anytime i go to town stitch is with me, my daughter is about the graduate and well to put it bluntly stitch has kinda become my kid lol. i get teased alot about it, but thats how it is. she makes me happy and the only time another dog has went after her in town was similar, luckily being in a wheelchair my arm rests are removable and i clubbed it, it was a pit mix and was being egged on by kids, make sure you can protect yourself as well, the 5 teenage boys decided to get rowdy n threaten me etc and decided maybe that wasnt the best idea once they realized i was armed. they wanted to see the dogs fight but when a human intervened they wanted to avenge their dog. thats how they explained it to the police. i wasnt charged for assaulting the dog, or brandishing my pistol. i showed it to diffuse the situation, they were cited for no leash, only cause their parents were called, and i gotta say they might have preferred jail that night. 2 of the fathers were veterans also. me and the cops agreed they were gonna learn their lesson, but they each had 40 hours of community service, all finished it except the dogs owner, he wound up in felony trouble a few days later.
just remember when u protect your pet, the other animals owner might attempt to hurt you in their misguided attempt to protect theirs. make sure you can protect both yourself and your pet..... |