Too soft

[Raux]

uh you could have called the animal shelter while you entertained him

[Howie]

It is real easy to criticize.  Our furry and feathery friends cannot tell us when it is time.  Jacob stuck with that difficult decision.  And that is that.  I will not criticize since I was not there.

[Kopfjager]

It is real easy to criticize.  Our furry and feathery friends cannot tell us when it is time.  Jacob stuck with that difficult decision.  And that is that.  I will not criticize since I was not there.

His decision was to kill the dog, gun misfired if <click> means the same there as here.  

[Ddan]

His decision was to kill the dog, gun misfired if <click> means the same there as here.  

Maybe <click> is the safety coming off   

[IZ]

I always wonder why they shoot horses instead of letting them heal

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070412055136AAcnBD0


http://askville.amazon.com/horses-put-break-leg/AnswerViewer.do?requestId=5215220

Don't know if I could put down my own dog but a stray??


If the dog appears to be doing OK then let it go.  Nature will atake it's course. 

[Mother]

Maybe <click> is the safety coming off   

yep, "click" was safety coming off

I didn't fire because the dogs reaction to the click was anything but aggressive

and

All the neighbors have said the dog was aggressive, that is what initiated the ambush

when I saw it was just big, dumb, and happy I decided to further evaluate the issue

so now the day has progressed

was telling my buddy down the street how I couldn't kill the dog and how I had mixed feelings over putting it down or letting it live as it seemed happy enough

he says "that big chocolate lab" "the one that's in everyone's trash cans"

I say "yep, that's the one"

He says "that's Ray's dog"

I pause...Ray Burke... the nice man who plowed our entire road this winter for free

"Yeah"

I say "I think someone hit it cuz he's all make the beast with two backsed up"

He says "Yeah, Ray hit him with his front loader, that's how he got the dog"

He says " I just shoot him in the butt with a BB gun every so often to send him back home"

I say " oh...good idea"

He says " what were you going to shoot him with?"

Me "my winmag"

Him "JESUS! dude, you live in a neighborhood now, what, where you high...?

Me "I think maybe the Percocet may have had an effect on my judgement"

[ducpainter]

<snip>
Him "JESUS! dude, you live in a neighborhood now, what, where you high...?

Me "I think maybe the Percocet may have had an effect on my judgement"

there goes the neighborhood.

[Grampa]

I now has the sads ....... on many levels.

[FIFO]

Learned a good lesson there never use a safety when hunting.
Allways chamber a round and half cock the bolt.
Then slip the bolt closed nice and quite when time to fire.


And it is allways hard to put down an injured animal especially mans best Friend

[DoubleEagle]

Percocets will definitely cause you to make irrational decisions.

Pretty good for some pain but very bad to get on.

After my last crash , I was on them for 6 months.

They are difficult to get off of as in addictive.

Word to the wise...get off them as soon as possible .

I never rode on them.

Dolph      [moto]

[rgramjet]

Ever shot anything with a .300 winmag?  Makes a big mess. 

You made the right decision.

[Buckethead]

Ever shot anything with a .300 winmag?  Makes a big mess. 

You made the right decision.

Yup.

It's pretty 'sploderific.

My gun dealer called it his "eraser rifle." Pretty much didn't matter how far away it was, he put his 250 yd-zeroed crosshairs on whatever was eating his crops, pulled the trigger, and it disappeared.

I enjoyed reading all of the armchair quarterbacking making you out to be the bad guy. The dog acknowledging you as "not a threat" kinda sealed it for me.

I have a soft spot for one-eyed rescue animals. The fact that the guy who hit him later gave him a home gives me a warm IZ_. If only he'd give him enough food so that his dog wouldn't have to raid your trash, then everyone would be golden.

Then again, maybe he just hits your cans cause he likes em.

[Monsterlover]

Let me draw a parallel for you..

My dog gets plenty of food

Yet

She can't keep her face out of the litter boxes

Dogs are dogs.

[Mother]

This choco lab is huge

120+lbs easy

he's eating good

the one eye and banged up head make him super intimidating though

I understand why the other folks around here fear him

grace seems to be a moderate judge of character and she brought him her ball

[Buckethead]

grace seems to be a moderate judge of character and she brought him her ball

Daaawwwwww....