Originally posted by cdtm
https://www.google.com/amp/www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-news-guilford-simon-dog-bite-protest-20180924-story,amp.htmlA local punk enters a fenced in yard to get a ball. Dog bites. Neighbors demand dog be put down. Police and town insist kid was trespassing, and dog should not be put down.
Neighbors persist. [b]Town agrees to put dog down.
Dog has been on death row for a year, as the owners fight this.
As someone who is freshly grieving over the loss of my best friend, I can't tell you how this makes me feel. Of course, anyone would be angered regardless.
The town of Guilford, CT, is known for affluence. What kind of shitbag neighbors is that poor dog owner living with, that would make such a demand? What kind of spineless officials would cave into their demands?
Clearly, there's politics at work. When important people want your dog dead, officials will see to it the dog dies. [/B]
I hope I am not missing anything on this story.
Comparable story:
My friend had a dog. This dog was a rescue dog from an abusive home. My friend warned me that this dog will randomly bite when he's had enough attention due to the abuse and to be careful petting him too long.
The dog seemed to love me a lot. I pet the dog a lot. Randomly, the dog just jerked back and quickly bit my hand. The hand that was giving the dog great head scratches. The dog wasn't angry. He stepped back, looked at me for a split second, and started looking around (we were outside) and continuing with this doggy-interests.
The bite wasn't hard. But it was hard enough to break the skin and I was bleeding a bit.
So of course I sued my friend soooooooooo hard and he had to put the dog down by court order.
WRONG! I did absolutely nothing like that. I continued to love the dog but I didn't pet him for more than a few seconds.
Here's what should happen in your news story:
Parents of boy: "Sorry our boy trespassed into your yard. Your dog probably was very stressed from the intruder. We don't blame your dog for acting on his natural doggy instincts. We are having a BBQ in 2 weeks. Please come over and treat this as an apology for our boy hopping the fence."
Owners of Dog: "You bet we'll be over. We feel so bad about Buster biting your boy. So we bought your son a $100 GameStop gift card. Also, saw your weeds near the back line on the fence. You told me about your trimmer being broken the day before yesterday. So I trimmed up the back line for you when I mowed my lawn after we talked, yesterday. Let me know if you need me to edge-up your front yard, too, until you find a replacement trimmer."
Parents of boy: "Thank you so much. We will get one this weekend. If you gets out of hand before then, I'll be knocking on your door, begging to borrow your trimmer."