That´s a nice story NYDDB as is the one Teodora reported. Those could happen where I live.
As to the others reported (in press and by Vantage), seems to me there is lack (absence) of common sense. When unleashed dogs have a fight its both owners responsability and they both should be accounted for it. Of course with a a pack of 4 bigs dogs vs one small dog the outcome was expectable.
Now, if the owners of the CC didn´t left the sceene and talked withthe other owned, perhaps the police was no needed and things would somehow be sorted out. In my country, there is a "rule" (not official) usually followed in these situations: if both dogs were unleashed, each owner takes care of his own dog; if only one was unleashed, its owner has to care of all vet (or other) bills. People most times act this way and the police is not called.
In the other story when the police shot that dog - I did not see the video, because it didn´t work so I am basing my comment on what was reported here - it was also absence of common sense by the owner and the police. The owner because she let the dog out during a police investigatios; the policeman because it appears his first instinct was to shoot the dog. Seems like a "light trigger" situation, but perhaps that it is what that policeman was taught to do.
As to the others reported (in press and by Vantage), seems to me there is lack (absence) of common sense. When unleashed dogs have a fight its both owners responsability and they both should be accounted for it. Of course with a a pack of 4 bigs dogs vs one small dog the outcome was expectable.
Now, if the owners of the CC didn´t left the sceene and talked withthe other owned, perhaps the police was no needed and things would somehow be sorted out. In my country, there is a "rule" (not official) usually followed in these situations: if both dogs were unleashed, each owner takes care of his own dog; if only one was unleashed, its owner has to care of all vet (or other) bills. People most times act this way and the police is not called.
In the other story when the police shot that dog - I did not see the video, because it didn´t work so I am basing my comment on what was reported here - it was also absence of common sense by the owner and the police. The owner because she let the dog out during a police investigatios; the policeman because it appears his first instinct was to shoot the dog. Seems like a "light trigger" situation, but perhaps that it is what that policeman was taught to do.