Man kills GSD for mauling his Lab

If it is as straight forward as one dog attacking another and not being able to pull them apart, then yes, I would do whatever I needed to do to get the attacking dog off mine (the photos of the lab's injuries are horrid).

Whether there is more to this particular story, I'm not sure?
 
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Saw that yesterday.
Bear in mind this is a live court case and this is an open part of the forum when making comments.
"The case continues".

The lab has a horrific injury. I am sure I would go Banzai on any dog that was in the process of doing that to mine.
 
Hmmm difficult one - i guess if i was in his shoes i may have felt the need to do a similar thing if i couldnt separate any other way. I know we shouldnt believe everything we read, but the article does suggest there may be more to the 'relationship' between the neighbours than first meets the eye.

Terrible thing to happen all round though...
 
In these types of situations you dont have time to think but just act on instinct. If a hosepipe was lying around that would be my first port of call.

But as I say its all about instinct and I dont blame the Lab. owner at all. A horrible situation to find your self in.
 
"The court heard 12-year-old Bertie suffered superficial cuts to his throat in the 7.45am incident, and also bruising"

Um, superficial!? Who are they kidding? I would have done exactly the same in that situation, no question.
 
So.. the man and his lab are minding their own business on their own property. A dangerous, out of control Alsatian enters the mans property and viscously attacks the mans beloved pet... If I was in that mans shoes I would have done exactly the same, and so would anyone else.

I hope the owners of the Alsatian are banned from keeping dogs again. If you own a dog that has a tendency to attack, then you need to ensure you keep it under control at ALL times. The owners of the Alsatian should have secured their property so that their dangerous dog was unable to escape. There is no excuse for this. That Alsatian would be alive if its owners had not been negligent.
 
Would have done the same and very very nearly have before, if i had had a knife on me at the time.

To be honest, even if our dogs had a ruckus which turned nasty then i couldnt say i would stand by and watch one kill the other.

Why the feck have they included the value of the blokes house though? talk about irrelevant.
 
The DM always include random house prices in every story!

I hate to be a spoilsport again, but there is a footnote at the bottom of the page
"Sorry we are unable to accept comments for legal reasons." which we all need to bear in mind!
Unlikely any jurors will be reading HHO :p but still.
 
Think I would do whatever it takes to separate them, maybe he had tried other things first to separate them, can never rely on the daily mail for the full story.
 
Stencilface, it's a court case, the paper doesn't make it up, they HAVE to report the facts of the case, what was said, accurately. Not doing so would be illegal.

ETA If he did try other methods it will be brought forwards as part of the defence case, I am sure.
 
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If the poor man gets sent down for this, well there is something seriously wrong with the world. Oh and the DM always have to comment on the value of someones property....Yes I'm tragic, yes I read DM online rather too frequently!
 
I think my instinct would have been to get the dog off mine, not sure that I would have the instinct to run into the house to get a knife. When the 'staffie type' went for my Cara and had her by the face, I just hauled its jaws apart. The owner hit it on the head but it wouldn't let go. I remember looking at my hands as I was about to do it and thinking 'oh god!'
The owner did nothing to help me, I think if there was a knife by me i would have possibly used it but I don't think I would have left them to go and get one.
 
The dogs were clearly not at fault - their owners are....

Where there are animals, it is the responsibility of the owners to put up adequate fencing. Both should be done for lack of a duty of care

I cannot count the number of times that I have encountered loose dogs in front of houses as I rode by. The new fashion of having " a pack of dogs" often means that other road users face a regular barage of free roaming dogs.

Lock up the owners and take the dogs into care!
 
However, this is the DM so I don't trust them to report fairly! i.e suggesting that the lab had "superficial" bruising etc..

Still - house prices.. Its normally the womans age!
 
I just dont think I would use a knife as my first thing. I am thinking, spade, broom, rope, maybe even lob a brick or two but a knife, would not go through my head.

However if the GSD was mine I would like to think that I knew what he was capable of and accept that my dog had done serious harm to another and I was not supervising him. Would this be the same if it were a mongrel attacking a Dobe (I know a couple of wimpy dobes who wouldnt know how to fight). Woudl there be so much uproar or is it another "dangerous" dog thing?.


I am not good at these things but what is the court case trying to acheive. That the man should have not stabbed the GSD or to claim insurance for the fact that the labrador is in near pieces??
 
The charge is criminal damage. Because the dog was the property of the neighbour, I imagine.


For all the hackers and whackers - a lot of dogs, including a lot of GSDs I know, hitting them or kicking them will make them hang on harder :( you'd be better choking it off.
Hindsight and hearsay and all that.
 
Hmm but it was his "property" that was some one elses "property" causing problems/injury to another person property initially.


Hmmm Ok I will see not easy to call but surely this happens time to time. Dogs fight, owners get involved and very rarely there is a fatality, I have seen JRT's kicked if attacking another dog, surely a hard enough kick would kill an animal? Not something I would ever want to do but if it were hanging off my dogs neck then sorry I would or visa versa.

I would accept that if my dog got into lambing ewes it would get shot, hopefully it will never ever happen as I like to think I have control and know what areas to be clear of, but its part of owning potential dangerous animals(dogs, in the sense any has the potential to cause harm/bite).

Lets see what the DM says next week unless its all forgotton.
 
Why does the DM bring up the GSD owner having kids living with him and the lab owner not having any. What has that got to do with anything?

Have to ask what would have happened if the lab owner had pulled the GSD off and been severely bitten? Could he then have asked for the GSD to be pts?
 
I wonder if the GSD had had any altercations prior to this?

Having thought about it I dont think I would have used a knife, as I do not think I could have left the scene- and he obviously had to go to the kitchen to get said knife- unless he saw it through the kitchen window, and grabbed said knife before going out......
 
Toffee, these are the things the case is trying to establish.

Again, in fairness to the DM, it can ONLY print what is said in court, if the issue of kids and no kids was mentioned in the court, then that is why it is in the story (hmm, maybe not the house price bit :p)
These cases go on for hour after mind-numbing hour (it's not anything like what they show in Law and Order) so the issue of children was probably debated at length but has been shortened to a few lines.

It is not speculating and it is not 'putting a spin' on it, or else the paper will end up in the dock itself.
 
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