What Are Your Opinions On This?

[LilacDragon]

MY DOG HAS NEVER HARMED OR ATTEMPTED TO HARM HIS ANIMALS!!!!!!!!! GET A POLICE REPORT FOR YOURSELF!!!!!!!!! WHAT NEEDS TO CHANGE, IS THE FACT THAT THIS MAN KILLED MY DOG WHEN SHE WASENT DOING ANYTHING WRONG. The felony law needs to be changed so that if someone kills a domestic pet FOR NO REASON, they are charged with a FELONY. My dog was not doing anything. I cannot tell you anything about how I feel about a dog that was attacking chickens, because that is not the case in this matter.

As for the moan, I did not say I heard it. I said my mother heard it while walking behind his property with my son. According to the police report the man says he was standing inside his homes doorway when he fired the weapon. I am not sure of a silencer.

I think you need to take a step back and look at what you are saying! I know that you are mourning the loss of your family pet but pick up a paper tomorrow and see how many articles you can find about someone being attacked by a dog running at large.

If your dog had gotten loose ONCE, then maybe we would feel really bad for you. But all the facts that we have seen shows that your dog got out frequently. That, my dear, is the definition of irresponsible ownership.

I AM a single mom and the rent for my apartment is 2/3rds of my monthly income. And yet my dog eats good food and has NEVER been outside off a leash in an unenclosed area.

IMHO - dog owners who's dog threaten someone's person or property should be charged with a felony.

You must not be a parent if you do not understand why we already have a new puppy.

ARE YOU KIDDING!?!

Dogs/puppies aren't toys to be replaced when they are broken! They are living, breathing creatures. When our family's rottweiler died of cancer, we waited months for the perfect dog for our family to come along.

Sorry, but I think you are wrong on many levels here.

[Sophist]

Twisterdog and Lilacsdragon, I just want to give your last two posts standing ovations.



And Penny'sOwner... it's fine and your prerogative to not feel the need to give any source or back-up for your 'expert analysis'. Just don't expect anyone else to place any stock in a completely unverifiable assertion like that.

You were actually home when Penny died and just "assumed" she was safe and contained, even though you did notice she was not going along for the walk which apparently was out of the ordinary for her. Even though you knew you were waiting around for someone on Craig'slist to give you free materials to even make it possible for her to really be contained you didn't bother to check if she was. You made no attempt to locate her or make sure she really was around. For that, you need to stop asserting your mother's negligence. Penny was not your mother's dog. Penny was not your mother's responsibility.



Like I said before, just please please no excuses or waiting, make your puppy safe and secure. You owe it to both of your dogs. I think that would better serve Penny's memory than trying to pass legislation that protects those who flaunt the leash laws and punishes those who choose to defend their own animals from intruding predators.

[Sophist]

ARE YOU KIDDING!?!

Dogs/puppies aren't toys to be replaced when they are broken!

Permission to tattoo that across the foreheads of a few people I know?

[Lady's Human]

We still don't "know" that penny wasn't harassing livestock. We have the newspaper articles saying she was, and you saying she wasn't.

If she was harassing livestock, and had done so in the past, legally he did have the right to shoot the dog.

As to the some people/most people issue, popular opinion does not make something legal or correct. If everything hinged on the opinion of "most people" we'd be left with mob rule.

[LilacDragon]

There are some people who will not see it like MOST PEOPLE. I loved Penny and I honestly was doing the very best that I could.

But see - we DO see it like most people. It is your option to learn how to be a responsible dog owner.

[jackie]

Pennysowner,

You had my full sympathy until you came on here and started acting irate and childish. I am terrible sorry about your dog, but ultimately YOU need to take some responsibility in her death, RIP Penny.

[K9soul]

I think the man who shot Penny SOUNDS like a drunken, heartless human being, but I have only read the articles and things said here. I certainly believe he should not have shot poor Penny. Better he had called Animal Control and reported the situation, I am not sure if he had done so in the past. No one here believes Penny deserved to lose her life, I promise you that. People are upset because this was preventable. I just adopted a new puppy myself and she is completely and totally my responsibility. There is a leash law here and if she went wandering off and someone hurt her, it would ultimately be my fault. It is the same when a dog wanders out of the yard and ends up hit by a car, ultimately it is the responsibility of the dog's owner to keep their pet safe.

I know you must feel horrible, and that it has to be difficult to read some of these things, but it ultimately it would be best to just understand that responsibility to Penny was neglected in this, and thus prevent anything like it from ever happening again.

I personally have had times when I was careless, i.e. I open the front door and one of my dogs shot out. I didn't take care to make sure I was paying attention and keep it from happening. It was an accident but if something had happened, it still ultimately would have been my fault. My dogs are very good about staying in the yard so it was no big deal, BUT there is always a risk.

People here are very deeply animal lovers, and they are extremely saddened and upset to learn what happened to Penny, but we see that it was preventable too, thus the opinions expressed here. If my dog had gotten hurt or killed when he ran out the door, no matter if it was an accident, no matter if I had been sick or tired and thus not paying as much attention, it would still be my fault. That would be the hardest thing in the world to face, but it would be undeniable.

My deepest sympathies in your loss.

[areias]

Aaand all her threads are gone.

[elizabethann]

I saw you on Channel 7 the other night along with your puppy. I also noticed the fence you got still wasn't up. I was thinking the best Christmas present you could give your kids, is to put the fence up.

I'm curious as to how you found this board. Did you just do a google search on killed dog in NH or did someone tell you about it?