Unruly dog not on leash, owner behaving aggressively

[luger fan]

Well since nobody has had a haircut in 2-3 months it probably looks like the Manson family .

[Aguila Blanca]

Originally Posted by luger fan

Well since nobody has had a haircut in 2-3 months it probably looks like the Manson family .

If you are responding to my report that I've been stopped for walking in the neighborhood, that incident was in 2000. Barber shops were in full operation, and I don't dress or look like a hippie.

[WeedWacker]

Here's a video regarding a dog attack.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9ZNB_Udvek

And here's a legal discussion about how dogs are considered property and generally lethal force is not allowed to protect your own dog in the event of an attack.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9ZNB_Udvek

[dogtown tom]

It's the same video.

[WeedWacker]

Whelp, I'm confounded as to where the edit post button went so here is the supposed video I intended to share:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKfDaUikXlI

It should be the ASP video discussing the first incident with a lawyer and they discuss that legally dogs are considered property and most jurisdictions do not allow for lethal force in defending property. So if Bad Dog attacks your dog and you shoot Bad Dog you are harming another person's property and may not be justified in discharging a firearm within the city limits.

[langenc]

Not important to discussion but many yrs ago I was working in the morning in a pharmacy.

The mailman came in kinda laughing about spraying the neighbors dog w/ pepper.
About 5 min later the neighbor came in for supplies to clean the dogs eyes and was not exactly happy.

My Dad was a walking mailman for 35 yrs. He never mentioned any dogs getting it. I know they were encouraged to carry a govt supplied spray.

[dogtown tom]

WeedWacker Whelp, I'm confounded as to where the edit post button went so here is the supposed video I intended to share:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKfDaUikXlI

It should be the ASP video discussing the first incident with a lawyer and they discuss that legally dogs are considered property and most jurisdictions do not allow for lethal force in defending property. So if Bad Dog attacks your dog and you shoot Bad Dog you are harming another person's property and may not be justified in discharging a firearm within the city limits.

Not in Texas.
https://www.uslawshield.com/can-i-be...-dog-in-texas/

In fact, Texas specifically recognizes your right to protect your livestock, fowl, or domestic animal against such an attack, but says nothing about humans. The Texas Health and Safety Code says, “A dog or a coyote that is attacking, is about to attack, or has recently attacked livestock, domestic animals, or fowls, may be killed by any person witnessing the attack, or the attacked animal’s owner, or a person acting on behalf of the owner, if the owner or person has knowledge of the attack.”

Does that sound like your domestic animals and livestock have more rights when it comes to dog attacks? It’s because they do. The Texas legislature has declined to remedy this problem in the past, though we can always hope that 2019 might bring some positive change. Fortunately though, Texas provides some protection for your actions through the defense of necessity. This is a defense, not a bar to prosecution, and it has a lot more bark than it does bite.

Boiled down, the Law of Necessity says that your actions are legally justified if you reasonably believe your conduct was immediately necessary to prevent imminent harm, so long as the harm you prevented clearly outweighed the harm you cause, and the law doesn’t otherwise exclude this type of defense. But the defense of necessity is just that—a defense. It must be asserted in court. It may not stop the investigation, your arrest, or prosecution.

Our former Governor, Rick Perry once shot a coyote while walking his dog. Not only was it celebrated in the media, Ruger even made a run of these: