Somebody's dogs about got it this morning.

Cubslover

I get up at 3am for work every morning. While I was getting ready this morning, I could hear a dog barking nearby. I assumed it was the neighbor's, who chains her dog out front occasionally. The dog doesn't bark much or very agressively so she is never a problem.

I left the house, locked the door and walked out front to get in my truck. As soon as I took one step off the porch, something to my right caught my eye. Two Lab/Pitt mixes (about 85+lbs) were in my other neighbor's front yard, and they both did a B-line right at me, snarling and barking.

I stood my ground for a minute and slowly backed back up my porch, unlocked the door and retrieved my 45 and SOG. I walked back out and they were gone, pitch black and no sign of them. I made my way out to my truck put my duffelbag in the back and I heard nails on asphalt. They were about 30yds off and sprinting right at me. I took aim and held on one, they stopped about 8' away and just barked at me. I slid in the truck and left, calling the police before getting to work.

-My adrenaline rush for the morning.

JnRockwall

missed opportunity to spare someone the pain and suffering of an attack... Those dogs are up to no good.

NOAH

+10000 should have took them out[:(!]could hurt a kid in the morning,if still running around.[V]quote:Originally posted by thermonuclear
missed opportunity to spare someone the pain and suffering of an attack... Those dogs are up to no good.

Navybat

Wow, that must have been a scare. I might not have let them get within 8 feet of me. You have steady nerves!

But I'm sure you're now going to run up against the dog crowd who will state how anyone who "hurts their dog" will die a slow painful death at their hands. No matter that you were trying to protect yourself.

I hope the dogs are not back when you come home!

grumpygy

Had that Happen not long ago here at my place. I Had heard the day before there were some dogs running free following and barking at my neighbors kid.

He actually blamed me and told me to control my dogs. Told him to shoot them and they were not my dogs.
So the next morning I went out with my 870, I did see them but never had a clear shot. They were in Direct line with my neighbors house.

Went looking for them when I got home that night but they were gone by then.

calrugerfan

I'm a dog lover but I wouldn't blame you if you shot them. However, I'd rather you shoot the OWNER and give the dogs to somebody that will be responsible.

MudderChuck

I like my dogs, most every dog, they don't particularly like me for some reason. I've been bitten a bunch of times. They come at me in attack mode and I'll use whatever I have at hand to protect myself.

You can't always blame it on the owner, nobody is perfect, dogs do escape. And they do get some weird things in their heads from time to time. No telling what may set one off on occasion.

Sidewalk full of people, half a dozen at least, this dog singles out two 15 year old girls and goes into attack mode. Like I said 6-7 people standing around a bus stop and he singles them out. He was working up the courage to really go at it. Jumps in and bites one on the leg. I really don't know what set him off, unusual for a male dog to attack female humans, happens, but rarer than male/male attacks. He got a taste of my size thirteens, then got a three battery Mag lite bent over his head. I was lucky the kick landed, most dogs are really good at dodging kicks. He made the mistake of coming back for seconds, after getting a mouthful of my boot and got his bell rung with the flashlight (what I had handy when I exited the Jeep).

I have a Shepard come at me on occasion. I usually drop my paperwork off at the bosses house weekly, way early. A young woman walks her dog around the same time. He is almost black and has come at me out of the dark a few times. My guess is he is just protecting his mistress. My thousand lumen flashlight set to strobe stops him in his tracks, so far.