Hoptown Deputy Shoots Pet

Short version: Deputy shows up to serve papers to someone that doesn't live at that address. Family dog comes around corner, cop shoots dog in the face. Witness says dog was not aggressive or threatening.

Thoughts? Opinions? 

Thoughts? Opinions?

First thing that came to my mind was why wasn't the dog locked up? I don't care if she went in the house for one second or one hour. 

The Gentry's maintain that if the deputy felt threatened, he had other options besides shooting their pet.

"There's so many different things he could have done," Gentry said. "He could have used pepper spray, or a taser, rather than shoot Deano."


Bc when you feel your life is in danger you're like of sh*t, let me grab my pepper spray eventhough I don't know if that'll stop the animal..... So, if you have a police officer at your door why do you go inside and not secure your animal? My dogs would never hurt anyone but I'm fully aware that they're animals and you never know. I always secure them even it means stepping outside my door to do something as simple as grab the food from the pizza man 

So, if the dog always walks up to greet everyone why did the dog not show when the officer first got out of his vehicle? It could've been prevented by proper pet ownership 

The dog was on the owner's property and never left the property.

So let's throw a "what if" in the mix. What if the yard was surrounded by an invisible fence (you know, the buried wire type) and the dog is kept outside. In this instance the dog is controlled and the owner has no legal requirement beyond this. Still ok to shoot the animal? 

I think that if the dog wasn't charging to attack the officer, he shouldn't have shot the dog. I also think about how just walking to serve papers can turn into a deadly situation for officers, so maybe he was already on guard and assummed the worst from the dog and reacted to soon. 

Do you think that it was possible that the cop knew the breed of dog (German Sheperd) is a smart breed and will attack when it finds necessary?

Check out this Youtube video...German Shepard 

I think that if the dog wasn't charging to attack the officer


I think I also don't take the word of the neighbors. They looked a few lions short of a circus lol 

I own a German Shepherd and she doesn't just attack someone for coming to the house. She alerts me of anyone being around and will not allow them to enter my house without me telling her to back off. I also, don't allow my GS to sit loose in our yard regardless of whether I believe she will attack a stranger or not. I never chance anyone's safety, because no one really knows for sure what their animal is capable of. 

I think I also don't take the word of the neighbors. They looked a few lions short of a circus lol

lol I didn't watch the video. 

So let's throw a "what if" in the mix. What if the yard was surrounded by an invisible fence (you know, the buried wire type) and the dog is kept outside. In this instance the dog is controlled and the owner has no legal requirement beyond this. Still ok to shoot the animal? 


So if the dog isn't under direct supervision and allowed to roam around the front yard as it pleases "what if" a child had walked into their yard and met unpleasant circumstances? 

If my GS was to get out of my house and attack or try to attack someone and they shot her to protect themself, I would be sad for my dog, but she shouldn't have been running loose. 

Kara, I watched that video and my dog doesn't do none of those tricks unless we have a twinkie to tease her with lol. 

I think those people have more pets than they know what to do with 

This gives me an idea for a good thread... 

Looks like back yard breeders for German Shepherds. I still think that her dog should have never been loose like that regardless of whether he went to attack the officer or not. 

Looks like back yard breeders


More like front yard breeders.... 

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