Our Dog Max Shot By Copy - Page 2

Here is a link: http://www.stmarystoday.com/News/Family_dog_dead.html

This is horrible.  There is no excuse & the rat bastard should be stripped of his uniform.  What a flaming turd.  I'm so sorry your dog had to die like this.  I hope you keep the sign up & keep the pressure on. 

"Since you have the proof of rabies vaccination I don't understand why he needs to be tested."

Spin by the police department, so they can say "We were just checking to be absolutely sure the dog was not rabid, to rule out rabies as an explanation for the dog's vicious attack on our kind and gentle peace officer who was just carrying out his lawful duties, and also to ensure that the oficer had not been exposed blah blah blah..."

Long didn't even fully kill Max. He left him dying and not dead.  The story should be told in court...

Ok,

This is a delicate situation no doubt. I do feel sorry for the dog, because in the dogs eyes they don't recognize cops. The dog only thought a person that shouldn't be there was, and he acted. I'm sorry he was killed.

 Now, with that being said, most of the people on hear have no idea about serving warrants or all that's involved in it. It was a last known address on a wanted person and when the officer was trying to do his job, he was bitten by the animal and reacted. Officers do use deadly force when it is an animal that can do damage, such as a GSD of the size in the pictures. This is covered under deadly force in my state for example, wherein the law says it is authorized to stop seriously bodily injury from occurring.

 Those who say how bout pepper spray, while you have a dog hanging on your leg, need to go fill out an app and show everyone how its done. We do not risk serious muscle damage by going through a force continuum on dogs. It's no different than when we show up on a pit bull run with an aggressive dog that's biting someone for example, we don't yell stop, then baton, then pepper spray, then call for backup, while someone's getting bit. We shoot the dog. People, are more important, than dogs.

 I say that, and believe me, I'm sorry that the dog was killed. I truly am. It's a bad situation, I'm sure they loved their pet very much and I'm sorry it happened. Truly. It's a bad situation for all and I'm sorry it happened.