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jmra wrote:

cb1000rider wrote:how you get arrested for this has to be related to making a *really* stupid statement or something else is going on.

You mean something like posting a picture of the dead dogs on facebook and saying told you so?

I don't think that's enough, inherently... Smart, no, but I wouldn't think it's enough by itself.

Then again, the facebook political repercussions for a PD that did nothing might be significant.

TVGuy wrote: What do think might be going on?

I think that you'd have to be an idiot and practically hand them a case to get arrested for something like this. IE - They were on my yard, not bothering anything, and I shot 'em..

A simple, they were on my yard, barking, snarling, and I was in fear of my life... They were trying to kill my cat... They were chasing my chicken... Any number of excuses.

I'm no dog killer, but how you get arrested for this has to be related to making a *really* stupid statement or something else is going on.

TVGuy wrote: The story you posted was over a week old (the one I linked to was current as of yesterday), it seems that the investigation proved it was not in defense of livestock.

It's trivial to justify... There must be something else going on.

cb1000rider wrote:....I'm sure I look like a weird-o.

What's that saying?...... "If it looks like a duck....."
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Perfectly fair...

No "MWG" calls so far.. Although to avoid that scenario, I remove the barrel. :-)
So I'm still appropriately paranoid.

Out here, about 50% of the dogs are what I call "free range". I always assumed it was tied to demographics, but several of these dogs are owned by well educated reasonably wealthy people. One, whose dog is a consistent pain, is an ex NFL players dog - nicest guy you'd meet, but his dog has the run of the whole neighborhood and is a great garbage thief.

Most of them pose no threat to people. A few are quite nice. In 5 years, we've only had one bite and those only occur when you're walking your dog. I know that one of them has been hit by cars twice, but he's still ticking. The worst are the smaller breeds that try to bite and run.

One neighbor told me that I'm crazy if I think I can come into the neighborhood and change the way things have been for the last 40 years...

I think there are some good country folk that have always had free range dogs. There really isn't much I can do about it. Calling the county to have them picked up has a minimum 24 hour turn around time before they'll even come out and most of these dogs are smart. Our dogs are fenced, but regularly we've got through fence barking (well inside my property) - it only raises the aggression level when they meet outside the fence.

I don't worry about my dogs getting hurt - they're big enough and young enough that they'll do fine. However, when they get tangled up, my wife has been bitten and it's dangerous around my child. We've got two big dogs that can be hard to control on leash if they're tangled up with another dog.

My solution has been to carry a paintball gun if I'm in an area where I know I'm going to encounter problems. I don't actually shoot paintballs at them, just the sound of the gun firing has them running for the hills... It's a pain to do that though and I'm sure I look like a weird-o.

I guess it's a bit of a cultural clash.