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Originally posted by Reed
That man probably values the safety of his best friend's life more than he values his own, but that's obviously something you nor that cop would take into account. Regardless of how long it would've take the animal control, approaching an obviously over-protective dog without the proper equipment is asking for either one of them to get unnecessarily hurt.
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No I'm sure they can understand a dog being a guy's best friend and like family, and so do I. But it isn't a police officer's job to think like that. Human life takes precedence. The police officer tried getting close to the man and the dog charged and barked at him. I wish the dog wasn't shot and the whole thing went some other way but I understand how this happened.
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Sister, it doesn't take an animal expert to be able to distinguish between the two. That dog was not a rabid dog, I'm no vet, and that much was clear to me.
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Actually I would venture to say most people that see a dog charging at them as willing to bite and attack. Look at all the people that immediately turn and run away from dogs right as soon as it barks and starts running at them in say a neighborhood.
Police clearly need to be trained on how to deal with animals and the police officer did seem too trigger happy for my taste but if it's clearly IMPOSSIBLE for you to somehow contemplate that tons of people would assume the worst of a dog that barks and charges at them you need a lesson in human behavior.