Oh man don't get me started on spitting cyclists....
BTW I'm not surprised the dog went in one after the child hurt her lip and the dog was confronted by 14 riot gear clad policemen....Something doesn't feel right about this story at all....I hurt my hand last night, I gave some bacon to Nero and he nibbled in the process on my hand...and not only that his claw stood on my barefoot and scratched me....ASSAULT ASSAULT...Let's kill all the dogs, please will someone think of our children....
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Yes, we never know what really happened, often the truth is suppressed for ever, and the press don't like reporting good news anyway...
Many years ago, an 8 year old boy decided to break into a building site. He climbed over a chain link fence, fell off the top and injured himself very seriously when he landed on some broken glass.
There were 2 German Shepherds (then known as Alsations) on guard there, one of them, no doubt wanting to help, came up to the boy and ended up with some blood on him. These dogs were so vicious and dangerous that a lady of over 80 used to look after them and take them for walks.
Anyway, a police officer turned up. This was before the days of H&S, Silver Commanders and risk aversion and he was a real hero, he forced the gate and went into the compound and carried the boy out, ignoring the danger that he believed himself to be in. The boy was now safe, so no great panic.
I turned up, called out by the National Canine Defence League to catch the dogs if possible and take them to the NCDL kennels. I also had had a Lee Enfield rifle, just in case these dogs really were dangerous. This rifle was more than capable of killing them humanely, if this was necessary.
By the time I got there, it seemed that half of MetPol was there too, I was flatly told to go away because it was a police matter and needed police expertise to resolve it, this was no job for a civillian. Their 'Marksmen' then shot the dogs, using a mixture of diddy little rifles and service revolvers, they used enough ammo for a small war and those dogs suffered badly and uneccessarily. Of course, I accept that some things have changed now and that some armed police officers can actually hit the proverbial barn door, but back then it was different.
For literally weeks, all the news was about vicious Alasatians and this poor little boy. The true facts were never published and the police officer who got him out of there was never mentioned.
As a direct result, the law was changed, making it illegal to leave unattended guard dogs on premises in the future.
So, ignore what you read in the press
