initially given that the other owner, while behind the wheel of a machine that could kill you or do serious harm engaged in a confrontation with you. He can advise on whether you should file a report. He might also go on his own and pay her a visit and encourage her to live and let live...

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Originally posted by ThankGod4Sig:

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Originally posted by jimmy123x:
I feel you were justified. I think it's your answers that are pissing the people off. Respond with "the other dog was not on a leash and was attacking my dog and I was protecting my dogs life".

Eh. I’m the 1st person to say yes I’m an asshole because I will tell you exactly what I think of the situation, incident and or you.

Don’t approach me and tell me to stay off the street because of someone else issue. I speak fluent fuck you...

Now if he asked what exactly happened I would have told him. Simple and easy.

I’m aware that yes my answer could make you made. But I’m all out of fucks to give about your feelings.

Yeah well, when your neighbors start screwing with your stuff because of your attitude, or you need a favor and can't get one, then you might think twice. It's always best to defuse a situation, than it is to throw gas onto a fire, ESPECIALLY with neighbors.

I have a neighbor directly across the street from me that isn't friendly. I can't stand the guy actually. He pulls 10' into my driveway every single day to then back into his which isn't even necessary if he just turned the steering wheel more. Never returns a wave or returns a Hi back when he's walking past my house on the sidewalk. After IRMA last year, when I was done cutting fallen trees with my gas pole saw, I saw him and his wife cutting fallen branches with a hand saw and struggling with it, I saw my friendly neighbor doing the same right next door to him, I walked right past his house and cut up all of my neighbors big branches in 10 minutes and walked right back to my house past him again and smiled and waved and kept on walking.

jimmy, I think under those circumstances I would have offered to assist my across-the-street neighbor, too. Might be surprised at the results.

flashguy

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Originally posted by 46and2:
I've never met a 50lb dog I couldn't easily subdue just by laying on it or something.

Are you old(er), small(er), weak, crippled, or anything of the sort

I’m going with fuck you and your smarmy self-righteous attitude and ignorant reply.

Maybe I misunderstood your words.

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Originally posted by flashguy:
jimmy, I think under those circumstances I would have offered to assist my across-the-street neighbor, too. Might be surprised at the results.

flashguy

Well, that's why I smiled and waved. If he waved back or even nodded I would've walked over to him and offered. BUT, he pretended he didn't even see me (like he always does when he walks down the sidewalk 25' from the front of my house.....), and was 30' from the sidewalk and looking in my general direction. I still had it running because I wasn't done with my stuff,and had a ton of stuff of my own to get done, so I didn't try to talk to him.

As Judge Judy would say to the lady.

"You didn't control your dog!"

And as Judge Judy would say to Mr. Flagfolder.

"It's none of your business!"

I'm a fan of the Judge.

And Georgeair...