On 2008-03-02 18:31:29 -0800, (Judith Althouse) said:

What should you do
if you are in the presence of a dog that appears to be, or may be in
attack mode?


Be Free.....Judy

Drug dealers who lived across the street from me had trained two
Rottweilers to be vicious by beating and whipping them. The dogs' cries
in the night were heartbreaking. They were using the dogs to guard
their meth lab, but the dogs were frequently outside unsupervised and
unfenced, frequently threatening me, my neighbors, and any visitors.
People were afraid to let their children play outdoors. Sometimes the
dogs would not let us out of our cars in our own driveways. One of the
dogs was eventually shot, perhaps by someone that it was threatening.
Or maybe it was the drug dealers having a little 'sport.' Anyway, I
found it dead at the side of the road as I was coming home from work.
It had been shot once in the chest, just behind the left foreleg. It
must have died instantly. :-(

Police had been called many times about the drug dealers and the
Rottweilers, but they did nothing for more than a year. They did not
even come out when the dog was reported shot, although the dog was gone
the next day, so someone came and took it away. (I was not about to
visit the drug dealers and tell them their dog was dead!) If they had
acted sooner, perhaps that dog would have had a much longer, happier
life.

At last the police finally did act, raiding the house, arresting the
drug dealers, confiscating their lab, drugs, guns, and money, and they
took the remaining Rotty to the pound. I don't know what happened to
him. They did tell me that there were enough chemicals in that house to
blow up the entire block. As it was, the chemicals got into the
groundwater and the lot had to be condemned as a toxic waste site. The
house was torn down.

I really hate drug dealers.

--
Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor