Dog calls 911, gets shot

[The Straight Story]

Deputy Shoots Dog in Owner's Yard

A deputy shot a bull mastiff-pit bull mix in the front yard of a duplex Sunday morning, after responding to a 911 call accidentally made from the residence. The dog, which was shot in the eye, was euthanized later at an emergency animal hospital.

Kathleen Derosa, who was home alone in the 5000 block of 21st Street West, said the family's four dogs got out into the front yard, which was not fenced, after the deputy banged on her window and insisted she open the door, because a 911 call had come from the home.
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She also said the deputy refused her request to shoot the dog again and put him out of his misery, when she realized the animal was still alive.

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According to Derosa, the dog that was killed and another large dog – who were both from the same litter – apparently dialed 9-1-1 without her knowlege. They had been playing on the sofa inside the house next to the home phone.

http://bradenton.patch.com/articles/deputy-shoots-bull-mastiff-mix-in-owners-front-yard

[Angry Dragon]

1. What state ---------- what city??

[Enrique]

2. I bet you can guess the state

;-)

[provis99]

16. my first guess would be Florida. Would I be right?

yep.

[The Straight Story]

4. Florida (nt), city: bradenton (From the link) (nt)

[TheCowsCameHome]

8. Oh, come on.

Where else but...........

Florida.

[greytdemocrat]

9. HEY!!!! lol. n/t

[Angry Dragon]

12. Could be any state,

[xchrom]

3. If it moves -- shoot it! Nt

[secondwind]

5. On reading the article all the way to the end, it appears this woman had no control over her

pets... the neighbor gave a very different version of events....

[Liberal_in_LA]

6. These 'shot the dog' stories make my blood pressure rise. grrrr

[jpak]

13. We are told that the dogs "deserved it"

yup

[elias7]

19. We were told nothing of the kind.

yup.

[lbrtbell]

7. He could have at least shot the dog again

When the owner requested the dog be put out of its misery, he should have complied.

What a sadistic son of a bitch!

[benld74]

10. Barney only get one bullet!

[TorchTheWitch]

23. legally he can't

He is allowed to protect himself, only. Shooting the dog once which clearly subdued it is all he is legally allowed to do. Had he shot the dog again, THEN he would have been in trouble. He probably would have wanted to put the dog out of its misery, but it's no easy thing to purposely shoot a defenseless animal even when you are doing it to end its suffering. He was probably also devastated he had to shoot the dog in the first place and had given the woman every chance to get her dogs under control. It was HER that failed in controlling her dogs EVEN WHEN one of them was in the midst of attacking someone.

The only reason this officer is getting any flack here is because he's a police officer. If it was a neighbor or some other innocent person this women would be getting trashed up, down and sideways for what SHE allowed her dog to do. And rightfully so.

[Speck Tater]

11. This is beginning to be a recurring theme: cops show up; somebody gets shot. nt

[Tom Ripley]

14. coward + badge + gun = misery

[Rosa Luxemburg]

15. The dog called 911?

[anneboleyn]

17. That is what got me. The dog "dialed" 911? The whole story is just bizarre.

[The Straight Story]

18. He wanted suicide by cop

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[TorchTheWitch]

21. the dogs broke right out of the house

What is with owners that can't seem to keep their dogs under any semblance of control? If the dogs got out of the house somehow on their own and went to attack the officer, then yes, he had a right to protect himself. Are people now obligated in some way to not protect themselves from an uncontrolled attacking dog much less four of them? In this case, the dogs shoved right past her out the door when she tried to slide through it herself. She knew her dogs were aggressive and even admits she couldn't physically control all of them.

As for the dogs dialing 911 on their own - baloney. Even if the home phone was set to have 911 on speed-dial I'm not believing it. Someone in that home dialed 911, and it was likely the two little kids that were playing in the house.

According to the neighbor (just like the other dog attack story currently going on here) he saw the whole thing and believed the officer had every right to shoot the dog. The officer gave both her and the dog every opportunity but after yelling at her several times to get control of her dogs she goes to control the three that were NOT attacking him to put them in the house and even admits she probably couldn't have physically done anything to stop her attacking dog but worse, she didn't even TRY. She obviously didn't give a shit that her dogs were uncontrolled and one of them was attacking an innocent person.

I own a large aggressive breed dog and he's my third one. But as a responsible owner I train my dogs not to randomly attack innocent people, break out of the house and always always always have them under physical control. That is the responsibility of every dog owner. I'm so damn sick of people that just don't give a shit how their dog behaves even when it goes to attack an innocent person.

All the time when I'm out walking my dog we encounter assholes with dogs that leap over fences, crash through unsecured fence gates or are wandering around off leash even with their owner and rush at us barking and snarling with every intension of attacking. With my Akitas I'm far more worried about the damage MY dog will do to some asshole's unsecured attacking dog and totally amazed that the owners don't give a shit what may happen to their OWN dog and just stand there like a boob and make ME handle the situation! And not a single damn one of them has EVER apologized.

Just last night I was out with my leashed dog when walking past someone's house they had their front door open with a flimsy glass storm door the only thing keeping their giant aggressive Chow from hurling itself through the glass at me and my dog. Yet I could see the owners right there totally oblivious sitting on their sofa watching tv. Not only did they not give a shit about the possibility of their giant aggressive dog hurling itself through the glass and attacking me and my pup but they didn't give a shit about either THEIR dog getting hurt by breaking through the glass nor THEIR glass door.

Every damn night I go out with my dog I have to be prepared for this shit, and I'm heartily sick of it. I'm seriously considering getting police-strength pepper spray or something else equally lethal just so I can responsibly walk my trained dog in peace. I hate the idea of guns and don't want anything to do with them, but I'm sick to death of owners that not only don't give a shit that their dog attacks people and they don't do a damn thing to either prevent or stop it they have the colossal nerve to be upset with ME for having a dog that can fight back or even being there on a public street in the first place.

I have not one iota of sympathy for this woman who allowed her aggressive dogs to break out of the house and go after someone, and I don't give a single shit whether or not that person was a police officer or a 5 year old child. NO ONE deserves to be attacked by someone's dog when they aren't doing a damn thing to deserve it.

This woman's dog got shot because she never bothered to train them, control them and didn't even try to control her dog that was in the midst of attacking someone. I feel terrible for the dog. It's never the dog's fault that it does what comes naturally when they have not been trained to behave properly. I'm FURIOUS at the woman for not only never bothering to properly train or properly control her dogs as well as not bothering to try to control one of her dogs that was in the midst of attacking someone but to have the damn colossal nerve to blame victim that her dog attacked. FUCK her and every other grossly irresponsible and victim blaming dog owner.

[JoeyT]

27. When there's a dipshit banging on your windows and yelling

it might be hard to control your animals. Especially if you think that not getting it open right this second will lead to it getting broken down.

Victim blaming? The cop was the victim? Jesus tapdancing Christ.

The only victim here was the dog.

[Donald Ian Rankin]

22. People who own dogs that attack people should be put down, and the dogs may need to be too.

If (and from one article all one can say is "if") her dog did indeed attack someone, then you can't fault him for killing it, and it raises serious questions over her fitness to be allowed to keep other dogs; the others may need to be rehomed and/or put down.

[coyote]

25. Yes just kill that dog..

Plus we get some easy shooting practice too. Don't take that can of pepper spray out of your pocket, call animal control, or step back into your vehicle until the situation is secure...just kill the fuckin dog already.

[TorchTheWitch]

26. oh brilliant

WHAT pepper spray? Who says he even has any pepper spray on him? Most police don't generally carry it anymore in favor of the taser. Turn your back and run to your car from a 65 pound attacking dog with three others behind it? Oh yeah, that'll just guarantee you don't get bitten or mauled. Where was this advice with all the pit bull mauling stories? Why weren't you advising that victims being attacked by someone else's dangerous dog make a run for it instead of trying to protect themselves in all the dog attack stories that have floated around here forever?

Interesting that now people are expected to do as little damage to someone else's attacking dog as possible even if it means they get bitten. What a crock of shit. This officer is catching the blame in this situation for the sole reason that he's a police officer. Period. Were it anyone else - a neighbor, a child or the woman's own grandma not a sole here would be blaming anyone but the person who owned aggressive dangerous dogs that she couldn't control nor even bothered to control when one of them tried to attack someone.

[coyote]

28. I simply disagree.

To me it looks like another cop exerting his authority via Glock. As the old adage goes, "If your only tool is a hammer, all your problems start to look like nails"

[JVS]

24. What's wrong Lassie? Oh, screw it! *bang* *bang*