http://www.nbc4.com/news/6525189/detail.html

The Jogger in this story... well... I'd like to shake his hand!

NA

On Wed, 01 Feb 2006 22:19:44 -0000,
(Nude Anaglyphs), clicked their heels and said:

http://www.nbc4.com/news/6525189/detail.html

The Jogger in this story... well... I'd like to shake his hand!

Too bad - he's turned himself in and charges are pending. The dog is
recovering, but slowly.



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Janet B wrote:
On Wed, 01 Feb 2006 22:19:44 -0000,
(Nude Anaglyphs), clicked their heels and said:


http://www.nbc4.com/news/6525189/detail.html

The Jogger in this story... well... I'd like to shake his hand!


Too bad - he's turned himself in and charges are pending. The dog is
recovering, but slowly.

But it's hardly black and white here. The owner let her dog run out into
the street, and the dog was chasing and nipping. Granted it was a toy
dog, but those little teeth can hurt!

His mistake was obviously in kicking the dog way too hard, but I sure
wouldn't blame him for trying to get it away from him. The owner shares
some responsibility here.

Robin Nuttall composed these thoughts and posted them
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Janet B wrote:
On Wed, 01 Feb 2006 22:19:44 -0000,
(Nude Anaglyphs), clicked their heels and said:


http://www.nbc4.com/news/6525189/detail.html

The Jogger in this story... well... I'd like to shake his hand!


Too bad - he's turned himself in and charges are pending. The dog is
recovering, but slowly.

But it's hardly black and white here. The owner let her dog run out
into
the street, and the dog was chasing and nipping. Granted it was a toy
dog, but those little teeth can hurt!

His mistake was obviously in kicking the dog way too hard, but I sure
wouldn't blame him for trying to get it away from him. The owner shares
some responsibility here.


My thoughts exactly. Owners should control their dogs. If that dog was a
pit-bull, there would be an entirely different media slant here.

On Wed, 01 Feb 2006 22:38:34 GMT, Robin Nuttall ,
clicked their heels and said:

His mistake was obviously in kicking the dog way too hard, but I sure
wouldn't blame him for trying to get it away from him. The owner shares
some responsibility here.

Absolutely! Which is why nobody has decided what charges, if any,
should be filed. A 4# poodle is pretty easily punted without a lot of
intent, OTOH, the little ankle biter shouldn't have been out without a
recall.

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On Wed, 01 Feb 2006 18:33:32 -0500, Janet B
, clicked their heels and said:
Absolutely! Which is why nobody has decided what charges, if any,
should be filed. A 4# poodle is pretty easily punted without a lot of
intent, OTOH, the little ankle biter shouldn't have been out without a
recall.


Forgot to ad - I think they should BOTH be served
reprimands/fines/charges of sorts. 2 people who were wrong and the
dog pays.

Diddy - if it was a pitbull, I doubt he would have been able to kick
it that far and damage it that much - we would only have a "pitbull
attacks jogger" story. This isn't that far from me - it's a
waterfront community near Annapolis. It's all over our local news,
daily.

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posted them :

On Wed, 01 Feb 2006 18:33:32 -0500, Janet B
, clicked their heels and said:
Absolutely! Which is why nobody has decided what charges, if any,
should be filed. A 4# poodle is pretty easily punted without a lot of
intent, OTOH, the little ankle biter shouldn't have been out without a
recall.


Forgot to ad - I think they should BOTH be served
reprimands/fines/charges of sorts. 2 people who were wrong and the
dog pays.


IAWTP 100%

Diddy - if it was a pitbull, I doubt he would have been able to kick
it that far and damage it that much - we would only have a "pitbull
attacks jogger" story.

true.. but the principle still applies

change breeeds, and the owner would be facing charges

This isn't that far from me - it's a
waterfront community near Annapolis. It's all over our local news,
daily.

"diddy" wrote:

change breeeds, and the owner would be facing charges

Regardless of breed, according to everything I've read and heard about
this incident, all the dog actually did was run to the sidewalk and yap at
the jogger's heels. That will not have the owner "facing charges" aside from
a possible civil citation for not keeping the dog on her property - this
happened on the sidewalk right in front of her house, so it's not like the
dog was running loose.

The other things about this incident that put the jogger far more in the
wrong than the owner, IMO:
One, the dog is TINY (less than 10 pounds), and couldn't possibly have
actually presented much of a threat - especially since she apparently wasn't
actually trying to bite.
Two, he kicked the dog literally across the street. WAY more force than you
need to get any dog to back off, even if the dog were larger.

In article ,
says...
http://www.nbc4.com/news/6525189/detail.html

The Jogger in this story... well... I'd like to shake his hand!

Maybe you can both share a cell someday.


NA


Was one kick not enough? Self defense is one thing, but it appeared he
was trying to kill the dog. If a human had attacked him and he shot him
once and he was down that is self defense. A second and third shot
would be attempted murder. I think the jogger is in deep poo poo. I
hope the poodle will be ok. She should have had him leashed for sure.
My dog is ALWAYS on a leash unless he is in my or his sisters fenced in
yard. He will come when called but I take no chances.

jw

In article , says...

"diddy" wrote:

change breeeds, and the owner would be facing charges

Regardless of breed, according to everything I've read and heard about
this incident, all the dog actually did was run to the sidewalk and yap at
the jogger's heels.

If all he did was yap at his heels and wasn't even nipping this jogger
may be in some big big trouble. I believe I could outrun a 4# poodle.
I can outrun my 3.5 # Chihuahua and I'm not in the best of shape right
now.


That will not have the owner "facing charges" aside from
a possible civil citation for not keeping the dog on her property - this
happened on the sidewalk right in front of her house, so it's not like the
dog was running loose.


If the dog never bit the guy thats about all they could charge her with.

The other things about this incident that put the jogger far more in the
wrong than the owner, IMO:
One, the dog is TINY (less than 10 pounds), and couldn't possibly have
actually presented much of a threat - especially since she apparently wasn't
actually trying to bite.
Two, he kicked the dog literally across the street. WAY more force than you
need to get any dog to back off, even if the dog were larger.


He kicked the dog 3 times. You'd think 1 would have been enough or he
could have just run a little faster. Those poodles have pretty short
legs. It ain't like he was being chased by a greyhound or something.

jw