WHY THE F#:K IS IT...

[MrAK]

My 18 year old dog is legally considered a "support animal" due to my ptsd and my therapist pretty much demanding it after an issue with a former landlord. That being said, he stays at home unless I'm going out of town for more than a couple of days.

[Zundfolge]

I take my dog anywhere I'm allowed to ... I like my dog (which is not something I can say about most people) so I like having him with me.

We also sometimes take him to Lowes just to walk around in the winter time.


But we also don't pretend he's a service dog either ... hate those people.

Also ours is tremendously well behaved and probably the friendliest dog you'd ever meet (but yeah, you threaten to shoot my dog and you go to jail ... you're not doing gun owners any favor with that bullshit attitude).

[Bailey Guns]

And, BTW. My "stupid animal" is a member of my family. If someone attacked my dog or harmed my dog for an unprovoked reason my response would be quite swift. Not unlike if the same person attacked my wife.

[Zundfolge]

And, BTW. My "stupid animal" is a member of my family. If someone attacked my dog or harmed my dog for an unprovoked reason my response would be quite swift. Not unlike if the same person attacked my wife.

+1 (but to be fair not all dog owners are as conscientious as you and I are. I imagine dogs owned by liberals are probably more of a nuisance)

You can't shoot someone's dog just because its being annoying ... and I've seen MANY more annoying children in stores than dogs ... effin breeders

[MrAK]

And, BTW. My "stupid animal" is a member of my family. If someone attacked my dog or harmed my dog for an unprovoked reason my response would be quite swift. Not unlike if the same person attacked my wife.

Yup, I've had my little 12lb guy for 15 of his 18 years. He's tried to protect me many times, there'll be no hesitation if I need to protect him from anyone or anything.

[hollohas]

And, BTW. My "stupid animal" is a member of my family. If someone attacked my dog or harmed my dog for an unprovoked reason my response would be quite swift. Not unlike if the same person attacked my wife.

Yup, I've had my little 12lb guy for 15 of his 18 years. He's tried to protect me many times, there'll be no hesitation if I need to protect him from anyone or anything.

You might feel that way about your dog, but I'm pretty sure the law doesn't feel the same way. Hell, in Colorado you can't even shoot a bear, lion or even a coyote if it attacks your dog, let alone a person who might hurt your dog.

But guess what, you CAN shoot another animal that attacks your livestock. That gives a pretty good indication regarding where dogs fall on the law's priority list.

And I like dogs. I love mine. But she doesn't go to the store with me. And if someone hurts her, I won't be responding as if I was defending a human life, because it's illegal and not equal.

PS - I don' t know what the law is in other states.

[Grant H.]

You might feel that way about your dog, but I'm pretty sure the law doesn't feel the same way. Hell, in Colorado you can't even shoot a bear, lion or even a coyote if it attacks your dog, let alone a person who might hurt your dog.

But guess what, you CAN shoot another animal that attacks your livestock. That gives a pretty good indication regarding where dogs fall on the law's priority list.

And I like dogs. I love mine. But she doesn't go to the store with me. And if someone hurts her, I won't be responding as if I was defending a human life, because it's illegal and not equal.

PS - I don' t know what the law is in other states.

Don't go bringing facts and logic into this...

Most of the people in here that are talking about shooting people that would harm their dog are likely the same people that would talk about shooting someone that is stealing their "x" (I see it in the diesel truck world, motorcycle world, etc), which is also illegal and will get the shooter jail time.

I love animals, but I grew up on a farm, so I have a very pragmatic view of them. They are not people, they are not part of your family (ie equivalent of a human), and they are NOT worth going to jail over.

[OtterbatHellcat]

I, like many of us, have great respect for police dogs. All the facets that they can be trained to do is amazing. When I see an actual impaired person relying on a trained canine, I'm am nothing less than emphatically impressed.

Trained in search and rescue, tracking, drugs, explosives, psychological/ emotional, other health issues, etc. etc. Really cool applications like that.

Someone who abuses the Service Dog Title?...........blow me.

[lex137]

I'm not big on animals. Though I understand why people are attached to them. I work downtown and see dogs all day long. Don't normally mind them as long as the owner picks up after them, my only gripe is I wish they wouldn't let them piss on street light bases, switch cabinets, per boxes, or anything else I have to work on.

[SideShow Bob]

my only gripe is I wish they wouldn't let them piss on street light bases, switch cabinets, per boxes, or anything else I have to work on.

Sheet Lex, I would bet most all the members here and even the guests have done that at one time or another........