Local dog owner seeks justice

[TheGrey]

Don't you mean typical?



Sent by a free-range electronic weasel, with no sense of personal space.

It's becoming far more common, isn't it? Sloppy work, that's the truth.

[Great-Kazoo]

what kind of little girl drives around a puddle...toyota owner? i get it.

Hopefully a healthy cross fit one I hear SP is a yota owner now. Breeding like the infidel

[Calculated]

what kind of little girl drives around a puddle...toyota owner? i get it.

The same kind that throws a tantrum and kills a dog for wandering onto his property...

[Great-Kazoo]

The same kind that throws a tantrum and kills a dog for wandering onto his property...

Short story long. Had the dogs with us years ago up in RMNP., off leash, just because.
Ranger pulls up , walks over to tell us. Just in case you were unaware (since we still had OOS plates) a loose / off leash dog is considered a wild dog in CO.
ESPECIALLY in national parks. Didn't know that. Oh yeah, we can shoot loose dogs under the guise of them being wild ones. Matter of fact ANYONE can shoot a loose dog .

SO asshole or not (which it sounds like) there's enough blame to go round. Owning a dog doesn't give one special snowflake privileges.

[Dave_L]

It would take a lot for me to shoot a dog.

That's about all I have to say about that.

[Martinjmpr]

Sounds like both of these guys were assholes. From the article, at least, they come across like this:

Dog owner: Lazy, careless, wannabe hippie "Hey, man, that's my ol' smellhound Rufus! He ain't gonna hurt nobody!" as the dog runs all over other peoples property, scattering trash, chasing animals, crapping on the ground where people can step in it, and the dog owner does nothing. Conclusion: ASSHOLE.

Dog Shooter: Crazy nutjob paranoid psycho, wears a tinfoil hat, listens to Art Bell and Alex Jones, surrounds his property with "no trespassing" signs and then sits there with a gun waiting for someone to step across the line so he can shoot them. Conclusion: ASSHOLE.

Now maybe that's unfair, maybe in real life they are decent people but I have known people like the two I described above and unfortunately, they are not that uncommon. Down here in the big city they generally have to curb their assholish behavior or face the consequences but out in the rural areas, they are more free to fly their asshole flag.

[Calculated]

What if the dog has come on to his property (breaking the law) many times and the owner has been told many times? what if the dog chases wildlife? what if the dog chases livestock? what if the dog chases the land owner or the land owners kids?

I know act like a sheep and call the police and hope they do something. which they wont. maybe a ticket or two, maybe a court appearance, maybe if they even see the animal out or can find the owner.

if its not on your property it is no longer a pet, its a wild animal and a potential threat. the story made all of you who cant think independtly think the owner is a good guy. I doubt thats the case.

I don't think the dog owner is a good guy, I think he is an asshole and irresponsible and probably has no grounds for a case against the property owner. I think the land owner should've taken a number of steps before he gunned the damn dog down. I understand and agree with the laws. I don't want to get into the what if game, if the dog had prior aggression then the blood is on the dog owners hands. If the guy just shot him because he could, that's a whole other kind of prick.

[sniper7]

As with any story, you only hear the climax initially. Dog dead, greatest dog alive that hurt nobody, dog owner crying, dog owner wants to sue, shooter is horrible person, shooter has history of being an asshole, friends of dog owner hold vigil and confirm shooter is a horrible asshole.

then the facts come out.

[thvigil11]

friends of dog owner hold "Vigil"

Why are they holding me? Does my wife know about this?

[sniper7]

Why are they holding me? Does my wife know about this?

Ive heard they really like you. You're wife should never know about this!