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Sarge Teddybear     Barked: Tue May 21, '13 7:28am PST  Yes Addy I also have a toy poodle. I've always had a strong respect for police officers even before I married my husband. One of the reason why I was an MP in the Army. I was raised to respect them and when I've dealt with them I always treated them that way and they always treated me the same. There are always going to be bad apples but it's like that with any job. You act like they spent years in training to react in a stressful situation and that's not the case. Usually the police academy is 3-6 months long depending on where you go. They are human and will make mistakes just like anyone else. No one is perfect. Like any job, on the job experience/ training is what's going to factor in more. Like I said in the other posts, you most likely wont get the truth even if you have witnesses. When people heard the shots they were most likely looking at the shooter and dog. How do you know the dad didn't tell the kid to peddle away quickly before he drew his weapon and shot? Same thing happened when there was a shooting a few years back. A dog attacked another dog and police threw the aggressor down the steps and then shot the dog. Several witnesses and the owner say the dog stopped and it was over and the cop had no reason to shoot it. Others claimed the same thing the police officer did, the dog was charging back up the steps towards him so he had no choice but to shoot it. All I'm saying is that all we ever see on here is police shoots dog and you never see any of the good they do and I wont judge the guy because I wan't there physically myself to see what had actually happened, but there is no disputing the fact that the dog wasn't under the owner's control and as much as I love pit bulls it's people like this that cause problems for this breed because they don't maintain control. my posts | my page | msg me | gift me | become pals [notify]

Sarge Teddybear     Barked: Mon May 20, '13 5:54pm PST  Not trying to be rude or mean but it's funny to me when people say how we are paying the police with their tax dollars and expect them to be super hero's. My husband was a police officer for several years. It is a highly stressful and thankless job. It's also a very very low paying thankless job. They are trained to react to stop a threat. When they shoot it isn't like in the movies where they shoot to wound. It's shoot to kill and shoot until that threat is taken out. Also, your a parent FIRST before your a police officer. Wipe your mind clean of the info that this is a puppy because he may not have known that at the time and all he may have seen was a dog charging towards his kid. If you saw a dog charging after your kid and you were worried it was going to attack, would you kill it before it grabbed and either injured or killed your kid or wait till it actually happened? I for one wouldn't risk my child being injured, permanently scarred or killed and will kill any person or animal that is a threat to them. Do you know how many times an officer gets attacked by dogs in the first place? My husband had been bitten by a few just going to calls for domestics and such. He had one that didn't show its self as my husband went in and out of the house. The dog was chained up and under the stairs outside and my husband didn't know he was there and couldn't see him in the dark. Dog never made a sound the whole time then out of the blue it came out and attacked him. Lucky for that dog it didn't get shot. What did the owner's say after it happened? The dog is friendly and didn't apologize and was outraged they had to have it quarantined afterwards since they didn't have proof of rabies. Police officers are human beings and not infallible. The dad probably had a split second to make a decision when he saw something that he perceived as a threat to his child and he made that decision to take out the threat like any good cop or dad would do. We weren't there to see it nor were we in his shoes so we can't say that he made the wrong decision. Also in reaction to the 8 shots, if you've ever fired a gun you know that firing 8 shots only takes a few seconds. I highly doubt he was counting each shot at the same time he was shooting. His adrenaline was probably up and he was probably trying to eliminate the threat to his kid. In his head he was probably shooting until he was sure it was down. I didn't hear anything that said he walked up to the dog after it was down and emptied the rest in his clip. Also another thing to think about next time you see a cop. That man/woman must always be on guard to protect themselves and their family even when they are off duty. My husband had to wear his firearm everywhere he went to make sure he was able to protect us from retaliation. Before he was hired on they even had a meeting with me to explain to me why he would have to always carry a firearm even when he was off duty and to discuss any concerns I may have because of this. Instead of always focusing on some of the negatives that you may have heard about that you weren't there to physically observe happen, you should try to look at the many positive things they do. They are out there putting their lives on the line everyday so try thanking one every once in a while instead of saying nasty things about them. Here's a few articles I found that has police officers saving dogs lives: http://washington.cbslocal.com/2012/07/31/hero-baltimore-cop -saves-dog-gains-new-best-friend/ http://www.ohmidog.com/2013/02/15 /texas-police-officer-saves-dog-from-traffic/ http://www.lifewithdo gs.tv/2013/04/police-officer-saves-puppy-from-drowning-in-a-canal/ http://www.dogheirs.com/elleng/posts/2997-fast-acting-police-officer -saves-german-shepherd-dog-in-peril my posts | my page | msg me | gift me | become pals [notify]

Dog Laws & Legislation > Iditarod Dog's Fate Unclear After Attacking Child

Sarge Teddybear     Barked: Mon May 20, '13 4:30pm PST  It doesn't say anywhere on the article that the dogs were neglected or abused. Yes they were chained but it doesn't say they were not taken care of. Not only this but the owner's weren't at home when they lady and the kids came over and some of those sled dogs there were hers. Working dogs have high drives and a 2 year old will look like prey to them. The mother wasn't even watching her kids closely because she didn't even see it happen. She just heard her son screaming and turned and saw it. She was busy walking one of her dogs. If I had my 4 year old, 2 year old and 1 year old with me you can bet I would keep my eye on them because even if the dogs were friendly it just takes the child accidentally hurting the dog for it to snap. It's a tragic situation but the mom shouldn't have been out around those dogs without the owner's being home. my posts | my page | msg me | gift me | become pals [notify]

Dog Laws & Legislation > officer kills 4 month old pit bull

Sarge Teddybear     Barked: Mon May 20, '13 3:54pm PST  Owner's fault! Why was the dog not on a leash or confined?? It doesn't matter if a dog was barking. I've seen dogs that were silent and didn't make a noise when they attacked. It may have been a puppy but sounds like it was big puppy if it was 35 lbs. People are terrified of dogs and even my neighbor is terrified of my 3.5 lb toy poodle and would take off running when she saw him. My friends son was riding his bike once and had 2 dogs chase him on his bike and even though they were friendly they charged him and knocked him off his bike and he ended up scraped up and has scars from it. Owners didn't care and said they didn't believe that happened because their dogs are friendly and then they continued to let their dogs run loose. They guys kid was on the bike and could have taken off really quick to the other side of the block as soon as his dad saw it charging and the neighbors may have not seen this, who knows. I highly doubt he was just shooting it for the heck of it. If I saw a dog running after my kids and I thought they were going to attack you can bet I'd shoot it. I love dogs but I love my kids more. Protect your dog and keep it under your control. You can't say it's just a puppy and wont hurt you because there are cases where puppy's have killed kids. Heck there was even an incident that had a 6 week old puppy kill an infant. In the end we wont really know the truth to this story because it's a he said she said kind of thing and you can have a hundred eye witnesses that will give many different accounts on what really happened but in my eyes it all could have been avoided if she had control of the pup. my posts | my page | msg me | gift me | become pals [notify]

Service & Therapy Dogs > Wal Mart wants to change the ADA!?!

Sarge Teddybear     Barked: Sat May 4, '13 2:10pm PST  I've never had any issues taking Sarge with me to Walmart and we have been into many different ones in KS, WA, MO, and so on. Hoping that doesn't change because I shop there all the time. my posts | my page | msg me | gift me | become pals [notify]

Sarge Teddybear     Barked: Thu Apr 18, '13 8:15pm PST  I've never had any issues with restaurants or stores around where I live but I'm always nervous going to new places. Next week we are going to Lego land and an aquarium for our kids birthday's and I was having a panic attack buying the tickets online. I'm also moving to WA state this summer and it scares me that I may face some of the issues other people have faced. my posts | my page | msg me | gift me | become pals [notify]

Service & Therapy Dogs > Questions about your service dog

Sarge Teddybear     Barked: Thu Apr 18, '13 8:15pm PST  I've never had any issues with restaurants or stores around where I live but I'm always nervous going to new places. Next week we are going to Lego land and an aquarium for our kids birthday's and I was having a panic attack buying the tickets online. I'm also moving to WA state this summer and it scares me that I may face some of the issues other people have faced. my posts | my page | msg me | gift me | become pals [notify]

Dog Laws & Legislation > Innocent Chained Pit Bull shot & killed in own yard by the police

Sarge Teddybear     Barked: Thu Mar 28, '13 3:28pm PST  Sorry, but I don't see that the police did anything wrong. Yes, I feel bad for the owner. It's horrible their family member was killed in their own yard but I wouldn't want a police officer to not continue a chase to stop a suspect that possibly assaulted someone. It is true that the police will let the dog off lead to chase down a suspect or if they are leashed then you can bet they aren't going to be right by the police officers side in a heel position. Those dogs have high drive and are amped up for the chase. They are up ahead pulling and they may not have been able to react in time to avoid the other dog in a chase situation. If the other dog had a hold of the police dog then they needed to remove the threat just as if that dog had latched on to a human police officer. Working dogs are worth thousands of dollars and I don't mean $5-6 thousand but I've seen them up to $16,000.00 or more and there are a lot of departments that can only afford 1 k9 which are usually multipurpose dogs like drugs and patrol dog. That dog gets injured or killed then your basically losing a patrol officer/ drug enforcement officer or both. They reacted in a way to protect their fellow officer. my posts | my page | msg me | gift me | become pals [notify]

Grooming > How Much to Tip a Groomer?

Sarge Teddybear     Barked: Wed Mar 6, '13 7:33am PST  When I worked in a groom shop as a brusher bather I didn't care how much someone tipped me. I was just grateful they appreciated my work. Same went for the groomers in the shop. I don't believe there should be a set limit. If you really appreciated and liked how the dog turned out and give me a tip then great. If not then don't. I've had favorites that came in that never tipped and ones that did. Didn't matter to me. I've only had one person groom Sarge once and that was just recently. She's bathed him before a couple times so I decided to go ahead and try to let her groom him. I normally don't trust anyone to groom him the way I want so I prefer to do it myself. When she did him I gave her a $10 tip because I know it takes forever to dry him and the way his fur is you have to fluff him back out a few times to make sure you groom him evenly. my posts | my page | msg me | gift me | become pals [notify]

Sarge Teddybear     Barked: Tue Mar 5, '13 10:52am PST  Trigger on one of your posts you put that a vet wouldn't give out the owner's number or address isn't always true. I've gotten it before when I've called vets stating I found a dog that had the vets phone number on their rabies tag and they looked it up for me and gave me the names and numbers to contact the owners. I've done it numerous times with different vets. I've had the same happen to me. I rehomed a dog and later I had messages from a vet and and the person that found him running loose called me and left me a voice message because the person that I rehomed him to never switched over the information. I understand how there are a lot of people who don't update the information for the microchip but doesn't sound like the case here because that's how the vet contacted the original owners. What I don't get is why people are rehoming or keeping dogs that they found. They should be notifying the pound and local vets of the dog they found so if someone is looking for their dog whether it was stolen or lost, they can find them. I see it on craigslist all the time. " I found this dog running loose today and I can't keep it so needs a new home or if you own it call blah blah blah." If you find it, take it to the pound and if no one claims them within the certain amount of days then you could adopt them legally. Plus why wouldn't they leave a message after they scanned the chip? That just doesn't sound right to me. I wouldn't pay if I felt they hadn't done the right thing to begin with. If they had tried calling a few times and left messages or notified the pound and put up flyers or an ad in the paper and such when they found the dog and nothing came of it after a few weeks then I would say they had a right to be recompensated or the dog returned to them but if not then it's on them if they paid any medical bills or anything on the dog. Not to mention it is actually very common for people to steal dogs. Once I had two Rottie puppies I had them disappear out of my back yard while i was at work. My parents were home and I got a call fro my parents asking if I had taken them to work with me. They found the gate pushed in and our dogs were gone. I came home and started looking everywhere. My mom was even stopping cars driving by. I created hundreds of signs with pics and went door to door leaving every house around us a flyer and every telephone/electrical pole had one posted on it. I had a neighbor come over and said he saw a guy with two rottie puppies walking on a leash close by my house that same day. I had people call and told me they would send their kids out looking for the pups as well. The next day a bunch of kids came over with one of them and then brought me to a house that had my other one. I was lucky. Dogs where I lived where stolen a lot to be used for fighting or bait. A few months later a guy came to Banfield to let them know his dog was missing and the vet there said not to give up home because one of the people that worked at Petsmart(me) had gotten hers stolen and ended up getting hers back. He asked her if they were rotties and she said yes. He stated they weren't stolen that HE had found them on MY front lawn. Well if he had why didn't he knock on the door to check if they were ours? Why didn't he look on their tags that even showed our address? My parents were home the whole time. Not to mention why was our gate to the back yard pushed in and not out? Just very fishy to me. He probably figured there was no way to keep the pups after I left notices everywhere even their house with my pups pictures. I even had a friends dog stolen after the person broke into the house. I've even heard how people will purposely walk a female dog in heat around someones house to get someones dog to escape so they can steal it. They even say not to tattoo the ear or a leg because the thieves have been known to amputate it. my posts | my page | msg me | gift me | become pals [notify]

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