[CesseOveldset]

I know of a few times this happend. A dog would be outside in a fence or on a chain and either a kennel accident would break out or the neighbor dog would be loose and get within reach. A police officer would show up and shoot the pit bull.

What would you do if this happend to you and walked out the door seconds after he pulled the trigger?

[SweetCaroline]

I would call my lawyer immediately. Then, I would call a few "important" people.

[vSzsgifP]

First, where the F was I? I doubt I'd ever leave my dog on a chain. I'm too paranoid.

But if the police, for some strange odd reason had to break up a fight by shooting my dog...I'd pray to God they were justified.

Cause if they weren't...ugh...

I'd be in jail. or in a coma. I would most likely freeze up in agony, torn between the law and my rage.

[Mello]

I'd like to think that is highly unlikely here, the police and AC are very pittie supportive, it seems.

Actually, I got pulled over for crossing a double yellow. The cop didn't give me a ticket, but I got a speech about how dangerous it was and how I was putting my pretty little pitbull puppy in danger. Yeah, that part made me start crying.

Kinda hard to imagine, because I never leave my dogs outside unsupervised, and would certainly not leave them in the front yard. If I could prove the shooting was unjustified, I would seek legal help immediately.

[beethyday]

I've thought of this one a bit actually. It does happen and if it does, my guess is you (me or we) are screwed. The truth is without a witness, a cop's word is usually golden. If he says the dog had it coming (for whatever lying reason) his arse is covered. Crooked people know how to get away with bad things and only a crooked individual is going to shoot a dog on what amounts to a whim.

My girlfriend's brother is a cop and he has no sympathy for Pits. All he sees are the worst situations – roughnecks raising them for protections or fighting or idiots who don't raise or train their dogs properly. It sucks. He's going on his experience.

I would guess the majority of cops have a negative view of the APBT, similar in ratio to the general public.

I've known stories of cops doing all kinds of bad things to innocent people and getting away with it. From t-boning a motorcyclist, or an automobile, to shooting a dog that was simply running over to say "Hi", with the only witness being the victim. Suffice it to say when it's your word against a cop, you will lose, just like these people did. They spin it around so that it's your fault.

Its a tough, sick world.

I worry with Brinks, and how he loves to run up and say hi more than anything – that given the the right senario – say he's running up to a cop, off leash (he's never off leash, except at one small, enclosed school yard) that his friendly run and hello would be mistaken for a charge to attack, and he gets shot.

It's always the chance we take as owners and defenders of what's become "canine terrorists" in the eyes of others.

[jadabaad]

My parents were raided for drugs several years ago. They, of course, were the proud owners of an APBT who did weight pulls , was therapy certified, and a search and rescue dog. She was also trained for personal protection. Without going into any details of the raid, out of respect for them, they had been robbed by the landlady, who then called the police. They were informed there was a "vicious pit bull" in the house, and there were 3 sharp shooters...one in front, 2 in the back, who's ONLY job was to dispatch the dog on sight. Thank the gods my parents were at Sturgis and took Sequoia with them! I viewed the carnage the next day, and the weight pull photos were strewn across the floor from one end of the living room to the other.
I think if the situation had been different and they had been home, Mom would have either thrown herself in front of Sequoia and taken out a cop or three before she died, or she would have welded the doors to the police station shut and burned it down. (Mom's kinda hard core like that)
Me?? I know nothing can be done about it legally, but I would be on the phone with a supervisor, the Mayor, the Governor, and every TV and radio station in a 500 mile radius. Fact is, the police have every right to shoot a dog they feel is a threat, and, because of ignorance, perceive all "pit bulls" to be a threat. Sucks. But that's the way it is. My solution: don't give them a reason to come around in the first place

[LottiFurmann]

My solution: don't give them a reason to come around in the first place

Wisdom!

[CesseOveldset]

I dont know this person; but I just found it as a bulletin on Myspace



----------------- Bulletin Message -----------------
From: Cheryl
Date: Nov 20, 2007 5:57 PM


This morning around 9:45 am my daughter gets a call on her cell phone... She turns to me and says mom they are taking my dogs. Before I could say who.. She busted out in tears and said he's dead... I then grab the phone from my daughter to find on the other end of the phone was suppose to be an Officer of the law. I asked him whats going on.... He proceeds to tell me he got a phone call from a lady who said a dog was trying to bite her kids. So he came out to see what was happening. He said he pulled up at my daughters house and got out the car and there were two dogs. Both dogs were my daughters. One is a Boston Terrier and the other is a mix that she found in a ditch when he was 4 weeks old. They both got out of the house when someone tried to break into her house. They opened her front dog and then ran when they saw the dogs leaving the door wide open... The Officer proceeds to tell me when he got out of his car the dogs were 5 ft away from him he said they both were running towards him so .. Yes maybe so because they always greed ed anyone that came to there home with love and kisses...Anyway the Officer tells me when they came towards him the white dog was showed signs he was going to bite him.. So he shot him in the head... After he said he tazered him twice.. I told the Cop he was a lire. I told him Snoopy did not have a mean bone in his body. I kept telling him over and over again he was a liar ... The cop said to me well if you think I'm leaving I'm giving your daughter a ticket. I told him to do so... He then returned two hours later and gave my son-in-law a ticket ... Get this a Leash law violation...

This is not going to go away over night. I have contacted the head of the US of American Humane Society he is now involved as well as the head of the Humane Society in Washington Parish. My goal is to have him fired and press criminal charges against him. !!!!
Oh and he tried to say Snoopy was a Pitbull.... I said who cares what kind of dog he is... And just because you think its a Pitbull you think you have a right to kill him...... .!!!!

I will see justice done. If it takes me the rest of my life.
If anyone can help me with any laws .. please email me at Cheryllynnsnow@yahoo.com

My profile pic is of me and Snoopy..

[FUNALA]

He/she would be toting lead too

[vSzsgifP]

what a shame....

[Stetbrate]

I had the police come to my home after a guy and the officer threatened to shot my Jersey Girl. Basicly told her it would take more than the 3 F*cknuts by my front door to pull me off of her. Told the officer she was in MY home and My J.G. wanted to be petted and if she pulled the gun I'd beat the living Sh*t out of her. Made her a promise to do it if she shot her.Almost got arrested, cause she said I threatened her.But I told her not a threat a promise. Said threat would get me locked up but a promise wouldn't and the 3 by the door agreed with me (thankfully). But would have went jail and enjoyed it because she was not in any position to be acting like a scared little girl. She was the police for god sake.

[ancexttew]

honestly i have no idea, what i would do. because i will put my dogs up, before i go outside to chat with them.

[TerAlelmlor]

Probably end up going to jail because that cop is going in a body bag.

[Abraham]

If anyone shot my dog police or not I am not sure what I would do... but I know there would be hell to pay. If you hurt my animals in any way, you deal with me and it wouldn't be pretty.

[MyOwnStyle]

If my dog was running loose and the police shot it, obviously, I would be upset, but I could only be angry with myself for the fact that my dog was loose. If my dog was properly contained and shot, then there would be Hell to pay.

[cookiemonster]

Gotta love the Internet tough guys/girls. I give the police no reason to come around my residence so therefore I don't worry about things like that. Also in the case that my dog accidently got loose and the police shot him yes I would be upset and I would try to learn the facts first before choosing my next course of action. I also know as the owner of a "pit bull" breed, realisticly this has a much greater chance of happening then if I owned another type of dog. It doesn't make it right but I know this happens.

[Czrzftmz]

I had a hell of a time understanding the OP thread, lol. I am not a hostile person, and if the police said there going to shoot my dog I would probably say 'what can I do to avoid that?' And like someone else said, I would never answer the door with my dogs loose anyways since some cops tend to be dog jumpy as I have seen. If a cop was going to shoot my dog, and I was there for it, I would tell them 'over my dead body.' Just the same if someone attempted to take my dogs as well, they would need to call for back up because it just wouldnt be easy. I also give the police absolutely no reason to come to my house, nor have I ever had the police come to my house for me, nor any reason, I try to keep a clean slate.

---------- Post added at 09:05 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:04 PM ----------

i ment i could not understand jersery girl not the OP. my bad.

---------- Post added at 09:10 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:05 PM ----------

I didnt realize the question, im an idiot sometimes...If my dog was attacking an innocent person (not someone robbing my house there not innocent) or a child, and they shot my dog I would be OK with it. My dogs are never outside unsupervised tho, so it cant happen. If my dog was fighting with another dog and they shot my dog I would probably flip the fuck out, because there is NO reason to use a gun on something like that, tazer the dog, mace the dog, something, but dont flat out kill my dog, My dogs are my glue, take them from me and what holds me together will come unraveled.

[TerAlelmlor]

Gotta love the Internet tough guys/girls. I give the police no reason to come around my residence so therefore I don't worry about things like that. Also in the case that my dog accidently got loose and the police shot him yes I would be upset and I would try to learn the facts first before choosing my next course of action. I also know as the owner of a "pit bull" breed, realisticly this has a much greater chance of happening then if I owned another type of dog. It doesn't make it right but I know this happens.

BSL isn't as strong in NY as it is elsewhere, but still you should get ready. If you have a nosy neighbor and they call saying they feel threatened, you can have your dog taken away or at least come under an investigation, especially if they insinuate that they've seen you match dogs.

[UJRonald]

Wow....so many that value a dog's life over a human's.


Must be nice living in your false reality.

[TerAlelmlor]

Wow....so many that value a dog's life over a human's.


Must be nice living in your false reality.

Nobody here value's a dog's life over a humans, though many dogs' lives are indeed worth more than many humans. However, we are merely expressing our outrage because cops tend to be extremely trigger happy, especially with pitbulls. You realize that most of these cases where a pitbull has been shot actually occured on the owner's own property? There is/was an incident where a cop entered the house of a person without a damn warrant and when he saw an appt lying on the couch, he pulled his gun and shot the dog when the dog got off the couch. The dog lived, but had to undergo surgery since the left hyp got fractured. This was all over the news a few years back. The cop entered the person's house due to the neighbor's phone call about a dog that is supposedly used to fight.

There is also a story a year or two back involving an UKC champion amstaff getting shot in her own backyard.